and composer. October 2 – Avery Brooks, American actor, jazz musician, opera singer, and college professor. 4 – Gary Brunotte, American pianist and organist. 9 – Dave Samuels, American vibraphonist and marimba player, Spyro Gyra. 13 – Geoff Simkins, British alto saxophonist. 16 – Carli Muñoz, Puerto Rican pianist. 23 – Rose Nabinger, German singer. November 1 – Raphe Malik, American trumpeter (died 2006). 9 – Kazimierz Jonkisz, Polish drummer. 11 – Marvin Peterson or Hannibal Lokumbe, American trumpeter and composer. 16 – Chi Coltrane, American songwriter, pianist and singer. 20 – Barbara Hendricks, American-born operatic soprano and concert singer. 21 – Alphonse Mouzon, American fusion drummer and percussionist, Return to Forever (died 2016). 23 Emil Viklický, Czech pianist and composer. Thara Memory, American trumpeter (died 2017). 30 – Stan Sulzmann, English saxophonist. December 6 – Harvie Swartz, American upright bassist. 7 – Mads Vinding, Danish upright bassist. 15 Carlos Zingaro, American pianist. Toshinori Kondo, Japanese avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter. 23 – Jim Ferguson, American jazz guitarist, composer, author, educator, and music journalist. Unknown date Dave Eshelman, American trombonist and composer. Guy Van Duser, American guitarist. Jaroslav Jakubovič, Czech-born Israeli jazz saxophonist, composer and record producer. The Mascara Snake or Victor Hayden, American avant-garde clarinetist, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (died 2018). See also 1940s in jazz List of years in jazz 1948 in music References Bibliography External links History Of Jazz Timeline: 1948 at All About Jazz Jazz Jazz by year