born: 1917 HELEN FORREST / 1940 HERBIE HANCOCK

dead: 1963 HERBIE NICHOLS / 1971 WYNTON KELLY

born: 1889 NICK LaROCCA / 1916 ALBERTO GINASTERA / 1927 DOMENICO GUACCERO / 1966 LISA STANFIELD

dead: 2011 BILLY BANG

born: 1930 CLAUDE BOLLING (Baroque in Rhythm) / 1971 JOEY DeFRANCESCO (Take the Coltrane) / 1979 SHEMEKIA COPELAND (Clotilda's on Fire)

dead: 1938 KING OLIVER (Dippermouth Blues) / 1979 NINO ROTA (Passerella di "Otto e mezzo") / 2007 DAKOTA STATON (Give me the Simple LIfe)

born: 1945 STEVE GADD (Training; Freedom Jazz Dance)

dead: 1998 TOM CORA (King Commie) / 2023 KARL BERGER (Simplicity; Transit)

born: 1920 CARMEN McRAE (Them There Eyes; My One Bad Habit) / 1929 JACQUES BREL (La chanson de Jacky)

dead: 1997 LAURA NYRO (Lucky)

born: 1915 BILLIE HOLIDAY

born: 1924 CHARLIE ROUSE (Ugly Beauty) / 1927 GERRY MULLIGAN (I Mean You) / 1936 MAFRED SCHOOF (Clouds) / 1960 JOHN PIZZARELLI (No More Lonely Nights) / 1978 ROBERT GLASPER (Afro Blue)

born: 1934 STANLEY TURRENTINE (Sugar)

dead: 1934 SALVATORE DI GIACOMO (Era de maggio) / 1994 KURT COBAIN (Smells LIke Teen Spirits) / 2018 CECIL TAYLOR (Bemsha Swing)