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| DATE | NAME | PLAYS |
| January 1, 1923 | Milt Jackson | Vibes |
| January 1, 1936 | Sonny Greenwich | Guitar |
| January 4, 1922 | Frank Wess | Tenor Flute |
| January 4, 1942 | John McLaughlin | Guitar |
| January 7, 1935 | Kenny Davern | Soprano |
| January 10, 1924 | Max Roach | Drums |
| January 10, 1946 | Dave Holland | Bass |
| January 12, 1916 | Jay McShann | Piano Vocal |
| January 13, 1926 | Melba Liston | Trombone |
| January 14, 1930 | Kenny Wheeler | Trumpet Flugelhorn |
| January 14, 1932 | Grady Tate | Drums Vocal |
| January 17, 1934 | Cedar Walton | Piano |
| January 18, 1940 | Don Thompson | Piano Vibes Bass |
| January 22, 1924 | J. J. Johnson | Trombone |
| January 25, 1942 | Pete Magadini | Drums |
| January 25, 1929 | Benny Golson | Tenor |
| January 26, 1908 | Stephane Grappelli | Violin Piano |
| January 28, 1927 | Ronnie Scott | Tenor |
| January 28, 1948 | Bob Moses | Bass |
| January 29, 1930 | Derek Bailey | Guitar |
| January 30, 1930 | Buddy Montgomery | Vibes Piano |
| DATE | NAME | PLAYS |
| February 1, 1933 | Sadao Watanabe | Alto |
| February 2, 1942 | James "Blood" Ulmer | Guitar Vocal |
| February 5, 1941 | Rick Laird | Bass |
| February 10, 1923 | Paul Grosney | Trumpet |
| February 10, 1944 | Rufus Reid | Bass |
| February 12, 1926 | Buddy Childers | Trumpet |
| February 14, 1935 | Rob McConnell | Trombone |
| February 15, 1944 | Henry Threadgill | Alto Flute Bass Clarinet |
| February 16 | Jeff Clayton | Tenor |
| February 16, 1945 | Pete Christlieb | Tenor |
| February 17, 1923 | Buddy DeFranco | Clarinet |
| February 17 | Frank Falco | Piano |
| February 18, 1928 | Harold Land | Tenor |
| February 19, 1955 | David Murray | Tenor Bass Clarinet |
| February 20, 1944 | Lew Soloff | Trumpet |
| February 21, 1951 | Warren Vache Jr. | Trumpet Cornet |
| February 21, 1933 | Nina Simone | Vocal Piano |
| February 21, 1934 | Hank Crawford | Alto Tenor Baritone |
| February 22, 1948 | Joe LaBerbera | Drums |
| February 22, 1915 | Buddy Tate | Tenor Clarinet |
| February 24, 1933 | David "Fathead" Newman | Tenor Flute |
| February 24, 1932 | Michel LeGrand | Piano |
| February 25, 1944 | Marty Morell | Drums |
| February 26, 1925 | James Moody | Tenor Flute |
| February 26, 1937 | Hagood Hardy | Piano Vibes |
| DATE | NAME | BORN | PLAYS |
| March 1 | Gene Perla | 1940 | Bass |
| March 4 | Bobby Shew | 1941 | Trumpet Fluglehorn |
| March 4 | David Darling | 1941 | Cello |
| March 4 | Jan Garbarek | 1948 | Tenor Soprano Flute |
| March 4 | Ricky Ford | 1954 | Tenor |
| March 5 | Lou Levy | 1928 | Piano |
| March 6 | Flora Purim | 1942 | Vocal |
| March 8 | Dick Human | 1927 | Piano |
| March 11 | Bobby McFerrin | 1950 | Vocal |
| March 11 | Alan Ganley | 1931 | Drums |
| March 13 | Roy Haynes | 1926 | Drums |
| March 13 | Dick Katz | 1924 | Piano |
| March 14 | Mark Murphy | 1932 | Vocal |
| March 14 | Quincy Jones | 1933 | Trumpet Composer Arranger |
| March 15 | Cecil Taylor | 1933 | Piano |
| March 15 | Bob Wilber | 1928 | Soprano Clarinet |
| March 16 | Ruby Braff | 1927 | Cornet |
| March 16 | Tommy Flanagan | 1930 | Piano |
| March 18 | Bill Frisell | 1951 | Guitar |
| March 19 | Ornette Coleman | 1930 | Alto Tenor Trumpet Violin |
| March 20 | Marion McPartlan | 1920 | Piano |
| March 21 | Sir Charles Thompson | 1918 | Piano |
| March 21 | Mike Westbrook | 1936 | Piano Tuba |
| March 22 | George Benson | 1943 | Guitar Vocal |
| March 23 | Dave Frishberg | 1933 | Piano Vocal |
| March 23 | Oliver Gannon | 1943 | Guitar |
| March 23 | Dave Pike | 1938 | Vibes |
| March 24 | Steve Kuhn | 1938 | Piano |
| March 24 | Renee Rosnes | 1962 | Piano |
| March 25 | Paul Motian | 1931 | Drums |
| March 26 | James Moody | 1925 | Tenor Alto Flute |
| March 29 | Michael Brecker | 1949 | Tenor Flute Soprano Piano |
| March 30 | Karl Berger | 1935 | Vibes |
| DATE | NAME | BORN | PLAYS |
| April 1 | Kathy Stobart | 1925 | Tenor/Soprano |
| April 1 | Duke Jordan | 1922 | Piano |
| April 2 | Larry Coryell | 1943 | Guitar |
| April 3 | Bill Potts | 1928 | Composer/Arranger |
| April 4 | Jake Hanna | 1931 | Tenor |
| April 5 | Stanley Turrentine | 1934 | Tenor |
| April 6 | Randy Weston | 1926 | Piano |
| April 6 | Andre Previn | 1929 | Piano |
| April 7 | Pat LaBarbera | 1944 | Tenor/alto/Sop/Flt |
| April 7 | Freddie Hubbard | 1938 | Tenor |
| April 9 | Steve Gadd | 1954 | Drums |
| April 10 | Claude Bolling | 1930 | Piano |
| April 12 | Herbie Hancock | 1940 | Piano |
| April 12 | Lionel Hampton | 1913 | Vibes/Piano/Drums |
| April 12 | Doug Riley | 1945 | Piano/B3 Organ |
| April 14 | Norm Amadio | 1928 | Piano |
| April 14 | Eliot Zigmund | 1945 | Drums |
| April 15 | Richard Davis | 1930 | Bass |
| April 16 | Herbie Mann | 1930 | Flute |
| April 17 | Derek Smith | 1931 | Piano |
| April 17 | Sam Noto | 1930 | Trumpet |
| April 17 | Chris Barber | 1930 | Trombone/Bass Tpt |
| April 18 | Ken Colyer | 1928 | Trumpet |
| April 18 | Hal Galper | 1938 | Piano |
| April 20 | Tito Puente | 1925 | Vibes |
| April 21 | Slide Hampton | 1932 | Trombone |
| April 22 | Don Menza | 1936 | Tenor |
| April 23 | Alan Broadbent | 1947 | Piano |
| April 24 | Johnny Griffin | 1928 | Tenor |
| April 24 | Stafford James | 1946 | Bass |
| April 24 | Joe Henderson | 1937 | Tenor |
| April 26 | Jimmy Giuffre | 1921 | Tenor/Bari/Cl/Flt |
| April 26 | Teddy Edwards | 1924 | Tenor |
| April 28 | Blossom Dearie | 1926 | Piano/Vocal |
| April 29 | Toots Thielmans | 1922 | Guitar/Harmonica |
| April 30 | Percy Heath | 1923 | Bass |
| DATE | NAME | BORN | PLAYS |
| May 1 | Shirley Horn | 1934 | Piano |
| May 3 | John Lewis | 1920 | Piano |
| May 4 | Don Friedman | 1935 | Piano |
| May 4 | Ron Carter | 1937 | Bass |
| May 4 | Maynard Ferguson | 1928 | Trumpet/Trombone |
| May 5 | Stanley Cowell | 1941 | Piano |
| May 6 | David Friesen | 1942 | Bass |
| May 8 | Keith Jarrett | 1945 | Piano |
| May 10 | Lorne Lofsky | 1954 | Guitar |
| May 11 | Carla Bley | 1938 | Piano |
| May 12 | Gary Peacock | 1935 | Bass |
| May 15 | Ellis Larkins | 1923 | Piano |
| May 15 | Larin Krog | 1937 | Vocal |
| May 16 | Betty Carter | 1922 | Vocal |
| May 17 | Jackie McLean | 1932 | Alto |
| May 17 | Dewey Redman | 1931 | Tenor |
| May 20 | Bob Florence | 1932 | Piano/Arranger |
| May 21 | Bill Holman | 1927 | Tenor/Arranger |
| May 22 | Jackie Cain | 1928 | Vocal |
| May 23 | Humphrey Lyttleton | 1921 | Trumpet |
| May 24 | Archie Shepp | 1937 | Tenor/Soprano |
| May 26 | Lew Tabackin | 1940 | Tenor/Flute |
| May 26 | Gene DiNovi | 1928 | Piano |
| May 27 | Bud Shank | 1926 | Alto/Flute |
| May 27 | Neils Henning Orsted Pedersen | 1946 | Bass |
| May 29 | Kenny Washington | Drums | |
| May 29 | Norm Marshall Villenieuve | Drums | |
| May 30 | Dave McKenna | 1930 | Piano |
| May 31 | Louis Hayes | 1937 | Drums |
| DATE | NAME | BORN | PLAYS |
| June 3 | Phil Nimmons | 1923 | Clarinet |
| June 4 | Paquinto D'Rivera | 1948 | Alto |
| June 4 | Anthony Braxton | 1945 | Alto/Sop/Clt/Flt |
| June 6 | Monty Alexander | 1945 | Piano |
| June 7 | Tal Farlow | 1921 | Guitar |
| June 8 | Bill Watrous | 1939 | Trombone |
| June 9 | Kenny Barron | 1943 | Piano |
| June 10 | Charnett Moffett | 1967 | Bass |
| June 11 | Lennie Niehaus | 1929 | Alto |
| June 12 | Chick Corea | 1941 | Piano |
| June 13 | Doc Cheatham | 1905 | Trumpet |
| June 14 | Ian McDougall | 1938 | Trombone |
| June 24 | Marvin 'Smitty' Smith | 1961 | Drums |
| June 28 | Pete Candoli | 1923 | Trumpet |
| June 30 | Stanley Clarke | 1951 | Bass |
| DATE | NAME | BORN | PLAYS |
| July 1 | Amad Jamal | 1930 | Piano |
| July 1 | Rashied Ali | 1935 | Drums |
| July 2 | Charlie Watts | 1941 | Drums |
| July 3 | Ron Collier | 1930 | Composer/Trombone |
| July 7 | Hank Mobley | 1930 | Tenor |
| July 7 | Joe Zawinul | 1932 | Piano/Keyboards |
| July 10 | Lee Morgan | 1938 | Trumpet |
| July 12 | Paul Gonsalves | 1920 | Tenor |
| July 15 | Philly Joe Jones | 1923 | Drums |
| July 16 | Cal Tjader | 1925 | Vibes |
| July 16 | Bobby Previte | 1957 | Drums |
| July 18 | Carl Fontana | 1928 | Trombone |
| July 20 | Ernie Wilkins | 1922 | Tenor/Comp/Arr |
| July 21 | Billy Taylor | 1921 | Piano |
| July 22 | Bill Perkins | 1924 | Tenor/Baritone |
| July 22 | Al DiMeola | 1954 | Guitar |
| July 23 | Steve Lacy | 1934 | Soprano |
| July 24 | Mike Mainieri | 1938 | Vibes |
| July 24 | Jon Faddis | 1953 | Trumpet |
| July 25 | Annie Ross | 1930 | Vocal |
| July 26 | Joanne Brackeen | 1938 | Piano |
| July 26 | Louie Bellson | 1924 | Drums |
| July 28 | Jim Galloway | 1936 | Soprano/Bar/Tenor |
| July 29 | Charlie Christian | 1916 | Guitar |
| July 30 | David Sanborn | 1945 | Alto |
| July 31 | Hank Jones | 1918 | Piano |
| July 31 | Kenny Burrell | 1931 | Guitar |
| July 31 | Stanley Jordan | 1959 | Guitar |
| DATE | NAME | BORN | PLAYS |
| August 3 | Vic Vogel | 1935 | Piano |
| August 3 | Greg Osby | 1960 | Alto |
| August 4 | Herb Ellis | 1921 | Guitar |
| August 4 | Louis Armstrong | 1901 | Trumpet/Vocal |
| August 5 | Airto Moreira | 1941 | Percussion |
| August 6 | Charlie Haden | 1937 | Bass |
| August 6 | Abbey Lincoln | 1930 | Vocal |
| August 6 | Allan Holdsworth | 1946 | Guitar/Violin |
| August 6 | Ravi Coltrane | 1965 | Tenor/Soprano |
| August 7 | Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 1936 | Tenor/Stritch/ Manzello/ Flute |
| August 8 | Benny Carter | 1907 | Alto,Trumpet |
| August 8 | Urbie Green | 1926 | Trombone |
| August 9 | Jack DeJohnette | 1942 | Drums |
| August 10 | Chuck Israels | 1936 | Bass |
| August 12 | Pat Metheny | 1954 | Guitar |
| August 13 | George Shearing | 1919 | Piano |
| August 13 | Mulgrew Miller | 1955 | Piano |
| August 13 | Joe Puma | 1927 | Guitar |
| August 13 | Benny Bailey | 1925 | Trumpet |
| August 13 | Toni Bennett | 1926 | Vocal |
| August 15 | Oscar Peterson | 1925 | Piano |
| August 16 | Joe Sealy | 1939 | Piano |
| August 16 | Bill Evans | 1929 | Piano |
| August 20 | John Clayton | 1952 | Bass |
| August 20 | Terry Clarke | 1944 | Drums |
| August 20 | Enrico Rava | 1943 | Trumpet |
| August 21 | Art Farmer | 1928 | Trumpet, Flugelhorn |
| August 21 | William “Count” Basie | 1904 | Piano |
| August 23 | Bobby Watson | 1953 | Alto |
| August 23 | Martial Solal | 1927 | Piano |
| August 25 | Wayne Shorter | 1933 | Tenor, Soprano |
| August 25 | Pat Martino | 1944 | Guitar |
| August 26 | Peter Appleyard | 1928 | Vibes |
| August 26 | Branford Marsalis | 1960 | Tenor, Soprano |
| August 27 | Lester Young | 1909 | Tenor |
| August 27 | Alice Coltrane | 1937 | Piano |
| August 29 | Charlie Parker | 1920 | Alto |
| August 31 | Paul Winter | 1939 | Flute |
| DATE | NAME | BORN | PLAYS |
| September 1 | Art Pepper | 1925 | Alto/Clarinet |
| September 2 | John Zorn | 1953 | Alto/Soprano/Clarinet |
| September 2 | Horace Silver | 1928 | Piano |
| September 3 | Mickey Roker | 1932 | Drums |
| September 4 | Dave Liebman | 1946 | Tenor/Soprano |
| September 4 | Bireli Lagrčne | 1966 | Guitar/Vocal |
| September 4 | Gerald Wilson | 1918 | Trumpet |
| September 5 | Albert Manglesdorff | 1928 | Trombone |
| September 5 | Tania Maria | 1948 | Piano/Vocal |
| September 7 | Sonny Rollins | 1920 | Tenor |
| September 9 | Elvin Jones | 1927 | Drums |
| September 9 | George Mraz | 1944 | Bass |
| September 11 | Harry Connick Jr | 1967 | Piano/Vocal |
| September 12 | Scott Hamilton | 1954 | Tenor |
| September 13 | Mel Torme | 1925 | Vocalist |
| September 13 | Alex Riel | 1940 | Drums |
| September 13 | Bengt Hallberg | 1932 | Piano, Organ |
| September 14 | Oliver Lake | 1942 | Saxophones |
| September 14 | Cannonball Adderley | 1928 | Altos |
| September 16 | Jon Hendricks | 1921 | Vocalist |
| September 16 | Gordon Beck | 1938 | Piano |
| September 16 | Charlie Byrd | 1925 | Guitar |
| September 17 | David Williams | 1946 | Bass |
| September 17 | Ralph Sharon | 1923 | Piano |
| September 18 | Emily Remler | 1957 | Guitar |
| September 19 | Kathryn Moses | 1943 | Flute |
| September 19 | Muhal Richard Abrams | 1930 | Piano, Clarinet, Cello |
| September 20 | Joe Temperley | 1929 | Tenor |
| September 20 | John Dankworth | 1927 | Alto |
| September 20 | Billy Bang | 1947 | Violin |
| September 20 | Steve Coleman | 1956 | Alto/Flute |
| September 21 | Chico Hamilton | 1921 | Drums |
| September 23 | John Coltrane | 1926 | Tenor/Soprano |
| September 23 | Ray Charles | 1932 | Piano/Vocal |
| September 23 | Les McCann | 1935 | Piano/Vocal |
| September 25 | Mike Gibbs | 1937 | Trombone, Piano |
| September 25 | Sam Rivers | 1930 | Tenor/Soprano |
| September 26 | Gary Bartz | 1940 | Alto |
| September 27 | Guido Basso | 1937 | Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Harmonica |
| September 27 | Bud Powell | 1924 | Piano |
| September 27 | Red Rodney | 1927 | Trumpet |
| September 28 | Kenny Kirkland | 1955 | Piano |
| September 29 | Jean-Luc Ponty | 1942 | Violin |
| September 29 | Rolf Kuhn | 1929 | Trumpet |
| September 29 | Dave Kikoski | 1961 | Piano/Keyboards |
| September 30 | Buddy Rich | 1917 | Drums |
| DATE | NAME | BORN | PLAYS |
| October 1 | Dave Holland | 1946 | Bass |
| October 2 | Howard Roberts | 1929 | Guitar |
| October 4 | Eddie Gomez | 1944 | Bass |
| October 4 | Steve Swallow | 1940 | Bass Guitar |
| October 6 | Norman Simmons | 1929 | Piano |
| October 10 | Junior Mance | 1928 | Piano |
| October 10 | Chuck Israels | 1936 | Bass |
| October 10 | Roy Kral | 1921 | Piano/Vocal |
| October 11 | Billy Higgins | 1936 | Drums |
| October 11 | Tony Kinsey | 1927 | Drums |
| October 11 | Lester Bowie | 1941 | Trumpet/Flugelhorn |
| October 13 | Ray Brown | 1926 | Bass |
| October 13 | Tommy Whittle | 1926 | Tenor |
| October 13 | Terry Gibbs | 1924 | Vibes |
| October 13 | Lee Konitz | 1926 | Alto/Tenor/Soprano |
| October 14 | Dusko Goykovic | 1931 | Trumpet |
| October 16 | Roy Hargrove | 1969 | Trumpet |
| October 17 | Barney Kessell | 1923 | Guitar |
| October 18 | Wynton Marsalis | 1961 | Trumpet |
| October 19 | Eddie Daniels | 1941 | Clarinet/Tenor |
| October 22 | Clare Fischer | 1928 | Piano |
| October 24 | Odeon Pope | 1938 | Trumpet |
| October 25 | Jimmy Heath | 1926 | Tenor/Soprano/Flute |
| October 26 | Eddie Henderson | 1940 | Trumpet/Flugelhorn |
| October 27 | Arild Andersen | 1945 | Bass |
| DATE | NAME | PLAYS |
| November 2, 1928 | Herb Geller | Alto Soprano Flute |
| November 2, 1931 | Phil Woods | Alto Clarinet |
| November 6, 1949 | Arturo Sandoval | Trumpet Flugelhorn |
| November 8, 1927 | Chris Connor | Vocalist |
| November 10, 1939 | Hubert Laws | Flute |
| November 10, 1932 | Paul Bley | Piano |
| November 11, 1928 | Ernestine Anderson | Vocalist |
| November 11, 1927 | Mose Allison | Piano Vocalist |
| November 12, 1923 | Charlie Mariano | Alto Soprano Flute Nadaswaram |
| November 14, 1934 | Ellis Marsalis | Piano |
| November 14, 1944 | George Cables | Piano |
| November 15, 1928 | Jerry Toth | Alto Clarinet Flute |
| November 15, 1955 | Neil Swainson | Bass |
| November 17, 1926 | George Masso | Trombone |
| November 18, 1929 | Sheila Jordan | Vocalist |
| November 18, 1936 | Don Cherry | Trumpet |
| November 22, 1927 | Jimmy Knepper | Trombone |
| November 27, 1945 | Randy Brecker | Trumpet |
| November 28, 1934 | Gato Barbieri | Tenor |
| November 29, 1932 | Ed Bickert | Guitar |
| November 29, 1940 | Chuck Mangione | Trumpet Flugelhorn |
| November 30, 1931 | Jack Sheldon | Trumpet Vocalist |
| DATE | NAME | PLAYS |
| December 1, 1921 | John Bunch | Piano |
| December 2, 1948 | Michael Stuart | Tenor |
| December 2, 1941 | P.J. Perry | Alto Tenor Soprano Flute Clarinet |
| December 3, 1939 | John Arpin | Piano |
| December 4, 1945 | Doug Riley | Piano B-3 Organ |
| December 4, 1930 | Jim Hall | Guitar |
| December 6, 1930 | Annie Ross | Vocalist |
| December 6, 1920 | Dave Brubeck | Piano |
| December 8, 1925 | Jimmy Smith | Organ |
| December 9, 1932 | Donald Byrd | Trumpet |
| December 10, 1929 | Michael Snow | Piano Trumpet |
| December 10, 1941 | Franco Ambrosetti | Trumpet Flugelhorn |
| December 11, 1938 | McCoy Tyner | Piano |
| December 12, 1918 | Joe Williams | Vocalist |
| December 12, 1929 | Toshiko Akivoshi | Piano |
| December 14, 1920 | Clark Terry | Trumper Flugelhorn |
| December 16, 1944 | John Abercrombie | Guitar |
| December 18, 1928 | Harold Land | Tenor Flute |
| December 18, 1919 | Anita O'Day | Vocalist |
| December 19, 1929 | Bobby Brookmeyer | Valve Trombone |
| December 19, 1937 | Milcho Leviev | Piano |
| December 21, 1934 | Hank Crawford | Alto Tenor Baritone Piano |
| December 23, 1933 | Frank Morgan | Alto |
| December 24, 1931 | Ray Bryant | Piano |
| December 28, 1928 | Moe Koffman | Alto Soprano Clarinet Flute |
| December 31, 1944 | Bernie Senensky | Piano |
