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Jazz Musicians born on January 12

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Alon Near

bass, acoustic
born 1994

Ben Geyer

piano

Brian Culbertson

keyboards
born 1973

Carlo Bernardinello

drums
born 1958

Carlos

guitar
born 1978

Claire Dickson

vocals
born 1997

Dannee Fullerton

drums
born 1944

Denin Koch

guitar, electric
born 1996

Ernst Bier

drums
born 1951

Gene Lake

drums
born 1966

George Duke

piano
born 1946

Guillaume Muller

guitar
born 1990

Hadley Caliman

saxophone
born 1932

Ingrid Jensen

trumpet
born 1966

Ivo Perelman

saxophone, tenor
born 1961

Jay McShann

piano
born 1909

Jeffrey Lien

drums
born 1979

Jisun Choi

piano
born 1979

John Etheridge

guitar
born 1948

Mississippi Fred McDowell

guitar, slide
born 1904

Nancy Donnelly

vocals
born 1967

Olu Dara

trumpet
born 1941

Phil Perry

vocals
born 1952

R. A. Fish

drums
born 1948

Ramiro Flores

saxophone, alto
born 1977

Ray Vasquez

vocals
born 1924

Rick Petrone

bass, acoustic
born 1947

Robert Chandler

guitar
born 1953

Ronald Shannon Jackson

drums
born 1940

Ruth Brown

vocals
born 1928

Stephen Haynes

cornet
born 1955

Sunhyun Yoo

saxophone, alto
born 1989

Thomas Mackay

vibraphone
born 1967

Trummy Young

trombone
born 1912

Bert Thomas

born 1907

Dill Katz

born 1946

Guy Lafitte

born 1927

Harry Roy

born 1900

Raimond Pauls

born 1936

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