* 1973 – Ethan Iverson, jazz pianist

* 1905 – Eddie Condon, American jazz banjoist and guitarist ( d. 1973 )

* September 3 – Frank Christian, American jazz musician ( d. 1973 )

* December 25 – Kid Ory, American jazz musician ( d. 1973 )

He contributed to The Daily Telegraph as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, articles gathered together in All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961 – 71 ( 1985 ), and he edited The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse ( 1973 ).

* Willie " The Lion " Smith ( 1893 – 1973 ), jazz pianist

Edward " Kid " Ory ( December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973 ) was a jazz trombonist and bandleader.

Bobby Darin ( born Walden Robert Cassotto ; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973 ) was an American singer who performed in a range of music genres, including pop, rock, jazz, folk, and country.

* November 25 – Willie ' The Lion ' Smith, US jazz pianist ( died 1973 )

* Kid Ory ( 1886 – 1973 ), trombonist and bandleader, Dixieland jazz

* The jazz composer Sun Ra performed the Concert for the Comet Kohoutek in December 1973.

* December 25-Kid Ory, jazz musician ( d. 1973 )

Eugene Bertram " Gene " Krupa ( January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973 ) was an American jazz and big band drummer and composer, known for his highly energetic and flamboyant style.

Frank Joseph Christian ( September 3, 1887 – November 27, 1973 ) was an early jazz trumpeter.

They formed in 1970, led then by drummer Prosper Niang, but their controversial lyrics and unfamiliar jazz sound led to a lack of popularity, and the group moved to Paris in 1973.

Fusion's biggest hits, Corea's " Spain " ( 1971 ), Hancock's " Chameleon " ( 1973 ) and Joe Zawinul's " Birdland " ( 1977 ), have been covered numerous times thereafter and are considered modern jazz standards.

The British jazz / rock band Soft Machine included a track titled Snodland on their 1973 album Seven.

* A 1973 jazz album and piece by Gato Barbieri

* Fred Sturm, 1973, jazz composer and arranger

Next came a brief stint with jazz rock band Nucleus, with whom Holdsworth played on their 1972 album, Belladonna ; likewise with progressive rock band Tempest, on their self-titled first studio album in 1973.

Albert Edwin Condon ( November 16, 1905 – August 4, 1973 ), better known as Eddie Condon, was a jazz banjoist, guitarist, and bandleader.

William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith ( 23 November 1893 – 18 April 1973 ), a. k. a. " The Lion ", was an American jazz pianist and one of the masters of the stride style, usually grouped with James P. Johnson and Thomas " Fats " Waller as the three greatest practitioners of the genre from its Golden Age, c. 1920 – 1943.

They were replaced respectively by John Marshall ( drums ) and, for the recording of Six ( 1973 ), Karl Jenkins ( reeds, keyboards ), both former members of Ian Carr's Nucleus, and The Softs ' sound developed even more towards jazz fusion.

A 1973 Pulitzer Prize nominee, Mr. Baker has been nominated for a Grammy Award ( 1979 ), honored three times by Down Beat magazine ( as a trombonist, for lifetime achievement, and most recently as the third inductee to their jazz Education Hall of Fame ), and has received the National Association of jazz Educators Hall of Fame Award ( 1981 ), President ’ s Award for Distinguished Teaching ( 1986 ) from Indiana University, the Arts Midwest jazz Masters Award ( 1990 ), and the Governor ’ s Arts Award of the State of Indiana ( 1991 ).

In 1973 he played a musician friend of Cliff DeYoung in the TV movie Sunshine, and later reprised the role in Sunshine Christmas.

* 1973 – Jon Theodore, American musician

* 1973 – Steve Gibb, American musician ( Black Label Society )

* 1973 – Lars-Olof Johansson, Swedish musician ( The Cardigans )

* 1973 – Heri Joensen, Faroese musician ( Týr )

* 1973 – Justin Sane, American musician ( Anti-Flag )

* 1973 – Varg Vikernes, Norwegian musician ( Burzum, Mayhem )

* Gram Parsons ( 1946 – 1973 ), American singer and musician

* 1973 – Ray LaMontagne, American singer-songwriter and musician

* 1973 – Mattias Hellberg, Swedish singer-songwriter and musician ( The Hellacopters, Nationalteatern, and The Solution )

* 1973 – Ville Laihiala, Finnish singer-songwriter and musician ( Sentenced and Poisonblack )

* 1973 – Gackt, Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor ( Malice Mizer and Skin )

* 1897 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter and musician ( d. 1973 )

* 1973 – Andrew Bird, American singer-songwriter and musician ( Squirrel Nut Zippers and Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire )

* 1973 – Sean Paul, Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician

* 1973 – Daniel Jones, English-Australian musician, songwriter, and producer ( Savage Garden )

* 1973 – Martin Powell, English musician, songwriter, and composer ( Cradle of Filth, My Dying Bride, Cryptal Darkness, and Anathema )

* 1909 – Don Messer, Canadian musician ( d. 1973 )

* 1973 – Jacopo Gianninoto, Italian composer and musician

* 1973 – Maxwell, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer

* 1973 – Dan Swanö, Swedish musician ( Edge of Sanity and Nightingale )

* 1973 – Caroline Corr, Irish singer and musician ( The Corrs )

* 1882 – Bascom Lamar Lunsford, American lawyer, folklorist, and folk musician ( d. 1973 )

* 1973 – Jade Puget, American musician ( AFI )

* 1973 – Kirk Jones, American musician