page_title: 1928 in jazz
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1928 in jazz / Births
caption_attribution_description: English: The great Hammond organ player Jimmy Smith at Festival Jazz Sori - Italy, July 1994
context_page_description: This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1928.
  Musicians born that year included Cannonball Adderley, Etta Jones and Fats Domino.
context_section_description: January
  3 – Al Belletto, American saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2014).
  4 – Alan Littlejohn, British trumpeter (died 1996).
  11 – Cal Massey, American trumpeter (died 1972).
  12 – Ruth Brown, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 2006).
  14 – Joe Muranyi, Hungarian-American clarinetist (died 2012).
  15 – Werner Dies, German tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, guitarist, composer, and arranger (died 2003).
  23 – Dave Black, American drummer (died 2006).
  24 – Mick Mulligan, English trumpeter and bandleader (died 2006).
  26 – Dick Nash, American trombonist.
  29 – Beverly Kenney, American singer (died 1960).
  31 – Keshav Sathe, Indian tabla player (died 2012).
  February
  6 – Nelson Boyd, American bassist (died 1985).
  11 – Conrad Janis, American trombonist and actor.
  18 – Frank Butler, American drummer (died 1984).
  25 – Mike Hennessey, English music journalist and pianist (died 2017).
  26 – Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (died 2017).
  March
  5
  Lou Levy, American pianist (died 2001).
  Wilbur Little, African-American bassist (died 1987).
  9 – Keely Smith, American singer (died 2017).
  12
  Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist and composer (died 2007).
  Paul Kuhn, German pianist, singer, and band leader (died 2013).
  Willie Maiden, American saxophonist and arranger (died 1976).
  15 – Bob Wilber, American clarinetist and saxophonist.
  31 – Archie Semple, Scottish clarinetist (died 1974).
  April
  3 – Bill Potts, American pianist (died 2005).
  4 – Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Cuban trumpeter (died 2016).
  6 – Eddie Hubble, American trombonist.
  8 – Derek Hogg, English drummer.
  9 – Monty Sunshine, English clarinetist (died 2010).
  10
  Fraser MacPherson, Canadian saxophonist (died 1993).
  Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, Polish saxophonist and composer.
  Marilyn Maye, American singer and actress.
  13 – Teddy Charles, American vibraphonist, pianist, and drummer (died 2012).
  14
  Egil Monn-Iversen, composer and pianist (died 2017).
  Norman Amadio, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2020).
  18 – Ken Colyer, English trumpeter and cornetist (died 1988).
  22 – Tommy Turrentine, American trumpeter (died 1997).
  23 – Mike Daniels, British trumpeter and bandleader (died 2016).
  24 – Johnny Griffin, American jazz saxophonist (heart attack) (died 2008).
  25 – Rick Henderson, American saxophonist (died 2004).
  26 – Herman Foster, American pianist (died 1999).
  29 – Errol Buddle, Australian bassoonist and saxophonist (died 2018).
  May
  4
  Lars Gullin, Swedish saxophonist (died 1976).
  Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (died 2006).
  15 – Joe Gordon, American trumpeter (died 1963).
  22 – Jackie Cain, American singer (died 2014).
  24 – Max Bennett, American bassist, L.A. Express, The Wrecking Crew (died 2018).
  26 – Jack Kevorkian, American musician and composer (died 2011).
  29 – Freddie Redd, American pianist and composer.
  30 – Priscilla Bowman, American singer (died 1988).
  June
  1 – Frank Parr, English trombonist and cricketer (died 2012).
  4 – Teddy Kotick, American bassist (died 1986).
  11 – Bob Gordon, American saxophonist (died 1955).
  12 – Vic Damone, American singer, songwriter, and actor (died 2018).
  20 – Eric Dolphy, American alto saxophonist, flutist, and bass clarinetist (died 1964).
  23 – Bob Badgley, American upright bassist (died 2012).
  26 – Don Lanphere, American saxophonist (died 2003).
  July
  2 – Richard Wyands, American pianist, composer, and arranger.
  4 – Ted Joans, American trumpeter and jazz poet (died 2003).
  13 – Leroy Vinnegar, American upright bassist (died 1999).
  15 – Joe Harriott, Jamaican saxophonist and composer (died 1973).
  17
  Joe Morello, American drummer (died 2011).
  Vince Guaraldi, American pianist (died 1976).
  18 – Carl Fontana, American trombonist (died 2003).
  20 – Peter Ind, British upright bassist and record producer.
  22 – Keter Betts, American upright bassist (died 2005).
  29 – Konstantin Orbelyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and head of the State Estrada Orchestra of Armenia (died 2014).
  30 – Vernel Fournier, American drummer (died 2000).
  August
  3 – Lyn Christie, Australian-born American-based bassist.
  8 – Don Burrows, Australi
caption: Jimmy Smith at Festival Jazz Sori – Italy, July 1994
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