Born on September 26
10 jazz musicians born on September 26, including George Gershwin, Julie London, Romano Mussolini and Gary Bartz.
George Gershwin
1898–1937 · American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
Julie London
1926–2000 · American actress and singer (1926-2000)
Romano Mussolini
1927–2006 · Italian jazz pianist, painter, film producer, and the…
Gary Bartz
1940 · American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)
Nicholas Payton
1973 · American musician
Dick Heckstall-Smith
1934–2004 · English jazz and blues saxophonist (1934-2004)
Mark Dresser
1952 · American musician
Craig Chaquico
1954 · American guitarist
Vaughn De Leath
1894–1943 · American jazz singer (1894–1943)
Ted Greene
1946–2005 · American musician (1946–2005)
Died on September 26
Betty Carter
1929–1998 · American jazz singer, recording artist, songwriter…
Baden Powell
1937–2000 · Brazilian musician (1937-2000)
Shelly Manne
1920–1984 · American jazz drummer (1920–1984)
Shawn Lane
1963–2003 · American musician (1963–2003)
Ioan Gyuri Pascu
1961–2016 · Romanian actor, musician and comedian (1961-2016)
Marc Moulin
1942–2008 · Belgian musician and journalist (1942–2008)
Jim McNeely
1949–2025 · American musician
Karel Růžička
1940–2016 · Czech music educator, composer, jazz musician and pianist…
Lenny Hambro
1923–1995 · American jazz musician (1923–1995)
Albums released on September 26
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 26 September 2006 | Duets: An American Classic Tony Bennett |
| 26 September 2008 | Joe’s Menage Live Frank Zappa |
| 26 September 1988 | Seven Year Itch Etta James |
| 26 September 1995 | Tone Dialing Ornette Coleman & Prime Time |
| 26 September 2005 | Piece by Piece Katie Melua |
| 26 September 2011 | Reunion Buckethead & Viggo |
| 26 September 2000 | Kelly's Heroes & The Cincinnati Kid Lalo Schifrin |
| 26 September 1995 | Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver Dee Dee Bridgewater |
| 26 September 2011 | Road Shows, Vol. 2 Live Sonny Rollins |
| 26 September 2025 | Christmas Time Is Here Herb Alpert |
| 26 September 2006 | Music Written for Monterey 1965 Not Heard… Played in Its Entirety at UCLA Live Charles Mingus |
| 26 September 2006 | Consequence of Chaos Al Di Meola |
| 26 September 2013 | Splatters Buckethead |
| 26 September 2019 | Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore Riz Ortolani |
| 26 September 2011 | Roy-Alty Roy Haynes |
| 26 September 2000 | Peggy’s Blue Skylight Andy Summers |
| 26 September 1995 | Dialogues Jim Hall |
| 26 September 2014 | The Movie Album Till Brönner |
| 26 September 2005 | er Nils Petter Molvær |
| 26 September 2025 | Mulatu Plays Mulatu Mulatu Astatke |
| 26 September 2006 | Traffic Larry Coryell, Victor Bailey, Lenny White |
| 26 September 1994 | Lives in Paris Live Sidney Bechet |
| 26 September 1995 | Introducing Brad Mehldau Brad Mehldau |
| 26 September 2000 | Everything for Love Chuck Mangione |
| 26 September 2011 | All We Are Saying… Bill Frisell |
| 26 September 2008 | Blue Nino Katamadze & Insight |
| 26 September 2022 | Alive in America Return to Forever |
| 26 September 2000 | Nightclub Patricia Barber |
| 26 September 1998 | Soundtrack to Human Motion Jason Moran |
| 26 September 2006 | New York Time Christian McBride, Javon Jackson, Jimmy Cobb & Cedar Walton |