Born on August 26
12 jazz musicians born on August 26, including Branford Marsalis, Leon Redbone, Jimmy Rushing and Scott Henderson.
Branford Marsalis
1960 · American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
Leon Redbone
1949–2019 · musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949-2019)
Jimmy Rushing
1901–1972 · American blues shouter and swing jazz singer (1901-1972)
Scott Henderson
1954 · American jazz fusion and blues guitarist
Léo Marjane
1912–2016 · French jazz singer and actor (1912-2016)
Peter Appleyard
1928–2013 · Canadian vibraphonist (1928–2013)
Peter Wolf
1952 · Austrian producer and songwriter
Jim Beard
1960–2024 · American jazz pianist (1960–2024)
Titi Robin
1957 · French musician
Clifford Jarvis
1941–1999 · American drummer (1941-1999)
Frances Wayne
1924–1978 · American singer (1924–1978)
Med Flory
1926–2014 · American actor and jazz musician (1926-2014)
Died on August 26
Albums released on August 26
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 26 August 2016 | Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway Barbra Streisand |
| 26 August 2011 | I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 26 August 2003 | Classical Brubeck Dave Brubeck |
| 26 August 1950 | Sarah Vaughan Sarah Vaughan |
| 26 August 2003 | Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation Henry Mancini |
| 26 August 1991 | Getz Meets Mulligan in Hi‐Fi Stan Getz & Gerry Mulligan |
| 26 August 2013 | The Shocking Miss Emerald (acoustic sessions) Caro Emerald |
| 26 August 1996 | ATLiens OutKast |
| 26 August 2016 | Commedia dell'arte John Zorn |
| 26 August 2015 | Chilled Out Candy Dulfer |
| 26 August 2013 | Shadow Theater Tigran Hamasyan |
| 26 August 2021 | Stitches Nils Petter Molvær |
| 26 August 2008 | Dukey Treats George Duke |
| 26 August 2016 | Arañas en la sombra Omar Rodríguez‐López |
| 26 August 2022 | S’low Down Victor Wooten, Steve Bailey, Bass Extremes |
| 26 August 2003 | The Boy Next Door Stacey Kent |
| 26 August 2009 | Agony & Ecstasy Malene Mortensen |
| 26 August 2022 | Reflections Al Foster |
| 26 August 2003 | Scelsi Morning Marc Ribot |
| 26 August 2011 | The Moon, the Stars and you Nils Landgren |
| 26 August 2022 | Parallel Motion Yellowjackets |
| 26 August 2016 | How Long Is Now? Iiro Rantala, Lars Danielsson, Peter Erskine |
| 26 August 2022 | SHIFT (Bad Hombre, Vol. II) Antonio Sánchez |
| 26 August 2008 | Across the Crystal Sea Danilo Pérez |
| 26 August 1998 | Arkestra 東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ |
| 26 August 2022 | Весёлый и злой Пикник |
| 26 August 2003 | Entre Amigos Rosa Passos & Ron Carter |
| 26 August 2016 | It’s Hard The Bad Plus |
| 26 August 2003 | Tribute to Lester Art Ensemble of Chicago |
| 26 August 2016 | Ante Lucem: For Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Quintet Iro Haarla; Iro Haarla Quintet, NorrlandsOperans Symfoniorkester, Jukka Iisakkila |