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- Lakshminarayana Shankar, Indian composer and violinist, turns 57.
- Dave Pomeroy, American bassist, turns 51.
- Rudiger Carl, Prussian accordionist, turns 63.
- Bill Byrne, American baritone saxophonist, turns 65.
- Jimmy Giuffre, American composer and reedist, turns 86.
- Alex Dorner, German pianist and trumpeter, turns 43.
- Andy Farber, American arranger, bandleader, composer, and reedist, turns 38.
- Francis Lai, French film score composer, turns 75.
- Alessandro Galati, Italian jazz pianist, turns 41.
- Fred Dutton, American bassoonist, turns 79.
- Teddy Edwards (April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 83 this year.
- Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939), American blues vocalist, would have turned 121 this year.
- Karl George (1913 – 1978), American trumpeter, would have turned 94.
- Preston Love (April 26, 1921 – February 12, 2004), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 86 this year.
- Herman Foster (April 26, 1928 – April 03, 1999), American bop pianist, would have turned 79 this year.
- Dave Tough (April 26, 1907 – December 09, 1948), American drummer, would have turned 100 this year.
- Edward Eliscu (April 26, 1902 – June 18, 1998), American actor, lyricist, playwright, and record producer, would have turned 105 this year.
