Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/April 23

• Bunky Green, (born Vernice Green) American alto saxophonist, turns 90.
• Pierre Courbois, Dutch jazz drummer, turns 85.
• Alan Broadbent, New Zealand arranger, composer, and jazz pianist, turns 78.

• David Cross, British violinist and keyboardist for King Crimson, turns 76.
• Narada Michael Walden, American drummer and record producer, turns 73.
• Kendra Shank, American guitarist and vocalist, turns 67.
• Thilo Berg, German bandleader, drummer, and record producer, turns 66.
• Simon Hale, Brit keyboardist, turns 61.

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• Steve Clark (April 23, 1960 –January 8, 1991), British musician and lead guitarist for Def Leppard, would have turned 65 this year.
• Roy Orbison (April 23, 1936 –December 6, 1988), American singer, would have turned 89 this year.
• Bobby Rosengarden (April 23, 1924 –February 27, 2007), American drummer, would have turned 101 this year.
• Benny Harris (April 23, 1919 –May 11, 1975), American trumpeter, would have turned 106 this year.
• Jimmie Noone (April 23, 1895 –April 19, 1944), American bandleader and clarinetist, would have turned 130 this year.
• Cow Cow Davenport (April 23, 1894 –December 03, 1955), (born Charles Edward Davenport) American boogie woogie pianist, would have turned 131 this year.
• Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (April 23, 1891 –March 05, 1953), Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, would have turned 134 this year.