Yes, this is the month that we celebrate President’s Day! Whoo Hoo! It used to be the month that we had holidays for our two most important presidents, George Washington (Feb 22) and Abraham Lincoln (Feb 12) but a trade was made when we made Martin Luther King Day a holiday. So there we go.
Anyway, in honor of our presidents, I’ve made a list of some of the most important jazz musicians who have the name of one of our Commanders in Chief. If you think of any other ones, please let me know. Have fun!
Dinah and Grover WASHINGTON
Pepper ADAMS- Eddie and Hilton JEFFERSON
- Vaughan MONROE
- Donald HARRISON
Art, Cecil and Billy TAYLOR
Nat PIERCE
Abbey LINCOLN
JJ and Bunk JOHNSON
GRANT Green- Louis and Tubby HAYES
- Jimmy CLEVELAND
- Ray MCKINLEY
TAFT Jordan- Gerald,
Cassandra and Teddy WILSON 
Tom KENNEDY- Rickey and Robben FORD
Benny, Betty and Ron 
CARTER
George CLINTON