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in the year 1958.

Events

July

* 3 – The 5th Newport Jazz Festival started in

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(July 3 – 6).

August

* 12 – A Great Day in Harlem, a black and white group photograph of 57 notable jazz musicians, is taken in front of a brownstone building in Harlem, New York City.

Album releases

Cannonball Adderley Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is perhaps best remembered for the 1966 soul jazz single "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", whi ...

: '' Somethin' Else'' *

Chet Baker Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. (December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988) was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations in cool jazz that led him to be nicknamed the "Prince of Cool". Baker earned much attention and ...

: ''Everything Happens to Me'' *

Art Blakey Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s. Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...

: '' Moanin''' (recorded, released 1959) *

Stan Getz Stanley Getz (February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of ...

and the

Oscar Peterson Trio Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian virtuoso jazz pianist and composer. Considered one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, Peterson released more than 200 recordings, won seven Grammy Awards, ...

: ''

Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio ''Stan Getz and the Oscar Peterson Trio'' is a 1958 studio album by Stan Getz, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson Trio. Track listing # "I Want to Be Happy" (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans) – 7:35 # " Pennies from Heaven" ( Arthur Johnston, ...

'' * Jimmy Giuffre **''

Western Suite ''Western Suite'' is an album by American jazz composer and arranger Jimmy Giuffre which was released on the Atlantic label in 1960.The Four Brothers Sound'' *

Chico Hamilton Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton (September 20, 1921 – November 25, 2013) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, ...

: "

South Pacific in Hi-Fi ''South Pacific in Hi-Fi'' is an album by drummer and bandleader Chico Hamilton featuring jazz interpretations of themes from the Broadway musical ''South Pacific (musical), South Pacific''. It was released in 1958 on the Pacific Jazz Records, Pac ...

" * Stan Kenton: ''

Back to Balboa ''Back to Balboa'' is an album by bandleader and pianist Stan Kenton featuring performances recorded at the Rendezvous Ballroom in 1958 and released on the Capitol label.Vosbein, PStan Kenton Discographyaccessed April 16, 2016 The liner notes f ...

'' * Blue Mitchell: '' Big 6'' *

Hank Mobley Henry "Hank" Mobley (July 7, 1930 – May 30, 1986) was an American hard bop and soul jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. Mobley was described by Leonard Feather as the "middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone", a metaphor used to descr ...

: ''

Peckin' Time ''Peckin' Time'' is an album credited to saxophonist Hank Mobley and trumpeter Lee Morgan recorded by the Blue Note label on February 9, 1958 and first released as BLP 1574 (mono). It features the two playing in a quintet rounded out by pianist W ...

'' *

Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", "B ...

: '' Misterioso'' * Max Roach: ''

Deeds, Not Words ''Deeds, Not Words'' is an album by American jazz drummer Max Roach featuring tracks recorded in 1958 and released on the Riverside Records, Riverside label.

'' *

Sonny Rollins Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a ...

: '' Freedom Suite'' * Mongo Santamaria: '' Yambu'' *

John Serry Sr. John Serry Sr. (born John Serrapica; January 29, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was an American concert accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator. He performed on the CBS Radio and Television networks and contributed to Voic ...

: '' Chicago Musette – John Serry and His Accordion'' *

Cecil Taylor Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet. Taylor was classically trained and was one of the pioneers of free jazz. His music is characterized by an energetic, physical approach, resulting in complex ...

: ''

Looking Ahead! ''Looking Ahead!'' is the second album by pianist Cecil Taylor, recorded for the Contemporary label in June 1958. The album features performances by Taylor with Buell Neidlinger, Denis Charles, and Earl Griffith. Reception The AllMusic review ...

'' *

Clark Terry Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator. He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...

: '' In Orbit'' * Toots Thielemans: ''

Man Bites Harmonica! ''Man Bites Harmonica!'' is an album by harmonica player Jean "Toots" Thielemans which was recorded in late 1957 and early 1958 for the Riverside label.

'' * Cal Tjader: '' Latin Concert''

Standards

Deaths

; January * 1 –

Fulton McGrath Fulton "Fidgy" McGrath (December 6, 1907 – January 1, 1958) was an American jazz pianist and songwriter. McGrath played with Red Nichols early in the 1930s, then joined the band of The Dorsey Brothers, in addition to working extensively as a st ...

, American pianist and songwriter (born

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...

). ; March * 17 –

Carl Perkins Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998)#nytimesobit, Pareles. was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rockabilly great and pioneer of rock and roll, he began his recording career at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, Tennes ...

, American pianist (born

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

). * 25 – Tom Brown, New Orleans trombonist (born 1888). * 28 –

W. C. Handy William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an American composer and musician who referred to himself as the Father of the Blues. Handy was one of the most influential songwriters in the United States. One of many musici ...

, African-American blues composer and musician (born 1873). ; May * 8 – Ted Donnelly, American trombonist (born

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

). ; June *

Sterling Bose Sterling Belmont "Bozo" Bose (September 23, 1906, born in Florence, Alabama – July 23, 1958) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist who also marked a twice occurrence of double instrumentation, with a 1935-1938 Glenn Miller trumpet-violin ...

, American trumpeter and cornetist (born

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

). ; July * 2 –

Martha Boswell Martha Foore Boswell Lloyd (June 9, 1905 – July 2, 1958) was an American jazz singer and pianist, and the eldest of the vocal trio the Boswell Sisters. Her younger sisters were Connee and Helvetia "Vet" Boswell. The Boswell Sisters started ...

, American singer and pianist (born

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

). ; September * 13 –

Lorraine Geller Lorraine Winifred Geller (née Walsh; September 11, 1928 – October 13, 1958) was an American jazz pianist. Geller was born in Portland, Oregon on September 11, 1928. She started out with the all-female big band Sweethearts of Rhythm, based in ...

, American pianist (born

). * 17 – Herbie Fields, American saxophonist and clarinetist, bandleader (born

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...

). ; October * 2 –

George E. Lee George Ewing Lee (April 28, 1896 – October 2, 1958) was an American jazz bandleader. Born in Boonville, Missouri, Lee was the older brother of pianist/singer Julia Lee. He played in a band while serving in the Army in 1917; following this he sa ...

, American bandleader (born 1896). ; November * 7 – Joe Morris, American trumpeter and bandleader (born

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...

). * 11 –

Olivia Plunket Greene Olivia Honor Mary Plunket Greene (7 March 1907 – 11 November 1958), together with her brothers Richard and David, was part of the Bright Young Things who inspired the novel ''Vile Bodies'' by Evelyn Waugh, who was Olivia's suitor. Biography Sh ...

, English musician, Bright Young Things (born

). * 26 – Tiny Bradshaw, American bandleader, singer, composer, pianist, and drummer (born

). * 30 –

Shifty Henry John Willie "Shifty" Henry (4 October 1921 – 30 November 1958) was an American musician, most noted as a double bass and bass guitar player, and blues songwriter. He also played flute, violin, viola, saxophone, and oboe and was in demand as a se ...

, American bassist and songwriter (born

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

). ; December * 6 –

Danny Alvin Danny Alvin (November 29, 1902 in New York City – December 6, 1958 in Chicago) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Alvin was the father of guitarist Teddy Walters. He played with Sophie Tucker at the New York club Reisenweber's in ...

, American drummer and bandleader (born

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's f ...

). * 25 –

Doc Cook Charles L. Cooke (September 3, 1891 – December 25, 1958), known as Doc Cook, was an American jazz bandleader and arranger. Cook was a Doctor of Music, awarded by the Chicago Musical College in 1926. Born in Louisville, he first worked as a compo ...

, American bandleader and arranger (born 1891).

Births

; January * 26 – Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter * 30 –

Bjørn Klakegg Bjørn Klakegg (born 30 January 1958 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer, known from a number of recordings and cooperations with the likes of Nils Petter Molvær, Sverre Gjørvad, Ernst-Wiggo Sandbakk, Frode Aln� ...

, Norwegian guitarist. * 31 –

Tom Schuman Thomas William Schuman (born January 31, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, smooth jazz keyboardist, the co-leader, composer and arranger. of 13 Grammy nominated contemporary jazz group, Spyro Gyra. He has been the keyboardist for Spyro Gyra si ...

, American keyboardist. ; February * 3 – Bob Holz, American drummer and composer. * 7 –

Frans Bak Frans Bak (born 7 February 1958 Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist. He is a graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has worked as a jazz performer and composer of film music. In 1994, he ...

, Danish composer, choral conductor, saxophonist, and pianist. * 8 –

Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...

, American saxophonist. * 10 –

Michael Weiss Michael Weiss may refer to: Sports * Michael Weiss (figure skater) (born 1976), American former figure skater * Michael Weiss (swimmer) (born 1991), American swimmer * Michael Weiss (triathlete) (born 1981), Austrian triathlete and cyclist * Mich ...

, American pianist and composer. * 18 – Gar Samuelson, American drummer (died

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

). * 20 –

Leroy Jones Leroy Jones may refer to: * Leroy Jones (American football) (1950–2021), American football player in the United States and Canada * Leroy Jones (boxer) (1950–2010), heavyweight * Leroy Jones (trumpeter) (born 1958), American jazz musician *LeR ...

, American trumpeter. * 23 –

Carles Cases Carles () is a common Catalan given name of Germanic origin, which also appears as a surname. The English language equivalent is Charles. The name Carles can refer to: People *Carles (name) Places *Carles, Iloilo, a 2nd class municipality in the ...

, Spanish-Catalonian pianist and cellist. * 24 – Jerry Zigmont, American trombonist ; March * 5 – Ronan Guilfoyle, Irish acoustic bass guitarist. * 10 –

Jeanie Bryson Jeanie Bryson (born March 10, 1958) is an American singer who sings a combination of jazz, pop music, pop, and Latin American music, Latin music. Her repertoire is based on jazz and pop standards from the Great American Songbook and Peggy Lee and ...

, American singer. * 12 –

Leon Lee Dorsey Leon Lee Dorsey (born March 12, 1958) is an American jazz bassist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator known for his well-received debut for Landmark Records. He teaches at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. Raised by a family plug ...

, American bassist. * 15 –

Gerald L. Cannon Gerald Leon Cannon (born 1958) is an American jazz double bassist and visual artist. Early life Born in Racine, Wisconsin, he attended The University of Wisconsin at La Crosse where he met jazz player Milt Hinton. Cannon also studied at the Wisc ...

, American upright bassist and visual artist. * 19 –

Anne-Marie Giørtz Anne-Marie Giørtz (born 19 March 1958) is a Norwegian vocalist, orchestra conductor, singing teacher in the genre jazz, and married to the Norwegian guitarist Eivind Aarset. She has performed and recorded with various bands. Career Giørtz s ...

, Norwegian singer. * 31 – Bajone, Serbian singer. ; April * 16 –

Ulf Wakenius Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (''úlfr'', see Wulf). The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century. The fe ...

, Swedish guitarist. * 17 –

Chieli Minucci Chieli Minucci (born April 17, 1958) is an American guitarist who co-founded the band Special EFX. Career His father, Ulpio Minucci, was a concert pianist and composer who wrote the music to the 1955 song " Domani." Chieli Minucci started Spec ...

, American guitarist, composer, and producer. * 30 – Ronaldo Folegatti, Brazilian composer, guitarist, and record producer (died

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

). ; May * 7 – Michael Formanek, American upright bassist. * 10 – Claude Deppa, South African trumpeter. * 17 – Carlos del Junco, Cuban-Canadian harmonica player. * 20 – Jesse Boyd, American upright bassist. * 29 ** Jim Snidero, American saxophonist. ** Kenny Washington, American drummer. ; June * 6 –

Wolfgang Mitterer Wolfgang Mitterer (born 6 June 1958 in Lienz, East Tyrol) is an Austrian composer and musician (organ, keyboard). Biography Wolfgang Mitterer studied with Otto Bruckner in Graz in 1977, and then from 1978 to 1983 at the University of Music an ...

, Austrian composer, organist, and keyboardist. * 7 ** Jonas Hellborg, Swedish bass guitarist. **

Prince Rogers Nelson Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958April 21, 2016), more commonly known Mononym, mononymously as Prince, was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. The recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Prince, num ...

, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer (died

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

). * 8 – Jakko Jakszyk, English guitarist and singer-songwriter. * 14 – Kenny Drew, Jr., American pianist (died

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

). ; July * 8 – Jim Campilongo, American guitarist and composer. * 10 – Béla Fleck, American banjo player. * 11 – Kirk Whalum, American saxophonist and songwriter. * 18 –

Gabriel Fliflet Gabriel Fliflet (born 18 July 1958 in Åland, Finland) is a Norwegian accordion player and vocalist, known for his multicultural musical expressions and numerous recordings. He is the brother of bass player and sagspiller Andreas Fliflet, and the ...

, Norwegian accordionist and singer. * 26 –

Deirdre Cartwright Deirdre Cartwright (born 27 July 1958) is a British guitarist and composer. Cartwright was a member of Painted Lady, which later became known as Girlschool; she left to form another band, Tour De Force. In 1983 Cartwright provided the guitar tu ...

, British guitarist and composer. * 30 –

Kevin Mahogany Kevin Bryant Mahogany (July 30, 1958 – December 17, 2017) was an American jazz vocalist who became prominent in the 1990s. Particularly known for his scat singing, his singing style has been compared with those of Billy Eckstine, Joe William ...

, American vocalist (died

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

). ; August * 26 ** Andrew Lamb, American saxophonist and flautist. **

David Finck David E. Finck (born August 26, 1958) is an American jazz bassist. He plays both bass guitar and double bass. Finck was born in Rochester, New York. He studied under Sam Goradetzer and Michael Shahan of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and graduated ...

, American bassist. * 29 –

Jesse McGuire Jesse McGuire (born August 29, 1958) is an American trumpeter from Phoenix, Arizona, famous for his execution of the Star Spangled Banner, which he has performed for three U.S. presidents, and at many major sporting events, most notably the 2000 Da ...

, American trumpeter. ; September * 3 –

Lakki Patey Lakki Patey (born 3 September 1958) is an English-Norwegian guitarist and inventor. He moves between musical styles and has also invented the language game and cultural concept New Amigos. He is the younger brother of the jazz guitarist Bent Pate ...

, Norwegian guitarist and inventor. * 5 –

Lars Danielsson Lars Danielsson (born 5 September 1958) is a Swedish jazz bassist, composer, and record producer. Biography Danielsson was born in Smålandsstenar, and was educated at the Conservatory of music, music conservatory in Gothenburg. He plays doub ...

, Swedish upright bassist, composer, and record producer. * 7 – Bruce Barth, American pianist. * 8 – Stevie Vallance, Canadian singer. * 16 –

Rodney Franklin Rodney Franklin (born September 16, 1958) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Biography Franklin was born in Berkeley, California in September, 1958. In 1964, aged six, he took jazz piano lessons at the Washington Elementary School and w ...

, American pianist and composer. * 25 – Greg Boyer, American trombonist. * 27 ** Paul Grabowsky, American pianist and composer. ; October * 1 –

Ana Caram Ana Lucia Ribeiro Caram (born 1 October 1958) is a Brazilian singer, guitarist, and flautist who sings jazz, samba, and bossa nova music. Caram was born in São Paulo to a family versed in musical expression. She graduated from São Paulo Unive ...

, Brazilian singer, guitarist, and flutist. * 6 –

Roberto Gatto Roberto Gatto is an Italian jazz drummer, born October 6, 1958 in Rome. He has performed with Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Bob Berg, Tommy Flanagan, Joe Zawinul, and Joe Lovano. He has composed film music, is the leader of his own jazz group and a ...

, Italian drummer. * 9 –

Satoko Fujii is a Japanese avant-garde jazz pianist, accordionist and composer. Early life Fujii was born in Tokyo on 9 October 1958.Huey, Stev"Satoko Fujii" AllMusic. Retrieved 9 February 2016. She started playing the piano at age 4, receiving classical tr ...

, Japanese pianist, accordionist and composer. * 13 – Jair-Rôhm Parker Wells, American bassist. * 14 –

Tomas Franck Tomas Bengt Erik Franck (born October 14, 1958 in Ängelholm) is a Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist. Franck was raised in the town of Helsingborg, where he took up clarinet as a youth, switching to tenor sax in his teens. He studied at the Musik- ...

, Swedish tenor saxophonist. * 17 –

Howard Alden Howard Vincent Alden (born October 17, 1958) is an American jazz guitarist born in Newport Beach, California. Alden has recorded many albums for Concord Records, including four with seven-string guitar innovator George Van Eps. Early life How ...

, American guitarist. * 22 – Jan Gunnar Hoff, Norwegian pianist and composer. * 27 –

David Hazeltine David Perry Hazeltine (born October 27, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and educator. Early life Hazeltine was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 27, 1958. He began studying the piano at the age of nine, and first pe ...

, American pianist. * 30 –

Olav Dale Olav Dale (30 October 1958 – 10 October 2014) was a Norwegian composer, orchestra leader and jazz saxophonist. In addition to saxophone he played other woodwinds. He received little formal education in music, but he completed studies at the Vos ...

, Norwegian saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader (died

). ; November * 1 –

Joe DeRenzo Joseph Peter DeRenzo (born November 1, 1958) is an American jazz drummer, composer and producer. He is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild. DeRenzo has worked with Nile's Project to help stop Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, M ...

, American drummer, composer, and producer. * 8 – Don Byron, American composer, clarinetist, and multi-instrumentalist. * 13 – Tony Lakatos, Hungarian saxophonist. ; December * 9 –

George Koller George Koller (born December 9, 1958) is a Canadian bassist who has played free jazz, folk music, world music, and world fusion. Career Koller has worked with Bruce Cockburn, William Beauvais, Holly Cole, Peter Gabriel, Graeme Kirkland, Lore ...

, Canadian bassist and multi-instrumentalist. * 10 – John Goldsby, American upright bassist, bandleader, and composer. * 15 –

Don Laka Donald Mahwetša Laka (born 15 December 1958 in Mamelodi, Pretoria), professionally known as Don Laka, is a South African jazz musician, songwriter and music producer, as well as the founder of "kwaai-jazz". Laka finished studying at the Royal A ...

, South African pianist, songwriter, and producer. * 16 – Erna Yuzbashyan, Armenian singer. * 28 –

David Berkman David Berkman (born December 28, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator. Background Berkman grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, playing in house bands for visiting jazz musicians Sonny Stitt, Hank Crawford, and Carter Jeffe ...

, American pianist, composer, and arranger. * 29 –

George Schuller George Schuller (born December 29, 1958) is an American jazz drummer. He is the son of composer Gunther Schuller. Biography Schuller was born in New York City and raised in Boston. In 1982 he graduated from the New England Conservatory of Mus ...

, American drummer. * 30 **

Ellen Sandweiss Ellen Sandweiss is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cheryl Williams in ''The Evil Dead'' franchise. Career Sandweiss was born in Detroit, Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Michigan.. She went to Groves High ...

, American singer and actress. **

Lewis Nash Lewis Nash (born December 30, 1958) is an American jazz drummer. According to ''Modern Drummer'' magazineNashhas one of the longest discographies in jazz and has played on over 400 records, earning him the honor of Jazz's Most Valuable Player ...

, American drummer. ; Unknown date * Carol Chaikin, American saxophonist, flautist, and composer. *

David Newton David Newton may refer to: * David Newton (artist) (1953–2011), American artist * David Newton (pianist) (born 1958), Scottish jazz pianist and composer * David Newton (guitarist), with the British band The Mighty Lemon Drops * David George New ...

, Scottish pianist and composer. *

Nancy Zeltsman Nancy Zeltsman (born 1958) is an international marimba soloist who has taught at the Boston Conservatory and Berklee College of Music since 1993. Biography Zeltsman was born in 1958 in Morristown, New Jersey. In 1976, Zeltsman studied with Vi ...

, American marimba soloist.

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