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Jazz Musicians born on December 11

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Aivar Vassiljev

drums
born 1971

Beegie Adair

piano
born 1937

Big Mama Thornton

vocals
born 1926

Cassius White

trumpet
born 1955

Cheick Tidiane Seck

keyboards
born 1953

Cindy McLeod

vocals
born 1956

Danny Cheng

bass, electric

Darryl Jones

bass
born 1961

Emanuele Maniscalco

drums
born 1983

Erik Honore

samples / effects
born 1966

George Gosieski

woodwinds
born 1956

Glenn Weyant

percussion
born 1963

Görkem Yaşar

vocals
born 1986

Indofunk Satish

trumpet
born 1971

Jack Purvis

trumpet
born 1906

JD Allen

saxophone, tenor
born 1972

Jeremy Levy

composer / conductor
born 1979

Joe Muccioli

composer / conductor
born 1956

Mara Rosenbloom

piano
born 1984

Marek Maron

band / ensemble / orchestra
born 1951

Maria Quintanilla

vocals
born 1990

Matías Formica

saxophone
born 1986

Mattias Ståhl

vibraphone
born 1971

McCoy Tyner

piano
born 1938

Perez Prado

composer / conductor
born 1916

Rafael Cortijo

composer / conductor
born 1928

Rev. John Giunta

guitar, acoustic
born 1946

Rich Wetzel

trumpet
born 1961

Sara Santilli

vocals
born 1987

Sean Noonan

drums
born 1975

Sietske Roscam Abbing

vocals
born 1985

Svein Rikard Mathisen

guitar, electric
born 1985

Tom Margitan

saxophone

Vincent A Marini

guitar, acoustic
born 1970

Vlad Makarov

cello
born 1950

Yuri Volodarsky

piano
born 1958

Bat Mosly

born 1893

Benny Spellman

born 1931

Bill McGuffie

born 1927

Eddie Johnson

born 1920

Marky Markowitz

born 1923

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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