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born: 1915 MUDDY WATERS (Mannish Boy) / 1922 ELMER BERNSTEIN (A Wishing Doll) / 1939 HUGH MASEKELA (Abangoma) / 1954 MICHEL CAMILO (Spain)

born: 1903 BUBBER MILEY (Puttin' on the Ritz) / 1922 DORIS DAY (Que serà, serà) / 1936 SCOTT LaFARO (In Your Own Sweet Way) dead: 1950 KURT WEILL (Your Technique) / 1978 RAY NOBLE (The Very THought of You) / 1990 SARAH VAUGHAN (Teach Me Tonight)

born: 1939 MARVIN GAYE (What's Going On) / 1943 LARRY CORYELL (Nardis) dead: 1935 BENNIE MOTEN (Moten Swing) / 1987 BUDDY RICH (Bloomdido) / 1995 JULIUS HEMPHILL (Long Rhythm) / 2009 BUD SHANK (I Will Wait for You) / 2016 GATO BARBIERI (Yo le canto a la luna)

born: 1895 ALBERTA HUNTER (Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams) / 1910 HARRY CARNEY (Take the A-Train) / 1949 GIL SCOTT-HERON (We Almost Lost Detroit) dead: 1917 SCOTT JOPLIN (The Ragtime Dance) / 1984 MARVIN GAYE (Sexual Healing) / 2020 BUCKY PIZZARELLI (In the Dark)

born: 1684 FRANCESCO DURANTE (Vergin tutto amor) / 1908 RED NORVO (Cheek to Cheek) / 1935 HERB ALPERT (Street Life) dead: 2006 JACKIE McLEAN (Sweet Love of Mine) / 2020 WALLACE RONEY (Then and Now)

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)

born: 1915 SISTER ROSETTA THARPE (Jericho; Didn't It Rain; Shout, Sister, Shout!) / 1947 CARL PALMER (The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits; The Barbarian) dead: 1988 GIL EVANS (Will O' the Wisp; Crosstown Traffic)

born: 1919 LENNIE TRISTANO (Line Up; Turkish Mambo) / 1950 CURTIS FOWLKES (Paris) / 1960 ELIANE ELIAS (Swept Away) dead: 1945 CLYDE HART (I Want Every Bit of It; What's the Matter Now?)

born: 1941 WILSON PICKETT (In the Midnight Hour; Mustang Sally) / 1951 BILL FRISELL (Rambler) / 1959 JOE LOCKE (Litha) / 1964 COURTNEY PINE (Amazing Grace) dead: 2017 CHUCK BERRY (Johnny B. Goode; Maybellene)

born: 1919 NAT KING COLE (Don't Get Around Much Anymore; I Love You for Sentimental Reasons) / 1945 ELIS REGINA (Quero; Vocé) / 1948 JESSICA WILLIAMS (Lament) / 1952 MANOLO BADRENA (Rumba Mama) www.altriSuoni.eu

born: 1927 RUBY BRAFF (When You're Smiling; There's A Small Hotel) dead: 1975 T-BONE WALKER (I Got A Break, Baby; Call It Stormy Monday; Sail On) / 2018 BUELL NEIDLINGER (Friday the 13th; Change of Season) www.altriSuoni.eu

born: 1905 BERTHA 'CHIPPIE' HILL ( Trouble In Mind) / 1907 JIMMY McPARTLAND (There'll Be Some Changes Made) / 1912 LIGHTNING HOPKINS (Worried Blues) / 1916 HARRY JAMES (Walkin') / 1928 BOB WILBER (Why Do I Love You) / CHARLES LLOYD (Love Ship; Voice In The Night) / SLY STONE (Just Like a Baby) / RY COODER (Paris, Texas) dead: 1959 LESTER YOUNG (Lester Blows Again; I Cover The Waterfront) www.altri...

born: 1932 MARK MURPHY (Stolen Moments; Parker's Mood) / 1933 QUINCY JONES (A Sleepin' Bee; Stockholm Sweetnin') / 1934 SHIRLEY SCOTT : On A Clear Day You Can See Forever; Freedom Dance) www.altriSuoni.eu