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Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>Josh Berman (*1972) - cornet<br />John Carter (1929-1991) - clarinet, sax<br />Bill Connors (*1949) - guitar<br />Taylor Eigsti (*1984) - piano<br />Thomas Heberer (*1965) - trumpet<br />Wayne Henderson (1939-2014) - trombone<br />Jay Hoggard (*1954) - vibes<br />Herb Jeffries (1913-2014) - singer<br />Sibongile Khumalo (1957-2021) - singer<br />Ingrid Laubrock (*1970) - sax<br />Nduduzo Makhathini (*1982) - piano<br />Fats Navarro (1923-1950) - trumpet<br />Walter Smith III (*1980) - sax</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>Albert Ammons (1907-1949) - piano<br />Ray Charles (1930-2004) - piano, vocals<br />John Coltrane (1926-1967) - sax<br />Christian Escoudé (*1947) - guitar<br />Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (*1971) - bass<br />Frank Foster (1928-2011) - sax<br />George Garzone (*1950) - sax<br />Don Grolnick (1947-1996) - keyboards<br />Les McCann (*1935) - piano, vocals<br />Kanoa Mendenhall (year?) - bass<br />Jeremy Steig (1942-2016) - flute<br />Norma Winstone (*1941) - vocals<br />Jimmy Woode (1928-2005) - bass</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>Paul Bryant (1933-2009) - organ, piano<br />Tony DaGradi (*1952) - tenor sax<br />Aaron Diehl (*1985) - piano<br />David Krakauer (*1956) - clarinet<br />Adam Lane (*1968) - bass<br />Oliver Mtukudzi (1952-2019) - guitar<br />Tony Reedus (1969-2008) - drums<br />Marlena Shaw (*1942) - vocals<br />Bill Smith (1926-2020) - clarinet<br />Peggy Stern (*1948) - piano, synths<br />Ken Vandermark (*1964) - tenor sax, clarinets<br />Ray Wetzel (1924-1951) - trumpet</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>George Barrow (191-2013) - sax<br />Henry Butler (1949-2018) - piano, singer<br />John Clark (*1944) - french horn<br />Jack Dieval (1920-2012) - piano<br />Frank Foster (1928-2011) - sax<br />Shafi Hadi (Curtis Porter) (1929-1976) - sax<br />Jerry Hahn (*1949) - guitar<br />Sunny Murray (1936-2017) - drums<br />Bern Nix (1947-2017) - guitar<br />Tommy Potter (1918-1988) - bass<br />Don Preston (*1932) - keyboards<br />Slam Stewart (1914-1987) - bass<br />Anthony Wonsey (*1971) - piano</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>Billy Bang (1947-2011) - violin<br />Steve Coleman (*1956) - alto sax<br />John Collins (1912 or 1913-2001) - guitar<br />Bill De Arango (1921-2005) - guitar<br />Eric Gale (1938-1994) - guitar<br />Joe Guy (1920-c. 1962) - trumpet<br />Chico Hamilton (1921-2013) - drums<br />O’Donel Levy (1945-2016) - guitar<br />Red Mitchell (1927-1992) - bass<br />Jackie Paris (1926-2004) - singer<br />Zeena Parkins (*1956) - harp<br />Vi Redd (*1928) - alto sax, vocals<br />Monica Zetterlund (1938-2005) - singer</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Thomas Bramerie (*1965) - bass<br />Bobby Cole (1932-1996) - piano, vocals<br />Teddi King (1929-1977) - singer<br />Steve Marcus (1939-2005) - tenor &amp; soprano sax<br />Nils Petter Molvær (*1960) - trumpet, electronics<br />Emily Remler (1957-1990) - guitar<br />Steve Slagle (*1952) - alto &amp; soprano sax<br />Frank Socolow (1923-19981) - alto &amp; tenor sax<br />Kate Westbrook (*1939) - singer</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>Jeff Ballard (*1963) - drums<br />Martin Küchen (*1956) - sax<br />Theo Loevendie (*1930) - tenor sax<br />Earl May (1927-2007) - bass<br />Jack McDuff (1926-2001) - organ<br />Roberto Miranda (*1946) - bass<br />Louis Nelson (1902-1990) - trombone<br />Curtis Peagler (1929-1992) - alto sax<br />Tom Rainey (*1957) - drums<br />Perry Robinson (1938-2018) - clarinet<br />Hubert Rostaing (1918-1990) - clarinet<br />Ralph Sharon (1923-2015) - piano</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>Lisle Atkinson (1940-2019) - bass<br />Gordon Beck (1935 or 1936-2011) - piano<br />Hamiet Bluiett (1940-2018) - baritone sax<br />Charlie Byrd (1925-1999) - guitar<br />Chris Cheek (*1968) - sax<br />Leopoldo Fleming (*1939) - percussion<br />Graham Haynes (*1960) - cornet<br />Jon Hendricks (1921-2017) - singer<br />Jan Johansson (1931-1968) - piano etc.<br />Rod Levitt (1929-2007) - trombone<br />Gabriele Mirabassi (*1967) - clarinet<br />Joe Venuti (1903 or 1892/94-1978) - violin</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Hamiet Bluiett was born on this day in 1940 (he died in 2018) - here&#39;s his terrific solo album &quot;Birthright&quot; (India Navigation, 1977):</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/BWfb_jUkoH8?list=PLBJenJIJrq0wGHgP0aa0TfIp0R8uF_ZKI" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/BWfb_jUkoH8?list=PLBJ</span><span class="invisible">enJIJrq0wGHgP0aa0TfIp0R8uF_ZKI</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HamietBluiett" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HamietBluiett</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (1928-1975) - alto &amp; soprano sax<br />Toto Blanke (1936-2013) - guitar<br />Chick Bullock (1908-1981) - singer<br />Al Casey (1915-2005) - guitar<br />Roger &quot;Ram&quot; Ramirez (1913-1994) - piano<br />Leo Reisman (1897-1961) - violin<br />Hans Rettenbacher (1939-1989) - bass<br />George Robert (1960-2016) - sax<br />Gene Roland (1921-1982) - trumpet<br />Ned Rothenberg (*1956) - clarinet, sax<br />Arvell Shaw (1923-2002) - bass<br />Bobby Short (1924-2005) - piano, singer</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Everybody knows &quot;Somethin&#39; Else&quot;, right&#39; But not everybody gives Cannonball Adderley his due as an innovator, introducing the electric piano and funk rhythms, paving ways for others to follow. He also had his politics figured out. Walk tall!</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/_WdtCw8hW1Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/_WdtCw8hW1Q</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>&quot;Nardis&quot; was composed by Miles Davis in 1958 specially for Cannonball Adderley&#39;s first album as a leader, &quot;Portrait of Cannonball&quot;. He was still with Miles, hin quintet yet to be founded. Blue Mitchell (t), Bill Evans (p), Sam Jones (b), and Philly Joe Jones (d).</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Dq6TkTDqY_o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Dq6TkTDqY_o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Another favourite by Cannonball Adderley with a mighty good groove: &quot;Sack o&#39;Woe&quot;, live at the Lighthouse in 1960 with Nat Adderley, Victor Feldman, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/N45hYXNu12o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/N45hYXNu12o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Julian &quot;Cannonball&quot; Adderley was born on this day in 1928 in Tampa, FL. He and his brother Nat worked as teachers when they went to NYC in summer &#39;55 to check out the jazz scene. The rest is history, as they say.</p><p>A favourite performance of mine, &quot;Work Song&quot;, live in Japan 1962 w/Nat, Yusef Lateef, Joe Zawinul, Sam Jones and Louis Hayes:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/rjQygkQ8WbM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/rjQygkQ8WbM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>Charlie Beal (1908-1991) - piano<br />Bill Berry (1930-2002) - trumpet<br />Jay Cameron (1928-2001) - baritone sax<br />Tom Cora (1953-1998) - cello<br />Joseph Jarman (1937-2019) - reeds<br />Oliver Lake (*1942) - sax, flute<br />Hans Lüdemann (*1961) - piano<br />Eddie Moore (1940-1990) - drums<br />Jerome Sabbagh (*1973) - sax<br />Aram Shelton (*1976) - sax<br />Jeffery Smith (1955-2012) - singer<br />Carol Tristano (*1961) - drums<br />Marcos Valle (*1943) - piano</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Bill Berry was born on this day in 1930 in Benton Harbor, MI (died November 13, 2002 in L.A.) - here he is, fronting his great mid-seventies big band and taking a fine solo on &quot;The Bink/And How&quot;:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/dr_349rQAag" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/dr_349rQAag</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BillBerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BillBerry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Joseph Jarman was born on this day in 1937 in Pine Bluff, AR. He died in Chicago, IL, on January 9, 2019.</p><p>&quot;Song For&quot; (&quot;Song For&quot;, Delmark, 1967):<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/Zh-NgxaFq8Q" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Zh-NgxaFq8Q</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>&quot;As If It Were the Seasons / Song to Make the Sun Come Up&quot; (&quot;As If It Were the Seasons&quot;, Delmark, 1968):<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/htPHFTI75Xc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/htPHFTI75Xc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>&quot;Black Paladins&quot; (words: Henry Dumas) (&quot;Black Paladins&quot;, Black Saint, 1980):<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/tOAovk04djc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/tOAovk04djc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JosephJarman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JosephJarman</span></a> <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Leon &quot;Chu&quot; Berry was born on 13 September 1910 (died 31 October 1941, way too young).</p><p>Sharing the solo spotlight w/Roy Eldridge in &quot;Christopher Columbus&quot;, 1936 w/Fletcher Henderson:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/QbSs95S-dJ0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/QbSs95S-dJ0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>His ballad masterpiece &quot;Ghost of a Chance&quot;, 1940 w/Cab Calloway:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/zlvVyo6mJTc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/zlvVyo6mJTc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ChuBerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChuBerry</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Taking a week&#39;s break from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> – will be at Lucerne Festival listening to some brilliant orchestras (Berlin Phil, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Boston SO), conductors (Blomstedt, Mälkki, Nelsons, Petrenko) and soloists (Mutter, S. Meyer, I. Kanneh-Mason, discovering some new people (Mao Fujita) and pieces (John Williams&#39; 2nd violin concerto, Enno Poppe, Unsuk Chin ...).<br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Paradise" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Paradise</span></a> indeed, as this year&#39;s edition is titled!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> <br /><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/classicalmusic" class="u-url mention">@<span>classicalmusic</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MusicAgainstMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MusicAgainstMadness</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InConcert" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InConcert</span></a></p>
Flurin Casura :coffefied:<p>Born on this day:</p><p>Tony Aless (1921-1985) - piano<br />Victor Assis Brasil (1945-1981) - sax<br />Kenny Drew (1928-1993) - piano<br />Jon Fält (*1979) - drums<br />Stephen Gauci (*1966) - sax<br />Larry Goldings (*1968) - piano, organ<br />Michael Gregory Jackson (*1953) - guitar<br />Youn-Sun Nah (*1969) - singer<br />Jim Rotondi (*1962) - trumpet<br />Hal Russell (1926-1992) - genuine Hal Russell<br />Cécile McLorin Salvant (*1989) - singer<br />Phil Seamen (1926-1972) - drums<br />Peter Washington (*1964) - bass</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/jazz" class="u-url mention">@<span>jazz</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JazzBirthdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JazzBirthdays</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a></p>