Born on January 17
12 jazz musicians born on January 17, including Cedar Walton, Squarepusher, Jeff Berlin and Aga Zaryan.
Cedar Walton
1934–2013 · American jazz pianist (1934–2013)
Squarepusher
1975 · British musician
Jeff Berlin
1953 · American musician
Aga Zaryan
1976 · Polish singer
Cyrus Chestnut
1963 · American musician
Cheryl Bentyne
1954 · American jazz singer
Vido Musso
1913–1982 · Italian musician (1913–1982)
Johnny Costa
1922–1996 · American pianist
George Handy
1920–1997 · American musician (1920-1997)
Billy Harper
1943 · American musician
Peggy Gilbert
1905–2007 · American musician (1905–2007)
Fernando Saunders
1957 · American musician
Died on January 17
Junior Mance
1928–2021 · American musician (1928–2021)
Charlie Ventura
1916–1992 · American musician (1916–1992)
Sammy Nestico
1924–2021 · American composer and arranger (1924–2021)
Billy Stewart
1937–1970 · American singer (1937–1970)
Renée Geyer
1953–2023 · Australian singer (1953–2023)
Maki Asakawa
1942–2010 · Japanese singer (1942-2010)
Harry Robertson
1932–1996 · musician, bandleader, music director and composer…
Norris Turney
1921–2001 · American musician (1921-2001)
Albums released on January 17
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 17 January 1974 | Court and Spark Joni Mitchell |
| 17 January 1969 | Babylon Dr. John, the Night Tripper |
| 17 January 2020 | Jazz à Saint-Germain-des-Prés Live Boris Vian |
| 17 January 2020 | Is That So? John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan & Zakir Hussain |
| 17 January 2014 | The Coats of Claude Buckethead |
| 17 January 1969 | Soundtrack Charles Lloyd |
| 17 January 2020 | Inferno Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis feat. Sherman Irby |
| 17 January 2000 | Live at Yoshi’s Live Dee Dee Bridgewater |
| 17 January 2014 | Duo Art: New Folks Catherine & Wind |
| 17 January 2025 | Vienna to Hollywood: Impressions of E.W. Korngold & Max Steiner Peter Erskine & JAM Music Lab All-Stars |
| 17 January 2025 | Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown Vince Guaraldi |
| 17 January 2018 | Brösttoner Arne Domnérus |
| 17 January 2014 | Cosmic Creation Arve Henriksen |
| 17 January 2012 | Yes! Aaron Goldberg, Ali Jackson & Omer Avital |
| 17 January 2020 | Disney meets Jazz: Tribute to Walt Disney Gil Goldstein, John Patitucci & Billy Kilson |
| 17 January 2018 | Nowstalgia Alex Haas / Bill Laswell |
| 17 January 2020 | Mussorgsky Pictures Revisited Kristjan Randalu, David Liebman |