April 2005 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections welcomed…


Happy 35th:
Avishai Cohen (20th)

Happy 40th:
Sam Newsome (28th)

Happy 45th:
John Pizzarelli (6th)
Ed Howard (9th)
Rodney Kendrick (30th)

Happy 50th:
Laurent Cugny (14th)

Happy 55th:
Leslie Drayton (4th)
Earl Gardner (19th)
Lakshminarayana Shankar (26th)

Happy 60th:
Steve Gadd (9th)

Happy 65th:
Dave MacRae (2nd)
Herbie Hancock (12th)

Happy 70th:
Ran Blake (20th)
Pat Rebillot (21st)
Bunky Green (23rd)

Happy 75th:
Claude Bolling (10th)
Richard Davis (15th)
Sy Johnson (15th)
Herb Pomeroy (15th)
Chris Barber (17th)
Sam Noto (17th)
Frank Strazzeri (24th)
Claus Ogerman (29th)

Happy 80th:
Kathy Stobart (1st)
Emil Mangelsdorff (11th)

Happy 85th:
John La Porta (1st)
Bob Mitchell (3rd)
Anita Ellis (12th)


IN MEMORIAM:
Billie Holiday - 90th (7th)
Carmen McRae - 85th (8th)



1
DON BUTTERFIELD - tuba player - 82
HARRY CARNEY - baritone saxophonist (1910-1974)
ALBERTA HUNTER - singer (1895-1984)
DUKE JORDAN - pianist, composer - 83
JOHN LA PORTA - clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger - 85
ART LUND - big band singer (1915-1990)
KATHY STOBART - saxophonist - 80
Sergei Rachmaninov - composer, piano virtuoso (1873-1943)

2
MICHAEL CAIN - pianist, composer - 39
LARRY CORYELL - guitarist - 62
EDWARD ELISCU - lyricist, "More Than You Know," "Without A Song" (1902-1998)
MATTHEW GOODHEART - pianist - 37
BOOKER LITTLE - trumpeter (1938-1961)
DAVE MACRAE - pianist - 65
MARTY MARSALA - trumpeter (1909-1975)
DICK OATTS - saxophonist/flutist - 52
BOOMIE RICHMAN - tenor saxophonist (1921-1996)
Marvin Gaye - singer (1939-1984)

3
ERVIN DRAKE - lyricist, "Good Morning Heartache," "Castle Rock," Perdido," "It Was A Very Good Year" - 86
BILL FINEGAN - arranger - 88
KENNY KERSEY - pianist with Andy Kirk (1916-1983)
ERIC KLOSS - saxophonist - 56
SCOTT LAFARO - bassist (1936-1961)
DENNIS MACKREL - drummer, arranger - 43
JIMMY McGRIFF - organist - 69
BUBBER MILEY - trumpeter (1903-1932)
BOB MITCHELL - trumpeter with L. Jordan, Lunceford - 85
BILL POTTS - arranger, composer, pianist (1928-2005)
MARTIN SPEAKE - altoist, composer - 47
SCOTT STROMAN - trombonist, composer, educator - 47
BILLY TAYLOR SR. - pianist (1906-1986)
HAROLD VICK - tenor saxophonist (1936-1987)

4
ELMER BERNSTEIN - composer for movies - 83
MICHAEL CAMILO - pianist, composer - 51
BUSTER COOPER - trombonist - 76
LESLIE DRAYTON - bandleader, trumpeter - 55
BENNY GREEN - pianist - 42
JAKE HANNA - drummer - 74
ALLAN HARRIS - singer - 47
GENE RAMEY - bassist (1913-1984)
BOB SHOFFNER - trumpeter with King Oliver (1900-1983)
GARY SMULYAN - baritone saxophonist - 49
DANNY THOMPSON - bassist - 66
MUDDY WATERS (McKINLEY MORGANFIELD) - bluesman (1915-1983)

5
HERB FLEMMING - trombonist (1898-1976)
ALEX HARDING - baritone saxophonist with Hemphill & Bluiett - 38
JEROME HARRIS - guitarist - 52
LEONARD HOCHMAN - bass clarinetist, tenor saxophonist (1933-2000)
STAN LEVEY - drummer - 79
EVAN PARKER - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 61
STANLEY TURRENTINE - tenor saxophonist (1934-2000)

6
GENE BERTONCINI - guitarist - 68
DOROTHY DONEGAN - pianist (1924-1998)
BILL HARDMAN - trumpeter (1933-1990)
NOAH HOWARD - altoist - 62
ED HUBBLE - trombonist - 77
GERRY MULLIGAN - baritone saxophonist (1927-1996)
GERRY NIEWOOD - saxophonist - 62
JOHN PIZZARELLI - guitarist, singer - 45
PAUL RICCI - clarinetist - 91
LEO ROBIN - lyricist, "Easy Living," "Havin' Myself A Time," If I Should Lose You," "Miss Brown To You" (1895-1984)
CHARLIE ROUSE - tenor saxophonist with Monk (1924-1988)
MANFRED SCHOOF - trumpeter, composer, arranger - 69
HORACE TAPSCOTT - pianist, composer (1934-1999)
ART TAYLOR - drummer, singer (1929-1995)
RANDY WESTON - pianist, composer - 79

7
BOB BERG - tenor & soprano saxophonist (1951-2002)
VICTOR FELDMAN - keyboardist (1934-1987)
AL HAYSE - trombonist with Hamp - 84
BILLIE HOLIDAY - singer (1915-1959)
FREDDIE HUBBARD - trumpeter - 67
PEANUTS HUCKO - clarinetist (1918-2003)
PAT LABARBERA - tenor saxophonist - 61
PETE LAROCA - drummer - 67
JACK LAWRENCE - lyricist, "All Or Nothing At All," "Tenderly" - 93
BILL MOBLEY - trumpeter - 52
MONGO SANTAMARIA - congas, percussionist (1922-2003)
ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH - pianist, composer - 67

8
GEORGE DIXON - trumpeter with Earl Hines (1909-1994)
FRED EBB - lyricist, "New York, New York" (1932-2004)
E.Y. 'YIP' HARBURG - lyricist, "April in Paris," "It's Only A Paper Moon," "Old Devil Moon," "Then I'll Be Tired Of You" (1898-1981)
PAUL JEFFREY - tenor saxophonist - 72
EIJI KITAMURA - clarinetist, saxophonist - 76
PHIL LEE - guitarist - 62
CARMEN McRAE - singer (1920-1994)
PHIL SCHAAP - producer, journalist - 54
VICTOR SCHERTZINGER - songwriter, "Tangerine," "I Don't Want To Cry Anymore," "I Remember You" (1890-1941)

9
BETTY ANN BLAKE - singer - ?
SHARKEY BONANO - trumpeter (1902-1972)
ARTHUR BRIGGS - early trumpeter (1899-1991)
JULIAN DASH - tenor saxophonist with Erskine Hawkins (1916-1974)
CARL FISCHER - songwriter, "We'll Be Together Again," "You've Changed" (1912-1954)
STEVE GADD - drummer - 60
AL GAFA - guitarist - 64
ED HOWARD - bassist - 45
TEDDY ROY - pianist (1905-1966)

10
CLAUDE BOLLING - pianist, composer - 75
MORTY CORB - bassist (1917-1996)
JOEY DEFRANCESCO - organist - 34
BARBARA LEA - singer - 76
FUD LIVINGSTON - saxophonist (1906-1957)
FRASER MACPHERSON - Canadian tenor saxophonist (1928-1993)
BARRY ULANOV - journalist (1918-2000)
DENNY ZEITLIN - pianist - 67

11
ANITA GRAVINE - singer - 59
NICK LAROCCA - cornetist with ODJB (1889-1961)
JOHN LEVY - bassist, manager - 93
JIMMY LEWIS - bassist - 87
EMIL MANGELSDORFF - altoist - 80
FRANK MANTOOTH - big-band arranger, educator (1947-2004)

12
CHARLES N. DANIELS (aka NEIL MORET) - songwriter, "She's Funny That Way" (1878-1943)
JOHNNY DODDS - clarinetist (1892-1940)
ANITA ELLIS - singer - 85
HELEN FORREST - singer (1918-1999)
RUSS GARCIA - composer, arranger, trumpeter - 89
HERBIE HANCOCK - keyboardist, composer - 65
RYAN KISOR - trumpeter - 32
MARTY KRYSTALL - tenor saxophonist - 54
SAL NISTICO - tenor saxophonist (1940-1991)
VANESSA RUBIN - singer - 47
TOM WILLIAMS - trumpeter - 43

13
LIZ CALLAWAY - singer - 44
TEDDY CHARLES - vibist - 77
BUD FREEMAN - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist (1906-1991)
RUSTY JONES - drummer - 73
SLICK JONES - drummer (1907-1969)
EDDIE MARSHALL - drummer - 67
JOHN OVERTON WILLIAMS - saxophonist with Andy Kirk, composer of "Froggy Bottom" (1905-1996)
Al Green - singer - 59

14
GENE AMMONS - tenor saxophonist (1925-1974)
LAURENT CUGNY - director, arranger - 50
STEVE DAVIS - trombonist - 38
GIL FULLER - arranger, composer (1920-1994)
LUCY REED - singer (1924-1998)
SHORTY ROGERS - trumpeter (1924-1994)
MONTY WATERS - altoist & NYC loft scene leader - 67

15
BERNARD ADDISON - guitarist with Tatum & Armstrong (1905-1990)
EDEN AHBEZ - songwriter, "Nature Boy" (1908-1995)
GENE CHERICO - bassist (1935-1994)
RICHARD DAVIS - bassist - 75
SY JOHNSON - arranger, pianist - 75
HERB POMEROY - bandleader, trumpeter - 75
BESSIE SMITH - singer (1894-1937)
CHARLIE SMITH - drummer (1927-1966)
J.J. WIGGINS - bassist - 49

16
BOYCE BROWN - altoist (1910-1959)
BENNIE GREEN - trombonist (1923-1977)
ERLING KRONER - trombonist - 71
PETE MALINVERNI - pianist - 48
HENRY MANCINI - songwriter, "Days of Wine and Roses," "Moon River" (1924-1994)
HERBIE MANN - flutist (1930-2003)
ALTON PURNELL - New Orleans pianist (1911-1987)
ESBJORN SVENSSON - Swedish keyboardist, E.S.T. - 41
ULF WAKENIUS - Swedish guitarist - 47
JOHN WALTERS - composer - 52
Peteris Vasks - Latvian composer - 59

17
WHITNEY BALLIETT - journalist (The New Yorker) - 79
CHRIS BARBER - trombonist - 75
HAN BENNINK - drummer - 63
JAMES "CHIEF" BEY - drummer (1913-2004)
WARREN CHIASSON - vibist - 71
ALBERT McCARTHY - English jazz writer (1920-1987)
SAM NOTO - trumpeter - 75
JOE ROMANO - tenor saxophonist - 73
PAUL SMITH - pianist - 83
JOHNNY ST. CYR - guitarist, banjo (1890-1966)
BUSTER WILLIAMS - bassist - 63

18
JORGE ANDERS - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist - 66
CLARENCE 'GATEMOUTH' BROWN - guitarist - 81
KEN COLYER - trumpeter (1928-1988)
KEITH COPELAND - drummer - 59
HAL GALPER - pianist - 67
DANNY GOTTLIEB - drummer with P.Metheny, Mahavishnu Orch. - 52
FREDDY HILL - trumpeter - 73
LEO PARKER - baritone saxophonist (1925-1962)
JAMES RIVERS - New Orleans saxophonist - 68
JIMMY ROWSER - bassist - 79

19
CZESLAW BARTKOWSKI - drummer - 62
TOMMY BENFORD - drummer (1905-1994)
EARL GARDNER - trumpeter - 55
ALEXIS KORNER - guitarist (1928-1984)
DICK PEARCE - trumpeter - 54
KAY SWIFT - songwriter, "Can't We Be Friends?," "Can This Be Love?" (1905-1993)
Murray Perahia - concert pianist - 58

20
RAN BLAKE - pianist - 70
JOE BONNER - pianist - 57
SONNY BROWN - drummer (1936-?)
EMILE CHRISTIAN - trombonist (1895-1973)
AVISHAI COHEN - bassist - 35
LIONEL HAMPTON - vibist, bandleader (1908-2002)
BEAVER HARRIS - drummer (1936-1991)
BILLY JAMES - drummer - 69
TITO PUENTE - bandleader/percussionist (1925-2000)
HENRI RENAUD - pianist (1925-2002)
BYRON STRIPLING - trumpeter - 44
MAYRA CARIDAD VALDES - singer, sister of Chucho - 49

21
SONNY BERMAN - trumpeter with W. Herman (1925-1947)
JOHN BLOWERS - drummer, memoirist - 94
IAN CARR - trumpeter - 72
SLIDE HAMPTON - trombonist - 73
PETER KOWALD - bassist (1944-2002)
ALFRED LION - producer, Blue Note Records founder (1908-1987)
MUNDELL LOWE - guitarist - 83
HARRY MILLER - bassist (1941-1983)
PAT REBILLIOT - pianist - 70
ALAN SKIDMORE - tenor saxophonist - 63
LORENZO TIO - clarinetist (1893-1933)
WALT YODER - bassist (1914-1978)

22
GREETJA BIJMA - singer - 49
GENE CALDERAZZO - drummer - 44
CANDIDO (CAMERO DE GUERRA) - drummer/percussionist - 84
PAUL CHAMBERS - bassist (1935-1969)
BUZZY DROOTIN - drummer (1920-2000)
BARRY GUY - bassist, bandleader - 58
DON MENZA - tenor saxophonist - 69
CHARLES MINGUS - composer, bandleader, bassist (1922-1979)
HYMIE SHERTZER - Benny Goodman altoist (1909-1977)
LOU STEIN - pianist - 83
TOMMY TURRENTINE - trumpeter (1928-1997)
Yehudi Menuhin - violinist, conductor (1916-1999)

23
THILO BERG - drummer - 46
ALAN BROADBENT - pianist, arranger - 58
BUNKY GREEN - altoist - 70
BENNY HARRIS - composer, trumpeter (1919-1975)
DAVE LALAMA - pianist, synthesizers, arranger - 51
JIMMIE NOONE - clarinetist (1895-1944)
BOBBY ROSENGARDEN - drummer - 81
KENDRA SHANK - singer - 47
Sergei Prokofiev - composer (1891-1953)

24
AARON BELL - bassist - 83
RUBE BLOOM - songwriter, "Day In - Day Out," "Fools Rush In," "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (1902-1976)
JOHNNY GRIFFIN - tenor saxophonist - 77
JOE HENDERSON - tenor saxophonist (1937-1901)
STAFFORD JAMES - bassist - 59
FABIO MORGERA - trumpeter - 42
FRANK STRAZZERI - pianist - 75
COLIN WALCOTT - sitarist (1945-1984)

25
CARL ALLEN - drummer - 44
EARL BOSTIC - altoist, arranger (1913-1965)
DIGBY FAIRWEATHER - British cornetist - 59
ELLA FITZGERALD - singer (1917-1996)
WILLIS 'GATOR' JACKSON - tenor saxophonist & Gator horn player (1932-1987)
ALBERT KING - bluesman (1923-1992)
BOB RUSSELL - lyricist, "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "I Didn't Know About You" (1914-1970)
Jerry Leiber - rock songwriter - 72

26
BILL BYRNE - trumpeter, saxophonist - 63
COW-COW DAVENPORT - pianist (1895-1955)
TEDDY EDWARDS - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1924-2003)
HERMAN FOSTER - pianist (1932-1999)
KARL GEORGE - trumpeter - 92
JIMMY GIUFFRE - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist - 84
PRESTON LOVE - altoist (1921-2004)
MA RAINEY - blues singer (1886-1939)
LAKSHMINARAYANA SHANKAR - violinist, composer - 55
JOHN SWANA - trumpeter - 43
DAVE TOUGH - drummer (1908-1948)

27
DENZIL BEST - drummer (1917-1965)
DOMINIC DUVAL - bassist - 61
CONNIE KAY - MJQ drummer (1927-1994)
KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA - composer, pianist (1931-1969)
MATTY MATLOCK - clarinetist, bandleader (1907-1978)
SAL MOSCA - pianist - 78
CALVIN NEWBORN - guitarist - 72
RUTH PRICE - singer - 67
TOMMY SMITH - tenor saxophonist - 38
FREDDIE WAITS - drummer (1943-1989)

28
EVERETT BARKSDALE - guitarist (1910-1986)
MARIO BAUZA - trumpeter (1911-1993)
BLOSSOM DEARIE - singer - 79
OLIVER JACKSON - drummer (1933-1994)
STEVE KHAN - guitarist - 58
GEORGE E. LEE - bandleader (1896-1958)
SAM NEWSOME - tenor saxophonist - 40
LENI STERN - guitarist, composer, singer - 53
JOHN TCHICAI - tenor saxophonist - 69
MICKEY TUCKER - pianist - 64
GLENN ZOTTOLA - trumpeter - 58

29
GEORGE ADAMS - tenor saxophonist (1940-1992)
RAY BARRETTO - congas, percussionist - 76
NANA CAYMMI - Brazilian singer - 64
IRA COLEMAN - bassist - 49
CHRISTY DANA - trumpeter - ?
DUKE ELLINGTON - composer, pianist (1899-1974)
BIG JAY McNEELY - tenor saxophonist - 78
CLAUS OGERMAN - pianist, composer - 75
WARD PINKETT - trumpeter with Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver (1906-1937)
OTIS RUSH - bluesman - 71
ANDY SIMPKINS - bassist (1932-1999)
TOOTS THIELEMANS - harmonica player - 83

30
RICK CULVER - trombonist - 62
JOEL FUTTERMAN - pianist - 59
AARON GOLDBERG - pianist - 31
PERCY HEATH - bassist - 82
RODNEY KENDRICK - pianist - 45
DICK TWARDZIK - pianist (1931-1955)
BEA WAIN - singer - 88
SID WEISS - bassist (1914-1994)