Birthdays
04/25/1917 - Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News VA, jazz singer (A-Tisket, A-Tasket)
04/25/1923 - Albert King, Mississippi, blues singer/guitarist (Born Under a Bad Sign)
04/25/1946 - Digby Fairweather, British jazz cornetist
04/26/1904 - William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist (Policy Man, Blazing Saddles)
04/27/1927 - Connie Kay, jazz drummer
04/28/1947 - Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
04/29/1899 - Duke Ellington, Wash DC, [Edward Kennedy], bandleader (Take "A" Train)
04/29/1908 - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter
04/29/1922 - Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer
Other Notable Birthdays/Deathdays
04/25/1952 - Cory Daye, Bronx NY, rock vocalist - Featured above in this terrific video. Here is Cory performing as the lead singer of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. You gotta love this!
04/26/1991 - Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies
04/27/1932 - Casey Kasem, Detroit Mich, radio personality (American Top 40)
04/30/1933 - Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, country singer (On the Road Again)
Deaths in Music
04/25/1990 - Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67
04/26/1984 - William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday
04/30/1984 - Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68
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