Born on August 20
12 jazz musicians born on August 20, including Enrico Rava, Jamie Cullum, Jack Teagarden and Jimmy Raney.
Enrico Rava
1939 · Italian jazz trumpeter
Jamie Cullum
1979 · English jazz singer and pianist
Jack Teagarden
1905–1964 · American jazz trombonist and singer (1905–1964)
Jimmy Raney
1927–1995 · American musician (1927–1995)
Frank Rosolino
1926–1978 · American jazz trombonist (1926–1978)
Milford Graves
1941–2021 · American jazz drummer and percussionist (1941-2021)
Jiggs Whigham
1943 · American jazz trombonist
Alain Goraguer
1931–2023 · French composer, music arranger, orchestra leader…
John Clayton
1952 · American jazz and classical double bassist, arranger and…
Steven Feld
1949 · ethnomusicologist
Joya Sherrill
1924–2010 · American musician (1924-2010)
Frank Capp
1931–2017 · American musician (1931–2017)
Died on August 20
Jerry Lewis
1926–2017 · American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)
Marian McPartland
1918–2013 · British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013)
Sathima Bea Benjamin
1936–2013 · South African jazz singer (1936–2013)
Larry Harlow
1939–2021 · American musician (1939–2021)
Louis Nelson Delisle
1885–1949 · American musician (1885-1949)
Irving Fields
1915–2016 · American cocktail pianist famous for fusion of Latin and…
Louis Smith
1931–2016 · American musician (1931–2016)
Albums released on August 20
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 20 August 2002 | Piano, Strings and Bossa Nova Lalo Schifrin |
| 20 August 2021 | Perfect Union Kool & the Gang |
| 20 August 1996 | Bar Kokhba John Zorn |
| 20 August 2002 | Imagine Eva Cassidy |
| 20 August 1997 | Rendezvous Cassandra Wilson & Jacky Terrasson |
| 20 August 2008 | ひばりとシャープ 虹の彼方 美空ひばり |
| 20 August 2007 | Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale / Marsalis: Meeelaan Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский, Wynton Marsalis |
| 20 August 1982 | Luz Djavan |
| 20 August 1996 | Laurita Richard Galliano |
| 20 August 2005 | Piano Works 2 Kapustin; Masahiro Kawakami |
| 20 August 2005 | Piano Works 1 Kapustin; Masahiro Kawakami |
| 20 August 2007 | Festa, farina e forca Enzo Avitabile & Bottari |
| 20 August 2001 | Concerto for Piano & Orchestra - Suite for Piano, Harp & Strings - Caribe Michel Camilo, Leonard Slatkin & BBC Symphony Orchestra |
| 20 August 2003 | Nitro Burnin’ Funny Daddy Brian Setzer |
| 20 August 1996 | Garden Ikue Mori |
| 20 August 2019 | Dutch Courage (live 1979) Live Rickie Lee Jones |
| 20 August 1996 | Off the Beaten Path Dave Koz |
| 20 August 2019 | Faux Amis, Volume 8 Eugene Chadbourne & Lärmschutz |
| 20 August 2018 | Live: Fillmore West, San Francisco 6 Nov 1970 Live Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention |
| 20 August 2010 | Stories Yet to Tell Norma Winstone |
| 20 August 2013 | The Bones Of Art Steve Turre |
| 20 August 1996 | The Watchman Erik Friedlander |
| 20 August 2012 | Ravi - The Music of Dušan Bogdanović Dušan Bogdanović, Golfam Khayam & Siavash Roshan |
| 20 August 1986 | Easy Living Norman Connors |
| 20 August 2001 | Dalla pace del mare lontano Sergio Cammariere |
| 20 August 2004 | LUPIN TROIS Yuji Ohno et Kahimi Karie !!! |
| 20 August 1993 | Down to Earth Passport |
| 20 August 1996 | Bone Structure Wycliffe Gordon & Ron Westray |
| 20 August 1996 | Mouth=Maul=Betrayer Zeena Parkins |
| 20 August 2003 | Mr. 2500: Live at Birdland Live Cornell Dupree |