Born on October 29
10 jazz musicians born on October 29, including Zoot Sims, Neal Hefti, Ximena Sariñana and Mats Gustafsson.
Zoot Sims
1925–1985 · American jazz saxophonist
Neal Hefti
1922–2008 · American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and…
Ximena Sariñana
1985 · Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
Mats Gustafsson
1964 · Swedish musician
Hadda Brooks
1916–2002 · American musician (1916–2002)
Pim Jacobs
1934–1996 · Dutch musician (1934-1996)
Jens Winther
1960–2011 · Danish jazzmusician, composer and conductor (1960-2011)
Anthony Strong
1984 · British musician
Aurora Bertrana
1892–1974 · Spanish writer
Toby Smith
1970–2017 · British musician (1970-2017)
Died on October 29
Woody Herman
1913–1987 · American jazz musician and bandleader (1913–1987)
Muhal Richard Abrams
1930–2017 · American musician (1930-2017)
Pops Foster
1892–1969 · American musician (1892–1969)
Big Nick Nicholas
1922–1997 · American jazz saxophonist and singer (1922–1997)
James Senese
1945–2025 · Italian saxophonist, composer, and singer-songwriter
Walter Norris
1931–2011 · American pianist (1931-2011)
Wellman Braud
1891–1966 · American musician (1891–1966)
Albums released on October 29
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 29 October 1976 | Zoot Allures Frank Zappa |
| 29 October 2015 | Central Park, New York, August 3rd, 1968 (Doxy collection, remastered, live on FM broadcasting) Live Frank Zappa |
| 29 October 1991 | Songs Without Words Dudley Moore |
| 29 October 2010 | Rock Dust Light Star Jamiroquai |
| 29 October 1996 | The Return Concert: Live at Trump's Castle Live Connie Francis |
| 29 October 2021 | New Masada Quartet John Zorn & New Masada Quartet |
| 29 October 2013 | Pumpkin Buckethead |
| 29 October 2013 | Sending You a Little Christmas Johnny Mathis |
| 29 October 1996 | The Grand Encounter Dianne Reeves |
| 29 October 2021 | Christmas Till Brönner |
| 29 October 2020 | Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957 Tommy Flanagan |
| 29 October 1959 | Profile Duke Pearson |
| 29 October 2012 | 7 Murders for Scotland Yard Piero Piccioni |
| 29 October 2008 | 3-2-1-0 Oliver Nelson / The Sharps & Flats |
| 29 October 1996 | One Night With You - The John Pizzarelli Collection John Pizzarelli |
| 29 October 2003 | Watching the Snow Michael Franks |
| 29 October 2018 | A-hed an aber Jacques Pellen |
| 29 October 2007 | The Amadeus Project Guy Barker |
| 29 October 2007 | The Amadeus Project - The Amadeus Suite Guy Barker |
| 29 October 2021 | Tango macondo Paolo Fresu, Daniele Di Bonaventura & Pierpaolo Vacca |
| 29 October 1959 | Pete Fountain Day Live Pete Fountain |
| 29 October 2010 | In Between Erik Truffaz |
| 29 October 1997 | Davidsalmer Anders Wyller & Ketil Bjørnstad |
| 29 October 2021 | Colin in Black & White: Soundtrack from the Netflix Series Kris Bowers |
| 29 October 2021 | Edizione Speciale Live Enrico Rava |
| 29 October 1996 | Shady Grove Jerry Garcia & David Grisman |
| 29 October 2021 | Poetry Adam Bałdych Quintet with Paolo Fresu |