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Happy birthday Joe Pass! Born January 13, 1929 as Joseph Anthony
Happy birthday Joe Pass! Born January 13, 1929 as Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalacqua (no wonder he shortened his name!) in New Brunswick, New Jersey, o...

Happy birthday, Earl Kenneth Fatha Hines 28 December 1903 - 22
Happy birthday, Earl Kenneth Fatha Hines 28 December 1903 - 22 April 1983. Born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, he came from a musical family but became on...

Happy birthday Bennie Moten! 13 November 1894 - 2 April 1935. In
Happy birthday Bennie Moten! 13 November 1894 - 2 April 1935. In hi relatively short life he developed the Kansas City sound and revolutionized big ba...

Jazz in the Forest made a joyful noise unto the Lord last Sunday
Jazz in the Forest made a joyful noise unto the Lord last Sunday at St. Edmunds Episcopal church. Along with the churchs wonderful choir, it was a mov...

Happy birthday, John Haley Zoot Sims 29 October 1925 - 23 March
Happy birthday, John Haley Zoot Sims 29 October 1925 - 23 March 1985. An early influence was Ben Webster, and in 1944 he replaced Ben in Big Sid Catle...

Happy birthday, Carlos Wesley Don Byas 21 October 1912 - 24 August
Happy birthday, Carlos Wesley Don Byas 21 October 1912 - 24 August 1972. A true giant of jazz, he started on clarinet with Bennie Moten when he was 17...

Happy birthday, Park Frederick Pepper Adams 9 October 1930 - 10
Happy birthday, Park Frederick Pepper Adams 9 October 1930 - 10 September 1986. Born in Highland Park, Michigan, he started out on clarinet and tenor ...

Happy birthday, Earl Rudolph Bud Powell 27 September 1924 - July
Happy birthday, Earl Rudolph Bud Powell 27 September 1924 - July 31 1966. Bud had been playing piano since he was 5, his Dad was a stride pianist and ...