Born on January 6
11 jazz musicians born on January 6, including Paolo Conte, Jair Rodrigues, Barry Altschul and Safy Boutella.
Paolo Conte
1937 · Italian recording artist; musician
Jair Rodrigues
1939–2014 · Brazilian musician and singer (1939–2014)
Barry Altschul
1943 · American drummer
Safy Boutella
1950 · Algerian musician
Nino Tempo
1935–2025 · American actor, musician and singer (1935–2025)
James Senese
1945–2025 · Italian saxophonist, composer, and singer-songwriter
Mina Agossi
1972 · French singer-songwriter and songwriter
Chris Laurence
1949 · English jazz musician
Erik Wøllo
1961 · Norwegian composer
Jane Harvey
1925–2013 · American jazz singer
Torsten de Winkel
1965 · German musician
Died on January 6
Dizzy Gillespie
1917–1993 · American jazz trumpeter (1917–1993)
Michel Petrucciani
1962–1999 · French jazz pianist
Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros
1928–2016 · Cuban jazz trumpeter (1928–2016)
Bobby Few
1935–2021 · American jazz musician (1935-2021)
Franco Pisano
1922–1977 · Italian composer, conductor, arranger, and jazz musician…
Albums released on January 6
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 6 January 1958 | Come Fly With Me Frank Sinatra with Billy May and His Orchestra |
| 6 January 2018 | Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn |
| 6 January 2018 | Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn |
| 6 January 1978 | Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela |
| 6 January 2009 | The Paris Concerts 1965–1966 Live Ornette Coleman |
| 6 January 2023 | Clarinet Concerto no. 1 / Philharmonic Concerto / Divertimento no. 2 / The Padstow Lifeboat / Commonwealth Christmas Overture / Larch Trees Malcolm Arnold; Michael Collins, Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic |
| 6 January 2011 | Doing All Right Live Diana Krall |
| 6 January 2014 | Yves Saint Laurent Ibrahim Maalouf |
| 6 January 2014 | Сюита Ф Семеро Из Под Камней |
| 6 January 2015 | Bonita Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus |
| 6 January 2009 | hr-Bigband featuring Jack Bruce hr‐Bigband feat. Jack Bruce |
| 6 January 1988 | Intuition Wallace Roney |
| 6 January 2004 | Buried on Bunker Hill Nels Cline & Devin Sarno |
| 6 January 2017 | The Will to Adorn George Lewis; International Contemporary Ensemble, George Lewis |
| 6 January 2023 | Alive at the Village Vanguard Live Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding |
| 6 January 2017 | The Shadow of Your Smile Scott Hamilton, Dena DeRose, Ignasi González, Jo Krause |
| 6 January 1998 | Roots & Fruits Live Wolfgang Puschnig |
| 6 January 2017 | One More for the Road Live Curtis Stigers & The Danish Radio Big Band |