Born on August 31
11 jazz musicians born on August 31, including Paul Winter, Stefano Battaglia, Gunter Hampel and Cleveland Eaton.
Paul Winter
1939 · American saxophonist
Stefano Battaglia
1965 · Italian musician
Gunter Hampel
1937–2026 · German jazz musician (1937–2026)
Cleveland Eaton
1939–2020 · American musician
Sergio Caputo
1954 · Italian musician
Tineke Postma
1978 · Dutch saxophonist
Ioan Gyuri Pascu
1961–2016 · Romanian actor, musician and comedian (1961-2016)
Wilton Felder
1940–2015 · American musician (1940–2015)
Francis Hime
1939 · Brazilian musician
May Alix
1902–1983 · American cabaret and jazz vocalist (1902–1983)
Edgar Sampson
1907–1973 · American jazz composer, arranger, saxophonist, and…
Died on August 31
Albums released on August 31
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 31 August 1999 | Gershwin Centennial Edition Gershwin; Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier, Leopold Godowsky III |
| 31 August 1971 | The Sun, Moon & Herbs Dr. John, the Night Tripper |
| 31 August 1997 | Black to the Future Hugh Masekela |
| 31 August 1978 | Together McCoy Tyner |
| 31 August 1990 | The Greatest Drummer That Ever Lived with... the Best Band I Ever Had Buddy Rich |
| 31 August 2004 | Land of the Sun Charlie Haden with Gonzalo Rubalcaba |
| 31 August 2018 | The Etruscan Kills Again Riz Ortolani |
| 31 August 2002 | tokyo.sora original soundtrack 菅野よう子 |
| 31 August 2004 | A Manual Dexterity: Soundtrack Volume One Omar A. Rodríguez‐López |
| 31 August 1998 | Compositions No. 10 & No. 16 (+101) Anthony Braxton |
| 31 August 1998 | Now John Patitucci |
| 31 August 2018 | Anthem Madeleine Peyroux |
| 31 August 2021 | Equilibrium Tony MacAlpine |
| 31 August 2016 | Giovinezza Giovinezza Piero Piccioni |
| 31 August 1994 | Step Lightly Blue Mitchell |
| 31 August 2018 | My New Moon Amos Lee |
| 31 August 1996 | Moving In Chris Potter |
| 31 August 2012 | Last Spring Bugge Wesseltoft, Henning Kraggerud |
| 31 August 2010 | Providencia Danilo Pérez |
| 31 August 1990 | Shuffletown Joe Henry |
| 31 August 1998 | Tangens Sam Rivers & Alexander von Schlippenbach |
| 31 August 2024 | Ranging Live Peter Brötzmann / Vlady Bystrov / Anto Pett |
| 31 August 2011 | Dreamer in Concert Live Stacey Kent |
| 31 August 1993 | At Sportpalast, Berlin Live Johnny Hodges |
| 31 August 2018 | The Height of the Reeds Arve Henriksen / Eivind Aarset / Jan Bang / Jez riley French |
| 31 August 2012 | Rattle Them Bones Big Bad Voodoo Daddy |
| 31 August 2022 | Strings & Things Jamaaladeen Tacuma & Mary Halvorson |
| 31 August 2001 | Jazz Charlie |
| 31 August 2010 | The Searcher Kevin Eubanks |
| 31 August 2023 | Pollen and Leaves (Forest Quadrology) Bendik Hofseth, Eivind Aarset, Per Oddvar Johansen, Helge Iberg, Mats Eilertsen, Sidiki Camara & Giert Clausen |