Birthday Jam: Great Swing Musicians
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 7:34 pm
here's how it works:
1) post a birthday and birth city of a great swing artist
2) i put it up here, in order
3) everyone becomes more informed and has a good excuse to give a quick historical lesson during a set
location without brackets is birth city
brackets mean where they were a major influence
january
01 : 1911 / slim gaillard (guitar / novelty vocs) detroit [LA]
01 : 1923 / milt jackson (vibes) detroit [nyc]
02 : 1929 / arthur prysock (r&b / vocals)
02 : 1915 / nick fatool (drums; benny goodman, etc.) milbury, ma
04 : 1922 / frank wess (sax, arrange, band) kansas city
07 : 1908 / henry "red" allen (trad trumpet) algeirs, la
07 : 1925 / sam woodyard (drums; late ellington) elizabeth, nj
11 : 1904 / pinetop smith (boogie woogie piano)
11 : 1909 / tab smith (r&b sax) kingston, nc
12 : 1904 / "Mississippi" Fred McDowell (blues guitar, vocals) Rossville, TN
12 : 1916 / jay mcshann (kansas city piano & bandleader) : muskogee, ok [kansas city]
12 : 1912 / trummy young (trombone; late armstrong) savanna, ga
15 : 1909 / gene krupa (drums, band) chicago, ill
17 : 1910 / Sid Catlett (drums) Evansville, IN
22 : 1900 / juan tizol (valve trb; ellington) san juan, p.r.
23 : 1910 / django reinhardt (guitar) liverchies, belgium [paris]
27 : 1908 / Hot Lips Page (trumpet, vocals) Dallas, TX
28 : 1879 / bunk johnson (trad trumpet) : new orleans
30 : 1911 / roy eldridge (trumpet) pittsburgh [nyc]
30 : 1928 / ruth brown (voc) portsmouth, va. [nyc, philly?]
31 : 1906 / Roosevelt Sykes (vocals, piano) Elmar, AR
31 : 1907 / Benny Morton (trombone) New York, NY
31 : 1915 / bobby hackett (trad cornet) providence, ri
february
01 : 1894 / james p. johnson (stride piano) : new brunswick, nj [nyc]
01 : 1904 / tricky sam nanton (trombone; ellington) nyc [nyc]
03 : 1898 / lil hardin (piano, satchmo's wife, hot fives) : memphis [chicago, nyc, new orleans]
09 : 1902 / blanche calloway (bandleader, cab's older sister) : baltimore [nyc]
10 : 1909 / chick webb (drum, band) baltimore [nyc]
13 : 1904 / wingy manone (trumpet) new orleans
15 : 1915 / Taft Jordan (trumpet, vocals) Florence, SC
17 : 1923 / buddy defranco (trad clarinet) camden nj
20 : 1909 / Oscar Aleman (guitar) Restencia, Argentina
22 : 1915 / buddy tate (sax) sherman tx
22 : 1907 / rex stewart (cornet;ellington) philly
25 : 1896 / Ida Cox (vocals) Toccoa, GA
27 : 1904 / mildred bailey (vocs)
27 : 1909 / ben webster (sax) kansas city [k.c., nyc]
28 : 1916 / svend assmussen (violin) copenhagen
29 : 1904 / jimmy dorsey (band, sax) shenandoah, pa
march
01 : 1904 / glenn miller (band, bone)
03 : ???? / barney bigard (clarinet) new orleans
09 : 1909 / herschel evans (sax; basie)
10 : 1903 / bix beiderbecke (tpt) davenport, ia
11 : 1919 / mercer ellington (band, write) wash dc
11 : 1898 / miff mole (trad tromb) roosevelt ny
14 : 1912 / les brown (band) reinerton pa
15 : 1916 / harry james (band, tpt)
15 : 1927 / ruby braff (trad cnt) boston
17 : 1919 / nat "king" cole (piano, voc) montgomery, ala. / chicago [L.A.]
18 : 1899 / Jean Goldkette (bandleader) Valenciennes, France [band featured Bix Beiderbecke]
20 : 1915 / sister rosetta tharpe (voc, guitar; lucky millinder) cotton plant, ark./chicago [chicago?]
21 : 1893 / Bo Carter (vocals, guitar) Bolton, MS
21 : 1930 / otis spann (blues piano, vocs; played w/ muddy waters) jackson, miss. [chicago]
24 : 1904 / pete johnson (piano) kansas city
25 : 1942 / arethra franklin (soul voc) memphis
26 : 1915 / flip phillips (tenor sax)
27 : 1906 / pee wee russel (clar) maplewood mo
27 : 1924 / sarah vaughan (vocs) newark, nj [nyc?]
31 : 1908 / red norvo (vibes, band) beardstown, il
31 : 1911 / freddy green (guitar; basie) charleston, sc [nyc]
april
01 : 1910 / harry carney (bari sax; ellington) boston [nyc]
04 : 1915 / muddy waters (blues voc, guitar, harp) rolling fork, miss. [chicago]
06 : 1960 / john pizzarelli (nat cole-esque vocs & guitar)
07 : 1915 / billie holiday (vocs!) philly/baltimore [nyc]
08 : 1920 / carmen mcrae (voc, piano) nyc [nyc]
12 : 1909 / lionel hampton (vibes) louisville, ky [chicago, LA, nyc]
15 : 1894 / bessie smith (blues lyrics) : chattanooga, tn [?]
22 : 1922 / charles mingus (bass) arizona/LA [LA, nyc]
23 : 1885 / jimmie noone (clarinet) : ? [chicago]
25 : 1918 / ella fitzgerald (voc) newport news/yonkers, ny [nyc]
29 : 1927 / "Big" Jay McNeely (sax) Watts, CA
29 : 1899 / duke ellington : washington, dc [dc, nyc,planet earth]
may
02 : 1904 / bing crosby (vocs)
03 : 1933 / james brown (soul voc, band) barnwell, sc/augusta, ga [?]
08 : 1910 / mary lou williams (piano) atlanta/pittsburgh [pgh, nyc, kansas city]
08 : 1911 / robert johnson (blues voc, guitar) hazelhurst, miss. [texas, chicago, nyc]
11 : 1885 / King Oliver (cornet, band) New Orleans, LA
14 : 1897 / sidney bechet : new orleans [nyc, etc.]
14 : 1898 / zutty singleton : bunkie, la [new orleans, nyc]
18 : 1911 / big joe turner (aka "the singing bartender") : kansas city [kansas city, ?]
21 : 1904 / fats waller : harlem [nyc]
23 : 1910 / artie shaw (band, clar)
26 : 1920 / peggy lee (vocs)
26 : 1926 / miles davis (tpt) alton, ill. [nyc]
28 : 1898 / andy kirk : newport, ky [denver?]
28 : 1900 / Tommy Ladnier (trumpet, cornet) Florence, LA [Chicago]
28 : 1910 / t-bone walker (blues voc, guitar)
30 : 1909 / benny goodman (band, clar)
june
03 : 1897 / memphis minnie (early blues) algiers, la. [memphis]
06 : 1902 / jimmie lunceford (bandleader, arranger) fultom, missouri [nyc]
10 : 1910 / howlin' wolf (blues vocs, guitar, harp) west point, miss. [miss., ark., chicago]
13 : 1892 / Richard M. Jones (band, piano) Barton, LA
13 : 1905 / doc cheatham (trad trumpet) nashville [nyc]
15 : 1923 / erroll garner (piano) pittsburgh [pgh, nyc]
23 : 1913 / helen humes (vocs; early basie, other) louisville, ky [st. louis, nyc]
26 : 1893 / big bill broozny (blues guitar) scott, miss. [arkansas, chicago]
july
01 : 1914 / Earle Warren (sax) Springfield, OH
02 : 1905 / harlan leonard (harlem band)
04 : 1900 / louis armstrong thought he was born on this date
05 : 1913 / smiley lewis (r&b vocs) dequincey, la [new orleans]
08 : 1908 / louis jordan (sax, vocs) brinkley, ark. [nyc]
08 : 1914 / billy eckstine (vocs) pittsburgh/d.c. [?]
24 : 1908 / cootie williams (trp) mobile, ala. [nyc]
25 : 1907 / johnny hodges (sax) cambridge, mass. [nyc]
26 : 1914 / erskine hawkins (band)
29 : 1916 / charlie christian (guitar; goodman sextet) dallas/oklahoma city [L.A.]
august
03 : 1918 / eddie jefferson (vocalese singer, writer) pittsburgh [pittsburgh?]
04 : 1901 / louis armstrong (trp, voc) : [new orleans, chicago, nyc, etc]
05 : 1907 / ernestine davis (trp, international sweethearts) virginia
08 : 1900 / lucky millinder (band)
08 : 1907 / benny carter (sax, trp, compose, bandleader) nyc [nyc]
08 : 1923 / jimmy witherspoon (blues voc)
10 : 1918 / arnett cobb (tenor sax) houston [?]
14 : 1909 / stuff smith (violin)
15 : 1925 / Oscar Peterson (piano, band) Montreal, Canada
16 : 1915 / al hibbler (vocs;ellington) tyro, miss./little rock [memphis, nyc]
14 : 1909 / stuff smith (violin, band, voc) portsmouth, oh [nyc]
21 : 1904 / count basie : red bank, nj [kansas city, nyc]
22 : 1917 / John Lee Hooker ( blues g, voc; writer) Clarksdale, MS
23 : 1913 / bob crosby (trad band)
24 : 1915 / wynonie harris (r&b voc)
24 : 1930 / grover mitchell (trombone; Basie bandleader 1995-2003) whatley, ala./pittsburgh [nyc]
25 : 1928 / willis "gator" jackson (r&b band, tenor sax; played w/ ruth brown)
26 : 1902 / jimmy rushing (blues shouter, basie) : [kansas city]
27 : 1909 / lester young (tenor sax; basie, billie) woodville, ma [LA, oklahoma city, kansas city, nyc]
29 : 1920 / charlie parker (alto sax; check out his rec.s with jay mcshann) kansas city [kansas city, nyc]
29 : 1924 / dinah washington (vocs) tuscaloosa, ala. / chicago [chicago]
september
03 : 1905 / meade lux lewis (piano) : chicago [chicago, nyc]
13 : 1922 / charles brown (blues voc, piano) texas city, tx [LA]
16 : 1903 / Joe Venuti (violin) Philadelphia, PA
16 : 1921 / jon hendricks (vocalese; LHR) newark, oh [nyc]
17 : 1926 / jack mcduff (organ) champaign, ill. [minneapolis?]
21 : 1914 / slam stewart (bass, novelty vocs)
23 : 1907 / Albert Ammons (piano) Chicago, IL
october
05 : 1918 / jimmie blanton (bass, ellington)
10 : 1915 / harry "sweets" edison (trumpet; old-test. basie, etc.) columbus [kansas city, etc]
13 : 1909 / art tatum (piano) toledo [nyc, LA, europe]
13 : 1926 / ray brown (bass) pittsburgh [nyc]
17 : 1909 / cozy cole (drums) east orange, NJ [nyc]
18 : 1919 / anita o'day (vocs)
18 : 1926 / chuck berry (r&r guitar/voc) san jose, ca / st. louis [chicago]
20 : 1890 / Jelly Roll Morton (piano, bandlead, composer) New Orleans, LA
21 : 1912 / don byas (tenor sax) oklahoma [cali, nyc, europe]
21 : 1917 / dizzy gillespie (trpt, band) cheraw, SC/philly [nyc]
25 : 1902 / Eddie Lang (guitar) Philadelphia, PA
26 : 1913 / charlie barnet (band, sax)
31 : 1902 / julia lee (blues vocs, piano) : boonville, miss. [kansas city]
31 : 1922 / illinois jacquet (tenor sax; lionel hampton) boussard, louis. / houston [LA]
november
02 : 1908 / bunny berigan (tpt, band)
11 : 1929 / lavern baker (vocs) chicago [chicago?]
13 : 1894 / Bennie Moten (piano, band) Kansas City
16 : 1964 / diana krall (vocs, piano)
19 : 1905 / tommy dorsey (band, bone)
21 : 1904 / coleman hawkins (sax) st. joseph, missouri [kansas city, nyc, europe]
22 : 1904 / Horace Henderson (piano, arranger) Cuthbert, GA
24 : 1912 / teddy wilson (piano) austin, tx [nyc]
25 : 1897 / willie "the lion" smith (stride piano) goshen, ny [nyc]
27 : 1904 / eddie south (violin) louisiana [chicago, etc.]
29 : 1915 / billy strayhorn (compose, piano; ellington) dayton / hillsborough, nc / pittsburgh [nyc]
december
01 : 1897 / fletcher henderson (band, arr, piano)
04 : 1915 / Eddie Heywood (piano) Atlanta, GA
07 : 1911 / louis prima (tpt, voc, band)
08 : 1928 / jimmy smith (organ) philly [nyc]
11 : 1926 / big mama thornton (blues voc/harp, original "hound dog") montgomery, ala. [houston]
14 : 1920 / clark terry (tpt)
15 : 1895 / andy razaf (lyrics writer, worked with fats waller) washington, dc [nyc]
15 : 1911 / stan kenton (band, sax; anita vocs)
17 : 1910 / sy oliver (trp, compose, band) battle creek, mich. [nyc?]
18 : 1897 / fletcher henderson (bandleader, arranger, pianist) cuthbert, ga [nyc]
18 : 1917 / eddie "cleanhead" vinson (blues vocs, sax) houston [houston, nyc, LA, europe)
19 : 1918 / professor longhair (R&B piano, vocs) new orleans [new orleans]
20 : 1905 / ivie anderson (vocs/ellington) gilroy, ca [nyc]
24 : 1898 / baby dodds (drums) new orleans [new orleans, chicago]
24 : 1908 / jabbo smith (trp) pembroke, ga. [nyc, newark]
25 : 1886 / kid ory (trombone) laplace, la [new orleans]
25 : 1907 / cab calloway (bandleader, vocs) baltimore [nyc]
28 : 1905 / earl hines (piano) pittsburgh [chicago, nyc]
31 : 1908 / jonah jones (trp) louisville, ky
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1) post a birthday and birth city of a great swing artist
2) i put it up here, in order
3) everyone becomes more informed and has a good excuse to give a quick historical lesson during a set
location without brackets is birth city
brackets mean where they were a major influence
january
01 : 1911 / slim gaillard (guitar / novelty vocs) detroit [LA]
01 : 1923 / milt jackson (vibes) detroit [nyc]
02 : 1929 / arthur prysock (r&b / vocals)
02 : 1915 / nick fatool (drums; benny goodman, etc.) milbury, ma
04 : 1922 / frank wess (sax, arrange, band) kansas city
07 : 1908 / henry "red" allen (trad trumpet) algeirs, la
07 : 1925 / sam woodyard (drums; late ellington) elizabeth, nj
11 : 1904 / pinetop smith (boogie woogie piano)
11 : 1909 / tab smith (r&b sax) kingston, nc
12 : 1904 / "Mississippi" Fred McDowell (blues guitar, vocals) Rossville, TN
12 : 1916 / jay mcshann (kansas city piano & bandleader) : muskogee, ok [kansas city]
12 : 1912 / trummy young (trombone; late armstrong) savanna, ga
15 : 1909 / gene krupa (drums, band) chicago, ill
17 : 1910 / Sid Catlett (drums) Evansville, IN
22 : 1900 / juan tizol (valve trb; ellington) san juan, p.r.
23 : 1910 / django reinhardt (guitar) liverchies, belgium [paris]
27 : 1908 / Hot Lips Page (trumpet, vocals) Dallas, TX
28 : 1879 / bunk johnson (trad trumpet) : new orleans
30 : 1911 / roy eldridge (trumpet) pittsburgh [nyc]
30 : 1928 / ruth brown (voc) portsmouth, va. [nyc, philly?]
31 : 1906 / Roosevelt Sykes (vocals, piano) Elmar, AR
31 : 1907 / Benny Morton (trombone) New York, NY
31 : 1915 / bobby hackett (trad cornet) providence, ri
february
01 : 1894 / james p. johnson (stride piano) : new brunswick, nj [nyc]
01 : 1904 / tricky sam nanton (trombone; ellington) nyc [nyc]
03 : 1898 / lil hardin (piano, satchmo's wife, hot fives) : memphis [chicago, nyc, new orleans]
09 : 1902 / blanche calloway (bandleader, cab's older sister) : baltimore [nyc]
10 : 1909 / chick webb (drum, band) baltimore [nyc]
13 : 1904 / wingy manone (trumpet) new orleans
15 : 1915 / Taft Jordan (trumpet, vocals) Florence, SC
17 : 1923 / buddy defranco (trad clarinet) camden nj
20 : 1909 / Oscar Aleman (guitar) Restencia, Argentina
22 : 1915 / buddy tate (sax) sherman tx
22 : 1907 / rex stewart (cornet;ellington) philly
25 : 1896 / Ida Cox (vocals) Toccoa, GA
27 : 1904 / mildred bailey (vocs)
27 : 1909 / ben webster (sax) kansas city [k.c., nyc]
28 : 1916 / svend assmussen (violin) copenhagen
29 : 1904 / jimmy dorsey (band, sax) shenandoah, pa
march
01 : 1904 / glenn miller (band, bone)
03 : ???? / barney bigard (clarinet) new orleans
09 : 1909 / herschel evans (sax; basie)
10 : 1903 / bix beiderbecke (tpt) davenport, ia
11 : 1919 / mercer ellington (band, write) wash dc
11 : 1898 / miff mole (trad tromb) roosevelt ny
14 : 1912 / les brown (band) reinerton pa
15 : 1916 / harry james (band, tpt)
15 : 1927 / ruby braff (trad cnt) boston
17 : 1919 / nat "king" cole (piano, voc) montgomery, ala. / chicago [L.A.]
18 : 1899 / Jean Goldkette (bandleader) Valenciennes, France [band featured Bix Beiderbecke]
20 : 1915 / sister rosetta tharpe (voc, guitar; lucky millinder) cotton plant, ark./chicago [chicago?]
21 : 1893 / Bo Carter (vocals, guitar) Bolton, MS
21 : 1930 / otis spann (blues piano, vocs; played w/ muddy waters) jackson, miss. [chicago]
24 : 1904 / pete johnson (piano) kansas city
25 : 1942 / arethra franklin (soul voc) memphis
26 : 1915 / flip phillips (tenor sax)
27 : 1906 / pee wee russel (clar) maplewood mo
27 : 1924 / sarah vaughan (vocs) newark, nj [nyc?]
31 : 1908 / red norvo (vibes, band) beardstown, il
31 : 1911 / freddy green (guitar; basie) charleston, sc [nyc]
april
01 : 1910 / harry carney (bari sax; ellington) boston [nyc]
04 : 1915 / muddy waters (blues voc, guitar, harp) rolling fork, miss. [chicago]
06 : 1960 / john pizzarelli (nat cole-esque vocs & guitar)
07 : 1915 / billie holiday (vocs!) philly/baltimore [nyc]
08 : 1920 / carmen mcrae (voc, piano) nyc [nyc]
12 : 1909 / lionel hampton (vibes) louisville, ky [chicago, LA, nyc]
15 : 1894 / bessie smith (blues lyrics) : chattanooga, tn [?]
22 : 1922 / charles mingus (bass) arizona/LA [LA, nyc]
23 : 1885 / jimmie noone (clarinet) : ? [chicago]
25 : 1918 / ella fitzgerald (voc) newport news/yonkers, ny [nyc]
29 : 1927 / "Big" Jay McNeely (sax) Watts, CA
29 : 1899 / duke ellington : washington, dc [dc, nyc,planet earth]
may
02 : 1904 / bing crosby (vocs)
03 : 1933 / james brown (soul voc, band) barnwell, sc/augusta, ga [?]
08 : 1910 / mary lou williams (piano) atlanta/pittsburgh [pgh, nyc, kansas city]
08 : 1911 / robert johnson (blues voc, guitar) hazelhurst, miss. [texas, chicago, nyc]
11 : 1885 / King Oliver (cornet, band) New Orleans, LA
14 : 1897 / sidney bechet : new orleans [nyc, etc.]
14 : 1898 / zutty singleton : bunkie, la [new orleans, nyc]
18 : 1911 / big joe turner (aka "the singing bartender") : kansas city [kansas city, ?]
21 : 1904 / fats waller : harlem [nyc]
23 : 1910 / artie shaw (band, clar)
26 : 1920 / peggy lee (vocs)
26 : 1926 / miles davis (tpt) alton, ill. [nyc]
28 : 1898 / andy kirk : newport, ky [denver?]
28 : 1900 / Tommy Ladnier (trumpet, cornet) Florence, LA [Chicago]
28 : 1910 / t-bone walker (blues voc, guitar)
30 : 1909 / benny goodman (band, clar)
june
03 : 1897 / memphis minnie (early blues) algiers, la. [memphis]
06 : 1902 / jimmie lunceford (bandleader, arranger) fultom, missouri [nyc]
10 : 1910 / howlin' wolf (blues vocs, guitar, harp) west point, miss. [miss., ark., chicago]
13 : 1892 / Richard M. Jones (band, piano) Barton, LA
13 : 1905 / doc cheatham (trad trumpet) nashville [nyc]
15 : 1923 / erroll garner (piano) pittsburgh [pgh, nyc]
23 : 1913 / helen humes (vocs; early basie, other) louisville, ky [st. louis, nyc]
26 : 1893 / big bill broozny (blues guitar) scott, miss. [arkansas, chicago]
july
01 : 1914 / Earle Warren (sax) Springfield, OH
02 : 1905 / harlan leonard (harlem band)
04 : 1900 / louis armstrong thought he was born on this date
05 : 1913 / smiley lewis (r&b vocs) dequincey, la [new orleans]
08 : 1908 / louis jordan (sax, vocs) brinkley, ark. [nyc]
08 : 1914 / billy eckstine (vocs) pittsburgh/d.c. [?]
24 : 1908 / cootie williams (trp) mobile, ala. [nyc]
25 : 1907 / johnny hodges (sax) cambridge, mass. [nyc]
26 : 1914 / erskine hawkins (band)
29 : 1916 / charlie christian (guitar; goodman sextet) dallas/oklahoma city [L.A.]
august
03 : 1918 / eddie jefferson (vocalese singer, writer) pittsburgh [pittsburgh?]
04 : 1901 / louis armstrong (trp, voc) : [new orleans, chicago, nyc, etc]
05 : 1907 / ernestine davis (trp, international sweethearts) virginia
08 : 1900 / lucky millinder (band)
08 : 1907 / benny carter (sax, trp, compose, bandleader) nyc [nyc]
08 : 1923 / jimmy witherspoon (blues voc)
10 : 1918 / arnett cobb (tenor sax) houston [?]
14 : 1909 / stuff smith (violin)
15 : 1925 / Oscar Peterson (piano, band) Montreal, Canada
16 : 1915 / al hibbler (vocs;ellington) tyro, miss./little rock [memphis, nyc]
14 : 1909 / stuff smith (violin, band, voc) portsmouth, oh [nyc]
21 : 1904 / count basie : red bank, nj [kansas city, nyc]
22 : 1917 / John Lee Hooker ( blues g, voc; writer) Clarksdale, MS
23 : 1913 / bob crosby (trad band)
24 : 1915 / wynonie harris (r&b voc)
24 : 1930 / grover mitchell (trombone; Basie bandleader 1995-2003) whatley, ala./pittsburgh [nyc]
25 : 1928 / willis "gator" jackson (r&b band, tenor sax; played w/ ruth brown)
26 : 1902 / jimmy rushing (blues shouter, basie) : [kansas city]
27 : 1909 / lester young (tenor sax; basie, billie) woodville, ma [LA, oklahoma city, kansas city, nyc]
29 : 1920 / charlie parker (alto sax; check out his rec.s with jay mcshann) kansas city [kansas city, nyc]
29 : 1924 / dinah washington (vocs) tuscaloosa, ala. / chicago [chicago]
september
03 : 1905 / meade lux lewis (piano) : chicago [chicago, nyc]
13 : 1922 / charles brown (blues voc, piano) texas city, tx [LA]
16 : 1903 / Joe Venuti (violin) Philadelphia, PA
16 : 1921 / jon hendricks (vocalese; LHR) newark, oh [nyc]
17 : 1926 / jack mcduff (organ) champaign, ill. [minneapolis?]
21 : 1914 / slam stewart (bass, novelty vocs)
23 : 1907 / Albert Ammons (piano) Chicago, IL
october
05 : 1918 / jimmie blanton (bass, ellington)
10 : 1915 / harry "sweets" edison (trumpet; old-test. basie, etc.) columbus [kansas city, etc]
13 : 1909 / art tatum (piano) toledo [nyc, LA, europe]
13 : 1926 / ray brown (bass) pittsburgh [nyc]
17 : 1909 / cozy cole (drums) east orange, NJ [nyc]
18 : 1919 / anita o'day (vocs)
18 : 1926 / chuck berry (r&r guitar/voc) san jose, ca / st. louis [chicago]
20 : 1890 / Jelly Roll Morton (piano, bandlead, composer) New Orleans, LA
21 : 1912 / don byas (tenor sax) oklahoma [cali, nyc, europe]
21 : 1917 / dizzy gillespie (trpt, band) cheraw, SC/philly [nyc]
25 : 1902 / Eddie Lang (guitar) Philadelphia, PA
26 : 1913 / charlie barnet (band, sax)
31 : 1902 / julia lee (blues vocs, piano) : boonville, miss. [kansas city]
31 : 1922 / illinois jacquet (tenor sax; lionel hampton) boussard, louis. / houston [LA]
november
02 : 1908 / bunny berigan (tpt, band)
11 : 1929 / lavern baker (vocs) chicago [chicago?]
13 : 1894 / Bennie Moten (piano, band) Kansas City
16 : 1964 / diana krall (vocs, piano)
19 : 1905 / tommy dorsey (band, bone)
21 : 1904 / coleman hawkins (sax) st. joseph, missouri [kansas city, nyc, europe]
22 : 1904 / Horace Henderson (piano, arranger) Cuthbert, GA
24 : 1912 / teddy wilson (piano) austin, tx [nyc]
25 : 1897 / willie "the lion" smith (stride piano) goshen, ny [nyc]
27 : 1904 / eddie south (violin) louisiana [chicago, etc.]
29 : 1915 / billy strayhorn (compose, piano; ellington) dayton / hillsborough, nc / pittsburgh [nyc]
december
01 : 1897 / fletcher henderson (band, arr, piano)
04 : 1915 / Eddie Heywood (piano) Atlanta, GA
07 : 1911 / louis prima (tpt, voc, band)
08 : 1928 / jimmy smith (organ) philly [nyc]
11 : 1926 / big mama thornton (blues voc/harp, original "hound dog") montgomery, ala. [houston]
14 : 1920 / clark terry (tpt)
15 : 1895 / andy razaf (lyrics writer, worked with fats waller) washington, dc [nyc]
15 : 1911 / stan kenton (band, sax; anita vocs)
17 : 1910 / sy oliver (trp, compose, band) battle creek, mich. [nyc?]
18 : 1897 / fletcher henderson (bandleader, arranger, pianist) cuthbert, ga [nyc]
18 : 1917 / eddie "cleanhead" vinson (blues vocs, sax) houston [houston, nyc, LA, europe)
19 : 1918 / professor longhair (R&B piano, vocs) new orleans [new orleans]
20 : 1905 / ivie anderson (vocs/ellington) gilroy, ca [nyc]
24 : 1898 / baby dodds (drums) new orleans [new orleans, chicago]
24 : 1908 / jabbo smith (trp) pembroke, ga. [nyc, newark]
25 : 1886 / kid ory (trombone) laplace, la [new orleans]
25 : 1907 / cab calloway (bandleader, vocs) baltimore [nyc]
28 : 1905 / earl hines (piano) pittsburgh [chicago, nyc]
31 : 1908 / jonah jones (trp) louisville, ky
*****sources*****
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_ameri ... ry/5/music = complete
swing by scott yanow (print resource) = complete
http://ksdsdashfmdotorg.editthispage.com/birthdays through march