born: 1890 PAUL WHITEMAN (Washboard Blues) / 1923 THAD JONES (Little Girl Blue) / 1933 TETE MONTOLIU (Blues for Nuria) / 1975 ORRIN EVANS (All the Things You Are)

dead: 1958 W.C. HANDY (St. Louis Blues) / 2023 RYUICHI SAKAMOTO (Amore)