Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/April 6

• Gene Bertoncini, American guitarist, turns 87.
• Manfred Schoof, German trumpeter, turns 88.
• John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist and vocalist, turns 64.
• Kari Jobe, American Christian music vocalist, turns 43.

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• Gerry Niewood (April 6, 1943 –February 12, 2009), American reedist, would have turned 81 this year.
• Noah Howard (April 6, 1943 –September 03, 2010), American alto saxophonist, would have turned 81 this year.
• Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937 –April 06, 2016), American country music singer and songwriter, would have turned 87 this year.
• Horace Tapscott (April 6, 1934 –February 27, 1999), American jazz pianist, would have turned 90 this year.
• Bill Hardman (April 6, 1933 –December 05, 1990), American hard bop trumpeter, would have turned 91 this year.
• André Previn (April 6, 1929 –February 28, 2019), German composer, conductor, and pianist, would have turned 95 this year.
• Arthur Taylor (April 6, 1929 –February 06, 1995), American drummer, would have turned 95 this year.
• Eddie Hubble (April 6, 1928 –March 22, 2016), American trombonist, would have turned 96 this year.
• Gerry Mulligan (April 6, 1927 –January 20, 1996), American baritone saxophonist, would have turned 97 this year.
• Randy Weston (April 6, 1926 –September 01, 2018), American composer and pianist, would have turned 98 this year.
• Charlie Rouse (April 6, 1924 –November 30, 1988), American tenor saxophonist, would have turned 100 this year.
• Dorothy Donegan (April 6, 1924 –May 19, 1998), American boogie woogie pianist, would have turned 100 this year.
• Paul Ricci (April 6, 1914 –January 24, 2001), American clarinetist, would have turned 110 this year.
• Rosy McHargue (April 6, 1902 –June 08, 1999), (born James McHargue) American arranger, clarinetist, composer and saxophonist, would have turned 122 this year.