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14.09.2003, 22:27
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Additions or corrections welcomed..
Happy 30th - Nicholas Payton (26th)
Happy 40th - Sherry Maricle (2nd)
Happy 50th - John Zorn (2nd), Craig Harris (10th), Vic Juris (26th)
Happy 65th - Roy Brooks (3rd), Monica Zetterlund (20th), Ray Warleigh (28th)
Happy 70th - Lodi Carr (13th)
Happy 75th - Ed Summerlin (1st), Horace Silver (2nd), Albert Mangelsdorff (5th), Jay Cameron (14th), Frank Foster (23rd), Michel Gaudry (23rd)
Happy 80th - Ralph Sharon (17th), Sam Rivers (25th)
Happy 85th - Gerald Wilson (4th)
In memoriam:
George Gershwin - 110th (26th)
Vincent Youmans - 105th (27th)
Cannonball Adderley - 75th (15th)
1
GENE HARRIS - pianist (1933-2000)
HILDE HEFTE - singer - 47
VELMA MIDDLETON - singer with Louis Armstrong (1917-1961)
ED NEUMEISTER - trombonist with Mel Lewis Orch. - 51
ART PEPPER - altoist (1925-1982)
WILLIE RUFF - French horn player - 72
LEONARD SLATKIN - conductor - 59
ED SUMMERLIN - tenor saxophonist, composer - 75
TERI THORNTON - singer (1934-2000)
2
LAURINDO ALMEIDA - Brazilian guitarist (1917-1995)
WALTER DAVIS JR. - pianist (1932-1990)
CLIFFORD JORDAN - tenor saxophonist (1931-1993)
DAVE LEONHARDT - pianist - 47
SHERRIE MARICLE - drummer - 40
GRACHAN MONCUR JR. - bassist - 88
PHIL NAPOLEON - trumpet player (1901-1990)
EMIL RICHARDS - vibist - 71
HORACE SILVER - pianist, composer - 75
MIKE SOLAZZO - upstate NY bassist - 61
JOHN ZORN - altoist - 50
3
ROY BROOKS - drummer - 65
TODD COCHRAN - keyboardist - 52
ONAJE ALLAN GUMBS - pianist, composer - 54
ERNIE HENRY - altoist (1926-1957)
MEMPHIS SLIM - bluesman (1915-1988)
LARRY RIDLEY - bassist - 66
MICKEY ROKER - drummer - 71
DAVID SANCHEZ - tenor saxophonist - 35
WILLEM VAN MANEN - trombonist, composer - 63
4
MICHAEL COCHRANE - pianist, Lines of Reason
BIRELI LAGRENE - guitarist - 37
MEADE LUX LEWIS - pianist (1905-1964)
DAVE LIEBMAN - tenor saxophonist - 57
AL NORRIS - guitarist with Jimmie Lunceford (1908-1974)
LONNIE PLAXICO - bassist - 43
HARRY TOBIAS - songwriter, "No Regrets," "It's A Lonesome Old Town" (1895-1994)
GERALD WILSON - trumpet, arranger, bandleader - 85
5
JOHN CAGE - composer (1912-1992)
ALBERT MANGELSDORFF - trombonist - 75
IRA NEPUS - trombonist in Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra - 58
RICHIE POWELL - pianist (1931-1956)
CHARLES 'BOBO' SHAW - drummer, founder of Black Artists Group - 56
6
DAVE BARGERON - trombonist - 61
BUDDY BOLDEN - trumpet player (1877-1931)
EDDIE DURAN - guitarist - 78
JOHN MALACHI - pianist, arranger for Sarah, Dinah, Mr. B (1919-1987)
PHIL MARKOWITZ - pianist - 51
CLAIRE MARTIN - singer - 36
BILLY ROSE - lyricist, "More Than You Know," "It's Only A Paper Moon," "Without A Song," "It Happened in Monterey" (1899-1966)
JOAN TOWER - composer - 65
ANDREW WHITE - woodwinds player - 61
7
ALVIN ALCORN - trumpet player - 91
BRUCE BARTH - pianist - 46
RON BLAKE - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 38
BUDDY HOLLY - rocker (1938-1959)
MAX KAMINSKY - trumpet player (1908-1994)
LITTLE MILTON - bluesman - 69
KEN McINTYRE - reeds (1931-2001)
JOE NEWMAN - trumpet player (1922-1992)
SONNY ROLLINS - tenor saxophonist - 73
8
DAVE BOWMAN - pianist (1914-1964)
MARION BROWN - altoist - 68
JAMES CLAY - tenor saxophonist (1935-1994)
HOWARD DIETZ - lyricist (1896-1983)
ANTONIN DVORAK - Czech composer (1841-1904)
JIMMIE RODGERS - country singer (1897-1933)
ELMER SCHOEBEL - arranger, composer, "Prince of Wails" (1896-1970)
NORRIS TURNEY - altoist, multi-reeds, flutist for Duke (1921-2001)
WILBUR WARE - bassist (1932-1979)
BUTCH WARREN - bassist - 64
CHARLES 'SPECS' WRIGHT - drummer (1927-1963)
9
ARTHUR FREED - lyricist, "Singin' in the Rain," "Should I?," "I Cried For You," "This Heart of Mine" (1894-1973)
DON HORVATH - JC participant - ?
ELVIN JONES - drummer - 76
GEORGE MRAZ - bassist - 59
ZBIGNIEW NAMYSLOWSKI - altoist, composer - 64
OTIS REDDING - singer (1941-1967)
FRED STONE - trumpet & flugelhorn player (1935-1986)
10
ROY AYERS - vibist - 63
DAVE BURRELL - pianist, composer - 63
CRAIG HARRIS - trombonist - 50
PRINCE LASHA - flutist, saxophonist - 74
CLIFF LEEMAN - drummer (1913-1986)
CHUCK REDD - drummer, vibist - 45
11
ALAN BERGMAN - lyricist - 78
HARRY CONNICK - singer, pianist - 36
JESSE DAVIS - altoist - 38
BOB ENEVOLDSEN - trombonist - 83
LORRAINE GELLER - pianist (1928-1958)
OLIVER JONES - pianist - 69
CHARLES MOFFETT - drummer (1929-1997)
PECK MORRISON - bassist (1919-1988)
ARVO PART - composer - 68
STACY ROWLES - flugelhorn player - 48
12
CAT ANDERSON - trumpet player (1916-1981)
SCOTT HAMILTON - tenor saxophonist - 49
DEAN JOHNSON - bassist - 47
BRIAN LYNCH - trumpet - 47
ELLA MAE MORSE - singer, "Cow Cow Boogie" (1924-1999)
GERARD PRESENCER - trumpet player - 31
JOE SHULMAN - bassist on "Birth of the Cool" sessions (1923-1957)
STEVE TURRE - trombonist - 55
13
CHU BERRY - tenor saxophonist (1908-1941)
CHARLES BROWN - singer/pianist (1922-1999)
LODI CARR - singer - 70
LEONARD FEATHER - journalist (1914-1994)
BENGT HALLBERG - pianist, composer - 71
DICK HAYMES - singer (1916-1980)
ALEX RIEL - drummer - 63
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG - composer (1874-1951)
LARRY SHIELDS - clarinetist, Orig. Dixieland Jazz Band (1893-1953)
DORIS TAUBER - songwriter, "Them There Eyes" (1907-1996)
MEL TORME - singer (1925-1999)
14
BILL BERRY - cornetist (1931-2002)
JAY CAMERON - baritone saxophonist - 75
GIACOMO GATES - singer - 53
JOSEPH JARMAN - saxophonist - 66
OLIVER LAKE - altoist - 59
EDDIE MOORE - drummer (1940-1990)
JERRY VALENTINE - arranger - 89
15
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY - altoist (1928-1975)
AL CASEY - guitarist - 88
STANLEY DANCE - journalist (1910-1999)
ROGER 'RAM' RAMIREZ - pianist, songwriter, "Lover Man" (1913-1994)
GEORGE ROBERT - altoist - 43
GENE ROLAND - trumpet player/arranger for Kenton, Herman (1921-1982)
ARVELL SHAW - bassist with Louis Armstrong (1923-2002)
BOBBY SHORT - singer - 79
CARLA WHITE - singer - 52
WESLA WHITFIELD - singer - 56
16
LISLE ATKINSON - bassist - 63
GORDON BECK - pianist - 67
HAMIET BLUIETT - baritone saxophonist - 63
NADIA BOULANGER - educator (1887-1979)
CHARLIE BYRD - guitarist (1925-1999)
GRAHAM HAYNES - cornetist - 43
JON HENDRICKS - singer - 82
JAN JOHANSSON - '50s-'60s Swedish pianist (1931-1968)
B.B. KING - bluesman - 78
EARL KLUGH - guitarist - 49
ROD LEVITT - trombonist, arranger - 74
JOE VENUTI - violinist (1903-1978)
17
JOE COCUZZO - lyricist, drummer - 66
EARL MAY - bassist - 76
JACK McDUFF - organist (1926-2001)
BILL McKINNEY - bandleader, drummer (1895-1969)
LOUIS NELSON - trombonist (1902-1990)
JAY RODRIGUEZ - reeds - 36
RALPH SHARON - pianist, music director for Tony Bennett - 80
DAVID 'HAPPY' WILLIAMS - bassist - 57
HANK WILLIAMS SR. - country singer (1923-1953)
JOHN FEDCHOCK - arranger - 46
MICHAEL FRANKS - singer - 59
TEDDI KING - singer (1929-1977)
STEVE MARCUS - tenor & sop saxophonist - 64
NILS PETTER MOLVAER - trumpet player - 43
EMILY REMLER - guitarist (1957-1990)
WILLARD ROBISON - songwriter, "A Cottage For Sale" (1894-1968)
STEVE SLAGLE - altoist - 52
FRANK SOCOLOW - tenor saxophonist (1923-1981)
SAM STEPT - songwriter, "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," "I'm Painting the Town Red," "Comes Love" (1897-1964)
19
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS - pianist, composer - 73
FRED AHLERT - songwriter, "Mean To Me," "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter" (1892-1953)
LOL COXHILL - saxophonist - 71
SPUD MURPHY - arranger for Goodman - 95
HELEN WARD - singer (1916-1998)
20
BILLY BANG - violinist - 56
STEVE COLEMAN - altoist - 47
JOHN COLLINS - guitarist (1913-2001)
JOHN DANKWORTH - altoist, composer - 76
BILL DE ARANGO - guitarist - 82
JOE GUY - trumpet player (1920-1962)
RED MITCHELL - bassist (1927-1992)
JACKIE PARIS - singer - 76
JOE TEMPERLEY - baritone saxophonist - 74
ROY TURK - lyricist, "Mean To Me," "I'll Get By" (1892-1934)
MONICA ZETTERLUND - singer - 65
21
CHICO HAMILTON - drummer - 82
SUNNY MURRAY - drummer - 66
FRANK ORCHARD - Dixieland valve trombonist (1914-1983)
TOMMY POTTER - bassist with Bird (1918-1988)
DON PRESTON - pianist - 71
SLAM STEWART - bassist (1914-1987)
WARD SWINGLE - Swingle Singers arranger, singer - 76
22
TONY REEDUS - drummer - 44
MARLENA SHAW - singer - 59
BILL SMITH - clarinetist for Brubeck - 77
BUDDY STEWART - singer (1922-1950)
23
ALBERT AMMONS - guitarist (1907-1949)
RAY CHARLES - singer, pianist - 73
CARROLL COATES - songwriter - 74
JOHN COLTRANE - tenor saxophonist (1926-1967)
DOTTIE DODGION - drummer - 74
INGEBRICHT FLATEN - bassist - 32
FRANK FOSTER - tenor saxophonist, arranger - 75
MICHEL GAUDRY - bassist - 75
DON GROLNICK - pianist (1947-1996)
VINCE LATEANO - SF Bay area drummer - 61
LES McCANN - pianist, singer - 68
'WOODEN' JOE NICHOLAS - cornetist (1883-1957)
IRENE REID - singer - 73
JEREMY STEIG - flutist - 61
RICHIE VITALE - trumpet player
NORMA WINSTONE - singer - 62
JIMMY WOODE - bassist - 74
24
JOHN CARTER - clarinet, altoist, composer (1929-1991)
BILL CONNORS - guitarist - 54
WAYNE HENDERSON - trombonist - 64
HERB JEFFRIES - singer - 92
REBECCA KILGORE - singer - 55
FATS NAVARRO - trumpet player (1923-1950)
CARL SIGMAN - lyricist, "Crazy He Calls Me," "All Too Soon," "Ebb Tide," "If You Could See Me Now," "I Could Have Told You" (1909-2000)
25
ROLAND ALEXANDER - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 68
HORACE ARNOLD - drummer - 66
BARBARA DENNERLEIN - organist - 39
MIKE GIBBS - trombonist - 66
GLENN GOULD - concert pianist (1932-1982)
CRAIG HANDY - saxophonist - 41
AL HOFFMAN - songwriter, "Close To You," "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" (1902-1960)
VICTOR JONES - drummer - 49
BILL PIERCE - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 55
SAM RIVERS - tenor & soprano saxophonist/flutist - 80
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH - composer (1906-1975)
JACK STRACHEY - lyricist, "These Foolish Things" (1894-1972)
JOHN TAYLOR - pianist - 61
SHADOW WILSON - drummer (1919-1959)
ROBERT WRIGHT - songwriter, "Baubles, Bangles & Beads," "It's A Blue World" - 89
26
GARY BARTZ - altoist - 63
GAL COSTA - Brazilian singer - 58
MARK DRESSER - bassist - 51
GEORGE GERSHWIN - songwriter (1898-1937)
VIC JURIS - guitarist - 50
JULIE LONDON - singer (1926-2000)
NICHOLAS PAYTON - trumpet player - 30
JIMMY REED - bluesman (1925-1976)
NELSON 'CADILLAC' WILLIAMS - trumpet player in postwar Ellington band (1917-1973)
27
GUIDO BASSO - trumpet player, arranger - 66
HANK LEVY - composer - 76
MIKE NOCK - pianist, Naxos Jazz head - 63
BUD POWELL - pianist, composer (1924-1966)
RED RODNEY - trumpet player (1927-1994)
JERRY WELDON - tenor saxophonist - 46
MATT WILSON - drummer - 39
VINCENT YOUMANS - songwriter (1898-1946)
28
PETER DELANO - pianist - 27
JOHN GILMORE - tenor saxophonist (1931-1995)
JAY HOGGARD - vibist - 49
KENNY KIRKLAND - pianist (1955-1998)
ROD MASON - trumpet player - 63
MARSHALL SEALY - French horn player - 49
KOKO TAYLOR - blues singer - 68
MURRAY WALL - bassist - 58
RAY WARLEIGH - altoist, flutist - 65
LAMMAR WRIGHT JR. - trumpet player (1927-1983)
29
DAVE KIKOSKI - pianist - 42
ROLF KUHN - clarinetist - 74
JERRY LEE LEWIS - rocker - 68
LOONIS McGLOHON - songwriter, arranger, pianist (1921-2002)
JEAN-LUC PONTY - violinist - 61
30
JON EARDLEY - trumpet player (1928-1991)
SCOTT FIELDS - guitarist - 51
FRED FISHER - songwriter, "Chicago" (1875-1942)
ANTONIO HART - altoist - 35
CARMEN LEGGIO - tenor & altoist player - 76
STEVE McCALL - drummer (1933-1989)
OSCAR PETTIFORD - bassist (1922-1960)
BUDDY RICH - drummer (1917-1987):P :9 :9 :9
Additions or corrections welcomed..
Happy 30th - Nicholas Payton (26th)
Happy 40th - Sherry Maricle (2nd)
Happy 50th - John Zorn (2nd), Craig Harris (10th), Vic Juris (26th)
Happy 65th - Roy Brooks (3rd), Monica Zetterlund (20th), Ray Warleigh (28th)
Happy 70th - Lodi Carr (13th)
Happy 75th - Ed Summerlin (1st), Horace Silver (2nd), Albert Mangelsdorff (5th), Jay Cameron (14th), Frank Foster (23rd), Michel Gaudry (23rd)
Happy 80th - Ralph Sharon (17th), Sam Rivers (25th)
Happy 85th - Gerald Wilson (4th)
In memoriam:
George Gershwin - 110th (26th)
Vincent Youmans - 105th (27th)
Cannonball Adderley - 75th (15th)
1
GENE HARRIS - pianist (1933-2000)
HILDE HEFTE - singer - 47
VELMA MIDDLETON - singer with Louis Armstrong (1917-1961)
ED NEUMEISTER - trombonist with Mel Lewis Orch. - 51
ART PEPPER - altoist (1925-1982)
WILLIE RUFF - French horn player - 72
LEONARD SLATKIN - conductor - 59
ED SUMMERLIN - tenor saxophonist, composer - 75
TERI THORNTON - singer (1934-2000)
2
LAURINDO ALMEIDA - Brazilian guitarist (1917-1995)
WALTER DAVIS JR. - pianist (1932-1990)
CLIFFORD JORDAN - tenor saxophonist (1931-1993)
DAVE LEONHARDT - pianist - 47
SHERRIE MARICLE - drummer - 40
GRACHAN MONCUR JR. - bassist - 88
PHIL NAPOLEON - trumpet player (1901-1990)
EMIL RICHARDS - vibist - 71
HORACE SILVER - pianist, composer - 75
MIKE SOLAZZO - upstate NY bassist - 61
JOHN ZORN - altoist - 50
3
ROY BROOKS - drummer - 65
TODD COCHRAN - keyboardist - 52
ONAJE ALLAN GUMBS - pianist, composer - 54
ERNIE HENRY - altoist (1926-1957)
MEMPHIS SLIM - bluesman (1915-1988)
LARRY RIDLEY - bassist - 66
MICKEY ROKER - drummer - 71
DAVID SANCHEZ - tenor saxophonist - 35
WILLEM VAN MANEN - trombonist, composer - 63
4
MICHAEL COCHRANE - pianist, Lines of Reason
BIRELI LAGRENE - guitarist - 37
MEADE LUX LEWIS - pianist (1905-1964)
DAVE LIEBMAN - tenor saxophonist - 57
AL NORRIS - guitarist with Jimmie Lunceford (1908-1974)
LONNIE PLAXICO - bassist - 43
HARRY TOBIAS - songwriter, "No Regrets," "It's A Lonesome Old Town" (1895-1994)
GERALD WILSON - trumpet, arranger, bandleader - 85
5
JOHN CAGE - composer (1912-1992)
ALBERT MANGELSDORFF - trombonist - 75
IRA NEPUS - trombonist in Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra - 58
RICHIE POWELL - pianist (1931-1956)
CHARLES 'BOBO' SHAW - drummer, founder of Black Artists Group - 56
6
DAVE BARGERON - trombonist - 61
BUDDY BOLDEN - trumpet player (1877-1931)
EDDIE DURAN - guitarist - 78
JOHN MALACHI - pianist, arranger for Sarah, Dinah, Mr. B (1919-1987)
PHIL MARKOWITZ - pianist - 51
CLAIRE MARTIN - singer - 36
BILLY ROSE - lyricist, "More Than You Know," "It's Only A Paper Moon," "Without A Song," "It Happened in Monterey" (1899-1966)
JOAN TOWER - composer - 65
ANDREW WHITE - woodwinds player - 61
7
ALVIN ALCORN - trumpet player - 91
BRUCE BARTH - pianist - 46
RON BLAKE - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 38
BUDDY HOLLY - rocker (1938-1959)
MAX KAMINSKY - trumpet player (1908-1994)
LITTLE MILTON - bluesman - 69
KEN McINTYRE - reeds (1931-2001)
JOE NEWMAN - trumpet player (1922-1992)
SONNY ROLLINS - tenor saxophonist - 73
8
DAVE BOWMAN - pianist (1914-1964)
MARION BROWN - altoist - 68
JAMES CLAY - tenor saxophonist (1935-1994)
HOWARD DIETZ - lyricist (1896-1983)
ANTONIN DVORAK - Czech composer (1841-1904)
JIMMIE RODGERS - country singer (1897-1933)
ELMER SCHOEBEL - arranger, composer, "Prince of Wails" (1896-1970)
NORRIS TURNEY - altoist, multi-reeds, flutist for Duke (1921-2001)
WILBUR WARE - bassist (1932-1979)
BUTCH WARREN - bassist - 64
CHARLES 'SPECS' WRIGHT - drummer (1927-1963)
9
ARTHUR FREED - lyricist, "Singin' in the Rain," "Should I?," "I Cried For You," "This Heart of Mine" (1894-1973)
DON HORVATH - JC participant - ?
ELVIN JONES - drummer - 76
GEORGE MRAZ - bassist - 59
ZBIGNIEW NAMYSLOWSKI - altoist, composer - 64
OTIS REDDING - singer (1941-1967)
FRED STONE - trumpet & flugelhorn player (1935-1986)
10
ROY AYERS - vibist - 63
DAVE BURRELL - pianist, composer - 63
CRAIG HARRIS - trombonist - 50
PRINCE LASHA - flutist, saxophonist - 74
CLIFF LEEMAN - drummer (1913-1986)
CHUCK REDD - drummer, vibist - 45
11
ALAN BERGMAN - lyricist - 78
HARRY CONNICK - singer, pianist - 36
JESSE DAVIS - altoist - 38
BOB ENEVOLDSEN - trombonist - 83
LORRAINE GELLER - pianist (1928-1958)
OLIVER JONES - pianist - 69
CHARLES MOFFETT - drummer (1929-1997)
PECK MORRISON - bassist (1919-1988)
ARVO PART - composer - 68
STACY ROWLES - flugelhorn player - 48
12
CAT ANDERSON - trumpet player (1916-1981)
SCOTT HAMILTON - tenor saxophonist - 49
DEAN JOHNSON - bassist - 47
BRIAN LYNCH - trumpet - 47
ELLA MAE MORSE - singer, "Cow Cow Boogie" (1924-1999)
GERARD PRESENCER - trumpet player - 31
JOE SHULMAN - bassist on "Birth of the Cool" sessions (1923-1957)
STEVE TURRE - trombonist - 55
13
CHU BERRY - tenor saxophonist (1908-1941)
CHARLES BROWN - singer/pianist (1922-1999)
LODI CARR - singer - 70
LEONARD FEATHER - journalist (1914-1994)
BENGT HALLBERG - pianist, composer - 71
DICK HAYMES - singer (1916-1980)
ALEX RIEL - drummer - 63
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG - composer (1874-1951)
LARRY SHIELDS - clarinetist, Orig. Dixieland Jazz Band (1893-1953)
DORIS TAUBER - songwriter, "Them There Eyes" (1907-1996)
MEL TORME - singer (1925-1999)
14
BILL BERRY - cornetist (1931-2002)
JAY CAMERON - baritone saxophonist - 75
GIACOMO GATES - singer - 53
JOSEPH JARMAN - saxophonist - 66
OLIVER LAKE - altoist - 59
EDDIE MOORE - drummer (1940-1990)
JERRY VALENTINE - arranger - 89
15
CANNONBALL ADDERLEY - altoist (1928-1975)
AL CASEY - guitarist - 88
STANLEY DANCE - journalist (1910-1999)
ROGER 'RAM' RAMIREZ - pianist, songwriter, "Lover Man" (1913-1994)
GEORGE ROBERT - altoist - 43
GENE ROLAND - trumpet player/arranger for Kenton, Herman (1921-1982)
ARVELL SHAW - bassist with Louis Armstrong (1923-2002)
BOBBY SHORT - singer - 79
CARLA WHITE - singer - 52
WESLA WHITFIELD - singer - 56
16
LISLE ATKINSON - bassist - 63
GORDON BECK - pianist - 67
HAMIET BLUIETT - baritone saxophonist - 63
NADIA BOULANGER - educator (1887-1979)
CHARLIE BYRD - guitarist (1925-1999)
GRAHAM HAYNES - cornetist - 43
JON HENDRICKS - singer - 82
JAN JOHANSSON - '50s-'60s Swedish pianist (1931-1968)
B.B. KING - bluesman - 78
EARL KLUGH - guitarist - 49
ROD LEVITT - trombonist, arranger - 74
JOE VENUTI - violinist (1903-1978)
17
JOE COCUZZO - lyricist, drummer - 66
EARL MAY - bassist - 76
JACK McDUFF - organist (1926-2001)
BILL McKINNEY - bandleader, drummer (1895-1969)
LOUIS NELSON - trombonist (1902-1990)
JAY RODRIGUEZ - reeds - 36
RALPH SHARON - pianist, music director for Tony Bennett - 80
DAVID 'HAPPY' WILLIAMS - bassist - 57
HANK WILLIAMS SR. - country singer (1923-1953)
JOHN FEDCHOCK - arranger - 46
MICHAEL FRANKS - singer - 59
TEDDI KING - singer (1929-1977)
STEVE MARCUS - tenor & sop saxophonist - 64
NILS PETTER MOLVAER - trumpet player - 43
EMILY REMLER - guitarist (1957-1990)
WILLARD ROBISON - songwriter, "A Cottage For Sale" (1894-1968)
STEVE SLAGLE - altoist - 52
FRANK SOCOLOW - tenor saxophonist (1923-1981)
SAM STEPT - songwriter, "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone," "I'm Painting the Town Red," "Comes Love" (1897-1964)
19
MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS - pianist, composer - 73
FRED AHLERT - songwriter, "Mean To Me," "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter" (1892-1953)
LOL COXHILL - saxophonist - 71
SPUD MURPHY - arranger for Goodman - 95
HELEN WARD - singer (1916-1998)
20
BILLY BANG - violinist - 56
STEVE COLEMAN - altoist - 47
JOHN COLLINS - guitarist (1913-2001)
JOHN DANKWORTH - altoist, composer - 76
BILL DE ARANGO - guitarist - 82
JOE GUY - trumpet player (1920-1962)
RED MITCHELL - bassist (1927-1992)
JACKIE PARIS - singer - 76
JOE TEMPERLEY - baritone saxophonist - 74
ROY TURK - lyricist, "Mean To Me," "I'll Get By" (1892-1934)
MONICA ZETTERLUND - singer - 65
21
CHICO HAMILTON - drummer - 82
SUNNY MURRAY - drummer - 66
FRANK ORCHARD - Dixieland valve trombonist (1914-1983)
TOMMY POTTER - bassist with Bird (1918-1988)
DON PRESTON - pianist - 71
SLAM STEWART - bassist (1914-1987)
WARD SWINGLE - Swingle Singers arranger, singer - 76
22
TONY REEDUS - drummer - 44
MARLENA SHAW - singer - 59
BILL SMITH - clarinetist for Brubeck - 77
BUDDY STEWART - singer (1922-1950)
23
ALBERT AMMONS - guitarist (1907-1949)
RAY CHARLES - singer, pianist - 73
CARROLL COATES - songwriter - 74
JOHN COLTRANE - tenor saxophonist (1926-1967)
DOTTIE DODGION - drummer - 74
INGEBRICHT FLATEN - bassist - 32
FRANK FOSTER - tenor saxophonist, arranger - 75
MICHEL GAUDRY - bassist - 75
DON GROLNICK - pianist (1947-1996)
VINCE LATEANO - SF Bay area drummer - 61
LES McCANN - pianist, singer - 68
'WOODEN' JOE NICHOLAS - cornetist (1883-1957)
IRENE REID - singer - 73
JEREMY STEIG - flutist - 61
RICHIE VITALE - trumpet player
NORMA WINSTONE - singer - 62
JIMMY WOODE - bassist - 74
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JOHN CARTER - clarinet, altoist, composer (1929-1991)
BILL CONNORS - guitarist - 54
WAYNE HENDERSON - trombonist - 64
HERB JEFFRIES - singer - 92
REBECCA KILGORE - singer - 55
FATS NAVARRO - trumpet player (1923-1950)
CARL SIGMAN - lyricist, "Crazy He Calls Me," "All Too Soon," "Ebb Tide," "If You Could See Me Now," "I Could Have Told You" (1909-2000)
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ROLAND ALEXANDER - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 68
HORACE ARNOLD - drummer - 66
BARBARA DENNERLEIN - organist - 39
MIKE GIBBS - trombonist - 66
GLENN GOULD - concert pianist (1932-1982)
CRAIG HANDY - saxophonist - 41
AL HOFFMAN - songwriter, "Close To You," "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" (1902-1960)
VICTOR JONES - drummer - 49
BILL PIERCE - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 55
SAM RIVERS - tenor & soprano saxophonist/flutist - 80
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH - composer (1906-1975)
JACK STRACHEY - lyricist, "These Foolish Things" (1894-1972)
JOHN TAYLOR - pianist - 61
SHADOW WILSON - drummer (1919-1959)
ROBERT WRIGHT - songwriter, "Baubles, Bangles & Beads," "It's A Blue World" - 89
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GARY BARTZ - altoist - 63
GAL COSTA - Brazilian singer - 58
MARK DRESSER - bassist - 51
GEORGE GERSHWIN - songwriter (1898-1937)
VIC JURIS - guitarist - 50
JULIE LONDON - singer (1926-2000)
NICHOLAS PAYTON - trumpet player - 30
JIMMY REED - bluesman (1925-1976)
NELSON 'CADILLAC' WILLIAMS - trumpet player in postwar Ellington band (1917-1973)
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GUIDO BASSO - trumpet player, arranger - 66
HANK LEVY - composer - 76
MIKE NOCK - pianist, Naxos Jazz head - 63
BUD POWELL - pianist, composer (1924-1966)
RED RODNEY - trumpet player (1927-1994)
JERRY WELDON - tenor saxophonist - 46
MATT WILSON - drummer - 39
VINCENT YOUMANS - songwriter (1898-1946)
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PETER DELANO - pianist - 27
JOHN GILMORE - tenor saxophonist (1931-1995)
JAY HOGGARD - vibist - 49
KENNY KIRKLAND - pianist (1955-1998)
ROD MASON - trumpet player - 63
MARSHALL SEALY - French horn player - 49
KOKO TAYLOR - blues singer - 68
MURRAY WALL - bassist - 58
RAY WARLEIGH - altoist, flutist - 65
LAMMAR WRIGHT JR. - trumpet player (1927-1983)
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DAVE KIKOSKI - pianist - 42
ROLF KUHN - clarinetist - 74
JERRY LEE LEWIS - rocker - 68
LOONIS McGLOHON - songwriter, arranger, pianist (1921-2002)
JEAN-LUC PONTY - violinist - 61
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JON EARDLEY - trumpet player (1928-1991)
SCOTT FIELDS - guitarist - 51
FRED FISHER - songwriter, "Chicago" (1875-1942)
ANTONIO HART - altoist - 35
CARMEN LEGGIO - tenor & altoist player - 76
STEVE McCALL - drummer (1933-1989)
OSCAR PETTIFORD - bassist (1922-1960)
BUDDY RICH - drummer (1917-1987):P :9 :9 :9