page_title: 1954 in jazz
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1954 in jazz / Births
caption_attribution_description: English: Paolo Vinaccia performing at Canal Street music festival, Arendal Norway, 2015. Photo: Birgit Fostervold.Norsk bokmål: Paolo Vinaccia opptrer på Canal Street i Arendal, 2015.
context_page_description: This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1954.
context_section_description: January
  14 – Gunnar Andreas Berg, Norwegian guitarist, music teacher, and record label manager.
  18 – Tina Marsh, American vocalist and composer (died 2009).
  20 – Steve Rochinski, American guitarist and teacher.
  23 – David Bloom, American guitarist, flautist, and composer.
  28 – Henry Johnson, American guitarist.
  February
  9 – Don Mumford, American drummer (died 2007).
  13 – John Wolf Brennan, Irish pianist, organist, melodica player.
  16
  Jeff Clayton, American alto saxophonist and flautist.
  Torbjørn Sunde, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and band leader.
  March
  1 – Carles Benavent, Spanish bassist.
  4 – Ricky Ford, American tenor saxophonist.
  11
  Jon Jang, American pianist, composer, and bandleader.
  Judy Niemack, American vocalist.
  13 – Simon James, English guitarist, Acoustic Alchemy.
  14 – Nick Webb, English guitarist and composer, Acoustic Alchemy (died 1998).
  16 – Brian Torff, American upright bassist and composer.
  18
  Andy Narell, American steelpan player and composer.
  Harry Sokal, Austrian jazz saxophonist.
  21 – Haakon Graf, Norwegian keyboardist.
  24
  Hank Roberts, American cellist and vocalist.
  Steve LaSpina, American bassist.
  Vince Jones, Australian singer, songwriter, trumpeter, and flugelhornist.
  27 – Paolo Vinaccia, Italian composer, drummer, and percussionist, living in Norway.
  28 – Donald Brown, American pianist.
  April
  1 – Knut Værnes, Norwegian guitarist, composer and band leader.
  3 – Chuck Deardorf, American bassist.
  4 – Michel Camilo, Santo Domingan pianist and composer.
  9 – Steve Holt, Canadian musician.
  16 – Brian Rolland, American guitarist, composer, and songwriter (died 2018).
  28 – Frank Jakobsen, Norwegian drummer, Bergen Big Band.
  May
  3 – Angela Bofill, American vocalist and songwriter.
  9 – Barb Jungr, Englist singer and songwriter.
  10 – Lorne Lofsky, Canadian guitarist, Oscar Peterson Quartet.
  21 – Marc Ribot, American guitarist and composer.
  24 – Catherine Whitney, American singer, composer, and lyricist.
  June
  4 – Scott Earl Holman, American pianist.
  5 – Peter Erskine, American drummer and composer.
  11 – John Bernard Riley, American drummer and educator.
  12 – Jesper Lundgaard, Danish bassist, bandleader, and composer.
  26 – Øystein Norvoll, Norwegian guitarist.
  27 – Madeline Eastman, American singer.
  30 – Eric Von Essen, American bassist, pianist, and composer (died 1997).
  July
  7 – Pam Bricker, American singer (died 2005).
  10 – Stu Goldberg, American keyboarder.
  13
  Bruno Råberg, Swedish-born bassist and composer.
  Ernst Ulrich Deuker, German bassist and bass clarinetist, Ideal.
  19 – Ivar Thomassen, Norwegian folk singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist (died 2016).
  22
  Al Di Meola, American guitarist and composer.
  Johannes Bauer, German trombonist (died 2016).
  25 – Svein Olav Blindheim, Norwegian upright bassist.
  28 – Nnenna Freelon, American singer.
  29 – Michel Benita, Algerian-French upright bass player.
  August
  11 – Steve Nelson, American vibraphonist.
  12 – Pat Metheny, American guitarist and composer, Pat Metheny Group.
  15 – Dennis González, American trumpeter, poet, visual artist, and music educator.
  19 – Tim Hagans, American trumpet player, arranger and composer.
  21 – Bodil Niska, Norwegian saxophonist.
  26 – Scott Henderson, American guitarist.
  29
  Enzo Nini, Italian saxophonist, flautist, composer, and arranger.
  Stephanie Nakasian, American vocalist.
  31 – Sergio Caputo, Italian singer, writer, composer, and guitarist.
  September
  2 – Steve Masakowski, American guitaristt, educator, and inventor.
  12 – Scott Hamilton, American tenor saxophonist.
  18 – Jovino Santos-Neto, Brazilian-American pianist, flutist, composer, arranger, educator, and record producer.
  20 – Peter White, American guitarist.
  24 – Jay Hoggard, American vibraphonist.
  26
  Bill Milkowski, American jazz critic, journalist, and author.
  Craig Chaquico, Portuguese-American guitarist, songwriter, composer, and record producer.
  30
  Basia, Polish singer-songwriter and record producer.
  Patrice Rushen, American vocalist.
  October
  4 – Paleka, Portuguese percussionist.
  9 – Eugenio Toussaint, Mexican composer, arranger and pianist (died 2011).
  10 – Ondrej Havel
caption: Paolo Vinaccia, Arendal Sessions.
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