Updated at December 23, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Wynton Kelly |
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Birthdate | December 02, 1931 |
Birth Place | New York City, NY |
Age (in 2024) | 93 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Pianist |
Wynton Kelly is best known as Pianist who has born on December 02, 1931 in New York City, NY. Currently, Wynton Kelly is 93 years, 0 months and 21 days old. Wynton Kelly will celebrate 94th birthday on Tuesday, 2nd of December 2025. Below the countdown to Wynton Kelly upcoming birthday.
Jazz pianist who collaborated with renowned trumpet player, Miles Davis, during the late 1950s and early 1960s. One of his most monumental appearances was in the legendary Davis album, Kind of Blue.
He started playing the piano when he was just four years old and was largely a self-taught pianist, despite attending New York's High School of Music & Art. He joined several R&B groups and began performing professionally in the early 1940s.
He replaced Red Garland as Miles Davis' primary pianist, beginning his musical collaboration with Davis in 1959.
He was born in New York City to Jamaican immigrant parents.
Kelly recorded the 1948 hit song, Cornbread, with saxophonist Hal Singer.
Wynton Kelly is 93 years old today.
Wynton Kelly was born on December 02, 1931 in New York City, NY.
Wynton Kelly zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Wynton Kelly was best known as Pianist.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Wynton Kelly's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Wynton Kelly's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1971 | Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates. |
1975 | Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic. |
1976 | Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo DorticĂłs Torrado. |
1980 | Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad. |
1982 | At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart. |
1988 | Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state. |
1989 | The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia. |
1991 | Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union. |
1993 | Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in MedellĂn. |
1993 | Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. |
1999 | The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement. |
2001 | Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. |
2015 | San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. |
2016 | Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective. |
2020 | Cannabis is removed from the list of most dangerous drugs of the international drug control treaty by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs. |
1989 | The birth of Etta Bond, English singer-songwriter |
1989 | The birth of Matteo Darmian, Italian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Cassie Steele, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress |
1990 | The birth of Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Ghanaian footballer |
1990 | The birth of GastĂłn RamĂrez, Uruguayan footballer |
1991 | The birth of Chloé Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier |
1991 | The birth of Charlie Puth, American singer-songwriter and pianist |
1993 | The birth of Haruka Ishida, Japanese singer and actress |
1993 | The birth of Kostas Stafylidis, Greek footballer |
1994 | The birth of Fumika Shimizu, Japanese actress and model |
1994 | The birth of Tomokaze YĆ«ta, Japanese sumo wrestler |
1995 | The birth of Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarusian trampolinist |
1995 | The birth of Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer |
1998 | The birth of Juice WRLD, American rapper, singer and songwriter (d. 2019) |
1998 | The birth of Anna Kalinskaya, Russian tennis player |
2012 | The death of Tom Hendry, Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre (b. 1929) |
2012 | The death of Ehsan Naraghi, Iranian sociologist and author (b. 1926) |
2013 | The death of William Allain, American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (b. 1925) |
2013 | The death of Marcelo DĂ©da, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1960) |
2013 | The death of Junior Murvin, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946) |
2014 | The death of A. R. Antulay, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Jean BĂ©liveau, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931) |
2014 | The death of Josie Cichockyj, English basketball player and coach (b. 1964) |
2014 | The death of Bobby Keys, American saxophonist (b. 1943) |
2014 | The death of Don Laws, American figure skater and coach (b. 1929) |
2015 | The death of Sandy Berger, American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1945) |
2015 | The death of Will McMillan, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of George T. Sakato, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1921) |
2020 | The death of Pat Patterson, American wrestler (b. 1941) |
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