Born on February 15

10 jazz musicians born on February 15, including Nils Landgren, Henry Threadgill, Edward Vesala and Kirk Lightsey.

Nils Landgren 1956 · Swedish musician

Henry Threadgill 1944 · American jazz musician (born 1944)

Edward Vesala 1945–1999 · Finnish musician (1945-1999)

Kirk Lightsey 1937 · American musician

Adam Holzman 1958 · American jazz keyboardist (born 1958)

Dena DeRose 1966 · Jazz pianist and singer, educator

Csaba Deseo 1939 · Hungarian musician

Herlin Riley 1957 · American musician

Jiří Šlitr 1924–1969 · Czech actor, composer, pianist, artist and singer…

Taft Jordan 1915–1981 · Jazz trumpeter (1915-1981)

Died on February 15

Nat King Cole 1919–1965 · American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

Glenn Miller 1904–1944 · American band leader, arranger, and composer (1904–1944)

Al Cohn 1925–1988 · American saxophonist (1925-1988)

Art Van Damme 1920–2010 · American musician (1920–2010)

Pee Wee Russell 1906–1969 · American musician (1906–1969) George Wallington 1924–1993 · Italian-American jazz pianist and composer (1924–1993) Zbigniew Seifert 1946–1979 · Polish musician (1946-1979)

Albums released on February 15

Date	Album	Artist
15 February 2019	Hello Happiness Chaka Khan	Chaka Khan Diary Records
15 February 2002	Funnel Weaver Buckethead	Buckethead
15 February 1992	Soliloquy McCoy Tyner	McCoy Tyner Blue Note
15 February 2022	trioTrio meets Sheila Jordan Sheila Jordan, Jacob Sacks, David Ambrosio, Vinnie Sperrazza	Sheila Jordan, Jacob Sacks, David Ambrosio, Vinnie Sperrazza SteepleChase
15 February 2022	The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert at The Town Hall NYC November 4, 1973 Live Cecil Taylor	Cecil Taylor Oblivion Records
15 February 2014	Mutations Vijay Iyer	Vijay Iyer ECM Records
15 February 2024	En la Fundación Valparaíso Live Lee Konitz, Marco Mezquida, Bori Albero, Ramón Prats	Lee Konitz, Marco Mezquida, Bori Albero, Ramón Prats
15 February 2013	I mitici lunedì del Sistina 1969–1979: recital di Elza Soares e Jorge Ben Live Elza Soares & Jorge Ben	Elza Soares & Jorge Ben Halidon
15 February 2005	The Classic Concert Live Live Mel Tormé, Gerry Mulligan & George Shearing	Mel Tormé, Gerry Mulligan & George Shearing Columbia Jazz
15 February 2019	Ben Webster's First Concert in Denmark Live Ben Webster	Ben Webster
15 February 2000	Wandering Moon Terence Blanchard	Terence Blanchard Sony Classical
15 February 1994	Bolero Stanley Jordan	Stanley Jordan Arista
15 February 1994	Run For Your Life Yellowjackets	Yellowjackets GRP
15 February 2005	Last Quarter Moon Chiara Civello	Chiara Civello Verve
15 February 2012	Al posto del mondo Chiara Civello	Chiara Civello
15 February 2008	Life in Leipzig Live Ketil Bjørnstad & Terje Rypdal	Ketil Bjørnstad & Terje Rypdal ECM Records
15 February 2024	En la Fundación Valparaíso Live Sheila Jordan, José Carra, Bori Albero	Sheila Jordan, José Carra, Bori Albero
15 February 2019	Sepia is the New Orange Postmodern Jukebox	Postmodern Jukebox Mud Hut
15 February 1988	Discao meravigliao Renzo Arbore	Renzo Arbore Fonit Cetra
15 February 2005	Legacy Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith	Joey DeFrancesco with Jimmy Smith Concord Jazz
15 February 2004	Тень вампира Пикник и Вадим Самойлов	Пикник и Вадим Самойлов Grand Records
15 February 2007	Мракобесие и джаз Пикник	Пикник Grand Records
15 February 2006	悲しみ上手夏木マリ	夏木マリ ViViD SOUND
15 February 2013	Chameleons of the White Shadow Joseph Tawadros	Joseph Tawadros ABC Music
15 February 2014	Music for Swinging Dancers, Vol. 3 - Cheek to Cheek Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra	Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra
15 February 2014	Music for Swinging Dancers, Vol. 4 - Close to You Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra	Peter Herbolzheimer Orchestra
15 February 2019	Stolen Diamonds The Cat Empire	The Cat Empire Two Shoes Records
15 February 1989	Memorial Album Live Eric Dolphy & Booker Little	Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Original Jazz Classics
15 February 2018	2018-02-15: Variety Playhouse (Second Night), Atlanta, GA, USA Live Snarky Puppy	Snarky Puppy
15 February 2011	Leaps of Faith Cuong Vu 4-tet	Cuong Vu 4-tet