01-17a: Blind Alfred Reed Complete Recordings 1927-1929 - Charlie Ventura 1945-1951 - Albinoni Oboe Concerti / Holliger | Elhorst 1979 - Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga String Quartets / Guilet Quartet

Not shown: Santino Garsi da Parma, Nicolo Rubini, Carl Baermann & Gottfried Rüdinger

1604 – Santino Garsi da Parma (Italian lutenist & composer)
1625 – Nicolo Rubini (Italian composer)
1738 – Jean-François Dandrieu (French composer, harpsichordist & organist)
1751 – Tomaso Albinoni (Italian composer, violinist & singer)
1788 – Alessio Prati (Italian composer, harpsichordist & singer)
1826 – Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga y Balzola (Spanish composer & violinist, "the Spanish Mozart")
1856 – Thomas Attwood Walmisley (English composer & organist, godson of Mozart's pupil Thomas Attwood)
1869 – Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky [Александр Даргомыжский] (Russian composer)
1890 – Salomon Sulzer [סלומון זולצר] (Austrian hazzan & composer)
1891 – Johannes Verhulst (Dutch composer, conductor & violinist)
1892 – Alexandre Levy (Brazilian composer, pianist & conductor)
1913 – Carl Baermann, Jr (German pianist, teacher & composer)
1942 – Frederick Jerome Work (American folksong collector & arranger)
1946 – Gottfried Rüdinger (German composer)
1956 – Blind Alfred Reed (American folk, country & old-time fiddler, singer & songwriter)
1969 – Grażyna Bacewicz (Polish composer & violinist)
1970 – Simon Kovar (Lithuanian-born American bassoonist)
1970 – Billy Stewart (American R&B & soul singer, pianist & drummer)
1992 – Charlie Ventura (American jazz tenor saxophonist & bandleader)

12-23: Funkadelic : Maggot Brain 1971 - Oscar Peterson Trio + One 1964 - Pasha Hristova : A Bulgarian Rose 1972 - Jan Dismas Zelenka : Orchesterwerke / Camerata Bern 1978

Not shown: Jean-Louis Lully, Michel Delalande, Arrigo Pedrollo, Norman Dinnerstein & Charles Shirley

1688 – Jean-Louis Lully (French composer, son of Jean-Baptiste)
1745 – Jan Dismas Zelenka (greatest Czech composer of the Baroque period)
1812 – Michel Delalande (French composer)
1869 – Julian Fontana (Polish pianist, composer, lawyer, author, translator & entrepreneur, friend of Chopin)
1891 – Holger Simon Paulli (Danish conductor, composer & violinist)
1908 – Eduard Wachmann (German-born Romanian composer, conductor & pianist)
1911 – Karl Hoschna (Czech-born American popular songwriter, musical theater composer & oboist)
1950 – Vincenzo Tommasini (Italian composer)
1951 – Alfrēds Kalniņš (Latvian composer, organist, music critic & conductor)
1964 – Arrigo Pedrollo (Italian composer)
1967 – Richard Flury (Swiss composer & conductor)
1971 – Pasha Hristova [Паша Христова] (Bulgarian pop singer)
1971 – Carlo Jachino (Italian composer & author)
1982 – Norman Dinnerstein (American composer)
1992 – Eddie Hazel (American funk guitarist, Parliament-Funkadelic)
1994 – Charles Shirley (American jazz arranger & alcoholism counselor)
1996 – Rina Ketty (French chanteuse)
1996 – Ronnie Scott (English jazz tenor saxophonist & nightclub owner)
2000 – Noor Jehan [نور جہاں] (Pakistani Qawwali & playback singer, actress, film director & composer)
2000 – Victor Borge (Danish-born American comedian & pianist)
2006 – Timothy J. Tobias (American film composer, jazz pianist, arranger & producer)
2007 – Oscar Peterson (Canadian jazz pianist & composer)

I was wrong yesterday, wasn't I? Since Joe Strummer died, it has been not ten years, but only a little more than nine. I keep forgetting that while it's now 2012, I still haven't finished with 2011. But it will only be a few more days before that pathetic state of affairs comes to an end! Until then, have a merry Festivus... and remember, you have just one day left to get in that last-minute shopping!