Born on May 13
12 jazz musicians born on May 13, including Buckethead, Gil Evans, Red Garland and Ana Popović.
Buckethead
1969 · American guitarist
Gil Evans
1912–1988 · American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist…
Red Garland
1923–1984 · American modern jazz pianist (1923-1984)
Ana Popović
1976 · Serbian blues guitarist and singer
Maxine Sullivan
1911–1987 · American blues and jazz singer (1911-1987)
Lou Marini
1945 · American saxophonist, arranger and composer
Omer Avital
1971 · Israeli musician
Grégoire Maret
1975 · Swiss jazz musician
Buddy Catlett
1933–2014 · American jazz multi-instrumentalist (1933-2014)
Harold Rubin
1932–2020 · South African-born Israeli artist (1932-2020)
Ross Tompkins
1938–2006 · American pianist (1938–2006)
Erik Moseholm
1930–2012 · Danish jazz composer (1930–2012)
Died on May 13
Chet Baker
1929–1988 · American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988)
Eddie Barclay
1921–2005 · French musician, record producer and composer (1921–2005)
Christian Escoudé
1947–2024 · French Gypsy jazz guitarist (1947–2024)
Phil Moore
1918–1987 · American musician (1918-1987)
Tommy Turrentine
1928–1997 · American swing and hard bop trumpeter and composer…
Buster Cooper
1929–2016 · American trombonist
Don Kirkpatrick
1905–1956 · American musician (1905-1956)
Albums released on May 13
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 13 May 1968 | Lumpy Gravy Frank Zappa |
| 13 May 2008 | Late Night Jazz Favorites Herbie Hancock |
| 13 May 1985 | Dangerous Natalie Cole |
| 13 May 1969 | Singing In My Soul Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
| 13 May 2025 | 1975-08-12: PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL Live Tom Waits & Mose Allison |
| 13 May 2003 | One Quiet Night Pat Metheny |
| 13 May 2008 | iTunes Live: Berlin Festival Live Katie Melua |
| 13 May 1997 | Two for the Road: The Music of Henry Mancini Dave Grusin |
| 13 May 2013 | Pike 13 Buckethead |
| 13 May 2013 | View Master Buckethead |
| 13 May 2014 | Footsteps Buckethead |
| 13 May 2016 | The Heart Speaks in Whispers Corinne Bailey Rae |
| 13 May 2016 | European Radio Studio Recordings 1964 Albert Ayler Quartet |
| 13 May 1987 | Quartet Larry Coryell & Miroslav Vitouš |
| 13 May 1997 | Earth Birth Randy Weston |
| 13 May 2013 | WomanChild Cécile McLorin Salvant |
| 13 May 2003 | Memories of You Eubie Blake |
| 13 May 2022 | Shifting Sands Avishai Cohen |
| 13 May 2003 | The Beat Suite Steve Lacy |
| 13 May 2008 | Hollywood Quintet Sessions Pepper Adams |
| 13 May 2008 | Return of the Prodigal Son Stanley Turrentine |
| 13 May 2011 | Live at Birdland Live Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Charlie Haden & Paul Motian |
| 13 May 2022 | Elza Ao Vivo No Municipal Live Elza Soares |
| 13 May 1997 | Shelter The Brand New Heavies |
| 13 May 2016 | Tranzience Elliott Sharp |
| 13 May 2016 | Our Kind of Traitor: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Marcelo Zarvos |
| 13 May 2017 | Antiexemplu Carla’s Dreams |
| 13 May 2014 | Live In Monterey Live Dave Van Ronk |
| 13 May 1997 | In Copenhagen Live Harry “Sweets” Edison & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis |
| 13 May 2014 | Return of the Jazz Communicators Live Louis Hayes with Steve Nelson / Abraham Burton / David Bryant / Dezron Douglas |