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Jazz Musicians born on January 17

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Arlo Bigazzi

bass
born 1960

Big Sid Catlett

drums
born 1910

Billy Harper

saxophone
born 1943

Bopa King Carré

percussion
born 1918

Brant Grieshaber

guitar
born 1975

Brenda Patchel

keyboards

Brian Ho

organ, Hammond B3
born 1977

Carl Testa

bass, acoustic
born 1984

Cedar Walton

piano
born 1934

Cheryl Bentyne

vocals
born 1954

Claus Waidtlow

saxophone
born 1967

Cyrus Chestnut

piano
born 1963

Dami Lee

vocals
born 1992

Dave Moss

bass
born 1979

Dulce Resillas

piano
born 1986

Eartha Kitt

vocals
born 1927

Gianni Insalata

drums
born 1974

Harvey Boyer

piano
born 1975

Ian Anthony

bass, electric
born 1969

Isaac ben Ayala

piano
born 1969

Jan Smigmator

vocals
born 1986

Jeff Berlin

bass, electric
born 1953

Jeremy Yaddaw

drums
born 1982

Jesse Lewis

guitar
born 1978

João Santos

vocals
born 1989

Johnny Costa

piano
born 1922

Joshua Manchester

percussion
born 1975

Kristian B. Jacobsen

bass
born 1992

Larry Sonn

trumpet
born 1919

Lars Tormod Jenset

bass
born 1978

Lello Molinari

bass, acoustic
born 1962

Luca Bonvini

trumpet
born 1960

Lucious Conway

vocals
born 1963

Marcelo Morem

guitar, electric
born 1973

Matt Marantz

saxophone
born 1986

Mervin Toussaint

saxophone, alto
born 1996

Orbay Yazganarıkan

drums
born 1970

Philippe

saxophone, tenor
born 1976

Philippe Vieux

composer / conductor
born 1972

Ryuichi Sakamoto

composer / conductor
born 1952

Scott Anderson

guitar
born 1975

Sherry Hackney Cade

arranger
born 1963

Stephane Escoms

accordion
born 1972

Steven Faivus

saxophone, alto
born 1962

Ted Dunbar

guitar
born 1937

Tomchess

various

Yves Robert

trombone
born 1958

Zeki Caglar Namli

multi-instrumentalist
born 1981

Zeki Çağlar Namlı

multi-instrumentalist
born 1981

Bob Zurke

born 1912

George Handy

born 1920

Harry Hines

born 1898

Harry Reser

born 1896

Issei Igarashi

born 1965

Morris White

born 1911

Paul Rishell

born 1950

Tommy Reynolds

born 1916

Disclaimer: Though we have checked our dates, this listing may contain erroneous information. If you discover errors or omissions, please report it to us. Thank you.

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