Famous Jazzer Birthdays By facebooker_9347100 Apr 29, 1899 Duke Ellington is Born Aug 4, 1901 Louis Armstrong Born Aug 21, 1904 William "Count" Basie Born Dec 15, 1911 Stan Kenton is Born Apr 25, 1917 Ella Fitzgerald is Born Sep 30, 1917 Buddy Rich is Born Oct 10, 1917 Thelonius Monk is Born Oct 21, 1917 John Birks "Dizzy" GIllespie Aug 29, 1920 Charlie Parker "Bird" is Born Dec 6, 1920 Dave Brubeck is Born Apr 22, 1922 Charles Mingus is Born Jul 15, 1923 Philly Joe Jones is Born Jan 22, 1924 J.J. Johnson is Born Mar 27, 1924 Sarah Vaughn is Born May 26, 1926 Miles Davis is Born Sep 23, 1926 John Coltrane is Born Sep 15, 1928 Cannonball Adderly is Born Apr 21, 1932 Slide Hampton is Born Mar 14, 1933 Quincy Jones is Born