Born on February 16

10 jazz musicians born on February 16, including Machito, Bill Doggett, Howard Riley and Michel Herr.

Machito 1912–1984 · American-Cuban Latin jazz musician (1912-1984)

Bill Doggett 1916–1996 · American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist and organist…

Howard Riley 1943–2025 · British musician (1943–2025)

Michel Herr 1949 · Belgian jazz pianiste, composer and arranger

Jeff Clayton 1955–2020 · American musician (1955–2020)

LaGaylia Frazier 1961 · American-born Swedish singer

Pete Christlieb 1945 · American musician

Buddy Deppenschmidt 1936–2021 · American jazz drummer (1936-2021) Charlie Fowlkes 1916–1980 · American musician (1916–1980) Leah Ray 1915–1999 · singer (1915-1999)

Died on February 16

Charles Delaunay 1911–1988 · French author, jazz expert (1911-1988)

Betty Roché 1920–1999 · American blues singer (1920–1999) Maurice Vander 1929–2017 · French jazz keyboardist (1929–2017) Ella Johnson 1919–2004 · American jazz and rhythm and blues vocalist (1919-2004)

Albums released on February 16

Date	Album	Artist
16 February 2026	The Summer Soul Festival Live Amy Winehouse	Amy Winehouse
16 February 1993	Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti	Gershwin, Copland, Schuller, Bloch; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
16 February 2018	Rhapsody In Blue & Concerto in F Gershwin, Kirill Gerstein, St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson, Gary Burton, Storm Large	Gershwin, Kirill Gerstein, St. Louis Symphony, David Robertson, Gary Burton, Storm Large
16 February 1993	Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs by Harold Arlen Peggy Lee	Peggy Lee
16 February 1990	Naked City John Zorn	John Zorn
16 February 1979	Follow the Rainbow George Duke	George Duke
16 February 2022	Così dolce… così perversa Riz Ortolani	Riz Ortolani
16 February 2024	The Glorification of Sadness Paloma Faith	Paloma Faith
16 February 2007	Il mio nome è Pino Daniele e vivo qui Pino Daniele	Pino Daniele
16 February 2011	Reality and Fantasy Raphael Gualazzi	Raphael Gualazzi
16 February 2018	Live At The Jazz Mill 1954, Vol. 2 Barney Kessel With The Jazz Millers	Barney Kessel With The Jazz Millers
16 February 1999	African Swim and Manny & Lo John Lurie	John Lurie
16 February 1999	October Sky Mark Isham	Mark Isham
16 February 2024	Guitar Solos / Fifty Fred Frith	Fred Frith
16 February 2024	Works for Orchestra, 1938–1953 (Vol. 1) Raymond Scott	Raymond Scott
16 February 2024	License to Love: Live at Nakano Sunplaza, Tokyo, Japan 11th May 1986 - FM Broadcast Live Sade	Sade
16 February 2024	Words Unspoken John Surman	John Surman
16 February 1992	Rãga-s du nord et du sud Live Hariprasad Chaurasia & Zakir Hussain	Hariprasad Chaurasia & Zakir Hussain
16 February 1990	Nomad Scott Henderson & Tribal Tech	Scott Henderson & Tribal Tech
16 February 1999	Edge Lenny White	Lenny White
16 February 2009	Summertime Sylvain Luc & Biréli Lagrène	Sylvain Luc & Biréli Lagrène
16 February 2018	Traces of You Kristin Asbjørnsen	Kristin Asbjørnsen
16 February 2014	Fatman 2 Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass	Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass
16 February 2024	Bodywork by Marshall Travis Wood Theo Travis	Theo Travis
16 February 2018	Ride the Wind Roscoe Mitchell, Montreal-Toronto Art Orchestra	Roscoe Mitchell, Montreal-Toronto Art Orchestra
16 February 2004	Marlango Marlango	Marlango
16 February 2016	Homegrown "seeds" Wolfgang Puschnig, Paul Urbanek, Raphael Preuschl & Lukas König	Wolfgang Puschnig, Paul Urbanek, Raphael Preuschl & Lukas König
16 February 2000	A Brighter Day Ronny Jordan	Ronny Jordan
16 February 1999	MxBx 1998 / 13,000 Miles at Light Velocity Live Melt‐Banana	Melt‐Banana