celebrating

born: 1945 ERIC CLAPTON (Layla) / 1964 TRACY CHAPMAN (You're the One) / 1979 NORAH JONES (The Nearness of You)

dead: 1978 LARRY YOUNG (Paris Eyes) / 2016 GIANMARIA TESTA (Dentro la tasca di un qualunque mattino) / 2020 BILL WITHERS (Just the Two of Us)

born: 1940 ASTRUD GILBERTO (Berimbau) / 1943 VANGELIS (Love Song from Blade Runner) / 1949 MICHAEL BRECKER (The Morning of This Night) / 1950 MORY KANTE' (Djou)

dead: 1999 JOE WILLIAMS (Every Day I Have the Blues)

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)

born: 1905 LEROY CARR (How Long, How Long Blues) / 1906 PEE WEE RUSSELL (Ask Me Now) / 1924 SARAH VAUGHAN (Fever) / 1969 MARIAH CAREY (Daydream)

dead: 1993 CLIFFORD JORDAN (The Highest Mountain) / 2017 ARTHUR BLYTHE (Ruby My Dear)

born: 1915 FLIP PHILLIPS (Come Rain or Come Shine) / 1917 RUFUS THOMAS (Do the Funky Chicken) / 1925 JAMES MOODY (Sister Sadie) / 1944 DIANA ROSS (Upside Down) / 1979 HIROMI UEHARA (The Tommy and Jerry Show)

born: 1926 RIZ ORTOLANI (Il sorpasso) / 1929 CECIL TAYLOR (Of What) / 1931 PAUL MOTIAN (Conception Vessel) / 1942 ARETHA FRANKLIN (Think) / 1947 ELTON JOHN (Rocket Man)

born: 1922 KING PLEASURE (This Is Always) / 1947 PAUL McCANDLESS (Queen of Sydney) / 1954 HANK ROBERTS (Bernie Alap)

dead: 1962 JEAN GOLDKETTE (My Pretty Girl) / 2000 AL GREY (Lester Leaps In) / 2020 MANU DIBANGO (Walking to Waza)

born: 1917 JOHNNY GUARNIERI (Sometimes I'm Happy) / 1932 LOUISIANA RED (Driftin') / 1945 DAVID GRISMAN ('lil Samba) / 1945 FRANCO BATTIATO (Gli uccelli) / 1953 CHAKA KHAN (I Feel for You) / 1973 STEFON HARRIS (Dat Dere)

born: 1937 JON HASSELL (Fearless) / 1942 JORGE BEN (Taj Mahal) / 1943 GEORGE BENSON (This Masquerade)

dead: 2013 BEBO VALDES (Cachao, Creador del Mambo)

born: 1902 SON HOUSE (Death Letter Blues) / 1924 OTIS SPANN (The Blues Never Die) / 1940 SOLOMON BURKE (Ain't Got You) / 1959 SARAH JANE MORRIS (Compared to What) / 1960 DOMINIC MILLER (Fields of Gold) / 1968 VINCENT COURTOIS (I Carry Your Heart)

dead: 1982 KING PLEASURE (Moody's Mood for Love)