Born on July 8
11 jazz musicians born on July 8, including Louis Jordan, Billy Eckstine, Steve Lawrence and Karl Seglem.
Louis Jordan
1908–1975 · American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician…
Billy Eckstine
1914–1993 · American musician (1914–1993)
Steve Lawrence
1935–2024 · American singer and actor (1935–2024)
Karl Seglem
1961 · Norwegian jazz musician
Tyshawn Sorey
1980 · American composer and multi-instrumentalist
Valarie Pettiford
1960 · American actor and singer (b. 1960)
Sakari Kukko
1953 · Finnish musician
Jai Johanny Johanson
1944 · American drummer and percussionist
Béla Szakcsi Lakatos
1943–2022 · Hungarian jazz pianist, composer (1943–2022)
Roy Babbington
1940 · British bassist
Dan Levinson
1965 · American musician
Died on July 8
Albums released on July 8
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 8 July 2005 | Amour Michel Legrand |
| 8 July 1957 | Wonderful! Wonderful! Johnny Mathis |
| 8 July 2003 | New York City The Peter Malick Group feat. Norah Jones |
| 8 July 2022 | Suite for Piano John Zorn & Suite for Piano Trio |
| 8 July 2014 | Sounder / Decision for Chemistry Alex North |
| 8 July 2003 | Blue Muse Kenny Burrell |
| 8 July 2014 | Les passagers Claude Bolling / Éric Demarsan (unused score) |
| 8 July 2008 | Two Men With the Blues Live Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis |
| 8 July 2010 | Fatevi vivi la polizia non interverrà Piero Piccioni |
| 8 July 2014 | Le témoin Piero Piccioni |
| 8 July 2003 | Life of Sorrow David Grisman |
| 8 July 2003 | Falling in Love Again Joey DeFrancesco |
| 8 July 2022 | Best of 2021 Pomplamoose |
| 8 July 2016 | IV BADBADNOTGOOD |
| 8 July 2021 | Explosive Dorothy Donegan |
| 8 July 1998 | Bahama 高中正義 |
| 8 July 2004 | Guitar in Ernest Ernest Ranglin |
| 8 July 2008 | The Return of Desire: Improvisations David Darling |
| 8 July 2003 | eBop Chuck Loeb |
| 8 July 2016 | Black Pearls Will Downing |
| 8 July 2015 | Paradise T‐SQUARE |
| 8 July 2014 | Can You Feel It Rick Braun |
| 8 July 2020 | Celebrate 40th Live Live Casiopea 3rd |
| 8 July 2022 | Atlantis Perico Sambeat |
| 8 July 2002 | Live at Yoshi's Live Oregon |
| 8 July 2014 | Midnight Melodies Live Cyrus Chestnut |
| 8 July 2016 | Early Wayne Denny Zeitlin |
| 8 July 2022 | Singles Vladislav Delay & Eivind Aarset |