Born on January 27
15 jazz musicians born on January 27, including Mike Patton, Bobby Hutcherson, Djavan and Bob Mintzer.
Mike Patton
1968 · American singer
Bobby Hutcherson
1941–2016 · American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (1941–2016)
Djavan
1949 · Brazilian singer/songwriter
Bob Mintzer
1953 · American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big…
Helmut Zacharias
1920–2002 · German violinist (1920–2002)
Hot Lips Page
1908–1954 · American jazz musician (1908–1954)
Henri Texier
1945 · French musician
Milton Adolphus
1913–1988 · American pianist and composer (1913-1988)
Jimmy Bond
1933–2012 · American jazz bassist (1933–2012)
Pheeroan akLaff
1955 · American jazz drummer
Abe Aaron
1910–1970 · jazz clarinetist and saxophonist (1910–1970)
Maki Asakawa
1942–2010 · Japanese singer (1942-2010)
Kinga Głyk
1997 · Polish jazz fusion bass guitarist
Tülay German
1935 · Turkish singer (born 1935)
Jimmie Smith
1938–2024 · American jazz drummer
Died on January 27
Friedrich Gulda
1930–2000 · Austrian pianist and composer (1930–2000)
Luigi Tenco
1938–1967 · Italian recording artist; singer, songwriter (1938-1967)
Charlie Callas
1927–2011 · American actor, comedian, and jazz drummer (1927-2011)
Kay Davis
1920–2012 · Jazz singer (1920–2012)
Don Abney
1923–2000 · American musician (1923-2000)
Albums released on January 27
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 27 January 1960 | Giant Steps John Coltrane |
| 27 January 2021 | Blood.Sugar.Sex.Magic (live) Live Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 27 January 1986 | Does Humor Belong in Music? Live Frank Zappa |
| 27 January 2007 | The Soundtrax of My Life José Feliciano |
| 27 January 2003 | A Froggy Plays in London Town Stéphane Grappelli |
| 27 January 1997 | Respect Yourself Live Etta James |
| 27 January 2023 | Three of a Kind: Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker, Annette Hanshaw Al Jolson, Sophie Tucker & Annette Hanshaw |
| 27 January 1966 | Mode for Joe Joe Henderson |
| 27 January 2023 | A Reckoning Kimbra |
| 27 January 2023 | Volzerk: Monsters and Lands Unknown Original Soundtrack 菅野よう子 |
| 27 January 2017 | Zen Thrills Omar Rodríguez‐López |
| 27 January 1972 | Wild Flower Hubert Laws |
| 27 January 1998 | Jazz 'Round Midnight Shirley Horn |
| 27 January 2003 | Accidental: Music for Dance, Volume 3 Fred Frith |
| 27 January 2023 | Street of Minarets Dhafer Youssef |
| 27 January 2009 | Skylark Renee Olstead |
| 27 January 2009 | A Song for You Ernestine Anderson |
| 27 January 2023 | Black Terrain Bill Laswell |
| 27 January 2023 | Roundtrip (1977) Live Don Cherry & Jean Schwarz |
| 27 January 2017 | Meet Me at the Movies Viktoria Tolstoy Feat. Iiro Rantala |
| 27 January 2023 | All the Eye Can See Joe Henry |
| 27 January 2006 | Good Morning Midnight Julia Hülsmann Trio with Roger Cicero |
| 27 January 2012 | Liberetto Lars Danielsson |
| 27 January 2016 | Gracim 渡辺香津美 |
| 27 January 2016 | Man Made Object GoGo Penguin |
| 27 January 2006 | The Gulda Mozart Tapes: 10 Sonatas and a Fantasy Mozart; Friedrich Gulda |
| 27 January 2015 | Edge of the Light Lotte Anker & Fred Frith |
| 27 January 1987 | Perfect Live II Live Casiopea |
| 27 January 2012 | Agnostic Chant Book Jonas Schoen Sextet & Steve Swallow |