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    July 2012 Birthdays

    Additions or corrections always welcomed...


    Happy 40th:
    Alex Machacek (1st)
    Benjamin Drazen (28th)
    Noah Haidu (28th)

    Happy 45th:
    J.D. Walter (2nd)
    Todd Williams (16th)

    Happy 50th:
    Roni Ben-Hur (9th)
    Willard Dyson (22nd)
    Karrin Allyson (27th)

    Happy 55th:
    Joel Harrison (27th)

    Happy 60th:
    George E. Lewis (14th)
    Donal Fox (17th)
    Dennis Wilson (22nd)
    Janis Siegel (23rd)
    Michael Wolff (31st)

    Happy 65th:
    George Heid (7th)
    Jeff Brillinger (12th)
    Abe Laboriel (17th)
    Carlos Santana (20th)

    Happy 70th:
    Dr. Lonnie Smith (3rd)
    Tomasz Stanko (11th)
    Pete Yellin (18th)
    Len Lyons (24th)

    Happy 75th:
    Bob Downes (22nd)
    Charlie Shoemake (27th)
    Ellyn Rucker (29th)
    James Spaulding (30th)

    Happy 80th:
    John Chilton (16th)
    Ray Mosca (26th)

    Happy 85th:
    Don Bagley (18th)

    Happy 90th:
    Kay Starr (21st)


    1

    Rashied Ali - drummer (1935-2009)
    James Cotton - bluesman - 77
    Willie Dixon - bluesman (1915-1992)
    Erik Friedlander - cellist - 52
    Paul Lieberman - saxophonist & flutist ?
    Alex Machacek - Austrian guitarist - 40
    Earle Warren - altoist (1914-1994)
    Mark Weinstein - flutist, trombonist - 72
    Hans Werner Henze - composer - 86

    2

    Joshua Breakstone - guitarist - 57
    Herbie Harper - trombonist - 92
    Ahmad Jamal - pianist - 82
    Charlie Kennedy - alto & tenor sax (1927-2009)
    Harlan Leonard - bandleader (1905-1983)
    J.D. Walter - singer - 45
    Tim Warfield - tenor saxophonist - 47
    Richard Wyands - pianist - 84

    3

    Claudia Acuna - Chilean singer - 41
    Ronnell Bright - pianist - 82
    Johnny Coles - trumpeter with Gil Evans (1926-1997)
    Laszlo Gardony - pianist - 56
    Jerry Gray - big band arranger, composer (1915-1976)
    'Mississippi' John Hurt - bluesman (1893-1966)
    John Klemmer - tenor saxophonist - 66
    Rhoda Scott - organist - 74
    Dr. Lonnie Smith - organist / pianist - 70
    Ruth Crawford-Seeger - composer (1901-1953)
    Leos Janacek - modernist Czech composer (1854-1928)

    4

    Conrad Bauer - avant-garde trombonist - 69
    Irving Caesar - lyricist, "Tea For Two," "Sometimes I'm Happy" (1895-1996)
    Champion Jack Dupree - pianist (1910-1992)
    Mark Harvey - trumpeter, leader of Aardvark Jazz Orchestra - 66
    Butch Miles - drummer - 68
    Artie Miller - clarinetist, saxophonist - 68
    Pino Minafra - trumpeter, Italian Instabile Orch. founder - 61
    Joseph Young - lyricist, "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," "Lullaby of the Leaves" (1889-1939)

    5

    Ray Biondi - guitarist/mandolinist (1905-1981)
    Arthur Blythe - altoist - 72
    Derrick Hodge - bassist - 33
    Richard Simon - bassist - 63
    Mads Tolling - Danish violinist - 32
    Bruce Turner - altoist (1922-1993)
    Wanda Landowska - harpsichordist (1879-1959)
    Robbie Robertson - Band guitarist & songwriter - 69

    6

    Louis Bellson - drummer & bandleader (1924-2009)
    Karen Gallinger - singer - 59
    Yuri Honing - Dutch tenor saxophonist - 47
    Chris White - bassist, educator - 76
    Jeff Williams - drummer - 62
    Jack Yellen - songwriter (1892-1991)

    7

    Bill Bickford - guitarist - 56
    Pam Bricker - Washington DC singer (1954-2005)
    Jorge Dalto - pianist (1948-1987)
    Sue Evans - drummer - 61
    Lloyd 'Tiny' Grimes - guitarist, singer (1916-1989)
    George Heid - drummer with Jimmy Ponder, recording engineer - 65
    Michael Henderson - bassist with Miles - 61
    Hank Mobley - tenor saxophonist (1930-1986)
    Suzanne Pittson - singer - 59
    Frank Rehak - trombonist (1926-1987)
    Joe Zawinul - Weather Report pianist/composer (1932-2007)
    Gustav Mahler - composer (1860-1911)

    8

    Roy Babbington - bassist - 72
    Walter Barnes - 1920s-30s Chicago bandleader (1905-1940)
    Ignacio Berroa - drummer - 59
    Bill Challis - arranger (1904-1994)
    Billy Eckstine - singer (1914-1993)
    Frank Harrison - Orient House Ensemble pianist - 34
    Louis Jordan - bandleader, singer, altoist (1908-1975)
    Johnny Mince - clarinetist (1912-1997)
    J. Russel Robinson - pianist/composer, ODJB member (1892-1963)
    Tyshawn Sorey - drummer & composer - 32

    9

    Colin Bailey - drummer - 78
    Roni Ben-Hur - guitarist - 50
    Joe Darensbourg - clarinetist (1906-1985)
    Manfred Eicher - ECM founder / producer - 69
    Ravish Momin - percussionist - 39
    June Richmond - singer (1915-1962)
    Frank Wright - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1935-1990)

    10

    Ivie Anderson - singer (1905-1949)
    Milt Buckner - pianist/organist, arranger with Hamp (1915-1977)
    Dick Cary - pianist/arranger (1916-1994)
    Blind Boy Fuller - bluesman (1907-1941)
    Major Holley - bassist (1924-1990)
    Arnie Lawrence - altoist (1938-2005)
    Jimmy McHugh - songwriter (1894-1969)
    Lee Morgan - trumpeter (1938-1972)
    Mitchell Parish - lyricist, "Star Dust," "Sophisticated Lady" (1900-1993)
    Brian Priestley - pianist, arranger, journalist - 72
    Noble Sissle - bandleader, singer (1897-1975)

    11

    Clyde Bernhardt - trombonist (1905-1986)
    Blind Lemon Jefferson - bluesman (1897-1929)
    Henry Lowther - trumpeter - 71
    Carol Morgan - trumpeter, composer - 44
    Tomasz Stanko - Polish trumpeter - 70

    12

    Will Bradley - trombonist, composer, arranger (1912-1989)
    Jeff Brillinger - drummer - 65
    Conte Candoli - trumpeter with Kenton & Woody Herman (1927-2001)
    Rusty Dedrick - trumpeter (1918-2009)
    Paul Gonsalves - tenor saxophonist (1920-1974)
    Oscar Hammerstein II - lyricist (1895-1960)
    Yaron Herman - pianist - 31
    Jean-Francois Jenny-Clark - bassist (1944-1998)
    Big John Patton - organist (1935-2002)
    Luciana Souza - singer - 46
    Chuck Stentz - saxophonist - 86
    Donald Walden - tenor saxophonist (1938-2008)
    Van Cliburn - concert pianist - 78

    13

    Albert Ayler - tenor saxophonist (1936-1970)
    Gregg Bendian - free jazz percussionist & composer - 49
    Bill Carrothers - pianist - 48
    Greg Cohen - bassist, composer - 59
    Pete Escovedo - percussionist - 77
    Johnny Hartman - singer (1923-1983)
    George Lewis - clarinetist (1900-1968)
    Tom Ranier - pianist, 3 Prime - 63
    Leroy Vinnegar - bassist (1928-1999)
    Roger McGuinn - Byrds leader, singer/songwriter - 70

    14

    Todd Coolman - bassist - 58
    Alan Dawson - drummer & educator (1929-1996)
    Akua Dixon - cellist ?
    Angelique Kidjo - West African singer - 52
    Ted Koehler - lyricist, "Stormy Weather," "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (1894-1973)
    Billy Kyle - pianist (1914-1966)
    George E. Lewis - composer, trombonist - 60
    Woody Guthrie - folk singer (1912-1967)

    15

    Tim Daisy - drummer for Vandermark 5, composer - 36
    Tobias Delius - tenor saxophonist - 48
    Dorothy Fields - lyricist (1905-1974)
    Sadik Hakim - pianist (1922-1983)
    Joe Harriott - altoist (1928-1973)
    'Philly' Joe Jones - drummer (1923-1985)
    Ben Street - bassist - 47
    Harrison Birtwistle - British contemporary composer - 78
    Julian Bream - guitarist - 79

    16

    Teddy Buckner - trumpeter (1909-1994)
    John Chilton - journalist, trumpeter - 80
    Nat Pierce - pianist, composer, arranger for W.Herman (1925-1992)
    Bobby Previte - drummer - 61
    Bola Sete - Brazilian guitarist (1928-1987)
    Cal Tjader - vibist (1925-1982)
    Rene Urtreger - pianist - 78
    Andrea Vicari - composer, pianist - 47
    Todd Williams - saxophonist, clarinetist - 45
    Joanna Macgregor - concert pianist & contemporary music specialist - 53

    17

    Danny Bank - baritone saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist (1922-2010)
    George Barnes - guitarist with B.Pizzarelli & R.Braff (1921-1977)
    Nick Brignola - baritone saxophonist (1936-2002)
    Ray Copeland - trumpeter, composer (1926-1984)
    Eddie Dougherty - drummer (1915-1994)
    Liberty Ellman - guitarist - 41
    Robert Farnon - arranger (1924-2005)
    Mark Feldman - violinist with John Zorn - 57
    Donal Fox - pianist, composer - 60
    Chico Freeman - saxophonist, bass clarinetist, flutist - 63
    Alvester Carroll Garnett - drummer - 42
    Vince Guaraldi - pianist, composer (1928-1976)
    Abe Laboriel - bassist, 3 Prime - 65
    Joe Morello - drummer (1928-2011)
    Mary Osborne - guitarist (1921-1992)
    Joanie Pallatto - singer - 58
    Ben Riley - drummer - 79
    Little Jimmy Scott - singer - 87
    Peter Trunk - bassist (1936-1973)
    Per Henrik Wallin - pianist (1946-2005)
    Jack Washington - baritone saxophonist (1910-1964)

    18

    Brian Auger - organist - 73
    Don Bagley - bassist, arranger - 85
    Joe Comfort - bassist (1917-1988)
    Carl Fontana - trombonist - 84
    Screamin' Jay Hawkins - bluesman (1929-2000)
    Charlie Lavere - pianist, composer, singer (1910-1983)
    Katya Sourikova - pianist - ?
    Pete Yellin - altoist, woodwinds - 70

    19

    David Allyn - singer - 89
    Buster Bailey - clarinetist/saxophonist (1902-1967)
    Bobby Bradford - trumpeter - 78
    Carmen Bradford - singer - 52
    Dick Collins - trumpeter - 88
    Cliff Jackson - pianist (1902-1970)
    Carmell Jones - trumpet (1936-1996)
    Ernie Shepard - bassist (1916-1965)
    Charlie Teagarden - trumpeter (1913-1984)

    20

    Joachim-Ernst Berendt - journalist (1922-2000)
    Arnold Fishkin - bassist - 93
    Steven Ganz - tenor saxophonist - 44
    Peter Ind - bassist - 84
    Lou Lanza - singer - 42
    Romero Lubambo - Brazlian guitarist, Trio da Paz member - 57
    Carlos Santana - guitarist/singer - 65
    Charles Tyler - alto & baritone saxophonist (1941-1992)
    Ernie Wilkins - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1922-1999)

    21

    Jamey Aebersold - educator - 73
    Sonny Clark - pianist (1931-1963)
    Plas Johnson - tenor saxophonist - 81
    Helen Merrill - singer - 82
    Omer Simeon - clarinetist with Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines (1902-1959)
    Kay Starr - singer - 90
    Isaac Stern - violinist (1920-2001)

    22

    Johannes Bauer - avant-garde trombonist - 58
    Keeter Betts - bassist (1928-2005)
    Jimmy Bruno - guitarist, educator - 59
    Junior Cook - tenor saxophonist with Horace Silver & Blue Mitchell (1934-1992)
    Lainie Cooke - singer - 71
    Al Dimeola - guitarist - 58
    Bob Downes - flutist - 75
    Willard Dyson - drummer - 50
    Al Haig - pianist (1924-1982)
    Lou McGarity - trombonist (1917-1971)
    Don Patterson - organist (1936-1988)
    Bill Perkins - tenor saxophonist (1924-2004)
    Rich Perry - tenor saxophonist - 62
    Mario Rivera - saxophonist/flutist (1939-2007)
    Margaret Whiting - singer (1924-2011)
    Dennis Wilson - trombonist - 60
    George Clinton - funk pioneer - 72

    23

    Danny Barcelona - drummer with Armstrong (1929-2007)
    Alan Barnes - British alto & baritone saxophonist - 53
    Emmett Berry - trumpeter with Basie & Teddy Wilson (1915-1993)
    Marc Edwards - drummer - 63
    Khan Jamal - vibist - 66
    Richie Kamuca - tenor saxophonist (1930-1977)
    Steve Lacy - soprano sax (1934-2004)
    Loren Schoenberg - bandleader, tenor saxophonist - 54
    Janis Siegel - singer - 60
    James Weidman - pianist - 59
    Maria Joao-Pires - concert pianist - 68

    24

    Ahmad Aladeen - KC saxophonist (1934-2010)
    Druie Bess - trombonist (1906-?)
    Etienne Charles - Trinidadian trumpeter - 29
    Rudy Collins - drummer - 78
    Jon Faddis - trumpeter - 59
    Herbie Haymer - tenor saxophonist (1915-1949)
    Tim Horner - drummer - 56
    Len Lyons - journalist - 70
    Mike Mainieri - vibist - 74
    Charles McPherson - altoist - 73
    James Olsen - composer/arranger - 58
    Barry Romberg - drummer - 53
    Billy Taylor - pianist (1921-2010)
    Joe Thomas - swing era trumpeter (1909-1984)
    Cootie Williams - trumpeter (1910-1985)
    Peter Serkin - concert pianist & contemporary music specialist - 65

    25

    Brian Blade - drummer - 42
    Mike Dirubbo - altoist - 42
    Don Ellis - trumpeter, bandleader (1934-1978)
    Johnny Hodges - altoist (1906-1970)
    Darnell Howard - clarinetist (1895-1966)
    Denman Maroney - pianist - 63
    Annie Ross - singer - 82

    26

    Ralph Blane - lyricist, "The Trolley Song," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (1914-1995)
    Patti Bown - pianist (1931-2008)
    Joanne Brackeen - pianist, composer - 74
    Buddy Clark - singer (1912-1949)
    Erskine Hawkins - bandleader, trumpeter (1914-1993)
    Ray Mosca - drummer - 80
    Charli Persip - drummer - 83
    Jack Six - bassist - 82
    Natsuki Tamura - Japanese trumpeter - 61
    Angela Hewitt - concert pianist, Bach specialist - 54

    27

    Karrin Allyson - singer - 50
    Deirdre Cartwright - guitarist - 56
    Carl Grubbs - altoist - 68
    Joel Harrison - guitarist - 55
    Einar Iverson - Norwegian pianist/flutist - 82
    Charlie Shoemake - vibist - 75
    Edward Simon - Venezuelan pianist - 43
    Bob Thiele - Impulse label producer (1922-1996)
    Barbara Thompson - saxophonist - 68
    Jean Toussaint - tenor saxophonist - 52

    28

    Corky Corcoran - tenor saxophonist (1924-1979)
    Hal Crook - trombonist, pianist, educator - 62
    Benjamin Drazen - saxophonist - 40
    Nnenna Freelon - singer - 58
    Jim Galloway - saxophonist/clarinetist - 76
    Noah Haidu - pianist - 40
    Jim Hughart - bassist - 76

    29

    Nancie Banks - bandleader/arranger/singer (1951-2002)
    Joe Beck - guitarist (1945-2008)
    Charlie Christian - guitarist (1916-1942)
    Vic Lewis - big band leader, trombonist - 93
    Don Redman - clarinetist, altoist (1900-1964)
    Logan Richardson - saxophonist, composer - 32
    Sigmund Romberg - songwriter (1887-1951)
    Ellyn Rucker - singer - 75

    30

    Vernel Fournier - drummer (1928-2000)
    Buddy Guy - bluesman - 76
    Hilton Jefferson - altoist (1903-1968)
    Kevin Mahogany - singer - 54
    Dick McDonough - guitarist (1904-1938)
    Roy Porter - drummer - 89
    James Spaulding - altoist, flutist - 75

    31

    Kenny Burrell - guitarist - 81
    Bill Clark - drummer (1925-1986)
    Ahmet Ertegun - executive / producer (1923-2006)
    Gene Ess (Aka Gene Shimosato) - guitarist - 47
    George 'Chet' Forrest - songwriter, "Baubles, Bangles & Beads," "It's A Blue World" (1915-1999)
    Stephanie Haynes - singer - 67
    Hank Jones - pianist (1918-2010)
    Stanley Jordan - guitarist - 53
    George Kelly - tenor saxophonist (1915-1998)
    Howard Levy - harmonica player - 61
    Dafnis Prieto - Cuban drummer - 38
    Michael Wolff - pianist - 60
    Last edited by Allen H; July-4th-2012 at 11:25 PM.

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    Thanks, Allen. Mostly minutiae:

    Happy 60th:
    Jonn Lurie (9th)
    John

    9

    Jonn Lurie - altoist - 60
    John (And just saxophonist? Alto/soprano per Wikipedia)

    (But please note: A number of sources list his date of birth as December 14, 1952.)


    3

    Mississippi' John Hurt - bluesman (1893-1966)
    (Delete apostrophe---or add an opening single quotation mark, if that's what's intended)

    12

    Conte Candoli - trumpeter with Kenton & Woody Herman (1927-2001)
    (Add Stan?)

    12

    Oscar Hammerstein Ii - lyricist (1895-1960)
    II

    31

    George 'Chet' Forrest - songwriter, "Baubles, Bangles & Beads,"It's A Blue World" (1915-1999)
    (Add a closing quotation mark after Beads, and add a space between the two song titles)
     
    Last edited by bluenoter; June-29th-2012 at 01:19 PM.

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    Fixed. Looks like you may be right about Lurie's birthdate, so I took him out for this month. Thanks--

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    Two of the great & legendary organists of this or any other day share the same birthday!!

    Dr. Lonnie above, and the extraordinary Rhoda Scott (74) who is not on the birthday list, which I am sure will be taken care of.


    Last edited by Mike Schwartz; July-3rd-2012 at 04:21 PM.

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    Taken care of, albeit a day late....

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