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Born on February 12

11 jazz musicians born on February 12, including Bill Laswell, Tex Beneke, Knut Reiersrud and Mel Powell.

Bill Laswell 1955 · American musician (born 1955)

Tex Beneke 1914–2000 · American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader (1914-2000)

Knut Reiersrud 1961 · Norwegian musician, composer, blues guitarist

Mel Powell 1923–1998 · American composer (1923-1998)

Omar Hakim 1959 · musician

Bruno O'Ya 1933–2002 · Estonian-Polish actor (1933-2002)

Casey Abrams 1991 · American musician and singer

Buddy Childers 1926–2007 · American musician (1926–2007) Donald Lambert 1904–1962 · American musician (1904–1962)

Bill Pitman 1920–2022 · American guitarist

Wacław Kisielewski 1943–1986 · Polish musician (1943–1986)

Died on February 12

Al Jarreau 1940–2017 · American jazz and pop singer (1940–2017)

Michel Portal 1935–2026 · French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist

Eubie Blake 1887–1983 · American jazz pianist (1887–1983)

Muggsy Spanier 1901–1967 · American musician (1901-1967)

Milford Graves 1941–2021 · American jazz drummer and percussionist (1941-2021)

Jake Hanna 1931–2010 · American drummer (1931–2010) Mat Mathews 1924–2009 · Dutch musician (1924-2009) Peggy Gilbert 1905–2007 · American musician (1905–2007)

Albums released on February 12

Date	Album	Artist
12 February 2007	Sings Cole Porter Ella Fitzgerald	Ella Fitzgerald Xtra
12 February 1982	Earth Jones Elvin Jones	Elvin Jones Quicksilver
12 February 1996	+ The Big Band - Vol.2 Milt Jackson & Count Basie	Milt Jackson & Count Basie Original Jazz Classics
12 February 2002	Pieces of the Sun Tony Levin	Tony Levin Narada
12 February 1980	Skylarkinʼ Grover Washington, Jr.	Grover Washington, Jr. Motown
12 February 1996	Tiptoe Tapdance Hank Jones	Hank Jones Original Jazz Classics
12 February 2021	Hallgató Ferenc Snétberger, Keller Quartet	Ferenc Snétberger, Keller Quartet ECM New Series
12 February 2021	Judas and the Black Messiah Mark Isham & Craig Harris	Mark Isham & Craig Harris WaterTower Music
12 February 1991	You Won’t Forget Me Shirley Horn	Shirley Horn PolyGram Records, Inc.
12 February 1996	The Main Ingredient Shirley Horn	Shirley Horn
12 February 2021	A Mountain Doesn’t Know It’s Tall Fred Frith \| Ikue Mori	Fred Frith \| Ikue Mori Intakt Records
12 February 2024	Rhapsody in Blue Béla Fleck	Béla Fleck Thirty Tigers
12 February 2016	La Vache Haïdouti Orkestar & Ibrahim Maalouf	Haïdouti Orkestar & Ibrahim Maalouf Mi’ster
12 February 2008	AFreeCanos Omar Sosa	Omar Sosa Otá Records
12 February 2013	Eggūn: The Afri-Lectric Experience Omar Sosa	Omar Sosa Otá Records
12 February 2016	Family Dinner, Volume Two Live Snarky Puppy	Snarky Puppy GroundUP Music
12 February 1991	Hornucopia Jon Faddis	Jon Faddis Epic
12 February 2013	The Sound of Don Costa Don Costa	Don Costa Vintage Music
12 February 2021	Saudades da Bahia Walter Wanderley	Walter Wanderley
12 February 2013	San Sebastian Ron Carter, Golden Striker Trio	Ron Carter, Golden Striker Trio
12 February 2016	Perpetual Gateways Ed Motta	Ed Motta
12 February 2007	Way Out Willy Seamus Blake	Seamus Blake
12 February 2021	Sounding Point Mark Feldman	Mark Feldman
12 February 2002	Speaking of Now Pat Metheny Group	Pat Metheny Group
12 February 2007	Belle Et Fou Jazzanova	Jazzanova
12 February 2016	Warp Jon Balke	Jon Balke
12 February 2013	Live at the Blue Note Tokyo Live Dave Koz	Dave Koz
12 February 2007	Océanos David Binney / Edward Simon	David Binney / Edward Simon
12 February 2021	Uma Elmo Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy	Jakob Bro, Arve Henriksen, Jorge Rossy
12 February 2014	Rising Son Takuya Kuroda	Takuya Kuroda