27 – Federico Casagrande, Italian guitarist and composer. March 10 – Lars Horntveth, Norwegian saxophonist, clarinetist, percussionist, guitarist, composer, and band leader, Jaga Jazzist. 20 – Paddy Milner, Scottish singer-songwriter. 22 – Jay Foote, American bassist and singer. 31 – Sasha Dobson, American singer-songwriter. April 10 – Jimmy Rosenberg, Dutch guitarist. 24 Jelle van Tongeren, Dutch violinist. Vincent Peirani, French accordionist, vocalist, and composer. May 5 – Stian Omenås, Norwegian Jazz musician (trumpet), music conductor and composer 28 – Benedikt Jahnel, German jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. June 18 – Jasser Haj Youssef, Tunisian violinist. July 8 Kendrick Scott, American drummer, bandleader, and composer. Tyshawn Sorey, American multi-instrumentalist, and composer. 10 – Julie Crochetière, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist. August 16 – Øystein Moen, Norwegian pianist, keyboarder, and composer, Jaga Jazzist. 25 – Pål Hausken, Norwegian drummer, percussion, and composer, In The Country. September 2 – Mark Guiliana, American drummer, composer and bandleader. 18 – Gustav Lundgren, Swedish guitarist, composer, and record label director. 25 – Christina Bjordal, Norwegian singer. October 16 – Mary Halvorson, American guitarist. 17 Alberto Porro Carmona, Spanish conductor, composer, author, music lecturer, teacher, and saxophonist. Manuel Valera, Cuban pianist and composer. 19 Morten Schantz, Danish pianist, composer, and band leader, JazzKamikaze. Simin Tander, German singer, pianist, and composer. November 4 – Ruslan Sirota, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and producer. 6 – Lena Nymark, Norwegian jazz singer. 17 – Colin Vallon, Swiss pianist. December 5 – Ibrahim Maalouf, French-Lebanese trumpeter and composer. 9 – Anton Eger, Norwegian-Swedish Jazz drummer, JazzKamikaze. 28 – Andreas Amundsen, Norwegian bassist. Unknown date Brandi Disterheft, Canadian upright bassist and composer. Elana Stone, Australian vocalist, songwriter, pianist, accordion player, and band leader. Hannah Marshall, British cellist, vocalist, and composer. Martin Blanes, Galician-Spanish guitarist. Tim Giles, English drummer and composer. Yasek Manzano Silva, Cuban trumpeter and composer See also 1980s in jazz List of years in jazz 1980 in music References External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1980 at All About Jazz Jazz Jazz by year