Jazz birthdays, month by month

The portraits come from Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress, used under their public-domain or Creative Commons terms, except where the series' own photographs are credited.

• Cannonball Adderley — Unknown photographer, public domain · source
• Nat Adderley — Bruno of Hollywood / John Levin Enterprises, public domain · source
• Louis Armstrong — Harry Warnecke / Gus Schoenbaechler, public domain · source
• Albert Ayler — ABC Impulse! publicity portrait, public domain · source
• Chet Baker — Distributed by Joe Glaser's Associated Booking Corporation. Photographer uncredited and unknown., public domain · source
• Gato Barbieri — unknown photographer, public domain · source
• Count Basie — James J. Kriegsmann, public domain · source
• Sidney Bechet — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Tony Bennett — John Mathew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Art Blakey — Distributed by Shaw Artists Corporation, public domain · source
• Randy Brecker — Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Clifford Brown — Associated Booking Corporation (management), public domain · source
• Ray Brown — Kay Musical Instrument Company, public domain · source
• Dave Brubeck — Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
• Kenny Burrell — Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Jaki Byard — Brian McMillen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Donald Byrd — Mallory1180, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Cab Calloway — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Benny Carter — Ed Berger, with permission (attribution) · source
• Betty Carter — Kotivalo, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
• Ray Charles — William Morris Agency (management)/Photo by Maurice Seymour, New York., public domain · source
• Kenny Clarke — W. Punt for Anefo, CC0 · source
• Stanley Clarke — Andreas Lawen, Fotandi, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Nat King Cole — General Artists Corporation (management), public domain · source
• Ornette Coleman — Frank Schindelbeck. Photography by www.schindelbeck.org, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source
• John Coltrane — Gelderen, Hugo van / Anefo, CC0 · source
• Chick Corea — Polydor Records, public domain · source
• Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis — Laura Kolb Satellite Beach, Fl.- Taos,N.M., USA, CC BY 2.0 · source
• Miles Davis — Tom Palumbo from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Paul Desmond — Associated Booking Corporation (management), public domain · source
• Manu Dibango — Selbymay, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Lou Donaldson — Todd Van Hoosear, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Donald Edwards — courtesy of the artist, used with permission
• Roy Eldridge — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Duke Ellington — unknown photographer, public domain · source
• Don Ellis — Holton, public domain · source
• Bill Evans — Steve Schapiro, public domain · source
• Ella Fitzgerald — Carl Van Vechten, public domain · source
• Frank Foster — Tom Pich, public domain · source
• Erroll Garner — The Library of Congress, no known restrictions · source
• Stan Getz — SAS Scandinavian Airlines, public domain · source
• Dizzy Gillespie — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Benny Goodman — Photo by Jammes J. Kriegsmann, New York, public domain · source
• Dexter Gordon — Jean-Luc, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Al Grey — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Charlie Haden — Brianmcmillen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
• Herbie Hancock — Library of Congress Life, CC0 · source
• Eddie Harris — Atlantic Records, public domain · source
• Coleman Hawkins — unknown photographer, public domain · source
• Percy Heath — Tom Marcello, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Joe Henderson — Pino alpino, CC0 · source
• Jon Hendricks — Atael Weissman, CC BY 2.0 · source
• Earl Hines — Maud Cuney-Hare, 1874-1936, public domain · source
• Johnny Hodges — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Billie Holiday — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Lena Horne — Studio publicity still, public domain · source
• Freddie Hubbard — Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Abdullah Ibrahim — Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Milt Jackson — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Ahmad Jamal — Brian McMillen (Brianmcmillen) / contact: brianmcmillen@hotmail.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
• J.J. Johnson — H. N. White Company, public domain · source
• James P. Johnson — unknown photographer, public domain · source
• Elvin Jones — Thomas Huther, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Hank Jones — Brianmcmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Scott Joplin — unknown photographer, public domain · source
• Ellis Marsalis Jr. — Tagmisterb, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk — Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• John Lewis — Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · source
• Abbey Lincoln — Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Anefo; Restoration by User:Adam Cuerden, CC0 · source
• Mundell Lowe — Walter Gehring, CC BY 3.0 · source
• Shelly Manne — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Tania Maria — Mauriciobotti, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
• Wynton Marsalis — Eric Delmar, public domain · source
• Hugh Masekela — WOMEX, CC BY 2.0 · source
• Jackie McLean — Brianmcmillen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
• Glenn Miller — Billboard, photographer unknown, public domain · source
• Charles Mingus — Charles_Mingus_1976.jpg: Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA derivative work: Emdee (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Thelonious Monk — William P. Gottlieb / Adam Cuerden, public domain · source
• Wes Montgomery — Photo first published by Gibson. According to NPR, the photo was taken by Chuck Stewart., public domain · source
• Lee Morgan — Herbert Behrens / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl · source
• Jelly Roll Morton — Bloom photograph studio, Chicago, public domain · source
• Charlie Parker — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Hermeto Pascoal — Festival Sensacional, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Oscar Peterson — Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Baden Powell — unknown photographer, public domain · source
• Bud Powell — Unknown photographer, CC BY 4.0 · source
• Sun Ra — Distributed by Impulse! Records and ABC/Dunhill Records. Photographer uncredited on the publicity photo itself; most lik, public domain · source
• Django Reinhardt — William P. Gottlieb / Adam Cuerden, public domain · source
• Buddy Rich — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Sonny Rollins — Distributed by Milestone Records, public domain · source
• Dom Salvador — West Village Jazz Series, April 2025, series photograph · the concert
• Pharoah Sanders — Dmitry Scherbie New York, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Artie Shaw — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Wayne Shorter — Chris Hakkens, CC BY 2.0 · source
• Horace Silver — Dimitri Savitski, SAVITSKI, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
• Nina Simone — Gerrit de Bruin, CC BY 4.0 · source
• Don Sleet — photographer unknown, from the Sleet family / JazzWax · source
• Bessie Smith — Carl Van Vechten, restored by Adam Cuerden, public domain · source
• Jimmy Smith — Bruno of Hollywood, NYC. Distributed by Joe Glaser's Associated Booking Corporation., public domain · source
• Sonny Stitt — Tom Marcello Webster, New York, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Art Tatum — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Clark Terry — Brian McMillen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
• Toots Thielemans — Ron van der Kolk, CC BY 2.5 · source
• McCoy Tyner — Copyright (c) 1973 Gisle Hannemyr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
• Chucho Valdés — Jacek Proszyk, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Sarah Vaughan — William P. Gottlieb / Adam Cuerden, public domain · source
• Fats Waller — New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Fisher, Alan, photographer., public domain · source
• Cedar Walton — Sven Petersen, public domain · source
• Dinah Washington — Associated Booking Corporation/photo by James Kriegsmann, New York, public domain · source
• Ben Webster — The Library of Congress, public domain · source
• Frank Wess — Tom Marcello, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Randy Weston — Bob Travis Casco, Maine, USA, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
• Mark Whitfield — Bill Morgan Hartford, CT, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Mary Lou Williams — William P. Gottlieb / Adam Cuerden, public domain · source
• Tony Williams — Gretsch, public domain · source
• Cassandra Wilson — Scott Penner from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Gerald Wilson — Richard Newhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
• Teddy Wilson — William P. Gottlieb, public domain · source
• Lester Young — Photograph by Ojon Mili. Time Inc., public domain · source
• Joe Zawinul — Alex Ex, CC BY 2.5 · source