This week’s birthday celebrants.
Coleman Hawkins, November 21, 1904
Icelandic rocker Björk Guðmundsdóttir, November 21, 1965
Other November 21 birthdays:
New Orleans pianist/singer/songwriter Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, 1940
Turkish pianist Idil Biret, 1941
Jazz drummer Alphonse Mouzon, 1948
Violent Femmes bassist Brian Ritchie, 1960
Youngbloods frontman Jesse Colin Young, November 22, 1941
Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club bassist Tina Weymouth, November 22, 1950
Other November 22 birthdays:
Dutch composer Jacob Obrecht, 1458
German composer Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, 1710
Songwriter (“Stardust,” “Georgia on My Mind”) Hoagy Carmichael, 1899
Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo, 1901
Cellist Emanuel Feuermann, 1902
British composer Benjamin Britten, 1913
Third Stream composer Gunther Schuller, 1925
Wailers bassist Aston “Family Man” Barrett, 1946
Miami Steve Van Zandt, 1950
Conductor Kent Nagano, 1951
Korean operatic soprano Sumi Jo, 1962
Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O (born Karen Lee Orzolek), 1978
Blues singer/guitarist R.L. Burnside, November 23, 1923
Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, November 23, 1933
Other November 23 birthdays:
Spanish composer Manuel de Falla, 1876
Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof) Jerry Bock, 1928
R&B singer Betty Everett, 1939
Blondie drummer Clem Burke, November 24, 1955
Other November 24 birthdays:
German composer Charles Theodore Pachelbel, 1690
Jazz pianist Teddy Wilson, 1912
Russian composer Alfred Schnittke, 1934
The Beatles drummer Pete Best, 1941
Booker T. & the MG’s bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn, 1941
The Move/Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan, 1944
Screaming Trees singer and solo artist Mark Lanegan, November 25, 1964
Other November 25 birthdays:
R&B singer Percy Sledge, 1941
Singer/songwriter Bob Lind, 1942
Canadian jazz singer Holly Cole, 1963
Classical pianist Eugene Istomin, November 26, 1925
Other November 26 birthdays:
Classical pianist Earl Wild, 1915
R&B singer Tina Turner, 1939
Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie, 1945
The inimitable Jimi Hendrix, November 27, 1942
Other November 27 birthdays:
French composer Charles Koechlin, 1867
Stax drummer Al Jackson, Jr., 1934
Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, 1962
