January 2013 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections always welcomed...


Happy 35th:
Kekko Fornarelli (10th)

Happy 50th:
Trudy Kerr (3rd)
Christine Tobin (6th)
John Colianni (7th)
Andrew Cleyndert (8th)
Cyrus Chestnut (17th)
John Bacon Jr. (28th)
Fareed Haque (28th)

Happy 55th:
Yves Robert (17th)
Kerry McCoy (28th)

Happy 60th:
Paul Wertico (5th)
Mike Stern (10th)
Jeff Berlin (17th)
Bob Mintzer (27th)

Happy 65th:
Thurman Barker (8th)
Aki Takase (26th)
Bob Moses (28th)

Happy 70th:
Barry Altschul (6th)
Jeannie Lambert (7th)
Billy Harper (17th)
Ray Pizzi (19th)
Valery Ponomarev (20th)
Steve Gilmore (21st)
Steve Potts (21st)
Maarten Altena (22nd)
Michael Urbaniak (22nd)
Gary Burton (23rd)
Leny Andrade (25th)

Happy 75th:
Tony Inzalaco (14th)
Jimmie Smith (27th)

Happy 80th:
Jackie Williams (2nd)
Hector Rivera (6th)

Happy 85th:
Al Belletto (3rd)
Dick Nash (26th)


In Memoriam:
Jimmy Van Heusen – 100th anniversary (26th)



1

Helmut Brandt - German bandleader (1931-2001)
Oscar 'Papa' Celestin - New Orleans trumpeter (1884-1954)
Slim Gaillard - singer, pianist, guitarist (1916-1991)
Sonny Greenwich - guitarist - 77
Nick Hempton - tenor & alto saxophonist - 37
Milt Jackson - vibist (1923-1999)
Howard 'Swan' Johnson - altoist with Diz, Benny Carter (1908-1991)
Orville Knapp - KC bandleader (1904-1936)
Susannah McCorkle - singer (1949-2001)
Al McKibbon - bassist on "Birth of the Cool" (1919-2005)
George W. Meyer - songwriter, "There Are Such Things" (1894-1959)
Manny Oquendo - Latin jazz timbalero (1931-2009)
Chris Potter - tenor & alto saxophonist - 42
Jack Reilly - pianist, composer - 81
Ack Van Rooyen - arranger/trumpeter - 83

2

Nick Fatool - West Coast drummer (1915-2000)
Henry Goodwin - trumpeter (1910-1979)
Arthur Prysock - singer (1924-1997)
Isao Suzuki - bassist/cellist - 67
Jackie Williams - drummer - 80

3

Al Belletto - alto & baritone saxophonist - 85
James Carter - saxophonist - 44
Bill Easley - saxophonist, clarinetist - 67
Motohiko Hino - drummer, bandleader (1946-1999)
Preston Jackson - trombonist with Armstrong (1904-1983)
John Jenkins - altoist with Clifford Jordan Big Band (1931-1993)
Eddie Jones - bassist (1929-1997)
Trudy Kerr - Australian singer - 50
Harold 'Geezil' Minerve - altoist with Duke & Mercer Ellington bands (1922-1992)
Herbie Nichols - composer/pianist (1919-1963)
Susana Santos Silva - Portuguese trumpeter - 34

4

Eugene Chadbourne - guitarist, critic - 59
Alex Cline - drummer/percussionist - 57
Nels Cline - guitarist - 57
Robert Dick - flutist - 63
Al Dreares - drummer - 84
Joe Marsala - clarinetist (1907-1978)
John McLaughlin - guitarist - 71
Frankie Newton - trumpeter (1906-1954)
Frank Wess - tenor & alto saxophonist/flutist - 91

5

Jimmy Amadie - pianist - 76
Art Baron - trombonist with Ellington - 63
Wild Bill Davison - cornetist (1906-1989)
Chuck Flores - drummer - 78
Clifford Grey - lyricist, "Sometimes I'm Happy" (1887-1941)
Oscar Klein - Austrian Dixieland-style trumpeter (1930-2006)
Myra Melford - pianist - 56
Dizzy Reece - trumpeter - 82
Louis Stewart - guitarist - 69
Paul Wertico - drummer - 60
Maurizio Pollini - concert pianist - 71

6

Lee Abrams - drummer (1925-1992)
Barry Altschul - drummer with P. Bley, A. Braxton - 70
Maurice Brown - trumpeter - 32
Vernon Brown - trombonist in '20s-30s (1907-1979)
Greg Fishman - tenor & alto saxophonist, flutist - 46
Chris Laurence - bassist - 64
Alex Maguire - pianist/composer - 54
Danny Moore - trumpeter - 72
Hector Rivera - Latin jazz keyboardist & arranger - 80
Don Sickler - arranger - 69
Bobby Stark - trumpeter with F. Henderson, Chocolate Dandies (1906-1945)
Christine Tobin - singer - 50
Alexander Scriabin - composer (1872-1915)

7

Henry 'Red' Allen - trumpeter (1908-1967)
Al Bowlly - '30s British singer (1899-1941)
John Colianni - pianist - 50
Kenny Davern - clarinetist (1935-2006)
Haywood Henry - baritone saxophonist for Erskine Hawkins band (1913-1994)
Jeannie Lambert - singer - 70
Herb Magidson - songwriter, "Gone With the Wind," "The Continental" (1906-1986)
Chano Pozo - percussionist (1915-1948)
Keg Purnell - drummer (1915-1965)
Jean-Pierre Rampal - flutist (1922-2000)
Davey Schildkraut - altoist (1925-1998)
Clarence Seay - bassist - 56
Sam Woodyard - '50s-60s Ellington drummer (1925-1988)
Eldee Young - bassist (1936-2007)
Clara Haskil - Romanian concert pianist (1895-1960)
Francis Poulenc - composer (1899-1963)

8

Thurman Barker - drummer, AACM artist - 65
Bobby Battle - drummer - 69
Andrew Cleyndert - bassist - 50
Wendell Culley - trumpeter with Basie & Hampton bands ("Lil' Darlin') (1906-1983)
Bill Goodwin - drummer - 71
Jon Lucien - singer (1942-2007)
Marilyn Mazur - percussionist - 58
Georg Riedel - Czech bassist/composer - 79
Margaret Slovak - guitarist - 51
Tomasz Szukalski - tenor saxophonist - 65
Bobby Tucker - pianist (1923-2007)
Dave Weckl - drummer - 53
Elvis Presley - rocker (1935-1977)
Giacinto Scelsi - Italian avant-garde composer (1905-1988)

9

Idris Ackamoor - alto & soprano saxophonist - 62
Kenny Clarke - drummer (1914-1985)
Mitch Frohman - Bronx Horns saxophonist & flautist - 59
Ed Garland - bassist (1885-1980)
Roger Guerin - French trumpeter (1926-2010)
Charlie Harris - bassist (1916-2003)
Jimmy Maxwell - trumpeter (1917-1997)
Bucky Pizzarelli - guitarist - 87
Betty Roche - singer (1918-1999)
Carson Smith - bassist (1931-1997)
Mel Stitzel - NORK member, pianist/composer, "The Chant" (1902-1952)

10

Nik Bartsch - pianist, composer. Ronin leader - 42
Willie Dennis - trombonist with Mingus, Mulligan (1926-1965)
Allen Eager - tenor saxophonist (1927-2003)
Kekko Fornarelli - pianist - 35
Buddy Johnson - big band singer, pianist, arranger (1915-1977)
Arthur Johnston - songwriter, "Pennies From Heaven," My Old Flame" (1898-1954)
William Parker - bassist - 61
Waymon Reed - trumpeter with Basie, S.Vaughan (1940-1982)
Lyle Ritz - bassist - 83
Max Roach - drummer (1924-2007)
Mike Stern - guitarist - 60
Gianluigi Trovesi - clarinetist/saxophonist, Italian Instabile Orch. - 69
Jimmy Weinstein - drummer - 53

11

Eden Atwood - singer - 44
Dee Daniels - singer - 66
Wilbur De Paris - trombonist (1900-1973)
Bob Gordon - baritone saxophonist (1928-1955)
Slim Harpo - bluesman (1924-1970)
Egil Johansen - Scandinavian drummer (1934-1998)
Osie Johnson - session drummer, arranger (1923-1966)
Cal Massey - composer, trumpeter (1928-1972)
Simon Nabatov - Russian pianist, composer - 54
Jack Nimitz - baritone saxophonist - 83
Lee Ritenour - guitarist - 61
Bud Scott - banjo player/guitarist with King Oliver, Kid Ory (1890-1940)
Tab Smith - altoist with Lucky Millinder (1909-1971)
Sippie Wallace - singer (1898-1986)

12

Jane Ira Bloom - soprano saxophonist - 58
Hadley Caliman - West Coast flutist & saxophonist (1932-2010)
Olu Dara - trumpeter - 72
Eddie De Lange - lyricist, "Solitude," "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?" (1904-1949)
George Duke - pianist - 67
Ronald Shannon Jackson - drummer - 73
Ingrid Jensen - trumpeter, educator - 46
Guy Lafitte - French tenor saxophonist (1927-1998)
Gene Lake - multi-instrumentalist - 47
Tony Malaby - tenor saxophonist - 49
Jay McShann - pianist, bandleader (1916-2006)
Ivo Perelman - free jazz tenor saxophonist - 52
Bill Ramsay - saxophonist - 84
Ira Schulman - flutist, reeds player - 87
Trummy Young - trombonist (1912-1984)
Morton Feldman - composer (1926-1987)

13

Danny Barker - banjo player/guitarist (1909-1994)
Steve Brown - bassist (1890-1965)
Simon H. Fell - bassist - 54
Quentin Jackson - trombonist (1909-1976)
Eero Koivistoinen - Finnish composer, arranger, educator - 67
Melba Liston - arranger, trombonist (1926-1999)
Kat Parra - singer - 51
Joe Pass - guitarist (1929-1994)

14

Billy Butterfield - trumpeter (1917-1988)
Jimmy Crawford - drummer for Lunceford band (1910-1980)
Mark Egan - bassist with Pat Metheny - 62
Jerome Hunter - bassist with S.Rivers & R.Ali - 71
Tony Inzalaco - drummer - 75
Steve Jordan - drummer with S.Rollins - 56
Nguyen Le - guitarist - 54
Stefano Maltese - Italian composer, reeds player - 58
Tucker Martine - producer - 41
Joe Muranyi - clarinetist - 85
Michael Simon - Latin jazz trumpeter - 38
Seymour Simons - songwriter, "All of Me" (1896-1949)
Grady Tate - drummer, singer - 81
Kenny Wheeler - trumpeter - 83

15

Baikida Carroll - trumpeter - 66
Gerry Gibbs - drummer - 49
Steve Jordan - guitarist (1919-1993)
Gene Krupa - drummer (1909-1973)
Bob Maize - bassist (1945-2004)
Artie Shapiro - bassist (1916-2003)
Paul Termos - altoist (1952-2003)
Allie Wrubel - songwriter, "Gone With the Wind," "The Masquerade is Over" (1905-1973)

16

Jan Johansson - Swedish trombonist/pianist - 57
Vido Musso - tenor saxophonist with Kenton, Goodman bands (1913-1982)
John Robichaux - early New Orleans bandleader (1886-1939)
Spike Robinson - tenor saxophonist (1930-2001)
Aldo Romano - drummer - 72
Tani Tabbal - drummer with Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray - 59
Ezra Weiss - pianist - 34
Gavin Bryars - English composer - 70

17

Cheryl Bentyne - singer with Manhattan Transfer - 59
Jeff Berlin - fusion bassist - 60
Big Sid Catlett - drummer (1910-1951)
Cyrus Chestnut - pianist - 50
Ted Dunbar - guitarist (1937-1998)
George Handy - Boyd Raeburn band arranger/composer (1920-1997)
Billy Harper - tenor saxophonist, composer - 70
Terrence Holder - early KC bandleader, trumpeter (1897-1979)
Yves Robert - French trombonist - 55
Cedar Walton - pianist/composer - 79
Jean Barraque - French avant-garde composer (1928-1973)
Donald Erb - composer - 86

18

Bobby Broom - guitarist with Rollins, Blakey - 52
Charles Delaunay - Hot Club of France founder, discographer (1911-1988)
Peter Epstein - saxophonist - 46
Alan Ferber - trombonist - 38
Russell Ferrante - Yellowjackets keyboardist - 61
Al Foster - drummer - 69
Steve Grossman - soprano & tenor saxophonist - 62
Irene Kral - singer (1932-1978)
Ray Sims - trombonist - 92
Don Thompson - bassist - 73

19

Charles Amirkhanian - composer - 68
Sam Brown - guitarist (1939-1977)
Carla Cook - singer - 51
Israel Crosby - bassist for F.Henderson, Krupa, Jamal (1919-1962)
Ray Eberle - singer with G.Miller, bandleader (1919-1979)
John 'Streamline' Ewing - trombonist (1917-2002)
Joe Magnarelli - trumpeter - 53
J.R. Monterose - tenor saxophonist (1927-1993)
Hod O'Brien - pianist - 77
Horace Parlan - pianist - 82
Ray Pizzi - reedman - 70
Shep Shepherd - drummer with Bill Doggett - 96
Phil Wilson - trombonist/composer - 76

20

Jimmy Cobb - drummer - 84
Chuck Domanico - bassist with S.Horn, S.Manne (1944-2002)
James Genus - bassist - 47
Antoine Herve - pianist & composer - 54
Bill Lesage - vibist/pianist (1927-2001)
Valery Ponomarev - trumpeter, leader of Universal Language - 70
Andy Sheppard - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 56
Lew Soloff - trumpeter - 89
Giovanni Tommaso - bassist - 72
Jeff 'Tain' Watts - drummer - 53
Walter Piston - composer (1894-1976)

21

Rudi Blesh - journalist & producer (1899-1985)
Steve Gilmore - bassist with Phil Woods, Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - 70
Lou Grassi - drummer - 66
Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) - bluesman (1888-1949)
Jason Moran - pianist - 38
Shigeharu Mukai - Japanese trombonist - 64
Kevin Norton - percussionist - 57
Steve Potts - alto & soprano saxophonist - 70
Bob Whitlock - bassist in G.Mulligan piano-less quartet - 82

22

Maarten Altena - Dutch bassist - 70
Tony Campise - altoist, flutist (1943-2010)
Milo Fine - critic, free jazz drummer/pianist - 61
Andre Hodeir - critic - 92
J.J. Johnson - trombonist, arranger (1924-2001)
Phillip Johnston - avant-garde saxophonist, composer - 58
Big Ed Lewis - trumpeter with Basie (1909-1985)
Teddy McRae - tenor saxophonist (1908-1999)
Irving 'Mouse' Randolph - trumpeter (1909-1997)
Alan Silva - bassist - 74
Teddy Smith - bassist with Horace Silver (1932-1979)
Juan Tizol - trombonist, arranger, composer of "Perdido," "Caravan" (1900-1984)
Michael Urbaniak - violinist - 70
Eberhard Weber - bassist - 73
Lizz Wright - singer - 33
Sam Cooke - singer (1931-1964)
Henri Dutilleux - contemporary French composer - 97

23

Ray Abrams - tenor saxophonist & big band leader (1920-1992)
Fred Beckett - trombonist (1917-1946)
Dave Black - drummer with Duke Ellington (1928-2006)
Gary Burton - vibist - 70
Scoops Carry - altoist, clarinetist (1915-1970)
Curtis Counce - bassist (1926-1963)
Richie Crabtree - pianist - 79
Teddy Napoleon - pianist with Krupa (1914-1964)
Harold Ousley - educator, saxophonist - 84
Marty Paich - arranger, pianist (1925-1995)
Django Reinhardt - guitarist (1910-1953)
David Stahl - trumpeter - 64
Michel Warlop - violinist with S.Grappelli (1911-1947)
Benny Waters - altoist (1902-1998)

24

Joe Albany - pianist (1924-1988)
Marion Cowings - singer - 67
Bob Degen - pianist - 69
Duane Eubanks - trumpeter - 44
Mitchel Forman - pianist - 57
Jimmy Forrest - tenor saxophonist (1920-1980)
Julius Hemphill - altoist (1938-1995)
Nancy Marano - singer - 68
Lennie McBrowne - drummer with R.Weston (1933-?)
Marcus Printup - trumpeter - 46
Bobby Wellins - tenor saxophonist - 67
Tiny Winters - British bassist (1909-1996)

25

Leny Andrade - Brazilian singer - 70
Wellman Braud - early Ellington bassist (1891-1966)
Barbara Carroll - singer, pianist - 88
Alexis Cuadrado - bassist, composer - 42
Sophia Domancich - French pianist - 56
Lloyd Ellis - guitarist - 93
Benny Golson - tenor saxophonist, composer - 84
D. D. Jackson - pianist - 46
Etta James - R&B singer (1938-2012)
Antonio Carlos Jobim - songwriter (1927-1994)
Harry Link - songwriter, "These Foolish Things," "Me, Myself and I" (1896-1956)
Truck Parham - bassist with Lunceford, Hines (1911-2002)
Floyd Smith - guitarist with Andy Kirk, Bill Doggett (1917-1982)
Dave Storrs - drummer - 63
Jimmy Wyble - guitarist (1922-2010)
Witold Lutoslawski - modern Polish composer (1913-1994)

26

Alice Babs - singer with Ellington - 89
Stephane Grappelli - violinist (1908-1997)
Ulrich Gumpert - pianist & composer - 68
Dick Nash - trombonist - 85
Aki Takase - pianist - 65
Jimmy Van Heusen - songwriter (1913-1990)
Terry Waldo - pianist/composer - 69
Crawford Wethington - early altoist with Armstrong (1904-?)
Gustavo Dudamel - L.A. Philharmonic director - 32

27

Pheeroan Aklaff (Aka Paul Maddox) - drummer - 58
Bobby 'Blue' Bland - bluesman - 83
Jimmy Bond - bassist (1933-2012)
Jeff Castleman - bassist with Ellington in '60s - 67
Will Marion Cook - composer (1869-1944)
Buddy De Sylva - lyricist, "It All Depends On You," "Somebody Loves Me" (1895-1950)
Djavan (Viana) - Brazilian singer/songwriter, "Missing A Piece," "Upside Down" - 64
Charlie Holmes - '30s altoist (1910-1985)
Bobby Hutcherson - vibist - 72
Elmore James - bluesman (1918-1963)
Jerome Kern - songwriter (1885-1945)
Dick Meldonian - clarinetist/saxophonist - 83
Bob Mintzer - tenor saxophonist, bass clarinetist - 60
Oran 'Hot Lips' Page - trumpeter/singer (1908-1954)
Milt Raskin - pianist/composer (1916-1977)
Harry Ruby - songwriter, "Nevertheless," "Three Little Words" (1895-1974)
Jimmie Smith - drummer with Erroll Garner - 75
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer (1756-1791)

28

Julian Arguelles - saxophonist - 47
John Bacon Jr. - drummer/percussionist with Roswell Rudd - 50
Eldar Djangirov - pianist - 26
John Gill - banjoist, trombonist - 59
Dick Griffin - trombonist - 73
Fareed Haque - guitarist - 50
Bob Hilliard - lyricist, "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," "The Coffee Song" (1918-1971)
Kent Kessler - bassist with Vandermark 5 - 56
Kerry McCoy - pianist - 55
Bob Moses - drummer - 65
Louis 'Big Eye' Nelson - early New Orleans clarinetist (1885-1949)
Zilner Randolph - trumpeter, composer/arranger with Armstrong in '30s (1899-1994)
Ronnie Scott - tenor saxophonist, London club owner (1927-1996)
Bill Ware - Knitting Factory vibist - 54
Paul West - bassist, violinist - 79
Johnny Williams - pianist - 84
Artur Rubinstein - concert pianist (1887-1982)
John Tavener - composer - 69

29

Derek Bailey - guitarist (1930-2005)
Leslie Bricusse - songwriter, "Who Can I Turn To?" - 82
Marc Cary - pianist - 46
Franco Cerri - Italian guitarist - 87
Sacha Distel - guitarist (1933-2004)
Frank Driggs - jazz historian (1930-2011)
Salena Jones - singer - 69
Beverly Kenney - singer (1932-1960)
Jeanne Lee - singer (1939-2000)
Ulysses Livingston - guitarist with Benny Carter, Billie Holiday (1912-1988)
Andy Milne - pianist with Steve Coleman - 46
Steve Reid - drummer (1944-2010)
Arnold Ross - pianist (1921-2000)
Ed Shaughnessy - drummer with Doc Severinson - 84
Don Shirley - pianist - 86
Dave Young - bassist - 73
Luigi Nono - Italian avant-garde composer (1924-1990)

30

Ahmed Abdul-Malik - bassist (1927-1993)
Ruth Brown - singer (1928-2006)
Gregory Davis - trumpeter - 56
Roy Eldridge - trumpeter (1911-1989)
Tubby Hayes - tenor saxophonist (1935-1973)
Roger Humphries - drummer with Horace Silver, educator - 69
Ralph Lalama - tenor saxophonist - 62
Jim Lanigan - bassist in '20s Chicago (1902-1983)
Bernie Leighton - pianist (1921-1994)
Buddy Montgomery - pianist, vibist (1930-2009)
Astor Piazzolla - tango composer, arranger (1921-1992)

31

Garnett Brown - trombonist - 77
Bobby Hackett - cornetist (1915-1976)
Isham Jones - bandleader, songwriter, "It Had To Be You," "Swingin' Down the Lane" (1894-1956)
Alan Lomax - folklorist (1915-2002)
Benny Morton - trombonist (1907-1985)
Frank Ricotti - vibist - 64
Roosevelt Sykes - bluesman (1906-1983)
Philip Glass - composer - 76
Franz Schubert - composer (1797-1828)

[Valerie]

sadly, bassist Jimmy Bond passed earlier this year.

[Allen H]

Hadn't seen that. So noted. Thanks--

[Lois Gilbert]

Espernza's birthday is October 18th

[Valerie]

and the correct spelling of her name is Esperanza. and she's "my girl"!! LOL

[Allen H]

Corrected her birthdate and spelling. Thanks--