Born on April 21
12 jazz musicians born on April 21, including Slide Hampton, Alfred Ellis, Don Cornell and Ian Carr.
Slide Hampton
1932–2021 · American trombonist (1932–2021)
Alfred Ellis
1941–2021 · American saxophonist (1941–2021)
Don Cornell
1919–2004 · American singer (1919-2004)
Ian Carr
1933–2009 · British jazz trumpeter, composer and writer (1933–2009)
Mundell Lowe
1922–2017 · American jazz guitarist (1922-2017)
Lorenzo Tio
1893–1933 · American clarinetist (1893–1933)
Eddy Christiani
1918–2016 · Dutch guitar player and singer (1918–2016)
Peter Kowald
1944–2002 · German free jazz double bassist and tubist (1944–2002)
Alan Skidmore
1942 · British saxophonist
Carline Ray
1925–2013 · American jazz instrumentalist and vocalist
Jula de Palma
1931 · Italian singer
Lee Gaines
1914–1987 · American singer (1914–1987)
Died on April 21
Nina Simone
1933–2003 · American singer, songwriter and pianist and civil rights…
Charles Rogers
1904–1999 · American actor and jazz musician (1904-1999)
Jacques Pellen
1957–2020 · French jazz guitarist (1957–2020)
Eddie Sauter
1914–1981 · American composer and bandleader (1914-1981)
Helen Ward
1913–1998 · American jazz singer (1913–1998)
Joe Garland
1903–1977 · American musician (1903-1977)
Jean-Marie Aerts
1951–2024 · Belgian guitarist and producer (1951–2024)
Albums released on April 21
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 21 April 1998 | He Got Game: Motion Picture Soundtrack Aaron Copland |
| 21 April 1992 | Time After Time Oscar Peterson |
| 21 April 2008 | I Love Paris Dizzy Gillespie |
| 21 April 2018 | Original Music From the Movie Le Pacha Serge Gainsbourg & Michel Colombier |
| 21 April 2017 | Charlie Watts Meets The Danish Radio Big Band Charlie Watts Meets The Danish Radio Big Band |
| 21 April 2023 | Ti amo come un pazzo Mina |
| 21 April 2004 | The Hits: Reloaded Kool & the Gang |
| 21 April 2018 | The Cymbals / Symbols Sessions: New York City 1973 Sun Ra |
| 21 April 2023 | Multiplicities II: A Repository of Nonexistent Objects John Zorn & Incerto |
| 21 April 2012 | Live at Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate Live Bill Evans |
| 21 April 2025 | Further Ahead (Live In Finland 1964-1969) Live Bill Evans |
| 21 April 1995 | The Cure Dave Grusin |
| 21 April 2023 | A qualcuna piace calvo Armando Trovajoli |
| 21 April 2003 | The Ultimate Andrews Sisters The Andrews Sisters |
| 21 April 1994 | Candyman Steve Lukather |
| 21 April 2004 | Brain Hiromi |
| 21 April 1995 | NHKスペシャル中国12億人の改革開放 菅野よう子 |
| 21 April 1996 | Storyboard Didier Lockwood |
| 21 April 2000 | Billy Taylor With Four Flutes Billy Taylor |
| 21 April 2023 | For Ella 2 Patti Austin featuring Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band |
| 21 April 2008 | Re‐Vision Nils Petter Molvær |
| 21 April 2006 | Wann i geh' Friedrich Gulda |
| 21 April 2017 | Solid State Mercenaries Omar Rodríguez‐López |
| 21 April 2017 | Titok Ferenc Snétberger |
| 21 April 1992 | Next Exit Grover Washington, Jr. |
| 21 April 2017 | Sabiduría Eddie Palmieri |
| 21 April 2018 | Funk in France: From Paris to Antibes (1969–1970) Grant Green |
| 21 April 1981 | EYES OF THE MIND Casiopea |
| 21 April 2014 | Concrete Gardens Tony MacAlpine |
| 21 April 2017 | Right Up On Oliver Lake feat. FLUX Quartet |