November 2006 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections welcomed…


Happy 30th:
Jeremy Pelt (4th)

Happy 40th:
Ben Allison (17th)
Terell Stafford (25th)

Happy 45th:
Jay Rosen (20th)

Happy 50th:
Marco Eneidi (1st)
Frank Kimbrough (2nd)
Denise Jannah (5th)
Charlie Kohlhase (28th)

Happy 55th:
Kenny Werner (19th)
Dennis Irwin (28th)

Happy 60th:
Bennie Wallace (18th)
Ray Drummond (23rd)

Happy 65th:
Ron McClure (22nd)

Happy 70th:
Bertha Hope (8th)
Ron McCurdy (28th)

Happy 75th:
Phil Woods (2nd)
Gloria Lynne (23rd)
Jack Sheldon (30th)

Happy 80th:
Lou Donaldson (1st)
Carlos "Patato" Valdes (4th)
Irv Stokes (11th)
Claude Williamson (18th)

Happy 85th:
Red Wootten (5th)


In Memoriam:
Buck Clayton - 95th anniversary (12th)



1
SYLVIE COURVOISIER - pianist, composer - 38
>>LOU DONALDSON - altoist - 80
>>MARCO ENEIDI - free jazz altoist - 50
CONRAD HERWIG - trombonist - 47
FRANZ JACKSON - Chicago tenor saxophonist & clarinetist - 94
ROGER KELLAWAY - pianist, arranger, composer - 67
CARMEN LUNDY - singer - 52
RAPHE MALIK - trumpeter - 58
SAM MARGOLIS - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist (1923-1996)
JOE RUSHTON - bass & baritone saxophonist with Red Nichols (1907-1964)
WILLIE WILLIAMS - tenor saxophonist/reeds player - 48

2
BUNNY BERIGAN - trumpeter (1908-1942)
MAXINE DANIELS - singer - 76
KURT ELLING - singer - 39
HERB GELLER - altoist - 78
>>FRANK KIMBROUGH - pianist, Herbie Nichols Project co-leader - 50
PHIL MINTON - singer, trumpeter - 66
>>PHIL WOODS - altoist - 75

3
HENRY GRIMES - bassist with Ayler, Cherry, Rollins - 71
JOE McPHEE - tenor saxophonist, trumpet - 67
BILLY MITCHELL - tenor saxophonist (1926-2001)
JANE MONHEIT - singer - 29
SONNY RHODES - bluesman - 66
JOE TURNER - stride pianist (1907-1990)

4
JOE BENJAMIN - bassist (1919-1974)
WILLEM BREUKER - bandleader/reeds player - 62
LARRY BUNKER - drummer, vibist (1928-2005)
ERIC LE LANN - flugelhorn player - 49
>>JEREMY PELT - trumpeter - 30
RALPH SUTTON - stride pianist (1922-2001)
>>CARLOS 'PATATO' VALDES - percussionist & congas player with H.Mann, T.Puente - 80
HARRY WOODS - songwriter, "Try A Little Tenderness," "What A Little Moonlight Can Do" (1896-1970)

5
>>DENISE JANNAH - Dutch singer - 50
BOB KINDRED - tenor sax - 66
HAROLD 'LITTLE G' McNAIR - tenor & alto saxophonist/flutist (1931-1971)
JOE SULLIVAN - pianist (1906-1971)
REGINALD VEAL - bassist - 43
JOHNNY WINDHURST - trumpeter (1926-1981)
>>RED WOOTTEN - bassist - 85
Nicholas Maw - British composer - 71

6
FRANCY BOLAND - co-leader, Clarke-Boland Big Band - 77
LAILA DALSETH - singer - 66
DAVID EYGES - cellist - 56
ANDY GIBSON - composer, arranger (1913-1961)
GIL GOLDSTEIN - keyboardist, accordion player - 56
LISA HINDMARSH - singer - 44
GUS KAHN - lyricist, "It Had To Be You," "You Stepped Out of a Dream," "Swingin' Down the Lane," "Makin' Whoopee" (1886-1941)
JIMMY LYON - pianist (1921-1984)
ARTURO SANDOVAL - trumpeter, cofounder of Irakere - 57

7
JAN ALLAN - Swedish trumpeter - 72
ARY BARROSO - Brazilian songwriter, "Brazil" (1903-1964)
ALVIN BATISTE - clarinetist, composer - 74
JOE BUSHKIN - pianist, trumpet player (1916-2004)
JOHANNES FABER - German trumpeter - 54
KITTY MARGOLIS - singer - 51
RENE MARIE - singer - 51
JONI MITCHELL - singer - 63
HOWARD RUMSEY - club owner/manager, Lighthouse (Hermosa Beach) & Concerts By The Sea (Redondo Beach) - 89
KLAUS SUONSAARI - drummer, arranger, composer - 47
MARK ANTHONY TAYLOR - drummer - 44
DAVID S. WARE - tenor saxophonist - 57
NILS WOGRAM - trombonist - 34

8
KAMAU ADILIFU (CHARLES SULLIVAN) - trumpeter - 62
PATRICIA BARBER - singer - 51
DON BYRON - clarinetist - 48
CHRIS CONNOR - singer - 79
>>BERTHA HOPE - pianist - 70
RUSSELL MALONE - guitarist - 43

9
TOMMY DOUGLAS - bandleader, clarinetist (1906-1965)
MEZZ MEZZROW - clarinetist, tenor saxophonist (1899-1972)
MUGGSY SPANIER - trumpeter (1906-1967)
Ivan Moravec - concert pianist - 76

10
MARILYN BERGMAN - lyricist - 77
PAUL BLEY - keyboardist - 74
ANDREW CYRILLE - drummer - 67
HUBERT LAWS - flutist, composer - 67
BILLY MAY - arranger (1916-2004)
HOUSTON PERSON - tenor saxophonist - 72
MARK TURNER - tenor saxophonist - 41

11
MOSE ALLISON - singer, songwriter - 79
ERNESTINE ANDERSON - singer - 78
WILLIE COOK - trumpeter (1923-2000)
CARROLL DICKERSON - bandleader, worked with Armstrong & King Oliver (1895-1957)
KAHIL EL'ZABAR - Ethnic Heritage Ensemble percussionist - 53
DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT - harpist - 53
AL LEVITT - drummer (1932-1994)
ANDY McKEE - bassist - 53
MARIO PAVONE - double bassist - 66
MARVIN 'HANNIBAL' PETERSON - trumpeter - 58
GUNTHER SCHULLER - composer/arranger - 81
MARK SHIM - tenor saxophonist - 33
SEAN SMITH - bassist - 41
>>IRV STOKES - trumpeter - 80
MARLENE VERPLANCK - singer - 73
SONNY WHITE - pianist with Billie Holiday, Frankie Newton (1917-1971)
DICK WILSON - tenor saxophonist (1911-1941)

12
BUCK CLAYTON - trumpeter, bandleader (1911-1991)
SAM JONES - bassist, composer (1924-1981)
CHARLIE MARIANO - altoist - 83
AUDREY MORRIS - singer - 78
JIM PUGH - trombonist - 56
JO STAFFORD - singer - 86
JEFF STOCKHAM - French horn & trumpeter - 48
THORGEIR STUBO - Norwegian guitarist (1943-1986)
RICHARD WHITING - songwriter, "Too Marvelous For Words," "She's Funny That Way," "Miss Brown To You" (1891-1938)
Neil Young - singer/songwriter - 61

13
BLUE LU BARKER - singer (1913-1998)
WARREN BERNHARDT - pianist - 68
ERNIE FARROW - bassist with Yusef Lateef (1928-1969)
CHRIS FLORY - guitarist - 53
RICHARD GROSSMAN - pianist (1937-1992)
HAMPTON HAWES - pianist (1928-1977)
JOHN LATOUCHE - lyricist, "Lazy Afternoon" (1917-1956)
JANET LAWSON - singer - 66
BENNIE MOTEN - bandleader, pianist, composer (1894-1935)

14
BILLY BAUER - guitarist with Lenny Tristano (1915-2005)
GEORGE CABLES - pianist - 62
DON EWELL - pianist (1916-1983)
ART HODES - pianist (1904-1993)
ELLIS MARSALIS JR. - pianist - 72
BOBBY THOMAS - drummer - 74
Aaron Copland - composer (1900-1990)

15
KEVIN EUBANKS - guitarist - 49
SUSIE IBARRA - percussionist/drummer with David S. Ware - 36
GUS JOHNSON - drummer (1913-2000)
SELDON POWELL - tenor saxophonist (1928-1997)
JEROME RICHARDSON - tenor saxophonist/reeds (1920-2000)
REUBEN ROGERS - bassist - 32
TED ROSENTHAL - pianist, composer - 47

16
STEVE ARGUELLES - drummer - 43
DOLO COKER - pianist, altoist (1927-1983)
EDDIE CONDON - guitarist (1905-1973)
W.C. HANDY - cornetist, composer (1873-1958)
DIANA KRALL - singer - 42
LAUREN NEWTON - singer with Vienna Art Orch. - 54
JESSE STONE - pianist, bandleader, arranger (1901-1999)
BEN THIGPEN - drummer (1908-1971)
NICK TRAVIS - trumpeter (1925-1964)

17
>>BEN ALLISON - bassist, Jazz Composers Collective artistic director - 40
DAVID AMRAM - French horn player/pianist - 76
WAYNE ANDRE - trombonist, composer (1931-2003)
MARIAN (or MARION) MONTGOMERY - singer (1934-2002)
ROSWELL RUDD - trombonist - 71
CLARENCE 'SHORTY' SHEROCK - trumpeter (1915-1980)
Gene Clark - singer/songwriter, Byrds guitarist (1946-1991)

18
CINDY BLACKMAN - drummer - 47
DON CHERRY - trumpeter (1936-1995)
KIM GANNON - songwriter, "Autumn Nocturne," "Always in My Heart" (1900-1974)
SHEILA JORDAN - singer - 78
JOHNNY MERCER - lyricist (1909-1976)
VICTOR SPROLES - bassist - 79
>>BENNIE WALLACE - tenor saxophonist - 60
>>CLAUDE WILLIAMSON - pianist - 80

19
TOMMY DORSEY - trombonist (1905-1956)
VINCE HERRING - alto & soprano saxophonist - 42
>>KENNY WERNER - pianist - 55

20
SKEETER BEST - guitarist (1914-1985)
DON BRADEN - tenor saxophonist - 43
JUNE CHRISTY - singer (1925-1990)
GEOFF KEEZER - pianist - 36
JAY ROSEN - drummer, Trio X - 45
COLIN SMITH - trumpeter - 72

21
Dr. John (aka Mac Rebennak) - boogie/blues pianist/singer - 66
COLEMAN HAWKINS - tenor saxophonist (1904-1969)
EARL McINTYRE - trombonist - 53
JACK MILLMAN - trumpeter - 76
ALPHONSE MOUZON - drummer - 58
SAL SALVADOR - guitarist (1925-1999)
ARTHUR SCHUTT - pianist (1902-1965)
PETER WARREN - bassist, cellist - 71
ELI YAMIN - pianist - 38

22
POLO BARNES - clarinetist/saxophonist (1901-1981)
HOAGY CARMICHAEL - singer/songwriter (1899-1981)
HORACE HENDERSON - arranger, leader (1904-1988)
JIMMY KNEPPER - trombonist, arranger (1927-2003)
>>RON McCLURE - bassist - 65
KEN VANDERMARK - tenor saxophonist, bass clarinetist - 42
>>RAY DRUMMOND - bassist - 60

23
RUTH ETTING - singer (1896-1978)
ALVIN FIELDER - drummer - 71
VICTOR GASKIN - bassist - 72
TYREE GLENN - trombonist, vibist (1912-1974)
GIOVANNI HIDALGO - percussionist - 43
>>GLORIA LYNNE - singer - 75
JOHNNY MANDEL - songwriter, arranger - 81
BOB McCRACKEN - clarinetist, tenor saxophonist (1904-1972)
ALAN PAUL - Manhattan Transfer singer - 57
Krzysztof Penderecki - composer - 73

24
SERGE CHALOFF - baritone saxophonist (1923-1957)
AL COHN - tenor saxophonist (1925-1988)
SCOTT COLLEY - bassist - 43
WILD BILL DAVIS - pianist, organist (1918-1995)
YORON ISRAEL - drummer - 43
SCOTT JOPLIN - pianist (1868-1917)
TEDDY WILSON - pianist (1912-1986)

25
NAT ADDERLEY - trumpeter (1931-2000)
JOE CARROLL - singer (1919-1981)
HOLLY COLE - singer - 43
RICHARD DE ROSA - drummer, arranger - 51
PAUL DESMOND - altoist (1924-1977)
MATTHEW GEE - trombonist on Duke's "C Jam Blues" & with Diz (1925-1979)
RICH HALLEY - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 59
STEVE JOHNS - drummer - 46
ETTA JONES - singer (1928-2001)
ARTHUR SCHWARTZ - songwriter (1900-1984)
WILLIE SMITH - altoist with Ellington, Lunceford (1910-1967)
WILLIE 'THE LION' SMITH - pianist (1887-1973)
>>TERELL STAFFORD - trumpeter - 40
DICK WELLSTOOD - pianist (1927-1987)

26
FRANK MELROSE aka K.C. FRANK - pianist (1907-1941)

27
WESSELL ANDERSON - alto & soprano saxophonist - 42
RANDY BRECKER - trumpeter - 61
JUDY CARMICHAEL - pianist - 54
LYLE MAYS - keyboardist - 53
WILBUR MORRIS - bassist with David Murray, T.Borgmann (1937-2002)
MARIA SCHNEIDER - composer, arranger - 46
EDDIE SOUTH - violinist (1904-1962)
JACKY TERRASSON - pianist - 41
Jimi Hendrix - rock guitarist/singer (1942-1970)

28
GATO BARBIERI - tenor saxophonist, flutist - 72
JERRY COKER - educator, tenor saxophonist - 74
ETHEL ENNIS - singer - 74
GIGI GRYCE - altoist, flutist, composer (1925-1983)
>>DENNIS IRWIN - bassist, clarinetist - 55
>>CHARLIE KOHLHASE - saxophonist, Either/Orchestra member - 50
>>ROY McCURDY - Cannonball Adderley Quintet drummer - 70
BUTCH THOMPSON - pianist - 63
DICK VANCE - arranger, composer (1915-1985)
GEORGE WETTLING - drummer (1907-1968)

29
ED BICKERT - guitarist - 74
TONY COE - clarinetist, tenor saxophonist - 72
TROY DAVIS - drummer with T.Blanchard - 41
BILLY HART - drummer - 66
RONNY JORDAN - British acid-jazz guitarist - 44
ADAM NUSSBAUM - drummer - 51
BILLY STRAYHORN - composer, arranger, pianist (1915-1967)

30
BROWNIE McGHEE - blues singer (1915-1996)
BILL REICHENBACH - trombonist - 57
>>JACK SHELDON - trumpeter - 75
STAN SULZMANN - alto & tenor saxophonist - 58

[Mike Schwartz]

SONGWRITERS BIRTHDAYS - NOVEMBER

Nov. 4 (1896) Harry Woods Music: Try a Little Tenderness, Side
By Side, We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye, What a Little Moonlight Can Do

Nov. 4 (1907) Bennie Benjamin Music: I Don't Want to Set the
World on Fire, Confess, Oh What It Seemed To Be, Rumors Are Flying.

Nov. 6 (1886) Gus Kahn Lyrics: It Had To Be You, You Stepped
Out of a Dream, Love Me or Leave Me, Makin' Whoopee, I'm Through With Love

Nov. 7 (1943) Joni Mitchell Music & Lyrics The Circle Game,
Both Sides Now, Free Man In Paris, Carey, Big Yellow Taxi

Nov. 10 (1929) Marilyn Bergman Lyrics: How Do You Keep the Music
Playing?, The Way We Were, Nice 'n Easy, The Windmills of Your Mind, I
Believe In Love.

Nov. 12 (1891) Richard Whiting Music: Hooray For Hollywood, Too
Marvelous For Words, My Ideal, Beyond the Blue Horizon, She's Funny That
Way.

Nov. 12 (1936) Mort Shuman Music & Lyrics: Save The Last Dance
For Me, Can't Get Used To Losing You, This Magic Moment.

Nov. 16 (1873) W. C. Handy Music: St. Louis Blues, Beale Street
Blues, Long Gone, Joe Turner's Blues.

Nov. 18 (1909) Johnny Mercer Lyrics: Something's Gotta Give,
That Old Black Magic, Midnight Sun, Satin Doll, Day In Day Out, Blues in
the Night, Laura, The Days of Wine and Roses.

Nov. 22 (1899) Hoagy Carmichael Music: Skylark, The Nearness of
You, Georgia on My Mind, Star Dust, Baltimore Oriole, I Get Along
Without You Very Well, Lazy Bones, How Little We Know.

Nov. 22 (1902) Allen Neiburg Music: It's the Talk of the Town,
Under a Blanket of Blue, I'm Confessin' That I Love You.

Nov. 23 (1925) Johnny Mandel Music: A Time For Love, Not Really
The Blues, The Shadow of Your Smile, Emily, Straight Life, Where Do You
Start, The Shining Sea, Unless It's You.

Nov. 23 (1928) Jerry Bock Music: Too Close For Comfort,
Matchmaker Matchmaker, Sunrise Sunset, Mr. Wonderful, Tonight At Eight.

Nov. 24 (1868) Scott Joplin Music: Maple Leaf Rag, Sugar Cane
Rag, Wall Street Rag, The Entertainer.

Nov. 25 (1900) Arthur Schwartz Music: Dancing In The Dark, That's
Entertainment, I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan, Alone Together, Then
I'll Be Tired of You, I See Your Face Before Me, A Gal In Calico.

Nov. 28 (1943) Randy Newman Music & Lyrics: Short People, I Love
To See You Smile, Mama Told Me Not To Come, I Think It's Going To Rain
Today.

Nov. 29 (1915) Billy Strayhorn Music & Lyrics: Lush Life, Take
the "A" Train, Something To Live For. Music: Just A-Sittin' and
A-Rockin', Chelsea Bridge, Satin Doll

[Mike Schwartz]

GIL GOLDSTEIN - ?drummer?- 56 Nov. 6

Allen...I just noticed this entry as a drummer, and I know the entry below to be correct. In fact, Gil was on my program about a month ago for his recently released CD.

Biography by Scott Yanow
Gil Goldstein, an excellent pianist and synthesizer player, actually started on the accordion. In the late '80s, he resumed doubling on it for special occasions, such as a recording project for Michel Petrucciani and for his own sessions. Earlier, Goldstein had picked up important experience playing with Pat Martino, Jim Hall, Billy Cobham, the Gil Evans Orchestra (starting in 1983), and Wayne Shorter. In 1991, he helped in reconstructing Gil Evans' arrangements for Miles Davis' Montreux Jazz Festival concert and he has recorded as a leader for Chiaroscuro (1977), Muse, Blue Note, World Pacific, and Big World. Generally, Gil Goldstein's music grooves while utilizing the influences of other cultures (particularly Latin America).

[Allen H]

Thanks for catching that, Mike - it's corrected.

[BFrank]

Also, Nov 28: Jon Stewart, Paul Schaffer