Additions or corrections always welcomed...

Happy 30th:
Christian Scott (31st)

Happy 35th:
Jen Shyu (28th)

Happy 40th:
Stefon Harris (23rd)

Happy 45th:
Sherman Irby (24th)
Stacey Kent (27th)

Happy 50th:
Ralph Alessi (5th)
Dave Douglas (24th)
Frank Gratkowski (30th)

Happy 55th:
Ellen Christi (7th)
Jeanne Bryson (10th)
Leon Dorsey (12th)
Gerald Cannon (15th)

Happy 60th:
Anthony Brown (17th)
Michele Rosewoman (19th)

Happy 65th:
Phil Bowler (2nd)
Larry Carlton (2nd)
Dennis Rowland (2nd)
Hans Koch (12th)
Jessica Williams (17th)
Dave Schnitter (19th)
Gary Giddins (21st)
John McNeil (23rd)

Happy 70th:
Paul Sealey (9th)
Jon Christensen (20th)
George Benson (22nd)

Happy 75th:
Charles Lloyd (15th)
Dave Pike (23rd)
Steve Kuhn (24th)

Happy 80th:
Quincy Jones (14th)
Dave Frishberg (23rd)
Donald 'Duck' Bailey (26th)

Happy 85th:
Bob Hardaway (1st)
Bob Wilber (15th)

Happy 90th:
Orrin Keepnews (2nd)
Percy Brice (25th)

Happy 95th:
Marian McPartland (20th)
Sir Charles Thompson (21st)


1

Kenny Baker - English trumpeter with Ted Heath (1921-1999)
Federico Britos - violinist - 74
Norman Connors - drummer, producer - 66
Barrett Deems - drummer (1914-1998)
Ralph J. Gleason - journalist (1917-1975)
Vinny Golia - reeds player, Nine Winds label chief - 67
Bob Hardaway - saxophonist - 85
Eddie Jones - bassist (1929-1997)
Glenn Miller - trombonist, bandleader (1904-1944)
Benny Powell - trombonist (1930-2010)
Teddy Powell - bandleader (1905-1993)
Joseph Reinhardt - guitarist in Hot Club of France (1912-1982)
Elliott Sharp - experimental composer in electronics, guitarist - 62
Ralph Towner - guitarist - 73
Depriest Wheeler - trombonist with the Missourians (1903-?)

2

Phil Bowler - bassist - 65
Donna Byrne - singer - 63
Larry Carlton - guitarist - 65
Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis - tenor saxophonist (1921-1986)
Minor 'Ram' Hall - drummer (1897-1959)
Orrin Keepnews - journalist, producer - 90
Buell Neidlinger - bassist - 77
Bob Neloms - pianist - 71
Dennis Rowland - singer - 65
Red Saunders - drummer (1912-1981)
Danilo Terenzi - trombonist, composer (1956-1995)
Doug Watkins - bassist (1934-1962)
Kurt Weill - songwriter (1900-1950)
Harvey Weston - bassist - 73

3

Barney Bigard - clarinetist/tenor saxophonist (1906-1980)
Lindsay Cooper - bassoonist, soprano saxophonist - 62
Jimmy Garrison - bassist (1934-1976)
Pierre Michelot - bassist (1928-2005)
Sergio Salvatore - pianist - 32
Cliff Smalls - pianist, arranger (1918-2008)

4

Michael Bisio - bassist, composer - 58
Ann Burton - singer (1933-1989)
David Darling - cellist - 72
Kermit Driscoll - bassist - 57
Ricky Ford - tenor saxophonist - 59
Jan Garbarek - soprano & tenor saxophonist - 66
David Matthews - pianist, composer - 71
Lisa Michel - singer - 48
Alberto Pinton - saxophonist - 51
Don Rendell - tenor saxophonist - 87
Bobby Shew - trumpeter - 72
Cy Touff - bass trumpeter (1927-2003)
Fran Warren - big band singer - 87
Barney Wilen - tenor & soprano saxophonist (1937-1996)
Antonio Vivaldi - composer (1678-1741)

5

Ralph Alessi - trumpeter - 50
John Basile - guitarist - 58
Dave Burns - trumpeter with Diz, James Moody - 89
Dave Green - bassist - 71
Irving Kahal - lyricist, "I'll Be Seeing You," "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (1903-1942)
Lou Levy - pianist (1928-2001)
Wilbur Little - bassist with J.J. Johnson, Duke Jordan (1928-1987)
Bill Pemberton - bassist (1918-1984)
Carol Sloane - singer - 76
Joe Yukl - trombonist (1909-1981)
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Brazilian composer (1887-1959)

6

Peter Brotzmann - tenor saxophonist - 72
Red Callender - bassist & tuba player (1916-1992)
Howard McGhee - trumpeter (1918-1987)
Palle Mikkelborg - trumpeter, composer - 72
Wes Montgomery - guitarist (1925-1968)
Flora Purim - Brazilian singer - 71
Charles Tolliver - trumpeter - 71

7

Herb Bushler - bassist - 74
Ellen Christi - singer - 55
Louis Cottrell Jr. - clarinetist / tenor saxophonist (1911-1978)
Angela Hagenbach - singer - 57
Adrian MacIntosh - drummer - 71
Alcide 'Slow Drag' Pavageau - bassist (1888-1969)
Zue Robertson - trombonist (1891-1943)
Lee Young - drummer (1917-2008)
Maurice Ravel - composer (1875-1937)

8

Heinie Beau - arranger, clarinetist (1911-1987)
Billy Childs - pianist - 56
George Coleman - tenor saxophonist - 78
Franco D'Andrea - pianist, composer - 72
Sam Donahue - big band leader, tenor saxophonist (1918-1974)
Anat Fort - Israeli pianist - 43
John 'Bugs' Hamilton - trumpeter with Fats Waller (1911-1947)
Dick Hyman - pianist, arranger - 86
Paul Lytton - percussionist - 66
George Mitchell - cornetist (1899-1972)
Gabor Szabo - guitarist (1936-1982)
James Williams - pianist (1951-2004)
Alan Hovhaness - composer (1911-2000)

9

Vic Ash - tenor saxophonist/clarinetist - 83
Thomas Chapin - saxophonist/flutist (1957-1998)
Ornette Coleman - altoist - 83
Herschel Evans - tenor saxophonist (1909-1939)
Zakir Hussain - percussionist - 62
Bob Rusch - Cadence label founder - 68
Paul Sealey - guitarist, bassist - 70
Keely Smith - singer - 81
Samuel Barber - composer (1910-1981)

10

Don Abney - pianist (1923-2000)
Bix Beiderbecke - cornetist (1903-1931)
Jeanne Bryson - singer - 55
Mino Cinelu - percussionist - 56
Pete Clarke - altoist (1911-1975)
Peter De Rose - songwriter, "Autumn Serenade," "The Lamp Is Low" (1900-1953)
David Friedman - vibist - 69
Louis Moholo - drummer - 73
Carol Saboya - singer - 38
Daniel Lentz - composer - 71

11

Charles Clark - bassist, AACM founder (1945-1969)
Mercer Ellington - leader, composer, trumpeter (1919-1996)
Allen Ganley - drummer - 82
Jon Jang - S.F. bandleader, composer, founder of Asian Improv Records - 59
Leroy Jenkins - violinist, Revolutionary Ensemble co-founder (1932-2007)
Bobby McFerrin - singer - 63
Miff Mole - trombonist (1898-1961)
Chauncey Morehouse - drummer (1902-1980)
Judy Niemack - singer - 59
Patty Waters - singer - 67
Henry Cowell - composer (1897-1965)
Carl Ruggles - modern American composer (1876-1971)

12

Layla Angulo - Afro-Peruvian saxophonist ?
Frank Catalano - Chicago tenor saxophonist - 36
Leon Dorsey - bassist - 55
Jesse Fuller - bluesman (1896-1976)
Marilyn Harris - singer - 61
Al Jarreau - singer - 73
Freddy Johnson - pianist (1904-1961)
Hans Koch - avant-garde reeds specialist - 65
Hugh Lawson - pianist (1935-1997)
Willie Maiden - tenor & baritone saxophonist, arranger (1928-1976)
Joseph Meyer - songwriter, "Crazy Rhythm" (1894-1987)
Paul Weston - arranger, songwriter (1912-1996)
Auris Sallinen - Finnish contemporary composer - 72

13

Terence Blanchard - trumpeter - 51
Charles Brackeen - tenor saxophonist with Paul Motian - 73
Andre Fernandes - guitarist - 37
Bob Haggart - bassist, composer, arranger (1914-1998)
Roy Haynes - drummer - 88
Dick Katz - pianist - 89
Lightnin' Slim - bluesman (1913-1974)
Blue Mitchell - trumpeter (1930-1979)
Stephen Scott - pianist - 44
Michael Jefry Stevens - pianist - 62
Frank Teschemacher - clarinetist/altoist (1906-1932)
Johnny Williams - bassist (1908-1998)
Mike Stoller - rock songwriter (Leiber & Stoller) - 80

14

Joe Ascione - drummer - 52
Les Brown - swing bandleader (1912-2001)
Antonio Ciacca - pianist - 44
Sonny Cohn - trumpeter (1925-2006)
Volly De Faut - clarinetist (1904-1973)
Danny D'imperio - drummer - 68
Luther Henderson - arranger (1919-2003)
Edward Heyman - lyricist, "Body and Soul," "When I Fall in Love" (1907-1981)
Quincy Jones - arranger, composer - 80
Cliff Korman - pianist - 56
Joe Mooney - singer, organist (1911-1975)
Mark Murphy - singer - 81
Jarmo Saari - Finnish guitarist with XL, ZetaBoo - 43
Shirley Scott - organist (1934-2002)
Akira Tana - drummer - 61
Johann Strauss - waltz composer (1804-1849)

15

George Avakian - producer - 94
Raymond Boni - guitarist - 66
Vinnie Burke - bassist - 92
Gerald Cannon - bassist - 55
Sam 'Lightnin'' Hopkins - bluesman (1912-1982)
Harry James - trumpet, bandleader (1916-1983)
Joachim Kuhn - pianist, composer - 69
Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophonist - 75
Jimmy McPartland - cornetist (1907-1991)
Ugonna Okegwo - bassist - 51
Marlon Simon - Latin jazz drummer/percussionist - 52
Bob Wilber - clarinetist/tenor saxophonist with S.Bechet, B.Goodman - 85
Sly Stone - singer - 69

16

Rudy Braff - trumpeter (1927-2003)
Tommy Flanagan - pianist (1930-2001)
Sammy Gallop - lyricist, "Autumn Serenade" (1915-1971)
John Lindberg - bassist - 54
Steve Noble - drummer - 53
Junior Raglin - 40s Ellington bassist (1917-1955)
Leon Roppolo - clarinetist (1902-1943)
Keith Rowe - guitarist with AMM - 73
Brian Torff - bassist - 59
Vagif Mustafa Zadeh - Azerbaijani pianist (1940-1979)

17

Gabriela Anders - singer, pianist - 41
Anthony Brown - drummer, Asian American Jazz Orchestra leader - 60
Abraham Burton - altoist - 42
Nat 'King' Cole - singer, pianist (1917-1965)
Grover Mitchell - trombonist (1930-2003)
Alcide "Yellow" Nunez - clarinetist with ODJB, Louisiana Five (1884-1934)
Elis Regina - Brazilian singer (1945-1982)
Jessica Williams - pianist - 65

18

Joseph Burke - songwriter (1884-1942)
Bill Frisell - guitarist - 62
Jean Goldkette - bandleader, pianist (1899-1962)
Pat Halcox - trumpeter - 83
Al Hall - bassist (1915-1988)
Diane Hubka - singer - 56
John Kander - songwriter - 86
Deane Kincaide - arranger, saxophonist (1911-1992)
Joe Locke - vibes - 54
Courtney Pine - tenor saxophonist - 49
Ross Russell - journalist, producer (1909-2000)
Jon Weber - pianist - 52
Gian Francesco Malipiero - Italian avant-garde composer (1882-1973)
Wilson Pickett - singer (1941-2006)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - composer (1844-1908)

19

Harry Babasin - cellist/bassist (1921-1988)
Eliane Elias - pianist, singer - 53
Buster Harding - arranger, pianist (1917-1965)
Bill Henderson - singer - 87
Mike Longo - pianist, educator - 74
Doug Mettome - trumpeter (1925-1964)
Michele Rosewoman - pianist - 60
Curley Russell - bassist (1917-1986)
Brian Rust - discographer - 91
Dave Schnitter - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 65
Keith Smith - trumpeter - 73
Gene Taylor - bassist (1929-2001)
Lennie Tristano - pianist (1919-1978)
James Van Buren - singer - 78
Lem Winchester - vibist (1928-1961)
Dinu Lipatti - Romanian concert pianist (1917-1950)

20

Burt Bales - Bay area pianist (1916-1989)
Jeri Brown - singer - 61
Nick Caiazza - tenor saxophonist - 99
Jon Christensen - drummer - 70
Meredith D'Ambrosio - singer - 72
John R.T. Davies - remastering engineer (1927-2004)
Harold Mabern - pianist - 77
Marian McPartland - pianist - 95
Sonny Russo - trombonist - 84
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - gospel singer (1915-1973)
Deanna Witkowski - singer, pianist - 41
Sviatoslav Richter - Russian concert pianist (1915-1997)

21

Mike Campbell - singer - 68
Hank D'Amico - clarinetist (1915-1965)
Carlo Actis Dato - Italian reedsman - 61
Gary Giddins - journalist - 65
Son House - bluesman (1902-1988)
Herbert Joos - flugelhorn player - 73
Amina Claudine Myers - pianist, organist - 71
Tiger Okoshi - trumpeter - 63
Ed Soph - drummer - 68
Otis Spann - blues pianist, singer (1930-1970)
Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki - bassist - 67
Sir Charles Thompson - pianist, organist - 95
Michael Westbrook - pianist, composer - 77
Johann Sebastian Bach - composer (1685-1750)
Modest Mussorgsky - composer (1839-1881)

22

Fred Anderson - tenor saxophonist (1929-2010)
Jorge Ben - bossa nova guitarist & singer - 71
George Benson - guitarist/singer - 70
Sonny Burke - arranger/producer (1914-1980)
Jay Alan Foote - bassist - 33
Milt Gold - trombonist - 84
Jan Lundgren - pianist - 47
Bob Mover - saxophonist - 61
Shunzo Ohno - trumpeter - 64
Stephen Sondheim - songwriter, "Send in the Clowns" - 83
Masahiko Togashi - drummer (1940-2007)

23

Al Aarons - trumpeter with Basie in '60s - 81
Eivind Aarset - Norwegian guitarist - 52
Dave Frishberg - singer/songwriter - 80
Johnny Guarnieri - pianist, composer (1917-1985)
Stefon Harris - vibist - 40
Gerry Hemingway - drummer - 58
Masabumi Kikuchi - pianist - 73
John McNeil - trumpeter - 65
Dave Pike - vibist - 75
Franz Schreker - expressionist composer (1878-1934)

24

June Clark - trumpeter (1900-1963)
Dave Douglas - trumpeter - 50
Sherman Irby - altoist - 45
Vince Jones - singer - 59
King Pleasure (Clarence Beeks) - singer (1922-1981)
Steve Kuhn - pianist - 75
Steve Laspina - bassist - 59
Paul McCandless - woodwind multi-instrumentalist with Oregon - 66
Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre - tenor saxophonist - 77
Hank Roberts - cellist - 59
Renee Rosnes - pianist - 51

25

Sweet Emma Barrett - pianist/singer (1897-1983)
David Braid - composer/pianist - 38
Percy Brice - drummer - 90
Albert Burbank - New Orleans clarinetist (1902-1976)
Matt Catingub - altoist - 52
Larry Gales - bassist (1936-1995)
Linton Garner - pianist (1915-2003)
Lonnie Hillyer - trumpet (1940-1985)
Pete Johnson - pianist (1904-1967)
Jerry Livingston - songwriter, "It's the Talk of the Town," "Under A Blanket of Blue" (1909-1987)
Paul Motian - drummer (1931-2011)
Makoto Ozone - pianist - 52
Johnny Pacheco - Salsa bandleader, producer - 78
Cecil Taylor - pianist, composer - 84
Bela Bartok - composer (1881-1945)
Aretha Franklin - singer - 71
Arturo Toscanini - conductor (1867-1957)

26

Donald 'Duck' Bailey - drummer, harmonica - 80
James Moody - tenor saxophonist (1925-2010)
Brew Moore - tenor saxophonist (1924-1973)
Flip Phillips - tenor saxophonist (1915-2001)
Maurice Simon - tenor saxophonist - 84
Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophonist - 73
Hiromi Uehara - pianist & composer - 34
Pierre Boulez - composer, conductor - 88
Teddy Pendergrass - R&B singer (1950-2010)

27

Harold Ashby - tenor saxophonist (1925-2003)
Bill Barron - tenor & soprano saxophonist, educator (1927-1989)
Burt Collins - trumpeter (1931-2007)
Stacey Kent - singer - 45
Miriam Klein - singer - 76
Pee Wee Russell - clarinetist (1906-1969)
Sara Serpa - singer, composer - 34
Sarah Vaughan - singer (1924-1990)
Ben Webster - tenor saxophonist (1909-1973)

28

Donald Brown - pianist/composer, educator - 59
Eric 'Big Daddy' Dixon - tenor saxophonist, flutist (1930-1989)
Orrin Evans - pianist - 38
Jack Free - English trombonist - 81
Ike Isaacs - bassist (1923-1981)
Thad Jones - trumpet, arranger, composer (1923-1986)
Jay Livingston - lyricist, "Never Let Me Go," "The Ruby and the Pearl" (1915-2001)
Barry Miles - keyboardist - 66
Tete Montoliu - pianist (1933-1997)
Jen Shyu - singer, composer, bandleader - 35
Paul Whiteman - bandleader (1890-1967)

29

Sidney Arodin - clarinetist & co-composer of "Lazy River" (1901-1948)
Pearl Bailey - singer (1918-1990)
Richard Rodney Bennett - pianist, composer - 77
Allan Botschinsky - trumpeter - 73
Michael Brecker - tenor saxophonist (1949-2007)
George Chisholm - trombonist (1915-1997)
Remo Palmier - guitarist (1923-2002)
Jason Rebello - pianist - 46
Jim Shepherd - trombonist - 77
Albert Von Tilzer - songwriter, "I Used To Love You" (1878-1956)

30

David Berger - trumpet, arranger, composer - 64
Karl Berger - vibist/pianist, educator - 78
Marilyn Crispell - pianist - 66
Hamilton De Holanda - Brazilian mandolin player - 37
John D'earth - trumpeter - 63
Astrud Gilberto - singer - 73
Frank Gratkowski - clarinetist - 50
Ted Heath - English bandleader, trombonist (1900-1969)
Norah Jones - singer - 34
Tina May - singer - 52
Lanny Morgan - altoist - 79
Dave Stryker - guitarist - 56
Eric Clapton - rock guitarist - 68

31

Helge Albin - Tolvan Big Band leader, composer/arranger - 72
Duduka Da Fonseca - Brazilian drummer/percussionist, Trio da Paz member - 62
Elli Fordyce - singer - 76
Freddie Green - guitarist (1911-1987)
Lizzie Miles - singer (1895-1963)
Red Norvo - vibist (1908-1999)
Santo Pecora - New Orleans Rhythm Kings trombonist (1902-1984)
Christian Scott - trumpeter, composer - 30
Lefty Frizzell - country singer (1928-1975)
Franz Josef Haydn - composer (1732-1809)