Born on April 28
12 jazz musicians born on April 28, including Willie Colón, John Tchicai, Steve Khan and Iyeoka Okoawo.
Willie Colón
1950–2026 · American musician
John Tchicai
1936–2012 · Danish free jazz saxophonist (1936–2012)
Steve Khan
1947 · American musician
Iyeoka Okoawo
1975 · American Nigerian singer
Blossom Dearie
1924–2009 · American jazz singer and pianist (1924–2009)
Dorothée Berryman
1948 · Canadian actress
Magdalena Thora
1952 · German guitarist and singer
Mario Bauzá Cárdenas
1911–1993 · Cuban-American musician, composer, and founder of…
George E. Lee
1896–1958 · American musician (1896–1958)
Everett Barksdale
1910–1986 · American jazz guitarist (1910-1986)
Mickey Tucker
1941 · American pianist
Ithamara Koorax
1965 · Brazilian singer
Died on April 28
Albums released on April 28
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 28 April 2011 | George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein; Katia & Marielle Labèque |
| 28 April 1998 | Oscar and Benny Oscar Peterson & Benny Green |
| 28 April 1998 | Standard Time, Volume 5: The Midnight Blues Wynton Marsalis |
| 28 April 2009 | Five Peace Band Live Live Chick Corea & John McLaughlin |
| 28 April 2017 | Rock n Roll Consciousness Thurston Moore |
| 28 April 2014 | Night Gallery Buckethead |
| 28 April 2014 | La danza macabra Riz Ortolani |
| 28 April 2023 | La ragazza di mille mesi Armando Trovajoli |
| 28 April 1992 | Smilin' Through Cleo Laine & Dudley Moore |
| 28 April 2023 | Accomplice Two Tommy Emmanuel cgp |
| 28 April 1992 | Subsequently Jim Hall |
| 28 April 1992 | Upfront David Sanborn |
| 28 April 2022 | Aerial Objects Simon Goff & Katie Melua |
| 28 April 2015 | The Song Project: Live at LPR Live John Zorn |
| 28 April 1994 | The Sweetest Illusion Basia |
| 28 April 2023 | Pieces of Treasure Rickie Lee Jones |
| 28 April 1995 | The Maker Pat Martino |
| 28 April 1958 | In Indigo Candido |
| 28 April 1992 | Jazz Fest Masters: The Trumpeters Live Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie & Buck Clayton |
| 28 April 1995 | Tough Tenor Favorites Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin |
| 28 April 2000 | Every Once in a While Morgana King |
| 28 April 2014 | It's a Bossa Nova World Laurindo Almeida |
| 28 April 2015 | One World Jesse Cook |
| 28 April 2017 | Versus Carl Craig featuring Francesco Tristano, Les Siècles conducted by François‐Xavier Roth |
| 28 April 2023 | Catching Ghosts Live Brötzmann - Bekkas - Drake |
| 28 April 2006 | Moje królestwo Edyta Geppert & Krzysztof Herdzin |
| 28 April 2017 | Parking Lot Symphony Trombone Shorty |
| 28 April 2008 | Makin’ Whoopee (1979): The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions Dorothy Donegan |
| 28 April 2017 | Walking Out Ernst Reijseger |
| 28 April 2009 | Down the Wire Spyro Gyra |