Born on April 5
10 jazz musicians born on April 5, including Stanley Turrentine, Michael Moriarty, Evan Parker and Robert Glasper.
Stanley Turrentine
1934–2000 · American jazz saxophonist and record producer (1934–2000)
Michael Moriarty
1941 · American-Canadian actor and musician (b. 1941)
Evan Parker
1944 · English saxophonist
Robert Glasper
1978 · American jazz pianist, composer and record producer
Kris Bowers
1989 · American composer and pianist
Thea Gill
1970 · Canadian actress
Håkon Kornstad
1977 · Jazz Saxophonist
Stan Levey
1926–2005 · American musician
John Parricelli
1959 · British musician
Duke Henderson
1925–1972 · American blues shouter and jazz singer
Died on April 5
Cecil Taylor
1929–2018 · American jazz pianist and poet (1929–2018)
Duško Gojković
1931–2023 · Serbian musician
Roy Smeck
1900–1994 · American virtuoso guitarist, banjoist and ukulele player…
Alan Davie
1920–2014 · British artist (1920-2014)
Phil Nimmons
1923–2024 · Canadian jazz musician (1923–2024)
Sonya Hedenbratt
1931–2001 · Swedish jazz singer and actress
Ib Glindemann
1934–2019 · Danish musician (1934–2019)
Gene Greene
1881–1930 · American musician
Albums released on April 5
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 5 April 1978 | Paco de Lucía Interpreta a Manuel de Falla Paco de Lucía |
| 5 April 1961 | L’Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg |
| 5 April 2000 | Fanfare for the Common Man / Appalachian Spring / Symphony no. 3 Copland; Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue |
| 5 April 2010 | Married to It Henry Mancini |
| 5 April 2009 | Still Phat Live Fats Domino |
| 5 April 1957 | Jazz for the Thinker Yusef Lateef |
| 5 April 2011 | Nova Express John Zorn |
| 5 April 2017 | NHK大河ドラマ おんな城主 直虎 音楽虎の巻 ニィトラ 菅野よう子 |
| 5 April 2022 | Ōban Star-Racers 15th Anniversary Soundtrack Yoko Kanno & Taku Iwasaki |
| 5 April 2005 | The Glenn Gould Session Lee Konitz, Brian Dickinson |
| 5 April 2019 | Solo Keyboards, Minnesota 1978 Live Sun Ra |
| 5 April 2010 | Music Inspired by The Godfather Al Martino |
| 5 April 1966 | Sadao Watanabe Plays 渡辺貞夫 |
| 5 April 2006 | Беспечный русский бродяга Аквариум |
| 5 April 1994 | Sweet Time Paul Bley |
| 5 April 1994 | I Can See Your House From Here John Scofield & Pat Metheny |
| 5 April 1994 | Lady Be Good ... for Ella Tommy Flanagan |
| 5 April 2005 | Jumping the Creek Charles Lloyd |
| 5 April 1994 | Some Change Boz Scaggs |
| 5 April 2004 | The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery Live Wes Montgomery |
| 5 April 2019 | Symphony No.1 / A History of the Thé Dansant / Zodiac / Reflections on a Sixteenth Century Tune Sir Richard Rodney Bennett; Dame Sarah Connolly, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson |
| 5 April 2005 | Walls of Akendora Keiko Matsui |
| 5 April 1999 | Fast Mood Michel Portal / Martial Solal |
| 5 April 2019 | Wilderness Road Gino Vannelli |
| 5 April 2008 | Funny Rat/s 2 Live Peter Brötzmann & Shoji Hano |
| 5 April 2019 | The Best of Enemies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Marcelo Zarvos |
| 5 April 2024 | 1978 José James |
| 5 April 2004 | Confidential Peter White |
| 5 April 2024 | Echoes of the Inner Prophet Melissa Aldana |
| 5 April 1994 | Lunar Crush David Fiuczynski & John Medeski |