1946 in jazz

1946 in jazz
Eddie South, New York City, December 1946
Decade	1940s in jazz
Music	1946 in music
Standards	List of 1940s jazz standards
See also	1945 in jazz – 1947 in jazz

January

4 — Susannah McCorkle, American singer (died 2001).
4 — André Ceccarelli, French drummer and composer.
3 — James Mtume, American percussionist, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer, Mtume (died 2022).
12 – George Duke, American keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer (died 2013).
16 – Spike Wells, English drummer and priest.
20 – John Sheridan, American pianist.
24 – Marion Cowings, American singer and university teacher.
30 – Michael S. Smith, American drummer and percussionist (died 2006).
31 – Terry Kath, American guitarist and vocalist, Chicago (died 1978).

February

20 – J. Geils, American jazz and blues guitarist in The J. Geils Band (died 2017).^[4]
21 – Terry Bradds, American guitarist.
22 – Tom Grant, American pianist and vocalist.
24 – Tullio De Piscopo, Italian drummer and singer.
28
- Mike Renzi, American pianist, arranger and musical director.^[5]
- Pierre Dørge, Danish guitarist, bandleader, and composer.

March

1 — Vinny Golia, American composer and multi-instrumentalist.
11 – Patty Waters, American singer.
19 – Jack Schaeffer, American musician, recording artist, producer and arranger.
22
- Jerry Jemmott, American bass guitarist.
- Melvin Sparks, American guitarist (died 2011).^[6]

April

May

2 — Joel Forrester, American composer and pianist.
5 — Jack Walrath, American trumpeter and arranger.
10 – Jimmy Ponder, American guitarist (died 2013).
12 – Rudolf Tomsits, Hungarian trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer (died 2003).
22 – Martin Kratochvíl, American jazz rock musician.
23 – Don Moye, American percussionist and drummer.
27 – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish upright bassist (died 2005).
28 – Claudio Roditi, Brazilian trumpeter (died 2020).

June

July

3 — John Klemmer, American saxophonist, composer, songwriter, and arranger.
6 — Toquinho, Brazilian singer and guitarist.
11 – Kimiko Itoh, Japanese singer.
17
- Ellade Bandini, Italian drummer.
- Per Henrik Wallin, Swedish pianist and composer (died 2005).
20 – Bob McHugh, American pianist, composer, and educator.
23 – Khan Jamal, American vibraphone and marimba player.
24 – Al Lowe, American video game designer, programmer, and musician.

August

6 — Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist (died 2017).
14 – Bjørn Kruse, Norwegian saxophonist and composer.
27 – Roland Prince, Antiguan guitarist (died 2016).
31
- Cooper-Moore, American pianist, composer, and instrument builder/designer.
- Su Cruickshank, Australian singer (died 2009).

September

October

1 — Dave Holland, English upright bassist, composer, and bandleader.
3 — Mike Clark, American drummer.
11 – Daryl Hall, American singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer.
12 – Daryl Runswick, English composer, arranger, musician, producer, and educationalist.
15
- Bo Stief, Danish bassist, composer and arranger.
- Palle Danielsson, Swedish upright bassist.
22 – Jac Berrocal, French trumpeter, singer, and composer.

November

4 — Billy Hancock, American singer, guitarist, bassist, and multiinstrumentalist (died 2018).
7 — Raymond Harry Brown, American composer, arranger, and trumpeter.
18 – Bennie Wallace, American tenor saxophonist.
20 – Bruno Tommaso, Italian upright bassist and composer.
23 – Ray Drummond, American upright bassist and teacher.
25 – Guilherme Franco, Brazilian percussionist (died 2016).

December

7
- Phil Treloar, Australian drummer, percussionist and composer.
- Trent Kynaston, American saxophonist, music educator and composer.
12
- Bruce Ditmas, American drummer and percussionist.
- Denny Dias, American musician.
14 – Jerome Cooper, American drummer (died 2015).
16 – René McLean, American saxophonist and flutist.

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