@allsolos.comHappy birthday to saxophonist Kenny Garrett who turns 66 on Oct 9 🎂
He joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra as a teenager and later played with Miles Davis.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/129/kenny-garrett
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to bassist Robert Hurst who turns 62 on Oct 4 🎂
He started on guitar before switching to bass and is now a University of Michigan jazz bass professor.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/107/robert-hurst
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to saxophonist Antonio Hart who turns 58 on Sep 30 🎂
He became widely known after working with Roy Hargrove.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/224/antonio-hart
@fiftymusic.bsky.social35 years ago today, #MilesDavis, American #jazzmusician, trumpeter and composer (Kinda Blue; Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet; Sketches of Spain), died of #pneumonia at 65.
#RIP 🕊️
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to saxophonist Jerry Weldon who turns 69 on Sep 27 🎂
He joined Lionel Hampton’s Orchestra in 1981 and later played in Harry Connick Jr.’s big band.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/419/jerry-weldon
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to pianist Holger Marjamaa who turns 34 on Sep 27 🎂
He won the Grand Prix at the 2013 International Jazz Piano Competition in Vilnius.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/48/holger-marjamaa
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to saxophonist Walter Smith III who turns 46 on Sep 24 🎂
He is the Chair of the Woodwind Department at Berklee College of Music.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/24/walter-smith-iii
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to drummer Xavier Lecouturier who turns 29 on Sep 23 🎂
He grew up on Latin rock and later shifted from guitar to drums in high school.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/384/xavier-lecouturier
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to pianist Harry Connick Jr. who turns 59 on Sep 11 🎂
He has won top national awards across music, television, and film.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/139/harry-connick-jr
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to saxophonist Lucas Dubovik who turns 27 on Sep 11 🎂
He has released two albums as a leader, including Quarterlife (2024) and Bridges to Nowhere (2021).
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/113/lucas-dubovik
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to bassist Jonathan Michel who turns 36 on Sep 10 🎂
He is a New York City-based jazz bassist and bandleader.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/237/jonathan-michel
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to saxophonist Chad Lefkowitz-Brown who turns 37 on Sep 8 🎂
He established himself as a jazz prodigy at age 11.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/5/chad-lefkowitz-brown
@allsolos.comHappy birthday to guitarist Peter Bernstein who turns 59 on Sep 3 🎂
He was born in New York City and started on piano before switching to guitar at 13.
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/326/peter-bernstein