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Jazz Musicians born on August 16

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Al Hibbler

vocals
born 1915

Alvin Queen

drums
born 1950

Bill Evans

piano
born 1929

Carl Perkins

piano
born 1928

Cecil Brooks III

drums
born 1959

Clinton Parsons

piano
born 1974

Danny Moss

saxophone
born 1927

Daryll Dobson

violin
born 1956

Don Bolo

band / ensemble / orchestra
born 2015

Eddie Kirkland

guitar, electric
born 1928

Ellery Eskelin

saxophone, tenor
born 1959

Emmett Wheatfall

vocals
born 1957

Eric Bibb

guitar, acoustic
born 1951

Eric Biondo

trumpet
born 1977

Fernando Ulibarri

guitar
born 1979

Fonksquish

producer
born 1971

Fostina Dixon-Kilgoe

saxophone
born 1974

Giuliano Pereira

saxophone, alto
born 1972

Hadrien Feraud

bass
born 1984

Hallgrim Bratberg

guitar, electric
born 1969

Ivan Conti

drums
born 1946

Jack Malmstrom

woodwinds
born 1910

Jeffrey Sapin

saxophone, baritone
born 1985

Kam Falk

bass, electric
born 1963

Lorenzo Cellupica

piano
born 1992

Lorenzo Scagnolari

guitar, electric
born 1986

Mal Waldron

piano
born 1925

Mark de Clive-Lowe

keyboards
born 1974

Mary Stallings

vocals
born 1939

Mike Downes

bass
born 1964

Nikki Armstrong

vocals
born 1969

Nora Nausbaum

flute
born 1947

Paulinho Garcia

guitar and vocals
born 1948

Pete Gitlin

guitar
born 1949

Rafael Riqueni

guitar
born 1962

Syberen van Munster

guitar
born 1986

Zane Rudolph

guitar
born 1936

Armand Piron

born 1888

Bobby Mitchell

born 1935

Emil Ludvik

born 1917

Lennie Felix

born 1920

Serge Ermoll

born 1943

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