– Paul Sullivan, American pianist and composer. August 3 – Hamid Drake, American drummer and percussionist. 7 – Jerry Tachoir, American vibraphone and marimba performer. 13 – Mulgrew Miller, American pianist, composer, and educator (died 2013). 17 – Grażyna Auguścik, Polish singer, composer, and arranger. 18 – Shelly Berg, American pianist. 19 – Dean Brown, American guitarist. 22 – Jeff Hirshfield, American drummer. 23 – Avery Sharpe, American upright bassist. 27 – Laura Fygi, Dutch singer. 30 – Helge Schneider, German pianist and multi-instrumentalist. September 1 Andrzej Łukasik, Polish upright bassist. Wayne Horvitz, American composer, keyboardist and record producer. 9 – Ivan Smirnov, Russian guitarist (died 2018). 11 Hiram Bullock, American guitarist (died 2008). Jaribu Shahid, American bassist. 12 – Adam Rudolph, American composer and percussionist. 13 – Joe Morris, American guitarist, bassist, and composer. 14 – Oliver Weindling, British jazz promoter and founder of the Babel Label. 25 – Steve Byrd, English guitarist, Gillan and Kim Wilde (heart attack) (died 2016). 28 – Kenny Kirkland, American pianist/keyboardist (died 1998). 29 – Enzo Pietropaoli, Italian bassist. 30 – Scott Fields, American guitarist, composer, and band leader. October 1 Curtis Lundy, American upright bassist. Morten Gunnar Larsen, Norwegian pianist. 12 – Jane Siberry, Canadian singer-songwriter. 18 – Vitold Rek, Polish upright bassist, composer and educator. 21 – Fred Hersch, American pianist. 24 – Jay Anderson, American upright bassist 25 – Robin Eubanks, American trombonist. November 7 – Kitty Margolis, American singer. 8 – Patricia Barber, American singer, pianist, songwriter and bandleader. 15 – Georgina Born, British cellist, academic, and anthropologist, Henry Cow. 19 – Chris Cain, American guitarist. 29 – Adam Nussbaum, American drummer. December 4 – Cassandra Wilson, American vocalist and songwriter. 7 – Chuck Loeb, American guitarist, Steps Ahead and Fourplay (died 2017). 8 – Nathan East, American bassistand vocalist. 10 – Billie Davies, American drummer and composer. 14 – Dan Barrett, American arranger, cornetist and trombonist. 23 – Grace Knight, English-Australian vocalist, saxophonist, and songwriter. Unknown date Annemarie Roelofs, Dutch trombone player and violinist, Henry Cow. Eduardo Niebla, Spanish guitarist. Kenny Klein, American fiddler and author. Kyle Jones, American bass guitarist, archivist, and politician. Nat Reeves, American bassist. See also 1950s in jazz List of years in jazz 1955 in music References External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1955 at All About Jazz Jazz Jazz by year