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Happy 30th - Ryan Kisor (12th)
Happy 40th - Benny Green (4th), Fabio Morgera (24th)
Happy 50th - Dick Oatts (2nd), Jerome Harris (5th), John Walters (16th),
Danny Gottlieb (18th),
Happy 60th - Larry Coryell (2nd), Noah Howard (6th), Gerry Niewood (6th),
Phil Lee (8th), Czeslaw Bartkowski (19th), Rick Culver (30th)
Happy 65th - Freddie Hubbard (7th), Pete Laroca (7th), Alex Von
Schlippenbach (7th), Denny Zeitlin (10th), Eddie Marshall (13th), Hal Galper
(18th), Ruth Price (27th)
Happy 70th - Paul Jeffrey (8th), Ian Carr (21st), Calvin Newborn (27th)
Happy 75th - Bill Potts (3rd), Ed Hubble (6th), Teddy Charles (13th), Johnny
Griffin (24th)
Happy 80th - Don Butterfield (1st), Percy Heath (30th)
Happy 85th - Peanuts Hucko (7th), Jimmy Lewis (11th)
Happy 90th - James "Chief" Bey (17th), Karl George (26th)

In memoriam:
Bubber Miley - 100th (3rd)
Booker Little - 65th (2nd)


1
DON BUTTERFIELD - tuba player - 80
HARRY CARNEY - baritone saxophonist (1910-1974)
ALBERTA HUNTER - singer (1895-1984)
DUKE JORDAN - pianist, composer - 81
JOHN LA PORTA - clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger - 83
ART LUND - big band singer (1915-1990)
SERGEI RACHMANINOV - composer, piano virtuoso (1873-1943)
KATHY STOBART - saxophonist - 78

2
MICHAEL CAIN - pianist, composer - 37
LARRY CORYELL - guitarist - 60
EDWARD ELISCU - lyricist, "More Than You Know," "Without A Song" (1902-1998)
MARVIN GAYE - singer (1939-1984)
MATTHEW GOODHEART - pianist - 35
BOOKER LITTLE - trumpet player (1938-1961)
DAVE MACRAE - pianist - 63
MARTY MARSALA - trumpet player (1909-1975)
DICK OATTS - saxophonist/flutist - 50
BOOMIE RICHMAN - tenor saxophonist (1921-1996)
HYMIE SHERTZER - Benny Goodman altoist (1909-1977)

3
ERVIN DRAKE - lyricist, "Good Morning Heartache," "Castle Rock," Perdido,"
"It Was A Very Good Year" - 84
BILL FINEGAN - arranger - 86
KENNY KERSEY - pianist with Andy Kirk (1916-1983)
ERIC KLOSS - saxophonist - 54
SCOTT LAFARO - bassist (1936-1961)
DENNIS MACKREL - drummer, arranger - 41
JIMMY McGRIFF - organist - 67
BUBBER MILEY - trumpet player (1903-1932)
BOB MITCHELL - trumpet player with L. Jordan, Lunceford - 83
BILL POTTS - arranger, composer, pianist - 75
MARTIN SPEAKE - altoist, composer - 45
SCOTT STROMAN - trombonist, composer, educator - 45
BILLY TAYLOR SR. - pianist (1906-1986)
HAROLD VICK - tenor saxophonist (1936-1987)

4
ELMER BERNSTEIN - composer for movies - 81
LIZ CALLAWAY - singer - 42
MICHAEL CAMILO - pianist, composer - 49

BUSTER COOPER - trombonist - 74
LESLIE DRAYTON - bandleader, trumpet player - 53
BENNY GREEN - pianist - 40
JAKE HANNA - drummer - 72
ALLAN HARRIS - singer - 45
GENE RAMEY - bassist (1913-1984)
BOB SHOFFNER - trumpet player with King Oliver (1900-1983)
DANNY THOMPSON - bassist - 64

5
HERB FLEMMING - trombonist (1898-1976)
JEROME HARRIS - guitarist - 50
STAN LEVEY - drummer - 77
EVAN PARKER - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 59
STANLEY TURRENTINE - tenor saxophonist (1934-2000)

6
GENE BERTONCINI - guitarist - 66
DOROTHY DONEGAN - pianist (1924-1998)
BILL HARDMAN - trumpet player (1933-1990)
NOAH HOWARD - - 60
ED HUBBLE - trombonist - 75
GERRY MULLIGAN - baritone saxophonist (1927-1996)
GERRY NIEWOOD - saxophonist - 60
JOHN PIZZARELLI - guitarist, singer - 43
PAUL RICCI - clarinetist - 89
LEO ROBIN - lyricist, "Easy Living," "Havin' Myself A Time," If I Should
Lose You," "Miss Brown To You" (1895-1984)
CHARLIE ROUSE - tenor saxophonist with Monk (1924-1988)
MANFRED SCHOOF - trumpet player, composer, arranger - 67
HORACE TAPSCOTT - pianist, composer (1934-1999)
ART TAYLOR - drummer, singer (1929-1995)
RANDY WESTON - pianist, composer - 77
BRUCE WOODS - JC participant - 44

7
BOB BERG - tenor & soprano saxophonist (1951-2002)
VICTOR FELDMAN - keyboardist (1934-1987)
AL HAYSE - trombonist with Hamp - 82
BILLIE HOLIDAY - singer (1915-1959)
FREDDIE HUBBARD - trumpet player - 65
PEANUTS HUCKO - clarinetist - 85
PAT LABARBERA - tenor saxophonist - 59
PETE LAROCA - drummer - 65
JACK LAWRENCE - lyricist, "All Or Nothing At All," "Tenderly" - 91
MONGO SANTAMARIA - congas, percussionist (1922-2003)
ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH - pianist, composer - 65

8
GEORGE DIXON - trumpet player with Earl Hines (1909-1994)
FRED EBB - lyricist, "New York, New York" - 71
E.Y. 'YIP' HARBURG - lyricist, "April in Paris," "It's Only A Paper Moon,"
"Old Devil Moon," "Then I'll Be Tired Of You" (1898-1981)
PAUL JEFFREY - tenor saxophonist - 70
EIJI KITAMURA - clarinetist, saxophonist - 74
PHIL LEE - guitarist - 60
CARMEN McRAE - singer (1920-1994)
VICTOR SCHERTZINGER - songwriter, "Tangerine," "I Don't Want To Cry
Anymore," "I Remember You" (1890-1941)

9
BETTY ANN BLAKE - singer - 2003
SHARKEY BONANO - trumpet player (1902-1972)
ARTHUR BRIGGS - early trumpet player (1899-1991)
JULIAN DASH - tenor saxophonist with Erskine Hawkins (1916-1974)
CARL FISCHER - songwriter, "We'll Be Together Again," "You've Changed"
(1912-1954)
STEVE GADD - drummer - 58
AL GAFA - guitarist - 62
ED HOWARD - bassist - 43
TEDDY ROY - pianist (1905-1966)

10
CLAUDE BOLLING - pianist, composer - 73
MORTY CORB - bassist (1917-1996)
JOEY DEFRANCESCO - organist - 32
BARBARA LEA - singer - 74
FUD LIVINGSTON - saxophonist (1906-1957)
FRASER MACPHERSON - Canadian tenor saxophonist (1928-1993)
BARRY ULANOV - journalist (1918-2000)
DENNY ZEITLIN - pianist - 65

11
ANITA GRAVINE - singer - 57
NICK LAROCCA - cornetist with ODJB (1889-1961)
JOHN LEVY - bassist, manager - 91
JIMMY LEWIS - bassist - 85
EMIL MANGELSDORFF - altoist - 78

12
CHARLES N. DANIELS (aka NEIL MORET) - songwriter, "She's Funny That Way"
(1878-1943)
JOHNNY DODDS - clarinetist (1892-1940)
ANITA ELLIS - singer - 83
HELEN FORREST - singer (1918-1999)
RUSS GARCIA - composer, arranger, trumpet player - 87
HERBIE HANCOCK - keyboardist, composer - 63
RYAN KISOR - trumpet player - 30
MARTY KRYSTALL - tenor saxophonist - 52
SAL NISTICO - tenor saxophonist (1940-1991)
VANESSA RUBIN - singer - 45
TOM WILLIAMS - trumpet player - 41

13
TEDDY CHARLES - vibist - 75
BUD FREEMAN - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist (1906-1991)
AL GREEN - singer - 57
RUSTY JONES - drummer - 71
SLICK JONES - drummer (1907-1969)
EDDIE MARSHALL - drummer - 65
JOHN OVERTON WILLIAMS - saxophonist with Andy Kirk, composer of "Froggy
Bottom" (1905-1996)

14
GENE AMMONS - tenor saxophonist (1925-1974)
LAURENT CUGNY - director, arranger - 48
STEVE DAVIS - trombonist - 36
GIL FULLER - arranger, composer (1920-1994)
LUCY REED - singer (1924-1998)
SHORTY ROGERS - trumpet player (1924-1994)
MUDDY WATERS (McKINLEY MORGANFIELD) - bluesman (1915-1983)

15
BERNARD ADDISON - guitarist with Tatum & Armstrong (1905-1990)
EDEN AHBEZ - songwriter, "Nature Boy" (1908-1995)
GENE CHERICO - bassist (1935-1994)
RICHARD DAVIS - bassist - 73
SY JOHNSON - arranger, pianist - 73
HERB POMEROY - bandleader, trumpet player - 73
BESSIE SMITH - singer (1894-1937)
CHARLIE SMITH - drummer (1927-1966)
J.J. WIGGINS - bassist - 47

16
BOYCE BROWN - altoist (1910-1959)
BENNIE GREEN - trombonist (1923-1977)
ERLING KRONER - trombonist - 69
HENRY MANCINI - songwriter, "Days of Wine and Roses," "Moon River"
(1924-1994)
HERBIE MANN - flutist - 73
ALTON PURNELL - New Orleans pianist (1911-1987)
PETERIS VASKS - composer - 57
ULF WAKENIUS - Swedish guitarist - 45
JOHN WALTERS - composer - 50

17
WHITNEY BALLIETT - journalist (The New Yorker) - 77
CHRIS BARBER - trombonist - 73
HAN BENNINK - drummer - 61
JAMES "CHIEF" BEY - drummer - 90
WARREN CHIASSON - vibist - 69
SAM NOTO - trumpet player - 73
JOE ROMANO - tenor saxophonist - 71
ARTUR SCHNABEL - concert pianist (1882-1951)
PAUL SMITH - pianist - 81
JOHNNY ST. CYR - guitarist, banjo (1890-1966)
BUSTER WILLIAMS - bassist - 61

18
JORGE ANDERS - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist - 64
CLARENCE 'GATEMOUTH' BROWN - guitarist - 79
KEN COLYER - trumpet player (1928-1988)
KEITH COPELAND - drummer - 57
HAL GALPER - pianist - 65
DANNY GOTTLIEB - drummer with P.Metheny, Mahavishnu Orch. - 50
FREDDY HILL - trumpet player - 71
LEO PARKER - baritone saxophonist (1925-1962)
JIMMY ROWSER - bassist - 77

19
CZESLAW BARTKOWSKI - drummer - 60
TOMMY BENFORD - drummer (1905-1994)
EARL GARDNER - trumpet player - 53
ALEXIS KORNER - guitarist (1928-1984)
DICK PEARCE - trumpet player - 52
MURRAY PERAHIA - concert pianist - 56
KAY SWIFT - songwriter, "Can't We Be Friends?," "Can This Be Love?"
(1905-1993)

20
RAN BLAKE - pianist - 68
JOE BONNER - pianist - 55
SONNY BROWN - drummer (1936-?)
EMILE CHRISTIAN - trombonist (1895-1973)
AVISHAI COHEN - bassist - 33
LIONEL HAMPTON - vibist, bandleader (1908-2002)
BEAVER HARRIS - drummer - 67
BILLY JAMES - drummer - 67
TITO PUENTE - bandleader/percussionist (1925-2000)
HENRI RENAUD - pianist (1925-2002)
MAYRA CARIDAD VALDES - singer, sister of Chucho - 47

21
SONNY BERMAN - trumpet player with W. Herman (1925-1947)
JOHN BLOWERS - drummer - 92
IAN CARR - trumpet player - 70
SLIDE HAMPTON - trombonist - 71
PETER KOWALD - bassist (1944-2002)
ALFRED LION - producer, Blue Note Records founder (1908-1987)
MUNDELL LOWE - guitarist - 81
HARRY MILLER - bassist (1941-1983)
PAT REBILLIOT - pianist - 68
ALAN SKIDMORE - tenor saxophonist - 61
LORENZO TIO - clarinetist (1893-1933)
WALT YODER - bassist (1914-1978)

22
GREETJA BIJMA - singer - 47
CANDIDO (CAMERO DE GUERRA) - drummer/percussionist - 82
PAUL CHAMBERS - bassist (1935-1969)
BUZZY DROOTIN - drummer (1920-2000)
BARRY GUY - bassist, bandleader - 56
YEHUDI MENUHIN - violinist, conductor (1916-1999)
DON MENZA - tenor saxophonist - 67
CHARLES MINGUS - composer, bandleader, bassist (1922-1979)
LOU STEIN - pianist - 81
TOMMY TURRENTINE - trumpet player (1928-1997)

23
THILO BERG - drummer - 44
ALAN BROADBENT - pianist, arranger - 56
BUNKY GREEN - altoist - 68
BENNY HARRIS - composer, trumpet player (1919-1975)
DAVE LALAMA - pianist, synthesizers, arranger - 49
JIMMIE NOONE - clarinetist (1895-1944)
SERGEI PROKOFIEV - composer (1891-1953)
BOBBY ROSENGARDEN - drummer - 79
KENDRA SHANK - singer - 45

24
AARON BELL - bassist - 81
RUBE BLOOM - songwriter, "Day In - Day Out," "Fools Rush In," "Don't Worry
'Bout Me" (1902-1976)
JOHNNY GRIFFIN - tenor saxophonist - 75
JOE HENDERSON - tenor saxophonist (1937-1901)
STAFFORD JAMES - bassist - 57
FABIO MORGERA - trumpet player - 40
FRANK STRAZZERI - pianist - 73
COLIN WALCOTT - sitarist (1945-1984)

25
CARL ALLEN - drummer - 42
EARL BOSTIC - altoist, arranger (1913-1965)
DIGBY FAIRWEATHER - British cornetist - 57
ELLA FITZGERALD - singer (1917-1996)
WILLIS 'GATOR' JACKSON - tenor saxophonist & Gator horn player (1932-1987)
ALBERT KING - bluesman (1923-1992)
JERRY LEIBER - rock songwriter - 70
BOB RUSSELL - lyricist, "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," "Don't Get
Around Much Anymore," "I Didn't Know About You" (1914-1970)

26
BILL BYRNE - trumpet player, saxophonist - 61
COW-COW DAVENPORT - pianist (1895-1955)
TEDDY EDWARDS - tenor saxophonist, arranger - 79
HERMAN FOSTER - pianist (1932-1999)
KARL GEORGE - trumpet player - 90
JIMMY GIUFFRE - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist - 82
PRESTON LOVE - altoist (1921-?)
MA RAINEY - blues singer (1886-1939)
LAKSHMINARAYANA SHANKAR - violinist, composer - 53
JOHN SWANA - trumpet player - 41
DAVE TOUGH - drummer (1908-1948)

27
DENZIL BEST - drummer (1917-1965)
DOMINIC DUVAL - bassist - 59
CONNIE KAY - MJQ drummer (1927-1994)
KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA - composer, pianist (1931-1969)
MATTY MATLOCK - clarinetist, bandleader (1907-1978)
SAL MOSCA - pianist - 76
CALVIN NEWBORN - guitarist - 70
RUTH PRICE - singer - 65
TOMMY SMITH - tenor saxophonist - 36
FREDDIE WAITS - drummer (1943-1989)

28
EVERETT BARKSDALE - guitarist (1910-1986)
MARIO BAUZA - trumpet player (1911-1993)
BLOSSOM DEARIE - singer - 77
OLIVER JACKSON - drummer (1933-1994)
STEVE KHAN - guitarist - 56
GEORGE E. LEE - bandleader (1896-1958)
LENI STERN - guitarist, composer, singer - 2003
JOHN TCHICAI - tenor saxophonist - 67
MICKEY TUCKER - pianist - 62
GLENN ZOTTOLA - trumpet player - 56

29
GEORGE ADAMS - tenor saxophonist (1940-1992)
RAY BARRETTO - congas, percussionist - 74
NANA CAYMMI - Brazilian singer - 62
IRA COLEMAN - bassist - 47
DUKE ELLINGTON - composer, pianist (1899-1974)
BIG JAY McNEELY - tenor saxophonist - 76
CLAUS OGERMAN - pianist, composer - 73
WARD PINKETT - trumpet player with Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver
(1906-1937)
OTIS RUSH - bluesman - 69
ANDY SIMPKINS - bassist (1932-1999)
TOOTS THIELEMANS - harmonica player - 81

30
RICK CULVER - trombonist - 60
JOEL FUTTERMAN - pianist - 57
PERCY HEATH - bassist - 80
RODNEY KENDRICK - pianist - 43
DICK TWARDZIK - pianist (1931-1955)
BEA WAIN - singer - 86
SID WEISS - bassist - 89

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