Born on May 23
21 jazz musicians born on May 23, including Rosemary Clooney, Artie Shaw, Scatman Crothers and Malene Mortensen.
Rosemary Clooney
1928–2002 · American singer and actress (1928–2002)
Artie Shaw
1910–2004 · American clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (1910-2004)
Scatman Crothers
1910–1986 · American entertainer (1910–1986)
Malene Mortensen
1982 · Danish singer
Lea DeLaria
1958 · American actor, comedian and singer
Michel Colombier
1939–2004 · French composer, arranger, and conductor (1939–2004)
Maxwell
1973 · American singer-songwriter and record producer
Daniel Humair
1938 · Swiss drummer and painter (born 1938)
Helen O'Connell
1920–1993 · American actress and singer (1920–1993)
Felix Slováček
1943 · Czech clarinettist and saxophonist
Richie Beirach
1947–2026 · American jazz pianist and composer (1947–2026)
Fred Guy
1897–1971 · American musician (1897–1971)
Avishai Cohen
1978 · Israeli-born jazz trumpeter
Humphrey Lyttelton
1921–2008 · English jazz trumpeter (1921–2008)
Charlie Hunter
1967 · American musician
Don Moye
1946 · American percussionist
Marvin Stamm
1939 · American trumpeter
Ken Peplowski
1959–2026 · American musician
Johnny Bothwell
1919–1995 · American musician (1919–1995)
Edgar Hayes
1904–1979 · American musician (1904-1979)
Bea Booze
1920–1986 · American musician (1920–1986)
Died on May 23
Albums released on May 23
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 23 May 1983 | Nice Work If You Can Get It Ella Fitzgerald & André Previn |
| 23 May 1994 | Lady Be Good Dizzy Gillespie |
| 23 May 2000 | Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project Charlie Watts & Jim Keltner |
| 23 May 1995 | Night & Day: Big Band Chicago |
| 23 May 2000 | Absolute Benson George Benson |
| 23 May 2007 | Official Bootleg USA ’06 Live Jeff Beck |
| 23 May 1967 | Hip Hug‐Her Booker T. & the MG’s |
| 23 May 2024 | At Midnight Nancy Wilson |
| 23 May 2006 | Balan: Book of Angels, Volume 5 John Zorn; The Cracow Klezmer Band |
| 23 May 2006 | Mercernary Dr. John |
| 23 May 1983 | The Viking Niels‐Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Philip Catherine |
| 23 May 2014 | The Miskatonic Scale Buckethead |
| 23 May 2025 | La Fleur de Cayenne Paquito D’Rivera & Madrid-New York Connection Band |
| 23 May 1995 | Solitude Cleo Laine |
| 23 May 2006 | Letters from Argentina Live Lalo Schifrin |
| 23 May 2001 | ARJUNA オンナの港 菅野よう子 |
| 23 May 2012 | 「アクエリオンEVOL」 イヴの詩篇 菅野よう子 |
| 23 May 1997 | Bags' Bag Milt Jackson |
| 23 May 2000 | Nine Compositions (Hill) 2000 Anthony Braxton, Kevin O’Neil, Paul Smoker, Andy Eulau, Steve Lehman & Kevin Norton |
| 23 May 2000 | Roy Hargrove With Strings: Moment to Moment Roy Hargrove |
| 23 May 2000 | Moment to Moment Roy Hargrove |
| 23 May 2000 | Linger Awhile With Vic Damone / My Baby Loves to Swing Vic Damone |
| 23 May 2005 | Allies: Music for Dance, Volume 2 Fred Frith |
| 23 May 2006 | Continuo Avishai Cohen |
| 23 May 1978 | Phantom of the Opera Walter Murphy |
| 23 May 2006 | Raw Materials Vijay Iyer & Rudresh Mahanthappa |
| 23 May 2007 | Sadao meets Sharps & Flats Limited Edition 渡辺貞夫 |
| 23 May 2025 | Map of a Blue City Marc Ribot |
| 23 May 1995 | Yonder Tree Gino Vannelli |
| 23 May 2025 | Beingness David Liebman, Billy Hart & Adam Rudolph |