This week’s birthday celebrants.
Claude Debussy, August 22, 1862
John Lee Hooker, August 22, 1917
Other August 22 birthdays:
Pere Ubu/Rocket from the Tombs Peter Laughner, 1952
Living Color leader/guitarist Vernon Reid, 1958
Tears for Fears’ Roland Orzabal, 1961
Pianocentric singer-songwriter Tori Amos, 1963
Wu-Tang Clan rapper GZA, 1966
Jazz pianist Martial Solal, August 23, 1927
Other August 23 birthdays:
Avant-garde composer Ernst Krenek, 1900
Folksinger Malvina Reynolds, 1900
Scottish viola player William Primrose, 1903
The Who drummer Keith Moon, 1946
Happy Mondays singer Shaun Ryder, 1962
Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau, 1970
The Strokes singer Julian Casablancas, 1978
Quicksilver Messenger Service’s John Cipollina, August 24, 1943, and David Freiberg, August 24, 1938
Other August 24 birthdays:
Italian Baroque composer Alessandro Marcello, 1669
“That’s All Right” composer Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, 1905
Jazz saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter, August 25, 1933
English New Wave icon Elvis Costello, August 25, 1954
Other August 25 birthdays:
Avant-garde composer Stefan Wolpe, 1902
Viola player Walter Trampler, 1915
Kiss vocalist/bassist/tongue Gene Simmons, 1949
Judas Priest singer Rob Halford, 1951
Buggles/Yes/Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes, 1952
Uncle Tupelo/Wilco co-founder Jeff Tweedy, 1957
Velvet Underground’s Maureen “Mo” Tucker, August 26, 1943, and Sterling Morrison, August 28, 1942
Ashford & Simpson singer/songwriter Valerie Simpson, August 26, 1946
Other August 26 birthdays:
German conductor/pianist Wolfgang Sawallisch, 1923
Jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis, 1960
Avant-garde jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock, August 27, 1940
Other August 27 birthdays:
Jazz saxophonist Lester Young, 1909
Jazz harpist/pianist Alice Coltrane, 1937
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson, 1953
Austrian conductor Karl Böhm, August 28, 1894
Other August 28 birthdays:
Hungarian conductor István Kertész, 1929
Hawkwind saxophonist/flutist Nik Turner, 1940
