June 2006 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections welcomed:


Happy 45th:
Gary Thomas (10th)
John Hart (15th)
Marvin "Smitty" Smith (24th)

Happy 50th:
Uri Caine (8th)
Jamaaladeen Tacuma (11th)
Bill Cunliffe (26th)
Maria Joao (27th)
Phil Flanigan (28th)

Happy 55th:
Stanley Clarke (30th)

Happy 60th:
James Leary (4th)
Tom Harrell (16th)

Happy 65th:
Irene Schweizer (2nd)
Hotep Idris Galeta (7th)
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (11th)
Chick Corea (12th)

Happy 70th:
Marcus Belgrave (12th)
Hermeto Pascoal (22nd)

Happy 75th:
Ronnie Bedford (2nd)
Louis Aldebert (8th)
Joao Gilberto (10th)
George Arvanitas (13th)

Happy 80th:
Jimmy Gourley (9th)

Happy 85th:
Marty Napoleon (2nd)
Tony Scott (17th)

Happy 95th:
Dave Matthews (6th)



1

HAL McKUSICK - altoist - 82
LENNIE NIEHAUS - altoist, arranger/composer for film/TV - 77
NELSON RIDDLE - arranger (1921-1985)
HARRY 'FATHER' WHITE - arranger/composer, trombonist with Duke & Cab Calloway (1898-1962)

2

RONNIE BEDFORD - drummer - 75
PIERRE FAVRE - drummer - 69
MATTHEW GARRISON - bassist - 36
SONNY KENNER - KC guitarist (1933-2001)
GILDO MAHONES - pianist - 77
MARTY NAPOLEON - pianist - 85
ERNIE ROYAL - trumpeter (1921-1983)
BOBBY SANABRIA - drummer/bandleader - 49
IRENE SCHWEIZER - pianist - 65
IAN SHAW - singer - 44
VALAIDA SNOW - trumpeter, singer (1900-1956)

3

TED CURSON - trumpeter - 71
DERRICK GARDNER - trumpeter - 41
DAVID GLASSER - altoist - 44
AL HAREWOOD - drummer - 83
GRACHAN MONCUR III - trombonist - 69
DAKOTA STATON - singer - 74
DR. MIKE TAYLOR - bassist with Mary Lou Williams, Ahmad Jamal (1942-2005)
JACK WILKINS - guitarist - 62
Curtis Mayfield - singer (1942-1999)

4

FRED BAKER - bassist, guitarist - 46
ANTHONY BRAXTON - reeds player, composer - 61
PAQUITO D'RIVERA - altoist, clarinetist - 58
WINARD HARPER - drummer - 44
MORGANA KING - singer - 76
TEDDY KOTICK - bassist for Bird and Getz (1928-1986)
JAMES LEARY - bassist - 60
OLIVER NELSON - arranger, composer, altoist (1932-1975)
MARK WHITECAGE - altoist - 69
BRITT WOODMAN - 50s Ellington trombonist (1920-2000)

5

ANGELA DENIRO - singer - 49
KURT EDELHAGEN - bandleader (1920-1982)
PETER ERSKINE - drummer - 52
JERRY GONZALEZ - trumpeter, congas - 57
TONY JACKSON - pianist (1876-1921)
PETE JOLLY - pianist (1932-2004)
MISHA MENGELBERG - pianist - 71
SPECS POWELL - drummer - 84
Martha Argerich - concert pianist - 65

6

MONTY ALEXANDER - pianist - 62
GRANT GREEN - guitarist (1931-1979)
AL GREY - trombonist (1925-2000)
BEV KELLY - singer - 72
PAUL LOVENS - drummer - 57
JIMMY LUNCEFORD - bandleader, arranger (1902-1947)
DAVE MATTHEWS - arranger, altoist - 95
ZBIGNIEW SEIFERT - violinist (1946-1979)
Aram Khachaturian - composer (1903-1978)

7

CLIFF BARBARO - drummer - 68
BERYL BOOKER - pianist (1922-1978)
TINA BROOKS - tenor saxophonist (1932-1974)
ED CUFFEY - trombonist (1902-1959)
TAL FARLOW - guitarist (1921-1998)
HOTEP IDRIS GALETA - pianist - 65
GLENN GRAY - Casa Loma Orch. bandleader, altoist (1906-1963)
MEL MARTIN - saxophonist, composer - 64
ANTHONY ORTEGA - altoist - 78
PRINCE ROBINSON - clarinetist, tenor saxophonist (1902-1960)

8

LOUIS ALDEBERT - singer with Les Double Six - 75
URI CAINE - pianist - 50
KENNY CLARE - drummer (1929-1985)
JULIE TIPPETTS - singer - 59
BILL WATROUS - trombonist - 67
Emanuel Ax - concert pianist - 57
Robert Schumann - composer (1810-1856)

9

MOUSEY ALEXANDER - drummer (1922-1988)
KENNY BARRON - pianist - 63
CURTIS BOYD - drummer - 66
MICK GOODRICK - guitarist - 61
JIMMY GOURLEY - guitarist - 80
SKIP JAMES - bluesman (1902-1969)
LES PAUL - guitarist - 91
COLE PORTER - songwriter (1891-1964)
Johnny Ace - singer (1929-1954)

10

ANDY BLAKENEY - trumpeter (1898-1992)
DWAYNE BURNO - bassist - 36
AL DUBIN - lyricist, "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me,"Lullaby of Broadway," "I Only Have Eyes For You," "September In The Rain," "Indian Summer" (1891-1945)
JOAO GILBERTO - Brazilian singer/guitarist - 75
NAT HENTOFF - journalist - 81
HOWLIN' WOLF - bluesman (1910-1976)
FREDERICK LOEWE - songwriter, "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face," "The Heather on the Hill," "I Could've Danced All Night," "Almost Like Being in Love" (1904-1988)
ERIC MASCHWITZ (aka HOLT MARVELL) - lyricist, "These Foolish Things" (1901-1969)
DOUG MILLER - reeds player - 54
CHARNET MOFFETT - bassist - 39
GARY THOMAS - tenor saxophonist - 45
DICKY WELLS - trombonist (1907-1985)

11

SHELLEY MANNE - drummer (1920-1984)
KAISER MARSHALL - drummer with Fletcher Henderson (1899-1948)
BERNARD 'PRETTY' PURDIE - drummer - 65
JAMAALADEEN TACUMA - bassist - 50
ASSIF TSAHAR - tenor saxophonist - 37
Richard Strauss - composer (1864-1949)

12

GERI ALLEN - pianist - 49
MARCUS BELGRAVE - trumpeter - 70
CHICK COREA - keyboardist, composer - 65
PATIENCE HIGGINS - reeds - ?
DUKE LEE - percussionist with Iguazu - ?
JASPER LUNDGAARD - bassist - 52
ZEKE ZARCHY - trumpeter - 91

13

GEORGE ARVANITAS - pianist, organist - 75
CLARENCE BANKS - trombonist with Basie - 54
EDDIE BEAL - pianist, composer (1910-1984)
DOC CHEATHAM - trumpeter (1905-1997)
HAROLD DANKO - pianist - 59
CLARENCE HUTCHENRIDER - clarinetist/saxophonist (1908-1991)
FRANK STROZIER - altoist, flutist - 59
RONALD WESTRAY - trombonist - 36
ATTILA ZOLLER - guitarist (1927-1998)

14

CY COLEMAN - songwriter, "It Amazes Me," "Witchcraft," "I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life," "On Second Thought" (1929-2004)
KENNY DREW JR. - pianist - 48
NARADA BURTON GREENE - pianist - 69
MARCUS MILLER - bassist - 47
DARYL SHERMAN - singer - 57
JOHN SIMMONS - bassist (1918-1979)

15

TOM ADAIR - lyricist, "Violets For Your Furs," "The Night We Called It A Day," "Everything Happens To Me" (1913-1988)
JAKI BYARD - pianist (1922-1999)
ALIX COMBELLE - clarinetist (1912-1978)
ERROLL GARNER - pianist (1921-1977)
JOHN HART - guitarist - 45
MICKEY KATZ - clarinetist, klezmer proponent (1909-1985)
NANCY KING - singer - 66
PAUL MARES - trumpeter with NORK (1900-1949)
TONY OXLEY - drummer - 68
ALLAN REUSS - guitarist - 91
Edvard Grieg - composer (1843-1907)

16

ALBERT DAILEY - pianist (1938-1984)
DOMINIQUE EADE - singer - 48
JIMMY FORD - altoist (1927-1994)
TOM HARRELL - trumpeter - 60
GREG HUTCHINSON - drummer - 36
JAVON JACKSON - tenor saxophonist - 41
SERGEY KURYOKHIN - pianist (1954-1996)
IVAN LINS - Brazilian songwriter, "Love Dance," "The Island" - 61
CLARENCE SHAW - trumpeter with Mingus (1926-1970s)
FREDDY STUDER - drummer - 58
LUCKY THOMPSON - tenor saxophonist (1924-2005)
AL VIOLA - guitarist - 87

17

GENE DE PAUL - songwriter, "I'll Remember April," "Star Eyes," "You Don't Know What Love Is," "Teach Me Tonight" (1919-1988)
SAMMY FAIN - songwriter, "That Old Feeling," "You Brought A New Kind of Love To Me," "Secret Love" (1902-1989)
DON KIRKPATRICK - pianist, arranger (1905-1956)
JIM PEPPER - tenor & soprano saxophonist (1941-1992)
CHUCK RAINEY - bassist - 66
TONY SCOTT - clarinetist - 85
GENE SEDRIC - clarinetist (1917-1963)
TOM VARNER - French horn player - 49
Igor Stravinsky - composer (1882-1971)

18

SAMMY CAHN - songwriter, "I Should Care," "Call Me Irresponsible," "The Second Time Around," "Three Coins in the Fountain," "All the Way" (1913-1993)
JIMMY CHEATHAM - trombonist, arranger - 82
RAY McKINLEY - drummer (1910-1995)
BENNIE PAYNE - pianist (1907-1986)
SUE RANEY - singer - 66
BABE RUSSIN - tenor saxophonist (1911-1984)
Paul McCartney - Beatle - 64

19

RAY BAUDUC - big-band drummer (1906-1988)
CHICO BUARQUE - Brazilian singer/songwriter, "Portrait in Black and White," "Sabia" - 62
BILLY DRUMMOND - drummer - 47
SIDSEL ENDRESEN - Norwegian singer, lyricist, actress - 54
JERRY JEROME - tenor saxophonist (1912-2001)
DAVE LAMBERT - singer with LH&R (1917-1966)
ROBERT PALMER - journalist (1945-1997)
JOE THOMAS - tenor saxophonist (1909-1986)

20

DENNIS BUDIMIR - guitarist - 68
ERIC DOLPHY - altoist, bass clarinetist, flutist (1928-1964)
STU MARTIN - drummer (1938-1980)
GEORGE STEVENSON - trombonist (1906-1990)
DEBORAH WEISZ - trombonist - 44
LAMMAR WRIGHT SR. - trumpeter (1907-1973)

21

DONALD DEAN - drummer - 69
MAGGIE GALLOWAY - singer - 48
MACK GORDON - lyricist, "At Last," "You Make Me Feel So Young," "You'll Never Know," "The More I See You," "Time On My Hands" (1904-1959)
JON HISEMAN - drummer - 62
JAMIL NASSER - bassist - 74
ERIC REED - pianist - 36
LALO SCHIFRIN - pianist, composer/songwriter, "The Right To Love," "Down Here On The Ground" - 74
ROB SCHNEIDERMAN - pianist - 49

22

RAY MANTILLA - percussionist - 72
JOHN MOSCA - trombonist - 56
HERMETO PASCOAL - Brazilian pianist - 70
BEN POLLACK - drummer, bandleader (1903-1971)
EDDIE PREVOST - drummer - 64
HEIKKI SARMANTO - Finnish pianist, composer - 67

23

DONALD HARRISON - alto & soprano saxophonist - 46
MILT HINTON - bassist (1910-2000)
HELEN HUMES - singer (1913-1981)
EDDIE MILLER - tenor saxophonist (1911-1991)
TIM RICHARDS - pianist - 54
GEORGE RUSSELL - bandleader/arranger - 83
SAHIB SHIHAB - baritone saxophonist (1925-1989)

24

MANNY ALBAM - arranger (1922-2001)
GEORGE GRUNTZ - bandleader, pianist, composer - 74
CAPTAIN JOHN HANDY - altoist (1900-1971)
CLINT HOUSTON - bassist (1946-2000)
FRANK LOWE - tenor saxophonist (1943-2003)
Harry Partch - composer (1901-1974)
MARVIN 'SMITTY' SMITH - drummer - 45

25

JOE CHAMBERS - drummer - 64
CLIFTON CHENIER - zydeco pioneer (1925-1987)
BILL RUSSO - arranger (1928-2003)
RADKA TONEFF - singer (1952-1982)

26

BRIAN ABRAHAMS - drummer - 59
JOEY BARON - drummer - 51
BIG BILL BROONZY - blues singer (1893-1958)
BILL CUNLIFFE - pianist - 50
JIMMY DEUCHAR - trumpeter, composer (1930-1993)
ARTHUR DOYLE - free jazz woodwinds player - 62
GEORGIE FAME - singer - 63
GILBERTO GIL - Brazilian singer - 64
TEDDY GRACE - singer (1905-1992)
DAVE GRUSIN - pianist, composer - 72
DON LANPHERE - tenor & soprano sax (1931-2003)
IKE LEVIN - woodwinds player - 56
REGGIE WORKMAN - bassist - 69

27

EARL BRENT - lyricist, "Angel Eyes" (1914-1977)
SHAD COLLINS - trumpeter (1910-1978)
SANTI DEBRIANO - bassist - 51
MADELINE EASTMAN - singer - 52
ELMO HOPE - pianist (1923-1967)
MARIA JOAO - Portuguese singer - 50
MACEO PINKARD - songwriter, "Sweet Georgia Brown," "Them There Eyes" (1897-1962)
BILL SAXTON - saxophonist - 58
TONY SPARGO (aka SBARBARO) - Original Dixieland Jazz Band drummer (1897-1969)

28

PETE CANDOLI - trumpeter - 83
PHIL FLANIGAN - bassist - 50
JOHN LEE - bassist, composer - 54
JIMMY MUNDY - arranger, composer (1907-1983)
RICHARD RODGERS - songwriter (1902-1979)
ADRIAN ROLLINI - bass saxophonist (1904-1956)
ARNOLD SHAW - jounalist (1909-1989)
JOE SMITH - 20s trumpeter (1902-1937)
TIERNEY SUTTON - singer - 43
MAGNI WENTZEL - singer - 61
STEVE WILLIAMSON - tenor saxophonist - 42

29

RALPH BURNS - arranger, pianist (1922-2001)
JEAN DEROME - Montreal saxophonist, composer - 51
FRANK LOESSER - songwriter, "Can't Get Out of This Mood," "I Hear Music," "If I Were A Bell," "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year" (1910-1969)
JULIAN PRIESTER - trombonist - 71
LEW SPENCE - songwriter, "Nice 'n' Easy," "A Rainy Afternoon" - 86

30

STANLEY CLARKE - bassist - 55
ANDREW HILL - pianist - 69
CHRIS HINZE - flutist, composer - 68
LENA HORNE - singer - 89