December 2009 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions and corrections always welcomed….


Happy 35th:
DAVE SOLAZZO (21st)
PAAL NILSSON-LOVE (24th)

Happy 40th:
GUILLERMO KLEIN (6th)
AZIZA MUSTAFA ZADEH (19th)
GEORGE COLLIGAN (29th)

Happy 45th:
MARK MONDESIR (12th)
FREDDIE BRYANT (30th)

Happy 50th:
JOHN PATITUCCI (22nd)
TED NASH (28th)
KLAUS KOENIG (31st)

Happy 55th:
STEVE SWELL (6th)
JEFF JOHNSON (12th)
JOE FONDA (16th)
MARGUERITE JUENEMANN (17th)
ELLEN JOHNSON (18th)
RICHIE ZELLON (28th)

Happy 60th:
ENRICO PIERANUNZI (5th)
LENNY WHITE (19th)
T.S. MONK (27th)
FREDDIE JACOBS (29th)

Happy 65th:
OLIVER JOHNSON (5th)
ALEX ACUNA (12th)
MICHAEL CARVIN (12th)
NICK LEVINOVSKY (14th)
JOHN ABERCROMBIE (16th)
VYACHESLAV GANELIN (17th)
DWIGHT DICKERSON (26th)

Happy 70th:
BOB JAMES (25th)

Happy 75th:
BOB ALBERTI (1st)
CURTIS FULLER (15th)
BOB CUNNINGHAM (28th)

Happy 80th:
TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI (12th)
BARRY HARRIS (15th)
BOB BROOKMEYER (19th)

Happy 85th:
RITA REYS (21st)

Happy 105th:
HARRY 'BIG JIM' LAWSON (25th)


In Memoriam:
WOODY SHAW - 65th anniversary (24th)
DON PULLEN - 65th anniversary (25th)
CHET BAKER - 80th anniversary (23rd)


1

BOB ALBERTI - pianist - 75
JOHN BUNCH - pianist - 88
LEO CUYPERS - Dutch pianist - 62
DAVE ELLIS - tenor saxophonist - 42
CARLOS GARNETT - tenor saxophonist - 71
RAY HENDERSON - songwriter, "The Thrill is Gone," "Birth of the Blues" (1896 - 1970)
LURLEAN HUNTER - R&B singer - 81
DICK JOHNSON - clarinetist, altoist, Artie Shaw Orch. leader - 84
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 - 61
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 - 68
Maria Callas - opera singer (1923 - 1977)

3

CONNEE BOSWELL - singer (1907 - 1976)
BRAD GOWANS - trombonist, clarinetist, arranger (1903 - 1954)
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 - 79
EDDIE HEYWOOD - pianist, arranger (1915 - 1989)
RUSSELL JACQUET - trumpeter (1917 - 1990)
JOHN LAMB - Ellington bassist in '60s - 76
ANDY LAVERNE - pianist, composer - 62
FRANK TIBERI - tenor saxophonist with Woody Herman - 81
CASSANDRA WILSON - singer - 54

5

GENE ALLEN - baritone saxophonist with Prima, Thornhill, Mulligan - 81
ANDERS BERGCRANTZ - Swedish trumpeter - 48
TOTTI BERGH - tenor saxophonist - 74
STEFANO BOLLANI - pianist - 37
BRIAN BROMBERG - bassist, producer - 49
ART DAVIS - bassist, educator (1934 - 2007)
KAY DAVIS - singer with Ellington - 89
KANSAS FIELDS - drummer with Bird & Diz (1915 - 1995)
EGBERTO GISMONTI - Brazilian composer, guitarist - 62
OLIVER JOHNSON - drummer with Steve Lacy - 65
ENRICO PIERANUNZI - Italian pianist - 60
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - bluesman (1899 - 1965)
Osvaldo Golijov - composer - 49

6

BILL ASHTON - Natl. Youth Jazz Orch. (UK) leader - 73
ULI BECKERHOFF - trumpeter - 62
DAVE BRUBECK - pianist - 89
BOB COOPER - Kenton tenor saxophonist (1925 - 1993)
FRANKIE DUNLOP - drummer with Monk, Hampton - 81
JAMES FINN - tenor saxophonist - 53
IRA GERSHWIN - lyricist (1896 - 1983)
EDDIE GLADDEN - drummer (1937 - 2003)
ARMAND HUG - New Orleans pianist (1910 - 1977)
GUILLERMO KLEIN - Brazilian pianist - 40
JAY LEONHART - bassist - 69
FULTON McGRATH - pianist (1907 - 1958)
HARVIE S. (aka HARVIE SWARTZ) - bassist - 61
STEVE SWELL - trombonist - 55
MIROSLAV VITOUS - bassist - 62
Henryk Gorecki - Polish composer - 76

7

NOEL AKCHOTE - guitarist - 41
ROBBY AMEEN - drummer - 49
JOYCE CARR - singer (1931 - 2002)
MIKE CARR - pianist, organist, vibist - 72
WOLFGANG HAFFNER - drummer - 44
TEDDY HILL - Minton's Playhouse manager, bandleader (1909 - 1978)
CECIL IRWIN - tenor saxophonist with Earl Hines (1902 - 1935)
BILLY MOORE JR. - arranger for Lunceford, T.Dorsey (1917 - 1989)
SONNY PHILLIPS - organist, educator - 73
LOUIS PRIMA - bandleader/singer/trumpeter (1911 - 1978)
MATTHEW SHIPP - pianist - 49
ROSEMARY SQUIRES - singer - 81
MADS VINDING - Danish bassist - 61
VAL WILMER - journalist - 68
Tom Waits - singer, songwriter - 60

8

TIM ARMACOST - tenor saxophonist - 47
SEAMUS BLAKE - tenor saxophonist with John Scofield - 39
CLEO BROWN - blues singer/pianist (1909 - 1995)
MATHIAS RUEGG - Vienna Art Orchestra arranger/composer - 57
JIMMY SMITH - organist (1925 - 2005)
SOL YAGED - clarinetist - 87
Jean Sibelius - composer (1865 - 1957)

9

ROB BLAKESLEE - Portland trumpeter - 57
DONALD BYRD - trumpeter - 77
PIERRE HENRY - musique concrete composer - 82
MATTY MALNECK - violinist, songwriter, "Stairway To The Stars," "I'll Never Be the Same" (1903 - 1981)
ERIC MARIENTHAL - alto & tenor saxophonist - 52
JIMMY OWENS - trumpeter - 66
MICK ROSSI - pianist - 53
BOB SCOBEY - Dixieland trumpeter (1916 - 1963)
JUNIOR WELLS - bluesman (1934 - 1998)
Joshua Bell - classical violinist - 42

10

HAROLD ADAMSON - lyricist, "Winter Wonderland," "Everything I Have Is Yours" (1906 - 1980)
FRANCO AMBROSETTI - trumpet - 68
LEW BROWN - lyricist, "Birth of the Blues," "Comes Love," "The Thrill Is Gone" (1893 - 1958)
BOB CRANSHAW - bassist - 77
IRVING FAZOLA - clarinetist (1912 - 1949)
JIM FERGUSON - singer - 59
CARL JEFFERSON - Concord Records founder (1919 - 1995)
RAY NANCE - Ellington cornetist, violinist, singer on "Take the A Train" (1913 - 1976)
DIANE SCHUUR - singer - 56
DON SEBESKY - composer/arranger - 72
GEORGE TUCKER - bassist in '50-'60s (1927 - 1965)
Olivier Messiaen - composer (1908 - 1992)

11

EDDIE JOHNSON - tenor saxophonist - 89
MARKY MARKOWITZ - trumpeter (1923 - 1986)
JACK PURVIS - trumpeter (1906 - 1962)
DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN - violinist & composer - 38
WILLIE MAE 'BIG MAMA' THORNTON - blues singer (1926 - 1984)
McCOY TYNER - pianist, composer - 71
Elliott Carter - composer - 101

12

ALEX ACUNA - Peruvian percussionist - 65
TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI - bandleader - 80
EDDIE BAREFIELD - arranger/saxophonist (1909 - 1991)
GARY BARONE - educator, trumpeter - 68
MICHAEL CARVIN - drummer - 65
BRUCE DITMAS - Gil Evans drummer - 63
BOB DOROUGH - singer - 86
JAY GORNEY - songwriter, "You're My Thrill" (1896 - 1990)
TIM HAUSER - singer with Manhattan Transfer - 68
JEFF JOHNSON - bassist - 55
DODO MARMAROSA - pianist (1925 - 2002)
MARK MONDESIR - drummer - 45
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 - 76
SONNY GREER - drummer (1895 - 1982)
REGGIE JOHNSON - bassist - 69
BEN TUCKER - bassist - 79

14

DAN BARRETT - trombonist - 54
TED BUCKNER - altoist (1913 - 1976)
JEROME COOPER - Revolutionary Ensemble co-founder, drummer - 63
STANLEY CROUCH - journalist, drummer - 64
CHUCK GENTRY - baritone saxophonist - 98
BUDD JOHNSON - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1910 - 1984)
NICK LEVINOVSKY - pianist, bandleader - 65
PHINEAS NEWBORN JR. - pianist (1931 - 1989)
CECIL PAYNE - baritone saxophonist (1922 - 2007)
CLARK TERRY - trumpeter - 89
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 - 75
JOHN HAMMOND - producer (1910 - 1987)
BARRY HARRIS - pianist - 80
STAN KENTON - bandleader, arranger, pianist (1911 - 1979)
JIMMY NOTTINGHAM - trumpeter (1925 - 1978)
EDDIE PALMIERI - pianist, arranger - 73
GENE QUILL - altoist, clarinetist (1927 - 1988)
DANNIE RICHMOND - drummer (1935 - 1988)
Edith Piaf - chanteuse (1915 - 1963)

16

JOHN ABERCROMBIE - guitarist - 65
NOEL COWARD - songwriter (1899 - 1973)
MIKE FAHN - trombonist - 49
JOE FARRELL - tenor saxophonist, flutist (1937 - 1986)
JOE FONDA - bassist - 55
ROBBEN FORD - guitarist - 58
PHIL KELLY - arranger/composer, drummer - 72
RENE McLEAN - saxophonist - 63
SAM MOST - flutist, tenor saxophonist - 79
TURK MURPHY - trombonist (1915 - 1987)
ANDY RAZAF - lyricist, "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Honeysuckle Rose," "Memories of You" (1895 - 1973)
JOHNNY "HAMMOND" SMITH - organist (1933 - 1997)

17

WALTER BOOKER - bassist (1933 - 2006)
VYACHESLAV GANELIN - pianist, composer - 65
MARGUERITE JUENEMANN - singer - 55
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 - 76
Ludwig von Beethoven - composer (1770 - 1827)

18

LONNIE BROOKS - bluesman - 76
WILLIS CONOVER - broadcaster (1920 - 1996)
BARRY GALBRAITH - guitarist (1919 - 1983)
IRA GITLER - journalist - 81
FLETCHER HENDERSON - bandleader (1898 - 1952)
ELLEN JOHNSON - singer - 55
LAWRENCE LUCIE - guitarist - 102
BIG MILLER - singer (1922 - 1992)
SAM MORGAN - New Orleans trumpeter (1887 - 1936)
CHRIS MURRELL - singer - 51
WADADA LEO SMITH - trumpeter - 68
NICK STABULAS - drummer (1929 - 1973)
EDDIE 'CLEANHEAD' VINSON - altoist (1917 - 1988)

19

BOB BROOKMEYER - trombonist/arranger, bandleader, pianist - 80
LAURENT DE WILDE - pianist - 49
MILCHO LEVIEV - pianist, composer - 72
KERRY POLITZER - pianist - 38
ERSKINE TATE - violinist, bandleader in '20s Chicago (1895 - 1978)
BOBBY TIMMONS - pianist (1935 - 1974)
LU WATTERS - trumpeter, bandleader (1911 - 1989)
LENNY WHITE - drummer - 60
AZIZA MUSTAFA ZADEH - pianist, singer, composer - 40
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 - 69
John Harbison - composer - 71

21

DAVID BAKER - trombonist, cellist, composer - 78
ALEX BLAKE - bassist with Randy Weston, leader, composer - 58
CAMERON BROWN - Adams-Pullen bassist - 64
MARSHALL BROWN - valve trombonist, educator (1920 - 1983)
JAMES EMERY - guitarist with String Trio of New York - 58
PANAMA FRANCIS - drummer (1918 - 2001)
JOHN HICKS - pianist (1940 - 2006)
ROBERTO OTTAVIANO - saxophonist - 52
HARRY REVEL - songwriter, "There's A Lull In My Life," "You Hit the Spot" (1905 - 1958)
RITA REYS - Dutch singer - 85
DAVE SOLAZZO - pianist - 35
GEORGE TREADWELL - trumpeter (1919 - 1967)
PEETIE WHEATSTRAW - bluesman (1902 - 1941)
Michael Tilson Thomas - San Francisco Symphony conductor - 65
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 - 51
LIL GREEN - singer (1919 - 1954)
REUNALD JONES - Basie trumpeter (1910 - 1989)
JOHN PATITUCCI - bassist - 50
DANNY POLO - clarinetist (1901 - 1949)
JOE LEE WILSON - singer & NYC loft scene leader - 74
Giacomo Puccini - composer (1858 - 1924)
Edgard Varese - composer (1883 - 1965)

23

CHET BAKER - trumpeter & singer (1929 - 1988)
CYRO BAPTISTA - Brazilian percussionist - 59
RALPH BOWEN - saxophonist - 48
JOHN DREW - bassist - 82
JOE HARRIS - educator, drummer for Diz & Bird - 83
CHRIS McNULTY - singer - 56
FRANK MORGAN - altoist (1933 - 2007)
"LITTLE ESTHER" PHILLIPS - singer (1935 - 1984)

24

RAY BRYANT - pianist - 78
JIMMY CAMPBELL - drummer for Kenton, W. Herman - 81
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 - 53
PAAL NILSSON-LOVE - Norwegian drummer - 35
DAVE RATAJCZAK - drummer - 52
BERNT ROSENGREN - Swedish tenor saxophonist - 72
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 - 31

25

DON ALIAS - percussionist (1939 - 2005)
ERNIE ANDREWS - singer - 82
CAB CALLOWAY - singer (1907 - 1994)
WAYMAN CARVER - early flutist (1905 - 1967)
LOUIS COTTRELL - drummer (1878 - 1927)
RONNIE CUBER - baritone saxophonist - 68
CHRIS ELLIS - singer - 81
IZZY FRIEDMAN - clarinetist in '20s Chicago (1903 - 1981)
EDDIE GIBBS - guitarist, banjo - 101
BOB JAMES - fusion pianist/keyboardist, composer - 70
ENRIQUE JORRIN - composer / bandleader, originator of cha-cha-cha (1926 - 1987)
HARRY 'BIG JIM' LAWSON - trumpeter - 105
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 - 94
EDDIE SAFRANSKI - Kenton band bassist (1918 - 1974)
CHRIS WOODS - altoist (1925 - 1985)
Little Richard - rocker - 74

26

BUTCH BALLARD - drummer - 92
GUY BARKER - English trumpeter - 52
MONTY BUDWIG - West Coast bassist (1929 - 1992)
UNA MAE CARLISLE - singer (1915 - 1956)
FRANK DE LA ROSA - bassist - 76
DWIGHT DICKERSON - pianist - 65
BROOKS KERR - pianist - 58
JOHN SCOFIELD - guitarist - 58

27

MIKE ALTSCHUL - tenor saxophonist - 64
MIKE BARONE - trombonist - 73
STEVE BROWN - guitarist, composer & arranger, educator - 67
SAM COSLOW - songwriter, "My Old Flame," "Cocktails For Two" (1902 - 1982)
BILL CROW - bassist with Mulligan, writer, "Jazz Anecdotes" - 82
DARDANELLE - singer (1917 - 1997)
JOHNNY FRIGO - violinist, bassist with J.Dorsey, writer of "Detour Ahead" (1916 - 2007)
BUNK JOHNSON - trumpet (1889 - 1949)
OSCAR LEVANT - songwriter, "Blame It On My Youth" (1906 - 1972)
T.S. MONK - drummer - 60
WALTER NORRIS - pianist - 78
EDDIE WILCOX - Lunceford arranger (1907 - 1968)
BOOTY WOOD - Ellington and Basie trombonist (1919 - 1987)

28

JOE COHN - guitarist, trumpet - 53
BOB CUNNINGHAM - bassist with Diz, Y. Lateef - 75
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 - 50
REBECCA PARRIS - singer - 58
MANUEL "MANOLE" PEREZ - early New Orleans cornetist (1871 - 1946)
MICHEL PETRUCCIANI - pianist (1962 - 1999)
RACHEL Z - keyboards/singer - 47
JANICE ROBINSON - trombonist - 58
ANN RONELL - songwriter, "Willow Weep For Me" - 101
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - keyboardist - 69
DICK SUDHALTER - Dixieland trumpeter, writer, "Lost Chords" (1938 - 2008)
ED THIGPEN - drummer with Oscar Peterson, Ella - 79
RICHIE ZELLON - Peruvian guitarist, producer/educator - 55
Roger Sessions - composer (1896 - 1985)

29

IRVING ASHBY - guitarist (1920 - 1987)
GEORGE COLLIGAN - pianist, trumpeter - 40
CUTTY CUTSHALL - trombonist with Eddie Condon (1911 - 1968)
FREDDIE JACOBS - trumpeter - 60
JOE LOVANO - tenor saxophonist - 57
LAUREL MASSE - Manhattan Transfer singer - 58
SNUB MOSLEY - trombonist (1905 - 1981)
DANILO PEREZ - pianist - 43
REUBEN RADDING - bassist - 43
Pablo Casals - cellist (1876 - 1973)
Rick Danko - Band bassist (1942 - 1999)

30

RON AFFIF - guitarist - 44
FREDDIE BRYANT - guitarist - 45
CHARLIE CREATH - guitarist with Fate Marable (1890 - 1951)
WOLFGANG DAUNER - composer, keyboardist - 74
ALOYSIO DE OLIVEIRA - Brazilian songwriter, "Dindi," "Useless Landscape" (1914 - 1995)
JERRY GRANELLI - drummer - 69
JIMMY JONES - pianist, arranger (1918 - 1982)
NANCY LAMOTT - cabaret singer (1951 - 1995)
JACK MONTROSE - tenor saxophonist (1928 - 2006)
LEWIS NASH - drummer - 51
STAN TRACEY - pianist, arranger/composer - 83
Nancy Van de Vate - contemporary American composer - 79

31

PETER HERBOLZHEIMER - bandleader, composer, trombonist - 74
JONAH JONES - trumpet (1909 - 2000)
JOHN KIRBY - bassist, leader (1908 - 1952)
KLAUS KOENIG - composer, conductor - 50
JULE STYNE - songwriter, "Just in Time," "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry," "Sunday" (1905 - 1994)
Jennifer Higdon - composer - 47