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01.02.2003, 11:43
Kopie aus USA
Additions or corrections welcomed…..
Happy 30th - Jason Lindner (1st)
Happy 50th - Louis Sclavis (2nd)
Happy 60th - Howard Riley (16th)
Happy 65th - Mike Wofford (25th)
Happy 70th - Ray Santisi (1st), Sadeo Watanabe (1st), John Handy (3rd), Nina Simone (21st),
David 'Fathead' Newman (24th)
Happy 75th - Gene Lees (8th), Albert Gay (25th), Bill Green (25th)
Happy 80th - Buddy DeFranco (17th), Bill Douglass (28th)
In memoriam:
Eva Cassidy - 40th (2nd)
Harold Land - 75th (18th)
Dexter Gordon - 80th (27th)
Mildred Bailey - 100th (27th)
1
VICTOR HERBERT - songwriter, "Indian Summer" (1859-1924)
HERMAN HUPFELD - songwriter, "As Time Goes By" (1894-1951)
JAMES P. JOHNSON - pianist, composer (1891-1955)
JASON LINDNER - pianist - 30
'TRICKY' SAM NANTON - trombonist (1904-1946)
JOSHUA REDMAN - tenor saxophonist - 34
JOE SAMPLE - pianist, keyboards - 64
RAY SANTISI - pianist/composer - 70
SADEO WATANABE - altoist - 70
BUGGE WESSELTOFT - Norwegian pianist/keyboardist - 39
RICK WILKINS - tenor saxophonist/composer/arranger - 66
PINKY WINTERS - singer - ?
2
EVA CASSIDY - singer (1963-1996)
JODIE CHRISTIAN - pianist - 71
STAN GETZ - tenor saxophonist (1927-1991)
GREG GISBERT - trumpet player - 37
JASCHA HEIFETZ - violinist (1901-1987)
JONNY KING - pianist - 38
BURTON LANE - songwriter (1912-1997)
JOE MONDRAGON - bassist - 83
DAVE NEWTON - pianist - 45
MIMI PERRIN - singer, Les Double Six - 77
LOUIS SCLAVIS - clarinetist - 50
SONNY STITT - alto & tenor saxophonist (1924-1982)
JAMES 'BLOOD' ULMER - guitarist - 61
3
CHICO ALVAREZ - trumpet player with Kenton (1920-1992)
LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG - pianist/arranger (1898-1971)
CRAIG BAILEY - saxophonist/clarinetist - 43
JOHN HANDY - altoist, composer - 70
FELIX MENDELSSOHN - composer (1809-1847)
MABEL MERCER - cabaret singer (1900-1984)
CLAUDE RANGER - drummer - 62
BOB STEWART - tuba player with L.Bowie, D.Murray - 58
GREG TARDY - tenor saxophonist - 37
KID THOMAS VALENTINE - early trumpet player (1896-1987)
JOHNNY 'GUITAR' WATSON - blues guitarist (1935-1996)
LEROY WILLIAMS - drummer - 66
SNOOKY YOUNG - trumpet player - 84
4
ARTIE BERNSTEIN - bassist (1909-1964)
WALLY CIRILLO - pianist (1927-1977)
RAY EVANS - lyricist, "Never Let Me Go," "Silver Bells," "The Ruby and the Pearl" - 88
MANNY KLEIN - trumpet player (1908-1996)
JOHN STUBBLEFIELD - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 58
5
CHRIS BISCOE - altoist - 56
ROZELLE CLAXTON - pianist (1913-1995)
CARLTON COON - drummer/co-leader, Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (1894-1932)
KEITH INGHAM - pianist, arranger - 61
BRONISLAW KAPER - songwriter, "On Green Dolphin Street," "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (1902-1983)
RICK LAIRD - bassist - 62
BILL MAYS - pianist - 59
GENE SCHROEDER - pianist with Eddie Condon (1915-1975)
CLARK TRACEY - drummer - 42
DEREK WADSWORTH - trombonist/arranger - 64
6
CLAUDIO ARRAU - concert pianist (1903-1991)
GEORGE BRUNIS - trombonist (1902-1974)
DON FAGERQUIST - trumpet player (1927-1974)
HAVEN GILLESPIE - lyricist, "You Go To My Head" (1888-1975)
BERNIE GLOW - trumpet player (1926-1982)
CONRAD GOZZO - trumpet player (1922-1964)
LARRY GRENADIER - bassist - 37
TOM McINTOSH - trombonist, composer - 76
MICHAEL MONDESIR - bassist - 37
ANNE MARIE MOSS - singer - 68
SAMMY NESTICO - arranger, composer - 79
ERNIE ROYAL - trumpet player (1921-1983)
7
EUBIE BLAKE - pianist (1883-1983)
RAY CRAWFORD - guitarist (1924-1997)
WILBUR SWEATMAN - early NYC bandleader, composer of rags (1882-1961)
BARRY ZWEIG - guitarist - 61
8
KERRIE BIDDELL - Aussie singer - 56
PETE CHERCHES - JC participant - 47
LONNIE JOHNSON - bluesman (1889-1970)
GENE LEES - journalist, lyricist - 75
RENEE MANNING - singer - 48
BUDDY MORROW - trombonist - 84
JOSEF MYROW - songwriter (1910-1987)
JUKKA PERKO - soprano & alto saxophonist - 35
PONY POINDEXTER - altoist (1926-1988)
JIMMY SKIDMORE - tenor saxophonist (1916-1998)
9
VIC ASH - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist - 73
ALBAN BERG - composer (1885-1935)
PAT CRUMLY - tenor & alto saxophonist - 61
BILL EVANS - saxophonist, flutist - 45
PEANUTS HOLLAND - trumpet player, singer (1910-1979)
WALTER PAGE - bassist (1900-1957)
STEVE WILSON - reeds/flutist - 42
10
LARRY ADLER - harmonica player (1914-2001)
RAHN BURTON - pianist with R.R. Kirk - 69
PAOLO FRESU - trumpet player, arranger, composer - 42
ROLAND HANNA - pianist, arranger (1932-2002)
BUTCH MORRIS - conductor, cornetist - 56
WALTER PERKINS - drummer - 71
ED POLCER - cornetist - 66
RUFUS REID - bassist - 59
FOOTS THOMAS - arranger of "Minnie the Moocher" (1907-1981)
CHICK WEBB - bandleader, drummer (1909-1939)
MICHAEL WEISS - pianist - 45
11
BOB CARTER - bassist - 81
MATT DENNIS - songwriter, "Angel Eyes," "Violets For Your Furs," "The Night We Called It A
Day," "Everything Happens To Me" (1914-2002)
MARTIN DREW - drummer - 59
RUSS FREEMAN - guitarist - 43
CLAUDE JONES - early trombonist (1928-1962)
BRIAN LEMON - British pianist - 66
PRENTICE PILOT - Boston bassist, tenor saxophonist - 66
JOSH WHITE - bluesman (1914-1969)
12
PAUL BASCOMB - tenor saxophonist (1912-1986)
TEX BENEKE - tenor saxophonist (1914-2000)
BUDDY CHILDERS - trumpet player - 77
MATT FINDERS - trombonist - 43
HANS KOLLER - tenor saxophonist, composer - 82
BILL LASWELL - bassist - 48
ART MARDIGAN - drummer (1923-1977)
MEL POWELL - pianist (1923-1998)
BERNIE PRIVIN - trumpet player (1919-1999)
JASON RUBIN - JC participant - ?
13
JOHN WOLF BRENNAN - pianist/composer - 49
ADAM CRUZ - drummer/percussionist - 33
WARDELL GRAY - tenor saxophonist (1921-1955)
LENNIE HAYTON - pianist, arranger (1908-1971)
RON JEFFERSON - drummer with Roland Kirk - 77
WINGY MANONE - trumpet player, singer (1904-1982)
ART ROLLINI - tenor saxophonist with B.Goodman (1912-1993)
14
PERRY 'MULE' BRADFORD - 20s bandleader (1893-1970)
TONY FRUSCELLA - trumpet player (1927-1969)
IRVING GORDON - lyricist, "Prelude To A Kiss," "What Will I Tell My Heart," "Unforgettable"
(1915-1996)
ELLIOT LAWRENCE - pianist, composer, arranger - 78
JACK LESBERG - bassist - 83
ROB McCONNELL - trombonist, arranger - 68
CHRIS PYNE - trombonist (1939-1995)
15
HAROLD ARLEN - songwriter (1905-1986)
ALAN COOPER - clarinetist - 72
NATHAN DAVIS - tenor saxophonist - 66
WALTER DONALDSON - songwriter, "My Blue Heaven," "Makin' Whoopee," "You're Driving
Me Crazy," "Little White Lies" (1893-1947)
WALTER FULLER - trumpet player, singer - 93
TAFT JORDAN - trumpet player in '40s Ellington band (1915-1981)
KIRK LIGHTSEY - pianist - 66
MARTY MORELL - drummer, vibist - 59
HERLIN RILEY - drummer - 46
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE - composer - 54
PEKKA SARMANTO - Finnish bassist - 58
HENRY THREADGILL - altoist - 59
ED VESALA - Finnish drummer (1945-2000)
16
PETE CHRISTLIEB - tenor saxophonist - 58
JEFF CLAYTON - altoist, composer - 49
DENA DEROSE - singer - 37
BILL DOGGETT - pianist, organist, arranger (1916-1996)
CHARLES FOWLKES - baritone saxophonist (1916-1980)
BERT KALMAR - lyricist, "Three Little Words," Nevertheless" (1884-1947)
MACHITO - percussionist (1912-1984)
HOWARD RILEY - pianist - 60
ALEC WILDER - songwriter, "While We're Young," "A Child Is Born," "I'll Be Around"
(1907-1980)
17
WALLY BISHOP - drummer (1906-1986)
BUDDY DEFRANCO - clarinetist - 80
BUDDY JONES - bassist (1924-2000)
JESSICA JONES - saxophonist - ?
JIMMY MADISON - drummer with L.Konitz, A.Farmer - 56
CHARLIE SPIVAK - trumpet player with Dorsey Brothers (1907-1982)
GAIL WYNTERS - singer - 61
RONNIE ZITO - drummer - 64
18
FRANK BUTLER - drummer (1928-1984)
LOIS GILBERT – JC proprietor
WALTER JOHNSON - drummer (1904-1977)
HAROLD LAND - tenor saxophonist (1928-2001)
IRMA THOMAS - New Orleans R&B singer - 62
19
SAUL CHAPLIN - songwriter, "Until the Real Thing Comes Along," "Dedicated To You"
(1912-1997)
JOHNNY DUNN - trumpet player (1897-1937)
GYORGY KURTAG - composer - 77
LOUIS 'KID SHOTS' MADISON - cornetist (1899-1948)
RON MATHEWSON - bassist - 59
DAVID MURRAY - tenor saxophonist, bass clarinet - 48
SMOKEY ROBINSON - singer, songwriter - 63
FRED VAN HOVE - pianist - 66
20
OSCAR ALEMAN - guitarist (1909-1980)
IAIN BALLAMY - saxophonist - 39
ANTHONY DAVIS - composer, pianist - 52
BOBBY JASPAR - tenor saxophonist, flutist (1926-1963)
PHIL MOORE - pianist, composer (1918-1987)
FRED ROBINSON - trombonist (1901-1984)
JORDAN SANDKE - trumpet player - 57
LEW SOLOFF - trumpet player - 59
NANCY WILSON - singer - 66
BUDDY WISE - tenor saxophonist with Krupa (1928-1955)
JIMMY YANCEY - boogie-woogie pianist (1898-1951)
21
MAX COLLIE - Aussie trombonist - 72
GRAHAM COLLIER - composer, arranger, educator - 66
TADD DAMERON - composer, arranger, pianist (1917-1965)
EDDIE DE HAAS - bassist - 73
JOE FARNSWORTH - drummer - 35
EDDIE HIGGINS - pianist - 71
CHRIS HUNTER - altoist - 46
HERB ROBERTSON - trumpet player - 52
AL SEARS - tenor saxophonist (1910-1990)
ANDRES SEGOVIA - guitarist (1893-1987)
NINA SIMONE - singer - 70
DUNCAN SWIFT - pianist (1943-1997)
WARREN VACHE - cornetist/flugelhorn player - 52
22
DAVE BAILEY - drummer with Mulligan - 77
NACIO HERB BROWN - songwriter, "You Stepped Out Of A Dream," "Should I?," "Singin' in
the Rain" (1896-1964)
JAMES REESE EUROPE - bandleader (1881-1919)
JOE LABARBERA - drummer - 55
REX STEWART - trumpet player (1907-1967)
BUDDY TATE - tenor saxophonist (1915-2001)
JOE WILDER - trumpet player - 81
CLAUDE 'FIDDLER' WILLIAMS - violinist - 95
BOB YSAGUIRRE - bassist with D.Redman (1897-1982)
23
STERLING BOSE - trumpet player (1906-1958)
JOHN BENSON BROOKS - composer/pianist (1917-1999)
JOHNNY CARISI - trumpet player, arranger, composer (1922-1992)
CIE FRAZIER - drummer (1904-1985)
GEORGE FRIEDERICH HANDEL - composer (1685-1759)
HAROLD 'MONEY' JOHNSON - trumpet player (1918-1978)
HARVEY MASON - drummer - 56
HALL OVERTON - arranger, composer (1920-1972)
24
STEVE BERRIOS - drummer/percussionist - 58
JIMMY BERTRAND - washboards player, drummer, educator (1900-1960)
RICHARD BOONE - trombonist (1930-1999)
EDDIE CHAMBLEE - tenor saxophonist - 83
VLADIMIR CHEKASIN - saxophonist/clarinetist - 56
RUPERT HOLMES - songwriter - 56
MICHEL LEGRAND - songwriter, "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life," "You Must
Believe in Spring" - 71
BOB MAGNUSSON - bassist - 56
DAVID 'FATHEAD' NEWMAN - flutist, tenor saxophonist - 70
MAGGIE NICOLS - singer - 55
RALPH PENA - bassist (1927-1969)
MARK SABATELLA - pianist - 38
JOANIE SOMMERS - singer - 62
PATTI WICKS - singer/pianist - 58
25
SANDY BROWN - clarinetist (1929-1975)
IDA COX - singer (1896-1967)
ALBERT GAY - tenor saxophonist - 75
BILL GREEN - saxophonist - 75
FRED KATZ - cellist - 84
RAY PERRY - altoist, violinist (1915-1950)
AKE PERSSON - Swedish trombonist (1932-1975)
RENE THOMAS - guitarist (1927-1975)
MIKE WOFFORD - pianist/composer - 65
26
CHRIS ANDERSON - pianist - 77
ERYKAH BADU - singer - 42
HAGOOD HARDY - vibist, composer, arranger (1937-1997)
CHAUNCEY HAUGHTON - clarinetist, saxophonist (1909-1989)
MIKE RICHMOND - bassist - 55
TREVOR WATTS - alto & soprano saxophonist - 64
YOSUKE YAMASHITA - pianist - 61
27
MILDRED BAILEY - singer (1903-1951)
JOYCE BREACH - singer - 59
JOEY CALDERAZZO - pianist - 38
CLAYTON CAMERON - drummer - 44
ENRICO CARUSO - opera singer (1873-1921)
DEXTER GORDON - tenor saxophonist (1923-1990)
HAROLD JONES - drummer with Basie, Sarah Vaughan - 63
FREDDIE KEPPARD - cornet (1890-1933)
ABE MOST - clarinet (1920-2002)
LEO WATSON - singer with Spirits of Rhythm / drummer (1898-1950)
CHUCK WAYNE - guitarist (1923-1997)
ELISABETH WELCH - singer - 95
JOHN B. WILLIAMS - bassist - 62
28
SVEND ASMUSSEN - swing violinist - 87
WILLIE BOBO - bandleader, percussionist (1934-1983)
LEE CASTLE - trumpet player, bandleader (1915-1990)
PIERRE DORGE - guitarist - 57
BILL DOUGLASS - drummer - 80
DON GARRETT - bassist (1932-1989)
CHARLES GAYLE - tenor saxophonist - 64
MARTY GROSZ - guitarist - 73
TOMMY GWALTNEY - clarinetist, altoist, vibist - 82
LOUIS METCALF - trumpet player, singer (1905-1981)
ROSEANNA VITRO - singer - 52
29
RICHIE COLE - altoist - 55
JIMMY DORSEY - bandleader, clarinetist (1904-1957)
MARTIN FRANCE - drummer - 39
GIOACHINO ROSSINI - composer (1792-1868)
PAUL RUTHERFORD - trombonist - 63
Additions or corrections welcomed…..
Happy 30th - Jason Lindner (1st)
Happy 50th - Louis Sclavis (2nd)
Happy 60th - Howard Riley (16th)
Happy 65th - Mike Wofford (25th)
Happy 70th - Ray Santisi (1st), Sadeo Watanabe (1st), John Handy (3rd), Nina Simone (21st),
David 'Fathead' Newman (24th)
Happy 75th - Gene Lees (8th), Albert Gay (25th), Bill Green (25th)
Happy 80th - Buddy DeFranco (17th), Bill Douglass (28th)
In memoriam:
Eva Cassidy - 40th (2nd)
Harold Land - 75th (18th)
Dexter Gordon - 80th (27th)
Mildred Bailey - 100th (27th)
1
VICTOR HERBERT - songwriter, "Indian Summer" (1859-1924)
HERMAN HUPFELD - songwriter, "As Time Goes By" (1894-1951)
JAMES P. JOHNSON - pianist, composer (1891-1955)
JASON LINDNER - pianist - 30
'TRICKY' SAM NANTON - trombonist (1904-1946)
JOSHUA REDMAN - tenor saxophonist - 34
JOE SAMPLE - pianist, keyboards - 64
RAY SANTISI - pianist/composer - 70
SADEO WATANABE - altoist - 70
BUGGE WESSELTOFT - Norwegian pianist/keyboardist - 39
RICK WILKINS - tenor saxophonist/composer/arranger - 66
PINKY WINTERS - singer - ?
2
EVA CASSIDY - singer (1963-1996)
JODIE CHRISTIAN - pianist - 71
STAN GETZ - tenor saxophonist (1927-1991)
GREG GISBERT - trumpet player - 37
JASCHA HEIFETZ - violinist (1901-1987)
JONNY KING - pianist - 38
BURTON LANE - songwriter (1912-1997)
JOE MONDRAGON - bassist - 83
DAVE NEWTON - pianist - 45
MIMI PERRIN - singer, Les Double Six - 77
LOUIS SCLAVIS - clarinetist - 50
SONNY STITT - alto & tenor saxophonist (1924-1982)
JAMES 'BLOOD' ULMER - guitarist - 61
3
CHICO ALVAREZ - trumpet player with Kenton (1920-1992)
LIL HARDIN ARMSTRONG - pianist/arranger (1898-1971)
CRAIG BAILEY - saxophonist/clarinetist - 43
JOHN HANDY - altoist, composer - 70
FELIX MENDELSSOHN - composer (1809-1847)
MABEL MERCER - cabaret singer (1900-1984)
CLAUDE RANGER - drummer - 62
BOB STEWART - tuba player with L.Bowie, D.Murray - 58
GREG TARDY - tenor saxophonist - 37
KID THOMAS VALENTINE - early trumpet player (1896-1987)
JOHNNY 'GUITAR' WATSON - blues guitarist (1935-1996)
LEROY WILLIAMS - drummer - 66
SNOOKY YOUNG - trumpet player - 84
4
ARTIE BERNSTEIN - bassist (1909-1964)
WALLY CIRILLO - pianist (1927-1977)
RAY EVANS - lyricist, "Never Let Me Go," "Silver Bells," "The Ruby and the Pearl" - 88
MANNY KLEIN - trumpet player (1908-1996)
JOHN STUBBLEFIELD - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 58
5
CHRIS BISCOE - altoist - 56
ROZELLE CLAXTON - pianist (1913-1995)
CARLTON COON - drummer/co-leader, Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (1894-1932)
KEITH INGHAM - pianist, arranger - 61
BRONISLAW KAPER - songwriter, "On Green Dolphin Street," "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (1902-1983)
RICK LAIRD - bassist - 62
BILL MAYS - pianist - 59
GENE SCHROEDER - pianist with Eddie Condon (1915-1975)
CLARK TRACEY - drummer - 42
DEREK WADSWORTH - trombonist/arranger - 64
6
CLAUDIO ARRAU - concert pianist (1903-1991)
GEORGE BRUNIS - trombonist (1902-1974)
DON FAGERQUIST - trumpet player (1927-1974)
HAVEN GILLESPIE - lyricist, "You Go To My Head" (1888-1975)
BERNIE GLOW - trumpet player (1926-1982)
CONRAD GOZZO - trumpet player (1922-1964)
LARRY GRENADIER - bassist - 37
TOM McINTOSH - trombonist, composer - 76
MICHAEL MONDESIR - bassist - 37
ANNE MARIE MOSS - singer - 68
SAMMY NESTICO - arranger, composer - 79
ERNIE ROYAL - trumpet player (1921-1983)
7
EUBIE BLAKE - pianist (1883-1983)
RAY CRAWFORD - guitarist (1924-1997)
WILBUR SWEATMAN - early NYC bandleader, composer of rags (1882-1961)
BARRY ZWEIG - guitarist - 61
8
KERRIE BIDDELL - Aussie singer - 56
PETE CHERCHES - JC participant - 47
LONNIE JOHNSON - bluesman (1889-1970)
GENE LEES - journalist, lyricist - 75
RENEE MANNING - singer - 48
BUDDY MORROW - trombonist - 84
JOSEF MYROW - songwriter (1910-1987)
JUKKA PERKO - soprano & alto saxophonist - 35
PONY POINDEXTER - altoist (1926-1988)
JIMMY SKIDMORE - tenor saxophonist (1916-1998)
9
VIC ASH - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist - 73
ALBAN BERG - composer (1885-1935)
PAT CRUMLY - tenor & alto saxophonist - 61
BILL EVANS - saxophonist, flutist - 45
PEANUTS HOLLAND - trumpet player, singer (1910-1979)
WALTER PAGE - bassist (1900-1957)
STEVE WILSON - reeds/flutist - 42
10
LARRY ADLER - harmonica player (1914-2001)
RAHN BURTON - pianist with R.R. Kirk - 69
PAOLO FRESU - trumpet player, arranger, composer - 42
ROLAND HANNA - pianist, arranger (1932-2002)
BUTCH MORRIS - conductor, cornetist - 56
WALTER PERKINS - drummer - 71
ED POLCER - cornetist - 66
RUFUS REID - bassist - 59
FOOTS THOMAS - arranger of "Minnie the Moocher" (1907-1981)
CHICK WEBB - bandleader, drummer (1909-1939)
MICHAEL WEISS - pianist - 45
11
BOB CARTER - bassist - 81
MATT DENNIS - songwriter, "Angel Eyes," "Violets For Your Furs," "The Night We Called It A
Day," "Everything Happens To Me" (1914-2002)
MARTIN DREW - drummer - 59
RUSS FREEMAN - guitarist - 43
CLAUDE JONES - early trombonist (1928-1962)
BRIAN LEMON - British pianist - 66
PRENTICE PILOT - Boston bassist, tenor saxophonist - 66
JOSH WHITE - bluesman (1914-1969)
12
PAUL BASCOMB - tenor saxophonist (1912-1986)
TEX BENEKE - tenor saxophonist (1914-2000)
BUDDY CHILDERS - trumpet player - 77
MATT FINDERS - trombonist - 43
HANS KOLLER - tenor saxophonist, composer - 82
BILL LASWELL - bassist - 48
ART MARDIGAN - drummer (1923-1977)
MEL POWELL - pianist (1923-1998)
BERNIE PRIVIN - trumpet player (1919-1999)
JASON RUBIN - JC participant - ?
13
JOHN WOLF BRENNAN - pianist/composer - 49
ADAM CRUZ - drummer/percussionist - 33
WARDELL GRAY - tenor saxophonist (1921-1955)
LENNIE HAYTON - pianist, arranger (1908-1971)
RON JEFFERSON - drummer with Roland Kirk - 77
WINGY MANONE - trumpet player, singer (1904-1982)
ART ROLLINI - tenor saxophonist with B.Goodman (1912-1993)
14
PERRY 'MULE' BRADFORD - 20s bandleader (1893-1970)
TONY FRUSCELLA - trumpet player (1927-1969)
IRVING GORDON - lyricist, "Prelude To A Kiss," "What Will I Tell My Heart," "Unforgettable"
(1915-1996)
ELLIOT LAWRENCE - pianist, composer, arranger - 78
JACK LESBERG - bassist - 83
ROB McCONNELL - trombonist, arranger - 68
CHRIS PYNE - trombonist (1939-1995)
15
HAROLD ARLEN - songwriter (1905-1986)
ALAN COOPER - clarinetist - 72
NATHAN DAVIS - tenor saxophonist - 66
WALTER DONALDSON - songwriter, "My Blue Heaven," "Makin' Whoopee," "You're Driving
Me Crazy," "Little White Lies" (1893-1947)
WALTER FULLER - trumpet player, singer - 93
TAFT JORDAN - trumpet player in '40s Ellington band (1915-1981)
KIRK LIGHTSEY - pianist - 66
MARTY MORELL - drummer, vibist - 59
HERLIN RILEY - drummer - 46
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE - composer - 54
PEKKA SARMANTO - Finnish bassist - 58
HENRY THREADGILL - altoist - 59
ED VESALA - Finnish drummer (1945-2000)
16
PETE CHRISTLIEB - tenor saxophonist - 58
JEFF CLAYTON - altoist, composer - 49
DENA DEROSE - singer - 37
BILL DOGGETT - pianist, organist, arranger (1916-1996)
CHARLES FOWLKES - baritone saxophonist (1916-1980)
BERT KALMAR - lyricist, "Three Little Words," Nevertheless" (1884-1947)
MACHITO - percussionist (1912-1984)
HOWARD RILEY - pianist - 60
ALEC WILDER - songwriter, "While We're Young," "A Child Is Born," "I'll Be Around"
(1907-1980)
17
WALLY BISHOP - drummer (1906-1986)
BUDDY DEFRANCO - clarinetist - 80
BUDDY JONES - bassist (1924-2000)
JESSICA JONES - saxophonist - ?
JIMMY MADISON - drummer with L.Konitz, A.Farmer - 56
CHARLIE SPIVAK - trumpet player with Dorsey Brothers (1907-1982)
GAIL WYNTERS - singer - 61
RONNIE ZITO - drummer - 64
18
FRANK BUTLER - drummer (1928-1984)
LOIS GILBERT – JC proprietor
WALTER JOHNSON - drummer (1904-1977)
HAROLD LAND - tenor saxophonist (1928-2001)
IRMA THOMAS - New Orleans R&B singer - 62
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SAUL CHAPLIN - songwriter, "Until the Real Thing Comes Along," "Dedicated To You"
(1912-1997)
JOHNNY DUNN - trumpet player (1897-1937)
GYORGY KURTAG - composer - 77
LOUIS 'KID SHOTS' MADISON - cornetist (1899-1948)
RON MATHEWSON - bassist - 59
DAVID MURRAY - tenor saxophonist, bass clarinet - 48
SMOKEY ROBINSON - singer, songwriter - 63
FRED VAN HOVE - pianist - 66
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OSCAR ALEMAN - guitarist (1909-1980)
IAIN BALLAMY - saxophonist - 39
ANTHONY DAVIS - composer, pianist - 52
BOBBY JASPAR - tenor saxophonist, flutist (1926-1963)
PHIL MOORE - pianist, composer (1918-1987)
FRED ROBINSON - trombonist (1901-1984)
JORDAN SANDKE - trumpet player - 57
LEW SOLOFF - trumpet player - 59
NANCY WILSON - singer - 66
BUDDY WISE - tenor saxophonist with Krupa (1928-1955)
JIMMY YANCEY - boogie-woogie pianist (1898-1951)
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MAX COLLIE - Aussie trombonist - 72
GRAHAM COLLIER - composer, arranger, educator - 66
TADD DAMERON - composer, arranger, pianist (1917-1965)
EDDIE DE HAAS - bassist - 73
JOE FARNSWORTH - drummer - 35
EDDIE HIGGINS - pianist - 71
CHRIS HUNTER - altoist - 46
HERB ROBERTSON - trumpet player - 52
AL SEARS - tenor saxophonist (1910-1990)
ANDRES SEGOVIA - guitarist (1893-1987)
NINA SIMONE - singer - 70
DUNCAN SWIFT - pianist (1943-1997)
WARREN VACHE - cornetist/flugelhorn player - 52
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DAVE BAILEY - drummer with Mulligan - 77
NACIO HERB BROWN - songwriter, "You Stepped Out Of A Dream," "Should I?," "Singin' in
the Rain" (1896-1964)
JAMES REESE EUROPE - bandleader (1881-1919)
JOE LABARBERA - drummer - 55
REX STEWART - trumpet player (1907-1967)
BUDDY TATE - tenor saxophonist (1915-2001)
JOE WILDER - trumpet player - 81
CLAUDE 'FIDDLER' WILLIAMS - violinist - 95
BOB YSAGUIRRE - bassist with D.Redman (1897-1982)
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STERLING BOSE - trumpet player (1906-1958)
JOHN BENSON BROOKS - composer/pianist (1917-1999)
JOHNNY CARISI - trumpet player, arranger, composer (1922-1992)
CIE FRAZIER - drummer (1904-1985)
GEORGE FRIEDERICH HANDEL - composer (1685-1759)
HAROLD 'MONEY' JOHNSON - trumpet player (1918-1978)
HARVEY MASON - drummer - 56
HALL OVERTON - arranger, composer (1920-1972)
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STEVE BERRIOS - drummer/percussionist - 58
JIMMY BERTRAND - washboards player, drummer, educator (1900-1960)
RICHARD BOONE - trombonist (1930-1999)
EDDIE CHAMBLEE - tenor saxophonist - 83
VLADIMIR CHEKASIN - saxophonist/clarinetist - 56
RUPERT HOLMES - songwriter - 56
MICHEL LEGRAND - songwriter, "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life," "You Must
Believe in Spring" - 71
BOB MAGNUSSON - bassist - 56
DAVID 'FATHEAD' NEWMAN - flutist, tenor saxophonist - 70
MAGGIE NICOLS - singer - 55
RALPH PENA - bassist (1927-1969)
MARK SABATELLA - pianist - 38
JOANIE SOMMERS - singer - 62
PATTI WICKS - singer/pianist - 58
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SANDY BROWN - clarinetist (1929-1975)
IDA COX - singer (1896-1967)
ALBERT GAY - tenor saxophonist - 75
BILL GREEN - saxophonist - 75
FRED KATZ - cellist - 84
RAY PERRY - altoist, violinist (1915-1950)
AKE PERSSON - Swedish trombonist (1932-1975)
RENE THOMAS - guitarist (1927-1975)
MIKE WOFFORD - pianist/composer - 65
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CHRIS ANDERSON - pianist - 77
ERYKAH BADU - singer - 42
HAGOOD HARDY - vibist, composer, arranger (1937-1997)
CHAUNCEY HAUGHTON - clarinetist, saxophonist (1909-1989)
MIKE RICHMOND - bassist - 55
TREVOR WATTS - alto & soprano saxophonist - 64
YOSUKE YAMASHITA - pianist - 61
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MILDRED BAILEY - singer (1903-1951)
JOYCE BREACH - singer - 59
JOEY CALDERAZZO - pianist - 38
CLAYTON CAMERON - drummer - 44
ENRICO CARUSO - opera singer (1873-1921)
DEXTER GORDON - tenor saxophonist (1923-1990)
HAROLD JONES - drummer with Basie, Sarah Vaughan - 63
FREDDIE KEPPARD - cornet (1890-1933)
ABE MOST - clarinet (1920-2002)
LEO WATSON - singer with Spirits of Rhythm / drummer (1898-1950)
CHUCK WAYNE - guitarist (1923-1997)
ELISABETH WELCH - singer - 95
JOHN B. WILLIAMS - bassist - 62
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SVEND ASMUSSEN - swing violinist - 87
WILLIE BOBO - bandleader, percussionist (1934-1983)
LEE CASTLE - trumpet player, bandleader (1915-1990)
PIERRE DORGE - guitarist - 57
BILL DOUGLASS - drummer - 80
DON GARRETT - bassist (1932-1989)
CHARLES GAYLE - tenor saxophonist - 64
MARTY GROSZ - guitarist - 73
TOMMY GWALTNEY - clarinetist, altoist, vibist - 82
LOUIS METCALF - trumpet player, singer (1905-1981)
ROSEANNA VITRO - singer - 52
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RICHIE COLE - altoist - 55
JIMMY DORSEY - bandleader, clarinetist (1904-1957)
MARTIN FRANCE - drummer - 39
GIOACHINO ROSSINI - composer (1792-1868)
PAUL RUTHERFORD - trombonist - 63