October 2010 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections always welcomed…


Happy 35th:
CHRIS CORSANO (20th)

Happy 40th:
REID ANDERSON (15th)
HANS GLAWISCHNIG (22nd)
TORD GUSTAVSEN (5th)
KURT ROSENWINKEL (28th)

Happy 45th:
COOKIE COOGAN (23rd)
GABRIELLE GOODMAN (23rd)
ANTHONY KERR (16th)

Happy 50th:
DJANGO BATES (2nd)
KENNY GARRETT (9th)
LINDSEY HORNER (4th)
JEAN-MICHEL PILC (19th)

Happy 55th:
JAY ANDERSON (24th)
TONY DUMAS (1st)
ROBIN EUBANKS (25th)
FRED HERSCH (21st)
CHRIS NEVILLE (15th)
PETER SPRAGUE (11th)

Happy 60th:
PATTI CATHCART (4th)
MARK HELIAS (1st)
SANDRA KING (12th)
RONNIE LAWS (3rd)
GENE SANTORO (31st)

Happy 65th:
ARILD ANDERSEN (27th)
CAROL KIDD (19th)
NANETTE NATAL (6th)
BADAL ROY (16th)
ERNIE WATTS (23rd)

Happy 70th:
EDDIE HENDERSON (26th)
ANDRE JAUME (7th)
PHAROAH SANDERS (13th)
STEVE SWALLOW (4th)
TERRY TROTTER (5th)

Happy 75th:
BOBBY FEW (21st)
DON RADER (21st)

Happy 85th:
PHIL URSO (2nd)
GEORGE WEIN (3rd)

Happy 90th:
WILLIE JONES (20th)
YUSEF LATEEF (9th)


In Memoriam:
CLIFFORD BROWN - 80th anniversary (30th)
BOOKER ERVIN - 80th anniversary (31st)


1

ANA CARAM - Brazilian singer - 52
TONY DUMAS - bassist - 55
MARK HELIAS - bassist - 60
DAVE HOLLAND - bassist - 64
JOSEPH PATRICK MOORE - bassist - 41
ANN RICHARDS - singer (1935 - 1982)
Vladimir Horowitz - concert pianist (1904 - 1989)

2

DJANGO BATES - pianist, composer - 50
LINCOLN GOINES - bassist - 57
BARBARA PARIS - singer - 56
RONNIE ROSS - baritone saxophonist (1933 - 1991)
PHIL URSO - tenor saxophonist - 85

3

EDGAR 'PUDDINGHEAD' BATTLE - composer/arranger, trumpeter (1907 - 1977)
JOHNNY BURKE - lyricist, "Polka Dots and Moonbeams," "Imagination," "Pennies From Heaven," "It Could Happen To You" (1908 - 1964)
MIKE CLARK - drummer - 64
ALBERT COLLINS - bluesman (1932 - 1993)
NIELS DOKY - pianist - 47
VON FREEMAN - tenor saxophonist - 88
NANCY HARROW - singer - ?
RONNIE LAWS - tenor saxophonist - 60
DAVID MANN - songwriter, "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," "No Moon At All," "Don't Go To Strangers" - 94
GEORGE WEIN - producer, pianist - 85
Steve Reich - composer - 74

4

WALTER BISHOP JR. - pianist (1927 - 1998)
PATTI CATHCART - singer, Tuck & Patti - 60
EDDIE GOMEZ - bassist - 66
STAN HASSELGARD - clarinetist (1922 - 1948)
LINDSEY HORNER - bassist - 50
BOB HURST - bassist - 46
CLAY JENKINS - trumpeter - 46
MARK LEVINE - pianist - 72
MAT MANERI - violinist, composer - 41
CHINO POZO - percussionist (1915 - 1980)
STEVE SWALLOW - bassist - 70
LEON THOMAS - singer (1937 - 1999)
SCOTT YANOW - journalist - 56

5

HELIO ALVES - pianist - 44
CLIFTON ANDERSON - trombonist - 53
JIMMY BLANTON - Ellington bassist (1918 - 1942)
THOMAS CLAUSEN - Danish pianist - 61
BILL DIXON - free jazz trumpeter, composer (1925 - 2010)
TORD GUSTAVSEN - Norwegian pianist - 40
TERRY TROTTER - pianist - 70

6

CARMEN MASTREN - guitarist (1913 - 1981)
NANETTE NATAL - singer - 65
AL PEARSON - KC trumpeter - 73
SAMMY PRICE - pianist (1908 - 1992)
MASAHIKO SATO - arranger/composer - 69
NORMAN SIMMONS - pianist - 81
MARK WHITFIELD - guitarist - 44

7

ANDRE JAUME - tenor saxophonist - 70
JO JONES - drummer (1911 - 1985)
TYLER MITCHELL - bassist - 52
BEVERLY PEER - bassist (1912 - 1997)
RALPH RAINGER - songwriter, "I Wished On The Moon," "Easy Living," "Havin' Myself A Time," "Miss Brown To You" (1901 - 1942)
ALVIN STOLLER - drummer (1925 - 1992)
GEORGE YOUNG - saxophonist - 73
LARRY YOUNG - organist (1940 - 1978)
Yo-Yo Ma - cellist - 55

8

PEPPER ADAMS - baritone saxophonist (1930 - 1986)
STEVE BERNSTEIN - trumpeter - 49
J.C. HEARD - drummer (1917 - 1988)
HAL 'CORNBREAD' SINGER - tenor saxophonist - 91
BILL STEGMEYER - Dixieland clarinetist (1916 - 1968)
CLARENCE WILLIAMS - pianist (1893 - 1965)
EARL WILLIAMS - drummer - 72
Toru Takemitsu - composer (1930 - 1996)

9

SATOKO FUJII - pianist - 52
KENNY GARRETT - altoist - 50
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM - pianist, composer - 76
YUSEF LATEEF - tenor saxophonist, flute - 90
DAVE SAMUELS - vibist - 62
ELMER SNOWDEN - guitarist, banjo (1900 - 1973)
CHUCHO VALDES - pianist - 69
LEE WILEY - singer (1908 - 1975)
John Lennon - Beatle (1940 - 1980)
Einojuhani Rautavaara - Finnish composer - 82
Camille Saint-Saens - composer (1835 - 1921)
Giuseppe Verdi - composer (1813 - 1901)

10

FRANCISCO AGUABELLA - Cuban drummer (1925 - 2010)
ED BLACKWELL - drummer with Ornette Coleman (1929 - 1992)
LEE BLAIR - banjo player (1903 - 1966)
CECIL BRIDGEWATER - trumpeter, arranger - 68
OSCAR BROWN JR. - singer, lyricist (1926 - 2005)
VERNON DUKE - songwriter, "Autumn in New York," "April in Paris," "What Is There To Say?," "I Can't Get Started" (1903 - 1969)
HARRY 'SWEETS' EDISON - trumpeter (1915 - 1999)
JOHNNY GREEN - songwriter, "Body and Soul," "Out of Nowhere," "I Cover the Waterfront" (1908 - 1989)
FREDDY JENKINS - trumpeter (1906 - 1978)
ROY KRAL - singer (1921 - 2002)
MILT LARKIN - 30s-40s bandleader, trumpeter (1910 - 1996)
JUNIOR MANCE - pianist - 82
THELONIOUS MONK - pianist, composer (1917 - 1982)
MONK MONTGOMERY - bassist (1921 - 1982)
JOHNNY O'NEAL - pianist - 54
DOUG SIDES - drummer - 68
JULIUS WATKINS - French horn player (1921 - 1977)

11

JOHNNY ACEA - pianist (1917 - 198?)
CURTIS AMY - tenor & soprano saxophonist (1929 - 2002)
ART BLAKEY - drummer (1919 - 1990)
LESTER BOWIE - trumpeter (1941 - 1999)
LAURA CAVIANI - singer - 48
TRUDY DESMOND - singer (1945 - 1999)
BILLY HIGGINS - drummer (1936 - 2001)
FRED HOPKINS - bassist (1947 - 1999)
NICKI LEIGHTON-THOMAS - singer - 43
PETER SPRAGUE - guitarist - 55
TEDDY WEATHERFORD - pianist (1903 - 1945)

12

HARRY ALLEN - tenor saxophonist - 44
JIMMY ARCHEY - trombonist with Earl Hines (1902 - 1967)
ED CHERRY - guitarist - 56
TUBBY HALL - drummer (1895 - 1946)
SANDRA KING - singer - 60
MICHAEL MOSSMAN - trumpet - 51
Luciano Pavarotti - opera singer (1935 - 2007)

13

RAY BROWN - bassist (1926 - 2002)
TERRY GIBBS - vibist - 86
ALBERT HAGUE - songwriter, "Young and Foolish" (1920 - 2001)
LEE KONITZ - altoist - 83
JULIA LEE - singer (1902 - 1958)
JOHNNY LYTLE - vibist (1932 - 1995)
PHAROAH SANDERS - tenor saxophonist - 70
ART TATUM - pianist (1909 - 1956)
Paul Simon - singer/songwriter - 69

14

GARRISON FEWELL - guitarist - 57
DUSKO GOYKOVICH - trumpeter - 79
JOHN GRAAS - French horn player (1924 - 1962)
RED McKENZIE - promoter (1899 - 1948)
KAZUMI WATANABE - guitarist - 57
SPENCER WILLIAMS - songwriter, pianist (1889 - 1965)
Kaija Saariaho - Finnish composer of Ears Open movement - 58

15

REID ANDERSON - Bad Plus bassist - 40
BILL CHARLAP - pianist - 44
FREDDY COLE - singer, pianist - 79
PALLE DANIELSSON - bassist - 64
KEITH JAVORS - pianist - 39
AL KILLIAN - trumpeter (1916 - 1950)
AMY LONDON - singer - 53
NELLIE LUTCHER - singer (1915 - 2007)
CHRIS NEVILLE - pianist - 55
JOE SANDERS - pianist/co-leader, Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (1896 - 1965)
VICTORIA SPIVEY - singer (1906 - 1976)

16

RAY ANDERSON - trombonist - 58
BEN ARONOV - pianist - 78
TIM BERNE - alto & baritone saxophonist - 56
LENNY HAMBRO - altoist, arranger (1923 - 1995)
ROY HARGROVE - trumpeter - 41
GENE JACKSON - drummer - 49
ANTHONY KERR - vibist, marimba player - 45
BADAL ROY - percussionist - 65
BIG JOE WILLIAMS - bluesman (1903 - 1982)

17

HOWARD ALDEN - guitarist - 52
SATHIMA BEA BENJAMIN - singer - 74
LUIZ BONFA - Brazilian guitarist & composer, "Manha de Carnaval," Black Orpheus soundtrack (1922 - 2001)
JOSEPH BOWIE - trombonist with Defunkt - 57
COZY COLE - drummer (1906 - 1981)
LEE COLLINS - New Orleans trumpeter (1901 - 1960)
JIMMY HARRISON - trombonist (1900 - 1931)
BARNEY KESSEL - guitarist (1923 - 2004)
DAMON SMITH - Bay Area double bassist - 38

18

CHRIS ALBERTSON - jounnalist - 79
PAUL 'STUMP' EVANS - alto & baritone saxophonist (1904 - 1928)
ANNETTE HANSHAW - singer (1910 - 1985)
SPIKE HUGHES - bassist, composer (1908 - 1987)
CHRIS KELLY - early New Orleans cornetist (1885 - 1929)
WYNTON MARSALIS - trumpet, composer - 49
ANITA O'DAY - singer (1919 - 2006)
TONY PURRONE - guitarist - 56
MARSHALL STEARNS - author/journalist (1908 - 1966)
BILL STEWART - drummer - 44
BOBBY TROUP - singer, songwriter (1918 - 1999)
RON VINCENT - drummer - 59
GEORGE WASHINGTON - trombonist, big band arranger - 103
Chuck Berry - rocker - 84

19

RONNIE BURRAGE - drummer - 51
EDDIE DANIELS - clarinetist, tenor saxophonist - 69
VINICIUS DE MORAES - lyricist (1918 - 1980)
TIM GARLAND - tenor saxophonist - 44
CAROL KIDD - singer - 65
ALPHONSE PICOU - clarinetist (1878 - 1961)
JEAN-MICHEL PILC - pianist, composer - 50
RED RICHARDS - pianist (1917 - 1998)
BEBO VALDES - Cuban pianist - 92

20

JOHNNY BEST - trumpeter (1913 - 2003)
ANOUAR BRAHEM - oud player - 53
CHRIS CORSANO - drummer - 35
RUSSELL GUNN - trumpeter - 39
ADELAIDE HALL - singer (1901 - 1993)
EDDIE HARRIS - tenor saxophonist (1934 - 1996)
WILLIE JONES - drummer - 90
CARL KRESS - guitarist (1907 - 1965)
RAY LINN - big band trumpeter (1920 - 1996)
JON LLOYD - soprano & alto saxophonist - 52
JELLY ROLL MORTON - pianist, composer (1885 - 1941)
MARTIN TAYLOR - guitarist - 54
Charles Ives - composer (1874 - 1954)

21

JERRY BERGONZI - tenor saxophonist - 63
DON BYAS - tenor saxophonist (1912 - 1972)
CELIA CRUZ - Cuban salsa singer (1924 - 2003)
BOBBY FEW - pianist with A.Ayler, A.Shepp - 75
DIZZY GILLESPIE - trumpeter (1917 - 1993)
TED GIOIA - pianist, author - 53
FRED HERSCH - pianist - 55
MARC JOHNSON - bassist - 57
FRAN LANDESMAN - lyricist, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" - 83
TARUS MATEEN - bassist with J. Moran, Betty Carter - 43
DON RADER - trumpeter - 75
ALI RYERSON - flutist - 58
DAVID WEISS - trumpeter - 46
JULIE WILSON - singer - 86

22

JANE BUNNETT - soprano saxophonist & flutist - 54
URSULA DUDZIAK - singer - 67
CLARE FISCHER - pianist - 82
GIORGIO GASLINI - pianist, composer - 81
HANS GLAWISCHNIG - bassist - 40
BERNARD PEIFFER - pianist, composer (1922 - 1976)
DOUG WAMBLE - guitarist - 38
TORRIE ZITO - arranger, pianist - 77
Franz Liszt - composer, piano virtuoso (1811 - 1886)

23

BETTY BENNETT - singer - 89
COOKIE COOGAN - singer, Jazz Corner poster - 45
SONNY CRISS - altoist (1927 - 1977)
GABRIELLE GOODMAN - singer - 45
GARY McFARLAND - vibist, arranger (1933 - 1971)
DIANNE REEVES - singer - 54
VINCENT RUGGIERI - pianist - 64
FATS SADI - vibist with Django, Byas - 84
GIANCARLO SCHIAFFINI - trombonist - 68
ERNIE WATTS - saxophonist - 65
Ned Rorem - composer, diarist - 87

24

JAY ANDERSON - bassist - 55
ANTHONY COX - bassist - 56
REIN DE GRAAFF - pianist - 68
BANU GIBSON - singer - 63
RICK MARGITZA - tenor saxophonist, composer - 49
WENDELL MARSHALL - bassist with Ellington (1920 - 2002)
DAN MORGENSTERN - journalist - 81
ODEAN POPE - tenor saxophonist - 71
SONNY TERRY - blues singer (1911 - 1986)
SANDY WILLIAMS - trombonist with Jelly Roll Morton, Chick Webb (1906 - 1991)
Luciano Berio - composer (1925 - 2003)
George Crumb - composer - 81
Sofia Gubaidulina - contemporary Russian composer - 79

25

FRANCK AMSALLEM - French pianist - 49
JOHN BUTCHER - soprano & tenor saxophonist - 56
BARBARA COOK - singer - 83
ROBIN EUBANKS - trombone - 55
TIM FORD - pianist, singer - 56
TIZIANA GHIGLIONI - singer - 54
JIMMY HEATH - tenor saxophonist, arranger - 84
TERUMASA HINO - trumpet, bandleader - 68
EDDIE LANG - guitarist (1902 - 1933)
SAM M. LEWIS - lyricist, "Street of Dreams," "For All We Know," "Just Friends" (1885 - 1959)
ROBERTO MENESCAL - Brazilian songwriter/guitarist, "O Barquinho" - 73
REUBEN REEVES - trumpeter (1905 - 1975)

26

KEN ASCHER - composer & pianist - 66
CHARLIE BARNET - saxophonist/bandleader (1913 - 1991)
HANK DUNCAN - pianist (1896 - 1968)
EDDIE HENDERSON - trumpeter - 70
VIJAY IYER - pianist & composer - 39
MAHALIA JACKSON - gospel singer (1911 - 1972)
RANEE LEE - singer - 68
WARNE MARSH - tenor saxophonist (1927 - 1987)
MILTON NASCIMENTO - Brazilian singer/songwriter, "Bridges," "Make This City Our Tonight" - 68
TONY PASTOR - tenor saxophonist (1907 - 1969)
Domenico Scarlatti - Baroque composer (1685 - 1757)

27

ARILD ANDERSEN - bassist - 65
PHILIP CATHERINE - guitarist - 68
SONNY DALLAS - bassist, educator (1931 - 2007)
BABS GONZALES - singer (1919 - 1980)
DAVID HAZELTINE - pianist - 52
BARRE PHILLIPS - bassist, composer - 76
BOYD RAEBURN - bandleader, bass saxophonist (1913 - 1966)
GEORGE WALLINGTON - pianist (1924 - 1993)
Dominick Argento - composer - 83
Conlon Nancarrow - composer (1912 - 1997)

28

ARTHUR ALTMAN - songwriter, "All Or Nothing At All" (1912 - 1994)
TUCK ANDRESS - Tuck & Patti guitarist - 58
ANDY BEY - singer - 71
RICHARD BONA - bassist - 43
JAY CLAYTON - singer - 69
ELTON DEAN - Soft Machine altoist (1945 - 2006)
BILL HARRIS - trombonist (1916 - 1973)
DINK JOHNSON - drummer, pianist (1892 - 1954)
KENT JORDAN - flutist - 52
JULIE KELLY - singer - 63
CLEO LAINE - singer - 83
GLEN MOORE - bassist - 69
ARTURO "CHICO" O'FARRILL - composer, arranger (1921 - 2001)
RUDY POWELL - clarinetist/saxophonist (1907 - 1976)
KURT ROSENWINKEL - guitarist - 40
BARBARA SFRAGA - singer - 54
ISAIAH SPENCER - drummer - 31

29

MATS GUSTAFSSON - Swedish saxophonist/flutist/fluteophonist - 46
NEIL HEFTI - arranger (1922 - 2008)
MATTHIAS LUPRI - vibist - 46
ZOOT SIMS - tenor saxophonist (1925 - 1985)

30

CLIFFORD BROWN - trumpeter (1930 - 1956)
TOM BROWNE - trumpeter - 56
RON ENYARD - drummer - 74
TRILOK GURTU - percussionist - 59
BOB KOESTER - Delmark label founder, Jazz Record Mart (Chicago) owner - 78
TEO MACERO - "Kind of Blue" producer (1925 - 2008)
ERROL PARKER - drummer, pianist (1925 - 1998)
PONCHO SANCHEZ - percussionist - 59
Eddie Holland - Motown songwriter (Holland-Dozier-Holland) - 71

31

BOB BELDEN - saxophonist & arranger - 54
BOOKER ERVIN - tenor saxophonist (1930 - 1970)
JOEL FRAHM - tenor saxophonist - 41
BOB GRAETTINGER - composer (1923 - 1957)
JOHN GUERIN - drummer (1939 - 2004)
ILLINOIS JACQUET - tenor saxophonist (1922 - 2004)
DENISE KING - singer - 56
TED NASH - tenor saxophonist - 88
GENE SANTORO - journalist (Nation) - 60
ETHEL WATERS - singer (1896 - 1977)

[Valerie]

thanks, as always, Allen.

[stevebop]

Indeed, Thanks!
I'm going to feature Pepper Adams on my show next Friday night and I'll try and squeeze in some "Cornbread" Singer!!

[Jazz Purist]

Allen,

Just a note:

Mahalia Jackson was born on October 26, 1911, as opposed to October 16th.

I really enjoy your posts.

Thanks.

[Allen H]

Thanks for the correction on Mahalia Jackson. I edited the list.