Let's make this birthday one to remember.

72 years old (Born on March 16, 1953)

Happy Birthday, Kei Akagi! May your day swing harder than a Miles Davis trumpet solo and groove smoother than an Airto Moreira percussion jam. Your legendary collaborations in the '80s and '90s continue to inspire jazz lovers everywhere—proving that great music never goes out of style (unlike those questionable fashion choices we all made back then).

Here's wishing you another year filled with improvisational brilliance, timeless rhythms, and perhaps fewer late-night gigs—but only if that's what you're into these days. Keep dazzling us with your keys; after all, age is just a number... but good jazz? That's forever!