Born on October 20
12 jazz musicians born on October 20, including Viggo Mortensen, Jelly Roll Morton, Eddie Harris and Adelaide Hall.
Viggo Mortensen
1958 · American actor
Jelly Roll Morton
1890–1941 · American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader and composer…
Eddie Harris
1934–1996 · American jazz musician (1934–1996)
Adelaide Hall
1904–1993 · American-born jazz singer and actor (1901–1993)
Martin Taylor
1956 · British guitarist
Russell Gunn
1971 · American musician
Dado Moroni
1962 · Italian musician
Kaori Kobayashi
1981 · Japanese saxophonist, flute player, composer, arranger…
Lakecia Benjamin
1986 · musical artist
Bill Chase
1934–1974 · American jazz trumpeter (1934–1974)
Carl Kress
1907–1965 · American musician (1907-1965)
Ray Linn
1920–1996 · American musician (1920–1996)
Died on October 20
Albums released on October 20
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 20 October 2003 | Frank Amy Winehouse |
| 20 October 2017 | Denver, Colorado 10.16.17 Live Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| 20 October 2017 | Halloween 77 Live Frank Zappa |
| 20 October 2017 | The Essential Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy Gillespie |
| 20 October 1998 | What the World Needs Now: Stan Getz Plays Bacharach and David Stan Getz |
| 20 October 1988 | Ridi pagliaccio Mina |
| 20 October 2023 | The Blue Note Collection Dexter Gordon |
| 20 October 1975 | Feelings Johnny Mathis |
| 20 October 1976 | L’anatra all’arancia: Colonna sonora originale del film Armando Trovajoli |
| 20 October 1992 | Breathless Kenny G |
| 20 October 2008 | Unissued in Europe 1971 Live Thelonious Monk & Dizzy Gillespie |
| 20 October 2008 | Road Shows, Volume 1 Live Sonny Rollins |
| 20 October 1998 | Music for Children John Zorn |
| 20 October 1992 | Homebrew Neneh Cherry |
| 20 October 2010 | Captain EO’s Voyage Buckethead |
| 20 October 1998 | Because You Loved Me Johnny Mathis |
| 20 October 2023 | Lycanthropus Armando Trovajoli |
| 20 October 2023 | Barbara Hendricks in Verbier Live Barbara Hendricks |
| 20 October 2017 | Natureza Universal Hermeto Pascoal |
| 20 October 2003 | Twentysomething Jamie Cullum |
| 20 October 2008 | Right Now Leon Jackson |
| 20 October 2023 | Essential Classics, Vol. 125: Wynton Kelly Wynton Kelly |
| 20 October 2017 | I Know I Dream: The Orchestral Sessions Stacey Kent |
| 20 October 2017 | Aria Richard Galliano, Thierry Escaich |
| 20 October 2023 | Vol. 1 Chris Botti |
| 20 October 2004 | Last Recording Nikolai Kapustin |
| 20 October 2017 | Honestly Lalah Hathaway |
| 20 October 2008 | Caravan Palace Caravan Palace |
| 20 October 2008 | Love Tattoo Imelda May |
| 20 October 2017 | Echo in the Valley Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn |