Let's make this birthday one to remember.

71 years old (Born on September 10, 1953)

Happy Birthday, Craig S. Harris! You've blown our minds with your trombone mastery and dared to push the avant-garde envelope far beyond where most jazz mortals fear to tread. Your collaborations—with legends so numerous they're practically a jazz encyclopedia—remind us you've never met an experimental chord you couldn't tame.

From captivating albums that keep inspiring new generations, to unforgettable performances lifting hearts across cities worldwide: clearly your legacy defies both gravity and convention. Here's wishing you another phenomenal year ahead filled with boundary-pushing compositions, sold-out shows—and may every note sound exactly as wonderfully unexpected as you planned it!