Born on December 12
16 jazz musicians born on December 12, including Frank Sinatra, Connie Francis, Manu Dibango and Toshiko Akiyoshi.
Frank Sinatra
1915–1998 · American singer and actor (1915–1998)
Connie Francis
1937–2025 · American singer and actress (1937–2025)
Manu Dibango
1933–2020 · Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist…
Toshiko Akiyoshi
1929 · Japanese American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, band…
Richard Galliano
1950 · French musician
Grover Washington Jr.
1943–1999 · American jazz saxophonist (1943–1999)
Joe Williams
1918–1999 · American jazz singer (1918–1999)
Douwe Bob
1992 · Dutch singer & songwriter
Tony Williams
1945–1997 · American jazz drummer (1945–1997)
Juhani Aaltonen
1935 · Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist
Alex Acuña
1944 · Peruvian musician
Bob Dorough
1923–2018 · American pianist and singer (1923-2018)
Tim Hauser
1941–2014 · American singer (1941–2014)
Lage Lund
1977 · Norwegian guitarist and jazz musician
Fred Elizalde
1907–1979 · Filipino musician (1907–1979)
Eddie Barefield
1909–1991 · American jazz musician (1909–1991)
Died on December 12
Martial Solal
1927–2024 · French jazz pianist and composer (1927–2024)
Marilyn Mazur
1955–2025 · Danish musician (1955–2025)
Mildred Bailey
1907–1951 · Native American jazz singer
Prince Lasha
1929–2008 · American jazz musician (1929–2008)
Rosa King
1939–2000 · American musician
Ronnie Ross
1933–1991 · Jazz saxophonist (1933–1991)
Albums released on December 12
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 12 December 2000 | Matriarch of the Blues Etta James |
| 12 December 2025 | Bremen 1965 Live Thelonious Monk |
| 12 December 1991 | Music for Brass Gunther Schuller, John Lewis, Jimmy Giuffre, J.J. Johnson & Dimitri Mitropoulos |
| 12 December 1977 | Our Man, Papa Jo! Jo Jones |
| 12 December 1956 | Wail Moody, Wail James Moody |
| 12 December 1977 | Funk in a Mason Jar Harvey Mason |
| 12 December 2025 | Soul On Fire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Mark Isham |
| 12 December 1990 | Looking (Berlin version) Solo Live Cecil Taylor |
| 12 December 2013 | Le Altre Piero Piccioni |
| 12 December 1988 | 12 Gershwin In 12 Keys Live Lee Konitz - Franco D’Andrea |
| 12 December 1995 | The Bird of Red and Gold Barry Harris |
| 12 December 2012 | Flüchtigkeiten David Liebman, Ernst Reijseger, Georg Gräwe, Henrik Hallberg, Wilbert de Joode, Uli Soyka |
| 12 December 2012 | Southern Comfort Frank Wess |
| 12 December 2025 | My Focus: Live Under the Rainbow Live Jan Akkerman |
| 12 December 2014 | Struttin’ Down Royal Street Al Hirt |
| 12 December 2008 | In Budapest Live Gábor Szabó |
| 12 December 2013 | Interacting Fields Ken Vandermark, Agustí Fernández |
| 12 December 2003 | Down By Love 나윤선 |
| 12 December 2012 | Minas-Tokyo Toninho Horta |
| 12 December 1995 | Estate Matthieu Michel featuring Richard Galliano |
| 12 December 2013 | Erika (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Roberto Pregadio |
| 12 December 2011 | Near the Oasis Sonny Simmons |
| 12 December 2014 | Extended Duos Live Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love |
| 12 December 1991 | Midnight Blue Walter Bishop, Jr. |
| 12 December 2025 | Cinematic Dark Jazz Daniel Diaz & Theo Travis |
| 12 December 1997 | Star Dust Tsuyoshi Yamamoto |
| 12 December 2022 | Within This Stone Ziv Ravitz & Lionel Loueke |
| 12 December 2014 | Gypsy Meets Groove Olivier Holland feat. Joscho Stephan |
| 12 December 2023 | Аэробус любви Петр Мамонов & Звуки Му |
| 12 December 1995 | Yesternow Orchestre National de Jazz Laurent Cugny |