December 2012 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections always welcomed...


Happy 30th:
Rafal Sarnecki (12th)

Happy 35th:
Verneri Pohjola (23rd)

Happy 40th:
J.D. Allen III (11th)
Stefano Bollani (5th)

Happy 45th:
Dave Ellis (1st)

Happy 50th:
Tim Armacost (8th)
Rachel Z (28th)

Happy 55th:
Guy Barker (26th)
Eric Marienthal (9th)
Roberto Ottaviano (21st)
Dave Ratajczak (24th)

Happy 60th:
Rob Blakeslee (9th)
Joe Lovano (29th)
John Lurie (9th)
Mathias Ruegg (8th)

Happy 65th:
Uli Beckerhoff (6th)
Leo Cuypers (1st)
Egberto Gismonti (5th)
Andy Laverne (4th)
Miroslav Vitous (6th)

Happy 70th:
Steve Brown (27th)

Happy 75th:
Mike Carr (7th)
Phil Kelly (16th)
Milcho Leviev (19th)
Bernt Rosengren (24th)
Don Sebesky (10th)

Happy 80th:
Donald Byrd (9th)
Bob Cranshaw (10th)

Happy 85th:
Ernie Andrews (25th)
Bill Crow (27th)

Happy 90th:
Sol Yaged (8th)


1

Bob Alberti - pianist - 78
John Bunch - pianist (1921-2010)
Leo Cuypers - Dutch pianist - 65
Dave Ellis - tenor saxophonist - 45
Carlos Garnett - tenor saxophonist - 74
Ray Henderson - songwriter, "It All Depends On You," "The Thrill is Gone" (1896-1970)
Lurlean Hunter - R&B singer - 84
Dick Johnson - clarinetist, altoist, Artie Shaw Orch. leader (1925-2010)
Jimmy Lyons - altoist with Cecil Taylor (1932-1986)
Jimmy Lytell - early clarinetist with ODJB (1904-1972)
Jaco Pastorius - bassist (1951-1987)
Lou Rawls - singer (1937-2006)

2

Fred Fried - guitarist - 64
Adolph Green - songwriter (1915-2002)
Wynton Kelly - pianist (1931-1971)
Fate Marable - bandleader, pianist (1890-1947)
Ronnie Mathews - pianist (1935-2008)
Eddie Sauter - arranger/composer (1914-1981)
Sylvia Syms - singer (1917-1992)
Charlie Ventura - tenor saxophonist (1916-1992)
Dave Zoller - pianist/arranger/composer, Jazz Corner poster - 71
Maria Callas - opera singer (1923-1977)

3

Connee Boswell - singer (1907-1976)
Brad Gowans - trombonist, clarinetist, arranger (1903-1954)
Machito (Frank Grillo) - percussionist (1908-1984)
Webster Young - trumpeter (1932-2003)
Nino Rota - film composer for Fellini (1911-1979)
Anton Webern - composer (1883-1945)

4

Herman Autrey - trumpeter with Fats Waller (1904-1980)
Denis Charles - drummer (1933-1998)
Jim Hall - guitarist - 82
Eddie Heywood - pianist, arranger (1915-1989)
Russell Jacquet - trumpeter (1917-1990)
John Lamb - Ellington bassist in '60s - 79
Andy Laverne - pianist, composer - 65
Frank Tiberi - tenor saxophonist with Woody Herman - 84
Cassandra Wilson - singer - 57

5

Gene Allen - baritone saxophonist with Prima, Thornhill, Mulligan - 84
Anders Bergcrantz - Swedish trumpeter - 51
Totti Bergh - tenor saxophonist - 77
Stefano Bollani - pianist - 40
Brian Bromberg - bassist, producer - 52
Art Davis - bassist, educator (1934-2007)
Kay Davis - singer with Ellington - 92
Kansas Fields - drummer with Bird & Diz (1915-1995)
Egberto Gismonti - Brazilian composer, guitarist - 65
Oliver Johnson - drummer with Steve Lacy - 68
Enrico Pieranunzi - Italian pianist - 63
Augusto Pirodda - pianist - 41
Sonny Boy Williamson - bluesman (1899-1965)
Osvaldo Golijov - composer - 52

6

Bill Ashton - Natl. Youth Jazz Orch. (UK) leader - 76
Uli Beckerhoff - trumpeter - 65
Dave Brubeck - pianist - 92
Bob Cooper - Kenton tenor saxophonist (1925-1993)
Frankie Dunlop - drummer with Monk, Hampton - 84
James Finn - tenor saxophonist - 56
Ira Gershwin - lyricist (1896-1983)
Eddie Gladden - drummer (1937-2003)
Armand Hug - New Orleans pianist (1910-1977)
Guillermo Klein - Brazilian pianist - 43
Jay Leonhart - bassist - 72
Fulton McGrath - pianist (1907-1958)
Harvie S. (Aka Harvie Swartz) - bassist - 64
Steve Swell - trombonist - 58
Miroslav Vitous - bassist - 65
Henryk Gorecki - Polish composer (1933-2010)

7

Noel Akchote - guitarist - 44
Robby Ameen - drummer - 52
Joyce Carr - singer (1931-2002)
Mike Carr - pianist, organist, vibist - 75
Wolfgang Haffner - drummer - 47
Teddy Hill - Minton's Playhouse manager, bandleader (1909-1978)
Cecil Irwin - tenor saxophonist with Earl Hines (1902-1935)
Kerry Marsh - composer, arranger ?
Billy Moore Jr. - arranger for Lunceford, T.Dorsey (1917-1989)
Sonny Phillips - organist, educator - 76
Louis Prima - bandleader/singer/trumpeter (1911-1978)
Matthew Shipp - pianist - 52
Rosemary Squires - singer - 84
Mads Vinding - Danish bassist - 64
Val Wilmer - journalist - 71
Tom Waits - singer, songwriter - 63

8

Tim Armacost - tenor saxophonist - 50
Seamus Blake - tenor saxophonist with John Scofield - 42
Cleo Brown - blues singer/pianist (1909-1995)
Mathias Ruegg - Vienna Art Orchestra arranger/composer - 60
Jimmy Smith - organist (1925-2005)
Sol Yaged - clarinetist - 90
Jean Sibelius - composer (1865-1957)

9

Rob Blakeslee - Portland trumpeter - 60
Donald Byrd - trumpeter - 80
Matty Malneck - violinist, songwriter, "Stairway To The Stars," "I'll Never Be the Same" (1903-1981)
Eric Marienthal - alto & tenor saxophonist - 55
Jimmy Owens - trumpeter - 69
Mick Rossi - pianist - 56
Bob Scobey - Dixieland trumpeter (1916-1963)
Junior Wells - bluesman (1934-1998)
Joshua Bell - classical violinist - 45

10

Harold Adamson - lyricist, "Time On My Hands," "Everything I Have Is Yours" (1906-1980)
Franco Ambrosetti - trumpet - 71
Lew Brown - lyricist, "Birth of the Blues," "The Thrill Is Gone" (1893-1958)
Bob Cranshaw - bassist - 80
Irving Fazola - clarinetist (1912-1949)
Jim Ferguson - singer - 62
Carl Jefferson - Concord Records founder (1919-1995)
Ray Nance - Ellington cornetist, violinist, singer on "Take the A Train" (1913-1976)
Diane Schuur - singer - 59
Don Sebesky - composer/arranger - 75
George Tucker - bassist in '50-'60s (1927-1965)
Olivier Messiaen - composer (1908-1992)

11

J.D. Allen III - tenor saxophonist - 40
Eddie Johnson - tenor saxophonist (1920-2010)
Marky Markowitz - trumpeter (1923-1986)
Jack Purvis - trumpeter (1906-1962)
Daniel Bernard Roumain - violinist & composer - 41
Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton - blues singer (1926-1984)
Mccoy Tyner - pianist, composer - 74
Elliott Carter - composer (1908-2012)

12

Alex Acuna - Peruvian percussionist - 68
Toshiko Akiyoshi - bandleader - 83
Eddie Barefield - arranger/saxophonist (1909-1991)
Gary Barone - educator, trumpeter - 71
Michael Carvin - drummer - 68
Bruce Ditmas - Gil Evans drummer - 66
Bob Dorough - singer - 89
Richard Galliano - accordionist - 62
Jay Gorney - songwriter, "You're My Thrill" (1896-1990)
Tim Hauser - singer with Manhattan Transfer - 71
Jeff Johnson - bassist - 58
Dodo Marmarosa - pianist (1925-2002)
Mark Mondesir - drummer - 48
Rafal Sarnecki - guitarist - 30
Frank Sinatra - singer (1915-1998)
Don Stovall - altoist with Red Allen (1913-1970)
Grover Washington - saxophonist (1943-1999)
Joe Williams - singer (1918-1999)
Tony Williams - drummer (1945-1997)

13

Borah Bergman - free jazz pianist (1933-2012)
Sonny Greer - drummer (1895-1982)
Reggie Johnson - bassist - 72
Ben Tucker - bassist - 82

14

Dan Barrett - trombonist - 57
Ted Buckner - altoist (1913-1976)
Jerome Cooper - Revolutionary Ensemble co-founder, drummer - 66
Stanley Crouch - journalist, drummer - 67
Chuck Gentry - baritone saxophonist (1911-1988)
Budd Johnson - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1910-1984)
Nick Levinovsky - pianist, bandleader - 68
John Lurie - alto & tenor saxophonist - 60
Phineas Newborn Jr. - pianist (1931-1989)
Cecil Payne - baritone saxophonist (1922-2007)
Clark Terry - trumpeter - 92
Viola Wells - singer (1902-1984)
Leo Wright - altoist (1933-1991)
Rosalyn Tureck - pianist & Bach specialist (1914-2003)

15

Ed Allen - cornetist with Clarence Williams (1897-1974)
Maxwell Anderson - lyricist, "September Song," "Lost in the Stars" (1888-1959)
Billy Butler - soul-jazz guitarist (1925-1991)
Curtis Fuller - trombonist - 78
John Hammond - producer (1910-1987)
Barry Harris - pianist - 83
Stan Kenton - bandleader, arranger, pianist (1911-1979)
Jimmy Nottingham - trumpeter (1925-1978)
Eddie Palmieri - pianist, arranger - 76
Gene Quill - altoist, clarinetist (1927-1988)
Dannie Richmond - drummer (1935-1988)
Edith Piaf - chanteuse (1915-1963)

16

John Abercrombie - guitarist - 68
Noel Coward - songwriter (1899-1973)
Mike Fahn - trombonist - 52
Joe Farrell - tenor saxophonist, flutist (1937-1986)
Joe Fonda - bassist - 58
Robben Ford - guitarist - 61
Phil Kelly - arranger/composer, drummer - 75
Rene McLean - saxophonist - 66
Sam Most - flutist, tenor saxophonist - 82
Turk Murphy - trombonist (1915-1987)
Andy Razaf - lyricist, "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Honeysuckle Rose" (1895-1973)
Johnny "Hammond" Smith - organist (1933-1997)

17

Walter Booker - bassist (1933-2006)
Vyacheslav Ganelin - pianist, composer - 68
Marguerite Juenemann - singer - 58
Sonny Red Kyner - altoist (1932-1981)
Louis Mitchell - drummer (1885-1957)
Ray Noble - composer, bandleader, songwriter (1903-1978)
Sy Oliver - arranger (1910-1988)
John Ore - bassist - 79
Ludwig Von Beethoven - composer (1770-1827)

18

Lonnie Brooks - bluesman - 79
Willis Conover - broadcaster (1920-1996)
Barry Galbraith - guitarist (1919-1983)
Ira Gitler - journalist - 84
Fletcher Henderson - bandleader (1898-1952)
Ellen Johnson - singer - 58
Lawrence Lucie - guitarist (1907-2009)
Big Miller - singer (1922-1992)
Sam Morgan - New Orleans trumpeter (1887-1936)
Chris Murrell - singer - 54
Wadada Leo Smith - trumpeter - 71
Nick Stabulas - drummer (1929-1973)
Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - altoist (1917-1988)

19

Bob Brookmeyer - trombonist/arranger, bandleader, pianist (1929-2011)
Laurent De Wilde - pianist - 52
Milcho Leviev - pianist, composer - 75
Kerry Politzer - pianist - 41
Erskine Tate - violinist, bandleader in '20s Chicago (1895-1978)
Bobby Timmons - pianist (1935-1974)
Lu Watters - trumpeter, bandleader (1911-1989)
Lenny White - drummer - 63
Aziza Mustafa Zadeh - pianist, singer, composer - 43
Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd - New Orleans R&B singer/pianist (1918-1980)

20

Arne Domnerus - Swedish altoist (1924-2008)
John Hardee - tenor saxophonist (1918-1984)
Paul Francis Webster - lyricist, "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good," "Baltimore Oriole" (1907-1984)
Larry Willis - pianist, keyboardist - 72
John Harbison - composer - 74

21

David Baker - trombonist, cellist, composer - 81
Alex Blake - bassist with Randy Weston, leader, composer - 61
Cameron Brown - Adams-Pullen bassist - 67
Marshall Brown - valve trombonist, educator (1920-1983)
James Emery - guitarist with String Trio of New York - 61
Panama Francis - drummer (1918-2001)
John Hicks - pianist (1940-2006)
Roberto Ottaviano - saxophonist - 55
Harry Revel - songwriter, "There's A Lull In My Life," "You Hit the Spot" (1905-1958)
Rita Reys - Dutch singer - 88
Dave Solazzo - pianist - 38
George Treadwell - trumpeter (1919-1967)
Peetie Wheatstraw - bluesman (1902-1941)
Chip White - percussionist - 66
Michael Tilson Thomas - San Francisco Symphony conductor - 68
Frank Zappa - composer (1940-1993)

22

Ronnie Ball - pianist with Lee Konitz, Chris Connor (1927-1984)
Nick Ceroli - drummer (1939-1985)
Frank Gambale - guitarist with Chick Corea's Elektric Band - 54
Lil Green - singer (1919-1954)
Reunald Jones - Basie trumpeter (1910-1989)
John Patitucci - bassist - 53
Danny Polo - clarinetist (1901-1949)
Joe Lee Wilson - singer & NYC loft scene leader (1935-2011)
Giacomo Puccini - composer (1858-1924)
Edgard Varese - composer (1883-1965)

23

Chet Baker - trumpeter & singer (1929-1988)
Cyro Baptista - Brazilian percussionist - 62
Ralph Bowen - saxophonist - 51
Joe Harris - educator, drummer for Diz & Bird - 86
Laurence Hobgood - pianist - 53
Chris McNulty - singer - 59
Frank Morgan - altoist (1933-2007)
Little Esther Phillips - singer (1935-1984)
Verneri Pohjola - Finnish trumpeter - 35
Robert Wagner - saxophonist - 44

24

Ray Bryant - pianist (1931-2011)
Jimmy Campbell - drummer for Kenton, W. Herman - 84
Henry Coker - 50s Basie trombonist (1919-1979)
Hank Crawford - altoist (1934-2009)
Baby Dodds - drummer (1898-1959)
Chris McGregor - South African bandleader (1936-1990)
Ralph Moore - tenor saxophonist - 56
Francois Moutin - bassist - 51
Paal Nilsson-Love - Norwegian drummer - 38
Dave Ratajczak - drummer - 55
Bernt Rosengren - Swedish tenor saxophonist - 75
Woody Shaw - trumpeter (1944-1989)
Jabbo Smith - 1920s trumpeter (1908-1991)
Harry Warren - songwriter, "Lullaby of Broadway," "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (1893-1981)
Craig Yaremko - saxophonist - 34

25

Arthur Adams - blues singer - 69
Don Alias - percussionist (1939-2005)
Ernie Andrews - singer - 85
Cab Calloway - singer (1907-1994)
Wayman Carver - early flutist (1905-1967)
Louis Cottrell - drummer (1878-1927)
Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophonist - 71
Chris Ellis - singer - 84
Izzy Friedman - clarinetist in '20s Chicago (1903-1981)
Eddie Gibbs - guitarist, banjo - 104
Bob James - fusion pianist/keyboardist, composer - 73
Enrique Jorrin - composer / bandleader, originator of cha-cha-cha (1926-1987)
Harry 'Big Jim' Lawson - trumpeter - 108
Oscar Moore - guitarist in Nat King Cole Trio (1916-1981)
Kid Ory - New Orleans trombonist (1886-1973)
Don Pullen - pianist (1944-1995)
Pete Rugolo - Kenton arranger, Birth of the Cool producer (1915-2011)
Eddie Safranski - Kenton band bassist (1918-1974)
Chris Woods - altoist (1925-1985)
Little Richard - rocker - 77

26

Butch Ballard - drummer (1917-2011)
Guy Barker - English trumpeter - 55
Monty Budwig - West Coast bassist (1929-1992)
Una Mae Carlisle - singer (1915-1956)
Frank De La Rosa - bassist - 79
Dwight Dickerson - pianist - 68
Brooks Kerr - pianist - 61
John Scofield - guitarist - 61

27

Mike Altschul - tenor saxophonist - 67
Mike Barone - trombonist - 76
Steve Brown - guitarist, composer & arranger, educator - 70
Sam Coslow - songwriter, "My Old Flame," "Cocktails For Two" (1902-1982)
Bill Crow - bassist with Mulligan, writer, "Jazz Anecdotes" - 85
Dardanelle - singer (1917-1997)
Johnny Frigo - violinist, bassist with J.Dorsey, writer of "Detour Ahead" (1916-2007)
Pablo Held - pianist - 26
Bunk Johnson - trumpet (1889-1949)
Oscar Levant - songwriter, "Blame It On My Youth" (1906-1972)
T.S. Monk - drummer - 63
Walter Norris - pianist - 81
Eddie Wilcox - Lunceford arranger (1907-1968)
Booty Wood - Ellington and Basie trombonist (1919-1987)

28

David Berkman - pianist, composer, educator - 54
Joe Cohn - guitarist, trumpet - 56
Bob Cunningham - bassist with Diz, Y. Lateef - 78
Earl "Fatha" Hines - pianist (1903-1983)
Al Klink - tenor saxophonist with G.Miller, B.Goodman bands (1915-1991)
Moe Koffman - flutist, saxophonist (1928-2001)
Billy Mackel - Hampton guitarist (1910-1986)
Ted Nash - altoist, composer with Jazz Composers Collective - 53
Rebecca Parris - singer - 61
Manuel "Manole" Perez - early New Orleans cornetist (1871-1946)
Michel Petrucciani - pianist (1962-1999)
Rachel Z - keyboards/singer - 50
Janice Robinson - trombonist - 61
Ann Ronell - songwriter, "Willow Weep For Me" - 104
Lonnie Liston Smith - keyboardist - 72
Dick Sudhalter - Dixieland trumpeter, writer, "Lost Chords" (1938-2008)
Ed Thigpen - drummer with Oscar Peterson, Ella (1930-2010)
Richie Zellon - Peruvian guitarist, producer/educator - 58
Roger Sessions - composer (1896-1985)

29

Irving Ashby - guitarist (1920-1987)
George Colligan - pianist, trumpeter - 43
Cutty Cutshall - trombonist with Eddie Condon (1911-1968)
Freddie Jacobs - trumpeter - 63
Joe Lovano - tenor saxophonist - 60
Laurel Masse - Manhattan Transfer singer - 61
Snub Mosley - trombonist (1905-1981)
Danilo Perez - pianist - 46
Reuben Radding - bassist - 46
Pablo Casals - cellist (1876-1973)
Rick Danko - Band bassist (1942-1999)

30

Ron Affif - guitarist - 47
Freddie Bryant - guitarist - 48
Charlie Creath - guitarist with Fate Marable (1890-1951)
Wolfgang Dauner - composer, keyboardist - 77
Aloysio De Oliveira - Brazilian songwriter, "Dindi," "Useless Landscape" (1914-1995)
Jerry Granelli - drummer - 72
Jimmy Jones - pianist, arranger (1918-1982)
Nancy Lamott - cabaret singer (1951-1995)
Jack Montrose - tenor saxophonist (1928-2006)
Lewis Nash - drummer - 54
Stan Tracey - pianist, arranger/composer - 86
Miguel Zenon - altoist, composer - 36
Nancy Van De Vate - contemporary American composer - 82

31

Peter Herbolzheimer - bandleader, composer, trombonist (1935-2010)
Jonah Jones - trumpet (1909-2000)
John Kirby - bassist, leader (1908-1952)
Klaus Koenig - composer, conductor - 53
Jule Styne - songwriter, "Just in Time," "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" (1905-1994)
Jennifer Higdon - composer - 50

[Valerie]

didn't Elliot Carter just pass at 103 years old?

[Allen H]

Yep, I guess so. Hadn't seen that. Thanks--