Phil Schaap

Philip van Noorden Schaap was an American radio host, who specialized in jazz as a broadcaster, historian, archivist, and producer. He began presenting jazz shows on Columbia University's WKCR in 1970, and hosted Bird Flight and Traditions In Swing on WKCR for 40 years, beginning in 1981. Schaap received six Grammy Awards over the course of his career.

8 April 1951

Born on the same birth date (8 April 1951): Geir Haarde • Gerd Andres • Joan Sebastian • Mel Schacher

Born on the same birth day (8 April): Adrian Boult • Albert I of Belgium • Amit Trivedi • Carlos Santana (baseball) • Ezra Koenig • Félix Hernández • George Fisher (cartoonist) • Gerrie Coetzee • Hubertus Ernst • Jeff McNeil • John McGinlay • Ollie Mitchell • Patricia Girard • Patrick Schliwa • Richard Hatch (Survivor contestant) • Robin Wright • Tony Banks, Baron Stratford • Tony Barton (footballer) • Viktória Forster

Born in the same month (April 1951): Ana María Shua • Annette Dolphin • Ayako Okamoto • Bob Varsha • Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean • Enda Kenny • Geir Haarde • Gerd Andres • Jean-Marc Boivin • John Abizaid • John Battle (politician) • John L. Phillips • Jon Stanhope • José Eduardo González Navas • Paul Fox (musician) • Peabo Bryson • Peter Davison • Steve Vickers (ice hockey) • Stuart Prebble