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Born on February 22

11 jazz musicians born on February 22, including Buddy Tate, Harvey Mason, Rex Stewart and James Reese Europe.

Buddy Tate 1912–2001 · American jazz musician (1913–2001)

Harvey Mason 1947 · American jazz drummer

Rex Stewart 1907–1967 · American jazz cornetist (1907-1967)

James Reese Europe 1880–1919 · American jazz musician and United States Army officer…

Mark Charig 1944 · British musician

Joe LaBarbera 1948 · American musician

Joe Wilder 1922–2014 · American trumpeter (1922-2014)

Al Sears 1910–1990 · American jazz tenor saxophonist (1910-1990)

Claude Williams 1908–2004 · American musician (1908–2004)

Arthur Parker Whetsol 1905–1940 · American jazz trumpeter (1905–1940) Dave Bailey 1926–2023 · American drummer (1926–2023)

Died on February 22

Nick LaRocca 1889–1961 · American jazz musician (1889–1961)

Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay 1930–2022 · Turkish trumpeter (1930–2022) Mike Melvoin 1937–2012 · American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger (1937-2012) Tamara Drasin 1905–1943 · American actress (1905-1943)

Albums released on February 22

Date	Album	Artist
22 February 1999	Things Fall Apart The Roots	The Roots
22 February 2001	Solo Live in New York Chucho Valdés	Chucho Valdés
22 February 2005	General Patton vs. The X‐Ecutioners General Patton vs. The X‐Ecutioners	General Patton vs. The X‐Ecutioners
22 February 2012	ROOTS RUN DEEP Yusef Lateef	Yusef Lateef
22 February 2007	Феодализм Аквариум	Аквариум
22 February 2005	At Home Avishai Cohen	Avishai Cohen
22 February 2019	Shamania Marilyn Mazur	Marilyn Mazur
22 February 1979	The Gap Band The Gap Band	The Gap Band
22 February 2019	Rocks Randy Brecker & NDR Bigband	Randy Brecker & NDR Bigband
22 February 2019	Echo Keiko Matsui	Keiko Matsui
22 February 1994	Other Places Kenny Barron	Kenny Barron
22 February 2012	La Fuga Piero Piccioni	Piero Piccioni
22 February 2005	Solo in Rio 1959 Luiz Bonfá	Luiz Bonfá
22 February 1995	Night Creatures Tom Scott	Tom Scott
22 February 2000	Kisses in the Rain John Pizzarelli	John Pizzarelli
22 February 2006	Changing Partners Harvey Mason	Harvey Mason
22 February 2019	Circuits Chris Potter	Chris Potter
22 February 2000	One Hundred Aspects of the Moon Ikue Mori	Ikue Mori
22 February 2019	On Invitation Only (Live) Sylvia Vrethammar	Sylvia Vrethammar
22 February 2013	Los pianistas Rubalcaba & César "Pupy" Pedroso	Rubalcaba & César "Pupy" Pedroso
22 February 2000	The Hudson Project Live John Abercrombie, Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer & John Patitucci	John Abercrombie, Peter Erskine, Bob Mintzer & John Patitucci
22 February 2005	In Flux Ravi Coltrane	Ravi Coltrane
22 February 2000	Musical Massage: Balance David Darling	David Darling
22 February 2011	New History Warfare, Volume 2: Judges Colin Stetson	Colin Stetson
22 February 2019	Chi Live Liebman Rudolph & Drake	Liebman Rudolph & Drake
22 February 2006	Swingueira Wanda Sá & Roberto Menescal	Wanda Sá & Roberto Menescal
22 February 2025	1987-01-30: Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL Live John Cale & Chris Spedding	John Cale & Chris Spedding

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