[Meatballfoot]

Aug 25 - Wayne's Birthday
Aug 26 - Branford's birthday
Aug 27 - Lester's birthday
Aug 29 - Bird's birthday

-Thanks to my sax teacher for noticing this-

 

[paulwl]

Aug 28 - Scott Hamilton (the skater, not the saxophonist)

 

[TyroSax]

That IS Friggin Funny!!!!! What about Brian Boitano?

 

[Saxman96]

This is so great! I can't believe it! Their birthdays are one day apart.

 

[Meatballfoot]

Aug 28 - Scott Hamilton (the skater, not the saxophonist)

:mrgreen:

 

[zacharylipton]

Are music and math related? Who here knows the probability that 4 of the 20 most accomplished jazz saxophonists would have have their birthdays occur consecutively? I'll buy a beer for anyone who answers correctly.

 

[Starsax A2]

When is Kenny G's birthday? (Kidding, kidding, kidding.......)

 

[Agent27]

Are music and math related? Who here knows the probability that 4 of the 20 most accomplished jazz saxophonists would have have their birthdays occur consecutively? I'll buy a beer for anyone who answers correctly.

They're not consecutive. There's a gap between Lester and Bird.

 

[maddenma]

Art Pepper's b-day was Sept. 1. Sonny is coming up mid-week next, on Sept. 7.

 

[KMR]

Here is another thought.

That makes them all born under the star sign Virgo.

Guess what one of the main characteristics of Virgo is. Drive for perfection. Blessing or curse???

from a fellow Virgo!!

 

[milandro]

well, how many " great players" are there out there and who are they?

what's the likelihood that , in general, more people, are born in spring and summer (there is a slight preponderance compared to the winter months).

If you take a large enough group of people in a large enough stretch of time you will find lots of sequential births

However other greats were born in similar or different days of the year, just a few examples:

Michael Brecker 29 March
Stanley Turrentine 5 april
Gerry Mulligan 6 april
Joe Henderson 24 april
Coleman Hawkins 19 may
Johnny Hodges 25 July
Sonny Rollins 7 september
Cannonball Adderly 15 september
John Coltrane 23 september
Stan Gets 2 february
Dexter Gordon 27 february ............

 

[JL]

If you take a large enough group of people in a large enough stretch of time you will find lots of sequential births

Exactly. Not to even mention astrology and other such total nonsense.

 

[zacharylipton]

They're not consecutive. There's a gap between Lester and Bird.

So? That has no bearing on my question.

 

[Meatballfoot]

When is Kenny G's birthday? (Kidding, kidding, kidding.......)

June 5 :twisted:
http://forum.saxontheweb.net/showthread.php?143119-Same-Birthday-as-Kenny-G!!!

 

[Meatballfoot]

If you take a large enough group of people in a large enough stretch of time you will find lots of sequential births

Exactly. Not to even mention astrology and other such total nonsense.

I vote this is fun coincidence rather than jazz voodoo.

 

[Bubba06]

Perhaps we're missing a sax player. One yet to come?

-Bubba-

 

[kwgrinnell]

Oct 16, World Sax Day

K

44 yrs of happy sax

 

[Meatballfoot]

I'm working on a google calender of important sax events (I have only put up birthdays at this point):

https://www.google.com/calendar/render?hl=en&tab=wc&pli=1