Portal:Music/DateOfBirth/May 11

• Dick Garcia, American guitarist, turns 93.
• Lennart Jansson, Swedish multi-instrumentalist, turns 92.
• Carla Bley, American bandleader, composer, and keyboardist, turns 86.
• Bob Kindred, American reedist, turns 84.
• Ralph Humphrey, American drummer, turns 80.
• Julian Joseph, Brit jazz pianist, turns 58.
• Matt Giraud, American singer and American Idol contestant, turns 39.

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• Cory Monteith (May 11, 1982–July 13, 2013), Canadian actor, singer, and musician, would have turned 42 this year.
• Butch Trucks (May 11, 1947 –January 24, 2017), (born Claude Hudson Trucks) American drummer with The Allman Brothers Band, would have turned 77 this year.
• Freddie Roach (May 11, 1931 –October 03, 1980), American organist, would have turned 93 this year.
• John Coppola (May 11, 1929 –October 25, 2015), American arranger and trumpeter, would have turned 95 this year.
• Beryl Bryden (May 11, 1926 –July 14, 1998), Brit vocalist, would have turned 98 this year.
• Oscar Valdambrini (May 11, 1924 –December 26, 1996), Italian composer and trumpeter, would have turned 100 this year.
• Moon Mullens (May 11, 1916 –April 07, 1977), American trumpeter, would have turned 108 this year.
• Tutti Camarata (May 11, 1913 –April 30, 2005), (born Salvador Camarata) American arranger and trumpeter, would have turned 111 this year.
• Johnny "Scat" Davis (May 11, 1910 –November 28, 1983), (born John Gustave Davis) American actor, bandleader, trumpeter, and vocalist, would have turned 114 this year.
• J. C. Higginbotham (May 11, 1906 –May 26, 1973), American trombonist, would have turned 118 this year.
• Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 –September 22, 1989), American songwriter, would have turned 136 this year.