This is an article that I have had on my to do list for a long time, so I finally did it.
Here is a listing of the Jazz Artists that are associated with Main WordPress versions, based on the WordPress Roadmap
Version 0.7 did not have a musician associated by name yet, this version was released on May 27, 2003
All WordPress Versions after that all have a Jazz musician name as the release name.
WP 1.0 Miles Davis – Released on January 3, 2004
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Davis
WP 1.2 Charles Mingus – Released May 22, 2004
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mingus
WP 1.5 Billy Strayhorn – Released February 17, 2005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Strayhorn
WP 2.0 Duke Ellington – Released December 31, 2005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington
WP 2.1 Ella Fitzgerald – Released January 22, 2007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Fitzgerald
WP 2.2 Stan Getz – Released May 16, 2007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Getz
https://youtu.be/pnxeKl-Kbqw
This release actually got me interested in Stan Getz and I ended up purchasing his CD Moments In Time
WP 2.3 Dexter Gordon – Released September 24, 2007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon
WP 2.5 Michael Brecker – Released March 29, 2008
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Brecker
WP 2.6 McCoy Tyner – Released July 15, 2008
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCoy_Tyner
WP 2.7 John Coltrane – Released December 10, 2008
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coltrane
WP 2.8 Chet Baker – Released June 11, 2009
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Baker
WP 2.9 Carmen McRae – Releaed December 18, 2009
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_McRae
WP 3.0 Thelonious Monk – Released June 17, 2010
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelonious_Monk
WP 3.1 Django Reinhardt – Released February 23, 2011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Reinhardt
WP 3.2 George Gershwin – Released July 4, 2011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gershwin
https://youtu.be/eFHdRkeEnpM
WP 3.3 Sonny Stitt -Released December 12, 2011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Stitt
https://youtu.be/J2W5F_071Ig
WP 3.4 Grant Green – Released June 13, 2012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Green
WP 3.5 Elvin Jones – Released December 11, 2012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvin_Jones
https://youtu.be/KB1pg23e3_g
WP 3.6 Oscar Peterson – Released August 1, 2013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Peterson
WP 3.7 Count Basie – Released October 24, 2013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Basie
WP 3.8 Charlie Parker – Released December 12, 2013
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Parker
WP 3.9 Jimmy Smith Released April 16, 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Smith_(musician)
WP 4.0 Benny Goodman – Released September 4, 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goodman
WP 4.1 Dinah Washington – Released December 18, 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Washington
WP 4.2 Bud Powell – Released April 23, 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Powell
WP 4.3 Billie Holiday – Released August 18, 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday
WP 4.4 Clifford Brown – Released December 8, 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Brown
WP 4.5 Coleman Hawkins – Released April 12, 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleman_Hawkins
WP 4.6 Pepper Adams Release date August 16, 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_Adams
WP 4.7 Sarah Vaughan Release date 6 December 2016
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Vaughan
WP 4.8 Bill Evans Release 8 June 2017
WP 4.9 Billy Tipton Release 16 November 2017
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