Born on December 21
9 jazz musicians born on December 21, including Frank Zappa, Rita Reys, Hank Crawford and David Baker.
Frank Zappa
1940–1993 · American musician (1940–1993)
Rita Reys
1924–2013 · Dutch jazz singer (1924-2013)
Hank Crawford
1934–2009 · American saxophonist (1934-2009)
David Baker
1931–2016 · American jazz composer, trombonist, professor of music and…
Virgilio Savona
1919–2009 · Italian singer-songwriter (1919-2009)
John Hicks
1941–2006 · American jazz pianist and composer (1941-2006)
Alex Blake
1951 · American musician
Cameron Brown
1945 · American musician
Panama Francis
1918–2001 · American musician (1918–2001)
Died on December 21
Roswell Rudd
1935–2017 · American jazz trombonist and composer (1935–2017)
Dominic Frontiere
1931–2017 · American composer, arranger, and jazz accordionist…
Johnny Coles
1926–1997 · American trumpeter (1926–1997)
Hal Kemp
1904–1940 · American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader…
Kenny Clare
1929–1984 · British musician (1929–1984)
Halvard Kausland
1945–2017 · Norwegian civil servant and musician (1945–2017)
Pete King
1929–2009 · British jazz musician (1929–2009)
Albums released on December 21
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 21 December 1987 | Nuts Barbra Streisand |
| 21 December 2010 | Take 5 Quincy Jones |
| 21 December 1999 | Everything Is Healing Nicely Frank Zappa |
| 21 December 2016 | Portrait Nina Simone |
| 21 December 1944 | Piano solos Art Tatum |
| 21 December 1991 | Rosemary Clooney Sings Country Hits From The Heart Rosemary Clooney |
| 21 December 1959 | Faithfully Johnny Mathis |
| 21 December 1995 | The Promise John McLaughlin |
| 21 December 2010 | 3 Foot Clearance Buckethead |
| 21 December 1986 | Body & Soul Maynard Ferguson |
| 21 December 2010 | José José ranchero José José |
| 21 December 1991 | 真・信長伝説 菅野よう子 |
| 21 December 1997 | Another Shade of Blue Lee Konitz |
| 21 December 2018 | Sign Of Life: Music For 858 Quartet Bill Frisell |
| 21 December 2011 | My Mother's Eyes Sonny Stitt with the jazz organ of Charles Kynard |
| 21 December 2007 | Bob Brookmeyer Featuring Al Cohn Bob Brookmeyer |
| 21 December 1996 | Groovin' at Small's Paradise, Volume 2 Live Jimmy Smith |
| 21 December 2004 | KIZASHI'04〜富樫雅彦バラードコレクション〜 山下洋輔 |
| 21 December 2005 | Signal Casiopea + Sync DNA |
| 21 December 2016 | The Young Vic Victor Feldman |
| 21 December 2024 | Motions in Muricosmos Arve Henriksen |
| 21 December 1985 | Casiopea Live Live Casiopea |
| 21 December 2025 | Tokyo Rotation 3 - Day 1 Set 1 Live Yasuaki Shimizu, Bill Laswell, Hideo Yamaki, DJ Yama |