Born on April 29
17 jazz musicians born on April 29, including Duke Ellington, Toots Thielemans, Ray Barretto and Lonnie Donegan.
Duke Ellington
1899–1974 · American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)
Toots Thielemans
1922–2016 · Belgian jazz musician (1922–2016)
Ray Barretto
1929–2006 · American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican…
Lonnie Donegan
1931–2002 · Scottish-born skiffle musician (1931–2002)
Hugh Hopper
1945–2009 · English bass guitarist (1945–2009)
Younha
1988 · South Korean singer-songwriter
Humphrey Carpenter
1946–2005 · British writer and broadcaster (1946–2005)
George Adams
1940–1992 · American jazz musician (1940-1992)
Dave Valentin
1952–2017 · American musician (1952-2017)
China Forbes
1970 · American singer, songwriter
Claus Ogerman
1930–2016 · German composer (1930-2016)
Russ Morgan
1904–1969 · American big band leader and arranger, songwriter…
Joe Porcaro
1930–2020 · American drummer (1930–2020)
Rain Sultanov
1965 · Azerbaijani jazz saxophonist
Big Jay McNeely
1927–2018 · American rhythm and blues saxophonist (1927–2018)
Ira Coleman
1956 · American musician
Andy Simpkins
1932–1999 · American bassist (1932-1999)
Died on April 29
Cat Anderson
1916–1981 · American jazz trumpeter (1916–1981)
Miff Mole
1898–1961 · American jazz musician (1898–1961)
Jonah Jones
1908–2000 · American jazz trumpeter (1909–2000)
Don Sebesky
1937–2023 · American jazz musician (1937–2023)
Jimmy Jones
1918–1982 · pianist (1918–1982)
Tom McGrath
1940–2009 · Scottish playwright and jazz pianist (1940-2009)
Noel DaCosta
1929–2002 · Nigerian-Jamaican jazz violinist, composer and choral…
Albums released on April 29
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 29 April 2014 | Canción andaluza Paco de Lucía |
| 29 April 1997 | Love’s Been Rough on Me Etta James |
| 29 April 1997 | Passion Dance Herb Alpert |
| 29 April 2022 | Morning Glory: The 1973 Concert at the Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires Live Bill Evans |
| 29 April 2008 | A Night to Remember Johnny Mathis |
| 29 April 2022 | Varsovie 83, une affaire d’État Ibrahim Maalouf |
| 29 April 1988 | Stronger Than Pride Sade |
| 29 April 1997 | Textures Jim Hall |
| 29 April 2022 | StandArt Tigran Hamasyan |
| 29 April 1995 | City of Angels Cy Coleman |
| 29 April 2016 | Better Haley Reinhart |
| 29 April 2022 | If You Will Flora Purim |
| 29 April 2016 | Culcha Vulcha Snarky Puppy |
| 29 April 2016 | Old Gold King Curtis |
| 29 April 1994 | Windows of Time Patrick Moraz |
| 29 April 1997 | Our Love Is Here To Stay John Pizzarelli |
| 29 April 2014 | Chameleon Harvey Mason |
| 29 April 2014 | Landmarks Brian Blade and The Fellowship Band |
| 29 April 2008 | Bringing Back the Funk Brian Culbertson |
| 29 April 2016 | Sun Blowing Lars Danielsson, Marius Neset, Morten Lund |
| 29 April 2022 | Lifted Trombone Shorty |
| 29 April 2008 | The Spice of Life Earl Klugh |
| 29 April 1997 | New Orleans All Stars Pete Fountain |
| 29 April 1998 | Plays Jazz Ron Carter |
| 29 April 2016 | Eros Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa featuring Natacha Atlas & Jaques Morelenbaum |
| 29 April 2008 | Kick the Jazz The CrusadersfeaturingWayne Henderson |
| 29 April 2022 | Classics Scott Hamilton |
| 29 April 2011 | Gladwell Julian Lage Group |
| 29 April 2023 | Blanchard: Champion Live Terence Blanchard; Ryan Speedo Green, Eric Owens, Latonia Moore, Stephanie Blythe, Eric Greene, Paul Groves, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Yannick Nézet‐Séguin |
| 29 April 2005 | Fire Dance Roby Lakatos |