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This week’s musical birthday celebrants.
Innovative jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, March 6, 1925
Former New York Philharmonic Music Director Lorin Maazel, March 6, 1930
Other March 6 birthdays:
Blues singer/guitarist Walter “Furry” Lewis, 1893
Western Swing singer/fiddler Bob Wills, 1905
Russian conductor Kiril Kondrashin, 1914
The Supremes singer Mary Wilson, 1944
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, 1946
Karen & the Compulsives singer/bassist Karen “Caustic” Nicholls (now Karen Parent), 1962
Country singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt, March 7, 1944
Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher, March 7, 1946; Procol Harum/Robin Trower Band guitarist Robin Trower, March 9, 1945
Isley Brothers guitarist Ernie Isley, March 7, 1952
Other March 7 birthdays:
French composer Maurice Ravel, 1875
The Zombies bassist/songwriter Chris White, 1943
Love singer/guitarist Arthur Lee, 1945
J.Giels Band frontman Peter Wolf (born Peter W. Blankfield), 1946
Tower of Power bassist Francis “Rocco” Prestia, 1951
Operatic mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves, 1963
Italian madrigalist Don Carlo Gesualdo, March 8, 1566
Other March 8 birthdays:
German composer Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, 1714
Blues singer/guitarist Mississippi John Hurt, 1892
Prolific symphonist Alan Hovhaness, 1911
Spanish classical guitarist Pepe Romero, 1944
The Monkees singer/drummer Micky Dolenz, 1945
Poco/The Eagles bassist/singer Randy Meisner, 1946
Songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, 1947
Salt-N-Pepa rapper Cheryl “Salt” James, 1964
Supergrass singer Gaz Coombes, 1976
Keane singer Tom Chaplin, 1979
Innovative jazz saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman, March 9, 1930
Other March 9 birthdays:
Czech composer Josef Mysliveček, 1737
Classical composer Samuel Barber, 1910
Jazz singer Keely Smith, 1932
R&B singer Lloyd Price, 1933
Velvet Underground bassist/keyboardist/violist and solo singer John Cale, 1942
Paul Revere & the Raiders singer Mark Lindsay, 1942
Hawkwind singer Robert Calvert, 1945
ABC singer Martin Fry, 1958
Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, 1966
Swedish singer/songwriter Neneh Cherry, March 10, 1964
Spanish violinist/composer Pablo de Sarasate, 1844
French-born Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, 1892
Seminal jazz trumpeter/pianist Bix Beiderbecke, 1903
Jan & Dean singer Dean Torrence, 1940
Boston mastermind/guitarist Tom Scholz, 1947
J-Pop singer Seiko Matsuda (born Noriko Kamachi), 1962
Pearl Jam/Green River/Mother Love Bone bassist Jeff Ament, 1963
Record producer Rick Rubin, 1963
Pop singer Edie Brickell, 1966
Tango innovator/composer/bandoneon player Astor Piazzolla, March 11, 1921
Other March 11 birthdays:
Modern classical composer Carl Ruggles, 1876
Avant-garde composer Henry Cowell, 1897
Turkish composer/producer İlhan Mimaroğlu, 1926
Jazz violinist/composer Leroy Jenkins, 1932
Avant-garde singer Patty Waters, 1946
R&B singer Cheryl Lynn, 1957
French film composer Georges Delerue, March 12, 1925
Other March 12 birthdays:
English composer (“Rule, Britannia!”) Thomas Arne, 1710
Singer/songwriter James Taylor, 1948
Jackson 5 singer Marlon Jackson, 1957
Pizzicato Five singer Maki Nomiya, 1960
Blur guitarist/solo artist Graham Coxon, 1967
