Jazz Birthdays
Who was born on each day of the year, from Jelly Roll Morton to Samara Joy. Pick a day, a month or an instrument.
Jazz birthdays by month
Jazz musicians born in January: 65 birthdays, including Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass and Bobby Hutcherson.
Jazz musicians born in February: 59 birthdays, including Stan Getz, Nina Simone and Nancy Wilson.
Jazz musicians born in March: 70 birthdays, including Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughan and Ornette Coleman.
Jazz musicians born in April: 65 birthdays, including Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.
Jazz musicians born in May: 61 birthdays, including Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett and Benny Goodman.
Jazz musicians born in June: 69 birthdays, including Chick Corea, Erroll Garner and Eric Dolphy.
Jazz musicians born in July: 62 birthdays, including Ahmad Jamal, Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley.
Jazz musicians born in August: 59 birthdays, including Lester Young, Charlie Parker and Bill Evans.
Jazz musicians born in September: 66 birthdays, including Art Pepper, John Coltrane and Horace Silver.
Jazz musicians born in October: 64 birthdays, including Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey.
Jazz musicians born in November: 64 birthdays, including Paul Desmond, Joni Mitchell and Coleman Hawkins.
Jazz musicians born in December: 74 birthdays, including Frank Sinatra, Dave Brubeck and Chet Baker.
Birth dates checked against standard references. Where sources disagree, we use the most widely cited date and say so. Spotted an error or a missing name? Let us know.