May 2012 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections always welcomed....


Happy 30th:
Ambrose Akinmusire (1st)
Omer Klein (15th)

Happy 40th:
Andy Nevala (9th)
Weasel Walter (18th)
James Greening (30th)
Christian McBride (31st)

Happy 45th:
Charlie Hunter (23rd)
Josh Roseman (27th)
Wycliffe Gordon (29th)

Happy 50th:
Joey Sellers (2nd)
Pablo Aslan (5th)
Pamela Hines (11th)
Ralph Peterson (20th)
Darrell Grant (30th)

Happy 55th:
Craig Enright (5th)
Jason Hwang (12th)
Christoph Gallio (21st)
Lynne Arriale (29th)

Happy 60th:
Marcus McLaurine (7th)
John Thomas Marshall (22nd)
Wayne Wallace (29th)

Happy 65th:
Joe Ford (7th)
Ahmed Abdullah (10th)
Richie Beirach (23rd)
Greg Abate (31st)

Happy 70th:
Warrick Carter (6th)
David Friesen (6th)

Happy 75th:
Ron Carter (4th)
Ronny Whyte (12th)
Karin Krog (15th)
Archie Shepp (24th)
Louis Hayes (31st)

Happy 85th:
Barbara Dane (12th)
Bill Holman (21st)

Happy 90th:
Eddie Bert (16th)


In Memoriam:
Gil Evans - 100th anniversary (13th)


1

Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpeter - 30
Hayes Alvis - bassist & tuba player (1907-1972)
Ada Brown - singer (1890-1950)
Billy Byers - arranger/composer (1927-1996)
Henderson Chambers - trombonist (1908-1967)
Charles K. Harris - early songwriter, "After the Ball" (1867-1930)
Shirley Horn - singer (1934-2005)
Floyd 'Candy' Johnson - tenor & baritone saxophonist (1922-1981)
James Newton - flutist, composer - 59
Jesse Price - drummer (1909-1974)
Ira Sullivan - saxophonist, flutist, trumpeter - 81
Carlos Ward - alto & tenor saxophonist - 72

2

Van Alexander - arranger - 97
Mickey Bass - bassist, composer - 69
James Chirillo - guitarist, arranger - 59
J. Fred Coots - songwriter, "For All We Know," "You Go To My Head" (1897-1985)
Bing Crosby - singer (1904-1977)
Connie Crothers - pianist - 71
Lorenz Hart - lyricist (1895-1943)
Richard 'Groove' Holmes - organist (1931-1991)
Eddy Louiss - organist/pianist - 71
Eric Person - altoist - 49
Joey Sellers - trombonist - 50
Pat Smythe - composer, arranger, pianist (1923-1983)
Newell 'Spiegle' Wilcox - trombonist (1903-1999)

3

Andrea Brachfeld - flutist - 58
Jimmy Cleveland - trombonist (1926-2008)
Betty Comden - lyricist (1915-2006)
Chris Jentsch - guitarist & composer - 53
Yank Lawson - trumpeter (1911-1995)
John Lewis - pianist, composer, arranger (1920-2001)
Jymie Merritt - bassist, composer - 86
Larry Ochs - Rova saxophonist - 63
James Brown - soul creator - 84

4

Ron Carter - bassist - 75
Gerald Cleaver - drummer - 49
Jeremy Davenport - trumpeter, singer - 42
Michael Dipasqua - drummer - 59
Maynard Ferguson - trumpeter, bandleader (1928-2006)
Chuck Folds - pianist - 74
Don Friedman - pianist - 77
Lars Gullin - baritone saxophonist (1928-1976)
Rudresh Mahanthappa - altoist, composer - 41
Mary Ann McCall - singer (1919-1994)
Charlie Owens - woodwinds - 73
Sonny Payne - Basie drummer (1926-1979)
Moe Purtill - drummer (1916-1994)
Orestes Villato - Cuban percussionist - 68
Michael Vlatkovich - trombonist - 61
Richard Williams - trumpeter (1931-1985)

5

Monique Aldebert - singer with Les Double Six - 81
Pablo Aslan - tango bassist - 50
Paul Barbarin - drummer (1899-1969)
Frank Carlson - drummer with Woody Herman - 98
Cal Collins - guitarist (1933-2001)
Joyce Collins - singer/pianist (1930-2010)
Stanley Cowell - pianist - 71
Craig Enright - tenor saxophonist - 55
Edward "Kidd" Jordan - saxophonist, educator - 77
Blind Willie McTell - bluesman (1901-1959)
Jack Walrath - trumpeter - 66
Charles Rosen - concert pianist, author - 85

6

Vic Berton - drummer with P.Whiteman, R.Nichols (1896-1951)
Till Bronner - trumpeter - 41
Warrick Carter - educator, composer, percussionist - 70
Paul Dunmall - saxophonist - 59
Isla Eckinger - bassist - 73
David Friesen - bassist - 70
Rick Holland - trumpeter - 54

7

Lars Bagge - pianist - 77
Teddy Bunn - Spirits of Rhythm guitarist (1910-1978)
Joe Ford - saxophonist, composer, pianist - 65
Michael Formanek - bassist - 54
David Haney - pianist & composer - 57
Edward Inge - clarinetist, arranger (1906-1988)
Marcus McLaurine - bassist, Lines of Reason - 60
Floyd O'Brien - trombonist (1904-1968)
Yank Porter - drummer (1895-1944)
Lars Sjosten - pianist with Dex, Konitz - 71
Herbie Steward - tenor saxophonist - 86
Axel Zwingenberger - pianist - 57
Johannes Brahms - composer (1833-1897)
Piotr Tchaikovsky - composer (1840-1893)

8

Brad Detrick - trumpeter - 52
Keith Jarrett - pianist, composer - 67
Robert Johnson - bluesman (1911-1938)
Red Nichols - cornetist (1905-1965)
Judi Silvano - slnger - 61
Paul Smoker - trumpeter, composer - 71
Mary Lou Williams - pianist (1910-1981)

9

Dennis Chambers - drummer - 53
Sylvia Cuenca - drummer - 48
Barb Jungr - singer - 58
Tania Maria - singer - 64
Ron Miles - trumpeter - 49
Dick Morrissey - tenor saxophonist (1940-2000)
Andy Nevala - pianist, arranger, composer - 40
George T. Simon - jounnalist (1912-2001)

10

Ahmed Abdullah - trumpeter - 65
Fred Astaire - singer (1899-1987)
Alex Foster - woodwinds player - 56
Phil Harper - drummer - 47
Pee Wee Hunt - trombonist, singer (1907-1979)
Mel Lewis - drummer (1929-1990)
Mike Melvoin - pianist (1937-2012)
Hans Reichel - guitarist (1949-2011)
Venissa Santi - singer - 34
Milton Babbitt - composer (1916-2011)

11

Irving Berlin - songwriter (1888-1989)
Carla Bley - bandleader/composer, pianist - 74
Beryl Bryden - singer (1920-1998)
Tutti Camarata - arranger (1913-2005)
Dick Garcia - guitarist - 81
J.C. Higginbotham - trombonist (1906-1973)
Pamela Hines - pianist - 50
Julian Joseph - keyboardist - 46
Matt Lavelle - trumpeter - 42
Joe 'King' Oliver - bandleader (1885-1938)

12

Barbara Dane - singer - 85
Klaus Doldinger - saxophonist - 76
Jason Hwang - violinist, Far East Side Band - 55
Gordon Jenkins - arranger, songwriter, "Goodbye," "P.S. I Love You" (1910-1984)
Jack Jenney - trombonist (1910-1945)
Albert Murray - journalist - 96
Gary Peacock - bassist - 77
Marshall Royal - altoist, clarinetist (1912-1995)
Trevor Tomkins - drummer - 71
Ronny Whyte - singer - 75
Gerald Wiggins - pianist (1922-2008)
Gabriel Faure - composer (1845-1924)

13

Buddy Catlett - bassist - 79
Bert Dahlander - drummer - 84
John Engels - drummer - 77
Gil Evans - arranger (1912-1988)
Red Garland - pianist (1923-1984)
Miles Griffith - singer - 43
Mary Cleere Haran - singer (1952-2011)
Bobby Plater - altoist, composer of "Jersey Bounce" (1914-1982)
Maxine Sullivan - singer (1911-1987)
Ross Tompkins - pianist (1938-2006)
Colin Towns - keyboards, bandleader - 64
Stevie Wonder - singer, songwriter - 62

14

Sidney Bechet - clarinetist (1897-1959)
Alec Dankworth - bassist - 52
Bruce Forman - guitarist - 56
Skip Martin - saxophonist, arranger (1916-1976)
Marilyn Maye - singer - 82
Virginia Mayhew - woodwinds player - 53
Al Porcino - trumpeter - 87
Zutty Singleton - drummer (1898-1975)
Warren Smith - composer, percussionist, bandleader - 78
Stu Williamson - trumpeter (1933-1991)
Jack Bruce - bassist - 69
Lou Harrison - composer (1917-2003)

15

Oscar Castro-Neves - Brazilian guitarist - 72
Bob Cornford - pianist & arranger (1940-1983)
Peter Donald - drummer, 3 Prime - 67
Joe Gordon - trumpeter (1928-1963)
Edmond Hall - clarinetist (1901-1967)
Chip Jackson - bassist - 62
Omer Klein - pianist - 30
Karin Krog - singer - 75
Ellis Larkins - pianist (1923-2002)
Bonnie Wetzel - bassist (1926-1965)
Claudio Monteverdi - Renaissance composer (1567-1643)

16

Dud Bascomb - trumpeter (1916-1972)
Eddie Bert - trombonist - 90
Betty Carter - singer (1929-1998)
Billy Cobham - drummer - 68
Woody Herman - bandleader (1913-1987)
Nikki Iles - pianist - 49
Pete Jacobsen - pianist & arranger (1950-2002)
Michael Moore - bassist - 67
Marlowe Morris - pianist/organist (1915-1977)
Hanna Richardson - singer - 56
Donald Martino - contemporary American composer - 81

17

Michiel Braam - Dutch pianist, composer - 48
David Izenzon - bassist with Ornette Coleman (1932-1979)
Jackie McLean - altoist (1931-2006)
Roy Nathanson - saxophonist & composer - 61
Paul Quinichette - tenor saxophonist (1916-1983)
Dewey Redman - tenor saxophonist (1931-2006)
Taj Mahal - bluesman - 70
Judy Wexler - singer - ?
Erik Satie - composer (1866-1925)

18

Pops Foster - bassist (1892-1969)
Lou Hooper - pianist & composer (1894-1977)
Jim McNeely - pianist - 63
Mauro Senise - Brazilian saxophonist - 62
Big Joe Turner - singer (1911-1985)
Weasel Walter - drummer/percussionist - 40
Kai Winding - trombonist (1922-1983)
Mike Zwerin - trombonist, journalist (1930-2010)
Charles Trenet - French singer/songwriter (1913-2001)

19

Georgie Auld - tenor saxophonist (1919-1990)
Michael Blake - saxophonist & composer with Jazz Composers Collective - 48
Bobby Bryant - trumpeter - 78
Allen Farnham - pianist - 51
Sonny Fortune - saxophonist, flutist - 73
Jan Leder - flutist - 54
Cecil McBee - bassist - 77
Richard Teitelbaum - composer, electronic musician - 73

20

Sheryl Bailey - guitarist - 46
Rod Cless - clarinetist (1907-1944)
Charles Davis - baritone saxophonist - 79
Bob Florence - arranger, pianist (1932-2008)
Milt Gabler - Commodore producer (1911-2001)
Ray Gallon - pianist - 54
Victor Lewis - drummer - 62
Steven Lugerner - reeds player - 24
Ralph Peterson - drummer - 50
Dino Saluzzi - bandoneon - 77
Louis Smith - trumpeter - 81

21

Bill Barber - tuba player with Miles (1920-2007)
Tommy Bryant - bassist (1930-1982)
Rachelle Ferrell - singer - 51
Christoph Gallio - soprano saxophonist - 55
David Alan Gross - saxophonist, educator (1944-2007)
Bill Holman - aranger, tenor saxophonist - 85
Ed Jackson - altoist - 53
Larance Marable - drummer - 83
Marc Ribot - guitarist - 58
Thomas 'Fats' Waller - composer, pianist, singer (1904-1943)

22

Jimmy Bennington - drummer - 42
Dick Berk - drummer/percussionist - 73
Jon Burr - bassist, composer - 59
Jackie Cain - singer - 84
Eddie Edwards - trombonist (1891-1963)
John Thomas Marshall - trumpeter - 60
Roger Segure - arranger (1905-2000)
Sun Ra - bandleader, pianist (1914-1993)
Mark Taylor - French hornist, composer - 51
Charles Aznavour - French singer/songwriter - 88
Richard Wagner - composer (1813-1883)

23

Richie Beirach - pianist - 65
Johnny Bothwell - altoist with Boyd Raeburn (1919-?)
Rosemary Clooney - singer (1928-2002)
Joan Crowe - singer ?
Julian Euell - bassist - 83
Fred Guy - guitarist, banjo player (1899-1971)
John Harrington - clarinetist/saxophonist (1910-1989)
Daniel Humair - drummer - 74
Charlie Hunter - guitarist - 45
Bjorn Johansen - saxophonist (1940-2002)
Steve Kirby - bassist - 56
Humphrey Lyttleton - bandleader, trumpeter (1921-2008)
Don Moye - drummer/percussionist for AEC - 66
Helen O'Connell - singer (1920-1993)
Ken Peplowski - clarinetist - 53
Randy Sandke - trumpeter - 63
Artie Shaw - clarinetist (1910-2005)
Les Spann - guitarist, flutist - 80
Marvin Stamm - trumpeter - 73
Alicia De Larrocha - concert pianist (1923-2009)

24

Gianni Basso - tenor saxophonist (1931-2009)
Max Bennett - bassist - 84
Charles Earland - organist (1941-1999)
Herbie Fields - saxophonist (1919-1958)
Charles Greenlee - trombonist (1927-1993)
Jarmo Savolainen - Finnish pianist (1961-2009)
Archie Shepp - tenor saxophonist - 75
Frank Signorelli - pianist, composer (1901-1975)
Michael White - violinist - 79
Nikki Yeoh - pianist - 39
Bob Dylan - singer/songwriter - 71

25

Marshall Allen - Arkestra altoist - 88
Milt Bernhart - West Coast trombonist (1926-2004)
Gary Foster - altoist, flutist - 76
Jimmy Hamilton - clarinetist (1917-1994)
Christof Lauer - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 59
Wallace Roney - trumpeter - 52
Pha Terrell - singer with Andy Kirk (1910-1945)
Lloyd Trotman - bassist (1923-2007)

26

Vernon Alley - bassist (1915-2004)
Neil Ardley - composer (1937-2004)
Harold 'Shorty' Baker - Ellington trumpeter (1914-1966)
Bess Bonnier - pianist, composer - 84
Miles Davis - trumpeter, bandleader (1926-1991)
Ziggy Elman - trumpeter with Benny Goodman (1914-1968)
Peggy Lee - singer (1920-2002)
Lee Musiker - pianist - 56
Mike Reed - drummer - 38
Mamie Smith - early blues singer, "Crazy Blues" (1883-1946)
David Torn - guitarist & composer - 59
Levon Helm - Band drummer (1940-2012)

27

Dee Dee Bridgewater - singer - 62
Jock Carruthers - baritone saxophonist (1910-1971)
Marc Copland - pianist with John Abercrombie - 64
Rufus Jones - drummer on Far East Suite (1936-1990)
Ramsey Lewis - keyboardist - 77
Albert Nicholas - early New Orleans clarinetist (1900-1973)
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen - bassist (1946-2005)
Dida Pelled - Israeli guitarist, singer - 24
Josh Roseman - trombonist - 45
Gonzalo Rubalcaba - pianist - 49
Bud Shank - altoist, flutist (1926-2009)
Chester Zardis - New Orleans bassist (1900-1990)

28

Dave Barbour - guitarist (1912-1965)
Theo Bleckmann - singer - 46
Whit Dickey - free jazz drummer with M.Shipp, D.Ware - 58
Reg Foresythe - composer & arranger (1907-1958)
Russ Freeman - pianist (1926-2002)
Arthur 'Skeets' Herfurt - alto & tenor saxophonist, clarinet (1911-1992)
Andy Kirk - bandleader (1898-1992)
Tommy Ladnier - trumpeter (1900-1939)
Larry 'Tricky' Lofton - trombonist - 82
Eddie Parker - flutist - 53
Claudo Roditi - trumpeter - 66
Cathy Segal-Garcia - singer - 59
T-Bone Walker - blues singer (1910-1975)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - singer - 87
Gyorgy Ligeti - composer (1923-2006)

29

Lynne Arriale - pianist - 55
John L. Eaton - pianist - 78
Wycliffe Gordon - trombonist - 45
Lafayette Harris Jr. - pianist - 49
Sean Jones - trumpeter - 34
Jeanette Lindstrom - singer - 41
Sandy Mosse - tenor saxophonist (1929-1983)
Freddie Redd - pianist - 84
Hilton Ruiz - pianist (1952-2006)
Jim Snidero - altoist - 54
Wayne Wallace - Latin jazz trombonist - 60
Kenny Washington - drummer - 54
Eugene Wright - bassist - 89
Pascal Dusapin - French composer, Xenakis follower - 57
Erich Korngold - composer for movies (1897-1957)
Iannis Xenakis - composer (1922-2001)

30

Fernando Arbello - trombonist (1907-1970)
Harry Beckett - trumpeter (1935-2010)
Clora Bryant - trumpeter - 83
Yosvany Terry Cabrera - Cuban saxophonist & composer - 41
Ann Hampton Callaway - singer - 53
Sidney De Paris - trumpeter (1905-1967)
Pee Wee Erwin - trumpeter (1913-1981)
Michael Garrick - pianist, composer (1933-2011)
Benny Goodman - bandleader, clarinetist (1909-1986)
Darrell Grant - pianist - 50
James Greening - trombonist - 40
Shake Keane - trumpeter (1927-1997)
Dave McKenna - pianist (1930-2008)
Armando Peraza - percussionist - 88
Gail Pettis - singer - 54
Pietro Tonolo - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 53
Frankie Trumbauer - C-melody saxophonist (1901-1956)

31

Greg Abate - altoist - 65
Mario Castronari - bassist, composer - 58
Alan Clare - pianist (1921-1993)
Paulhino Da Costa - Brazilian percussionist - 64
Marty Ehrlich - saxophonist / flutist - 57
Gene Gifford - arranger for Casa Loma Orch. (1908-1970)
Otto 'Toby' Hardwicke - altoist with Ellington in '20s-30s (1904-1970)
Louis Hayes - drummer - 75
Albert 'Tootie' Heath - drummer - 77
Red Holloway - sax (1927-2012)
Christian McBride - bassist - 40
Jimmy Shirley - guitarist (1913-1989)

[hornplayer]

Allen: Sadly Mike Melvoin passed away a couple of months ago.

[Allen H]

Yes, I was aware of that and fixed it in one place, but forgot the other place. I'll revise. Thanks--

He would've been 75 this year, BTW.

[Valerie]

Levon Helm passed recently.

[Allen H]

Don't think I heard about that, hard though that is to believe. Thanks.

[bluenoter]

27

Niels-Henning Orsted Peterson

Two letters:

Pedersen

And here's an accented letter O that you can copy and use as the first letter of "Orsted" if that's your practice:

Ø

[Ron Thorne]

Or, as an alternative to copying, you may simply hold ALT + 0216 for Ø.

[Allen H]

Hey, thanks for the keyboard tips - I need to look into that more. I repaired his name. No idea how I let that spelling get by me, though....