Let's make this birthday one to remember.

60 years old (Born on September 22, 1964)

Happy Birthday, Ken Vandermark! Another year older and still blowing minds (and saxophones) like it's nobody's business. From your groundbreaking work with the NRG Ensemble to earning that prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 1999—clearly proving genius can indeed come packaged as a jazz musician—you've consistently shown us how improvisation is done right.

Your life even inspired Daniel Kraus’s documentary "Musician," making you officially cooler than most of humanity combined. Here's hoping this birthday brings more standing ovations, fewer broken reeds, and endless inspiration for future musical adventures. Keep swinging hard; after all these years you're definitely hitting every note perfectly—even if they're improvised!