Birthday Listings – April 22′
| Artist | Age | Date | Birthplace | Photo |
| Gil Scott-Heron | 04/01 | Chicago, IL | ||
| Marvin Gaye | 04/02 | Washington, DC | ||
| Larry Coryell | 04/02 | Galveston, TX | ||
| Muddy Waters | 04/04 | Issaquena County, MS | ||
| Hugh Masekela | 04/04 | Witbank, South Africa | ||
| Jill Scott | 50 | 04/04 | Philadelphia, PA | |
| Robert Glasper | 44 | 04/05 | Houston, TX | |
| Stanley Turrentine | 04/05 | Pittsburgh, PA | ||
| John Oats | 73 | 04/07 | New York, NY | |
| Billie Holiday | 04/07 | Philadelphia, PA | ||
| Freddie Hubbard | 04/07 | Indianapolis, IN | ||
| Brenda Russell | 73 | 04/08 | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Joey DeFrancesco | 51 | 04/10 | Springfield, PA | |
| Kenny Lattimore | 52 | 04/10 | Washington, DC | |
| Herbie Hancock | 82 | 04/12 | Chicago, IL | |
| Lionel Hampton | 04/12 | Louisville, KY | ||
| Al Green | 76 | 04/13 | Millwood, NY | |
| Peabo Bryson | 71 | 04/13 | Greenville, SC | |
| Greg Adams | 74 | 04/14 | Toronto, CAN |  |
| Bessie Smith | 04/15 | Chattanooga, TN | ||
| Jeff Golub | 04/15 | Akron, OH | ||
| Warren Hill | 56 | 04/15 | CAN | |
| Jan Hammer | 74 | 04/17 | Prague, CZECH | |
| Chieli Minucci | 64 | 04/17 | Huntington, NY | |
| Jazzmeia Horn | 31 | 04/19 | Dallas, TX | |
| Luther Vandross | 04/20 | New York, NY | ||
| Tito Puente | 04/20 | New York, NY | ||
| Tim Bowman | 63 | 04/22 | Detroit, MI | |
| Narada Michael Walden | 70 | 04/23 | Kalamazoo, MI | |
| Ella Fritzgerald | 04/25 | Newport News, VA | ||
| Duke Ellington | 04/29 | Washington, DC | ||
| Paul Taylor | 62 | 04/30 | Denver, CO | |
| Alexander Zonjic | 71 | 04/30 | Windsor, CAN |
