04/01/1895 - Alberta Hunter, blues singer/composer (Downhearted Blues)
04/01/1954 - Jeff Porcaro, LA Calif, drummer/percussionist (Toto-Roxanne, Africa)
04/02/1943 - Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House)
04/02/1939 - Marvin P Gaye Jr, Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing)
04/04/1915 - Muddy Waters, [McKinley Morganfield], guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man)
04/04/1939 - Hugh Masekela, Wilbank South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)
04/05/1934 - Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist (Wonderland)
04/06/1927 - Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orch leader (Jazz on a Summer Day)
04/04/1938 - Freddie Hubbard, Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
04/08/1920 - Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life)
Other Notable Birthdays
04/01/1939 - Rudolph Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, rocker (Isley Brothers-Shout)
04/02/1941 - Leon Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny)
04/03/1961 - Melissa Etheridge, rock guitarist/vocalist (Come to My Window)
04/03/1944 - Tony Orlando, NYC, singer (and Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon)
04/03/1938 - Philippe Wynne, US soul singer (Detroit Spinners, Ghetto Child)
04/03/1942 - Wayne Newton, Roanoke Virginia, singer (Danke Sch”n)
Deaths in Music
04/01/1917 - Scott Joplin, ragtime composer (Sting), dies at 48
04/02/1987 - Buddy Rich, drummer/orch leader (Away We Go), dies at 69
04/03/1990 - Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
04/02/1995 - Julius Arthur Hemphill, saxophonist, dies at 57
04/06/1971 - Igor F Stravinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 88
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