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January 2007 Birthdays
As we begin another year of this list, I have added quite a few new people to the database. We now have about 3,400 jazz folks on the list, as well as a couple of hundred from classical or pop music that should interest at least some readers. And I am OVERJOYED to report that about 58% of the jazz people now on the list are actually still LIVING. When I started doing this list several years ago, it seemed as though most of the people on it were dead and almost none of the remaining ones were young, and it made for very depressing lists, so I’ve been making a concerted effort over time to add live bodies, and especially younger ones.
But as a rule, the younger they are, the harder it is to get any information on them. I am going to do a second post following this one in which I list quite a few names that I would like to add to the list, but I cannot seem to come up with information on them. Please look over that list of names, and if you have access to the birthdate of one or more people on it, please post.
With that said, here we go with January.
Additions or corrections welcomed as always....
Happy 40th:
Ingrid Jensen (12th)
Peter Epstein (18th)
Marcus Printup (24th)
D.D. Jackson (25th)
Marc Cary (29th)
Andy Milne (29th)
Happy 45th:
Margaret Slovak (8th)
Happy 50th:
Myra Melford (5th)
Clarence Seay (7th)
Steve Jordan (14th)
Andy Sheppard (20th)
Sophia Domancich (25th)
Kent Kessler (28th)
Gregory Davis (30th)
Happy 55th:
William Parker (10th)
Lee Ritenour (11th)
Russell Ferrante (18th)
Milo Fine (22nd)
Happy 60th:
Dee Daniels (11th)
Baikida Carroll (15th)
Lou Grassi (21st)
Happy 65th:
John McLaughlin (4th)
Bill Goodwin (8th)
Jon Lucien (8th)
Jerome Hunter (14th)
Happy 70th:
Phil Wilson (19th)
Jeff Clyne (29th)
Happy 75th:
Jack Reilly (1st)
Hadley Caliman (12th)
Grady Tate (14th)
Teddy Smith (22nd)
Happy 80th:
Don Shirley (29th)
Happy 85th:
Frank Wess (4th)
Jimmy Wyble (25th)
Happy 90th:
John 'Streamline' Ewing (19th)
Shep Shepherd (19th)
Happy 101st:
Wendell Culley (8th)
In Memoriam:
Antonio Carlos Jobim - 80th anniversary (25th)
Irene Kral - 75th anniversary (18th)
Jay McShann - 91st anniversary (12th)
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HELMUT BRANDT - German bandleader (1931-2001)
PAPA CELESTIN - trumpeter (1884-1954)
SLIM GAILLARD - singer, pianist, guitarist (1916-1991)
SONNY GREENWICH - guitarist - 71
MILT JACKSON - vibist (1923-1999)
HOWARD 'SWAN' JOHNSON - altoist with Diz, Benny Carter (1908-1991)
ORVILLE KNAPP - KC bandleader (1904-1936)
SUSANNAH McCORKLE - singer (1949-2001)
AL McKIBBON - bassist on "Birth of the Cool" (1919-2005)
GEORGE W. MEYER - songwriter, "There Are Such Things" (1894-1959)
CHRIS POTTER - tenor & alto saxophonist - 36
JACK REILLY - pianist, composer - 75
ACK VAN ROOYEN - arranger/trumpeter - 77
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NICK FATOOL - West Coast drummer (1915-2000)
HENRY GOODWIN - trumpeter (1910-1979)
ARTHUR PRYSOCK - singer (1924-1997)
ISAO SUZUKI - bassist/cellist - 61
JACKIE WILLIAMS - drummer - 74
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AL BELLETTO - alto & baritone saxophonist - 79
JAMES CARTER - saxophonist - 38
BILL EASLEY - saxophonist, clarinetist - 61
MOTOHIKO HINO - drummer, bandleader (1946-1999)
PRESTON JACKSON - trombonist with Armstrong (1904-1983)
JOHN JENKINS - altoist with Clifford Jordan Big Band (1931-1993)
EDDIE JONES - bassist (1929-1997)
TRUDY KERR - Australian singer - 44
HAROLD 'GEEZIL' MINERVE - altoist with Duke & Mercer Ellington bands (1922-1992)
HERBIE NICHOLS - composer/pianist (1919-1963)
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EUGENE CHADBOURNE - guitarist, critic - 53
ALEX CLINE - drummer/percussionist - 51
NELS CLINE - guitarist - 51
ROBERT DICK - flutist - 57
AL DREARES - drummer - 78
JOE MARSALA - clarinetist (1907-1978)
JOHN McLAUGHLIN - guitarist - 65
FRANKIE NEWTON - trumpeter (1906-1954)
FRANK WESS - tenor & alto saxophonist/flutist - 85
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ART BARON - trombonist with Ellington - 57
WILD BILL DAVISON - cornetist (1906-1989)
CHUCK FLORES - drummer - 72
CLIFFORD GREY - lyricist, "Sometimes I'm Happy" (1887-1941)
OSCAR KLEIN - Austrian Dixieland-style trumpeter (1930-2006)
MYRA MELFORD - pianist - 50
DIZZY REECE - trumpeter - 76
LOUIS STEWART - guitarist - 63
PAUL WERTICO - drummer - 54
Maurizio Pollini - concert pianist - 65
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LEE ABRAMS - drummer (1925-1992)
BARRY ALTSCHUL - drummer - 64
MAURICE BROWN - trumpeter - 26
VERNON BROWN - trombonist in '20s-30s (1907-1979)
KEITH CHRISTIE - British trombonist (1931-1980)
CHRIS LAURENCE - bassist - 58
ALEX MAGUIRE - pianist/composer - 48
DANNY MOORE - trumpeter (1941-2005)
HECTOR RIVERA - Latin jazz keyboardist & arranger - 74
DON SICKLER - arranger - 63
BOBBY STARK - trumpeter with F. Henderson, Chocolate Dandies (1906-1945)
CHRISTINE TOBIN - singer - 44
Alexander Scriabin - composer (1872-1915)
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HENRY 'RED' ALLEN - trumpeter (1908-1967)
AL BOWLLY - '30s British singer (1899-1941)
JOHN COLIANNI - pianist - 44
KENNY DAVERN - clarinetist (1935-2006)
HAYWOOD HENRY - baritone saxophonist for Erskine Hawkins band (1913-1994)
HERB MAGIDSON - songwriter, "Gone With the Wind," "The Continental" (1906-1986)
CHANO POZO - percussionist (1915-1948)
KEG PURNELL - drummer (1915-1965)
DAVEY SCHILDKRAUT - altoist (1925-1998)
CLARENCE SEAY - bassist - 50
SAM WOODYARD - '50s-60s Ellington drummer (1925-1988)
ELDEE YOUNG - bassist - 71
Clara Haskil - Romanian concert pianist (1895-1960)
Francis Poulenc - composer (1899-1963)
Jean-Pierre Rampal - flutist (1922-2000)
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THURMAN BARKER - drummer, AACM artist - 59
BOBBY BATTLE - drummer - 63
ANDREW CLEYNDERT - bassist - 44
WENDELL CULLEY - trumpeter with Basie, Hampton bands - 101
BILL GOODWIN - drummer - 65
JON LUCIEN - singer - 65
MARILYN MAZUR - percussionist - 52
GEORG RIEDEL - Czech bassist/composer - 73
MARGARET SLOVAK - guitarist - 45
TOMASZ SZUKALSKI - tenor saxophonist - 59
BOBBY TUCKER - pianist - 84
DAVE WECKL - drummer - 47
Elvis Presley - rocker (1935-1977)
Giacinto Scelsi - Italian avant-garde composer (1905-1988)
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IDRIS ACKAMOOR - alto & soprano saxophonist - 56
KENNY CLARKE - drummer (1914-1985)
ED GARLAND - bassist (1885-1980)
ROGER GUERIN - French trumpeter - 81
CHARLIE HARRIS - bassist (1916-2003)
JIMMY MAXWELL - trumpeter (1917-1997)
BUCKY PIZZARELLI - guitarist - 81
BETTY ROCHE - singer (1918-1999)
CARSON SMITH - bassist (1931-1997)
MEL STITZEL - NORK member, pianist/composer, "The Chant" (1902-1952)
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NIK BARTSCH - pianist, composer. Ronin leader - 36
WILLIE DENNIS - trombonist with Mingus, Mulligan (1926-1965)
ALLEN EAGER - tenor saxophonist (1927-2003)
BUDDY JOHNSON - big band singer, pianist, arranger (1915-1977)
ARTHUR JOHNSTON - songwriter, "Pennies From Heaven," My Old Flame," "Cocktails For Two" (1898-1954)
WILLIAM PARKER - bassist - 55
WAYMON REED - trumpeter with Basie, S.Vaughan (1940-1982)
MAX ROACH - drummer - 83
MIKE STERN - guitarist - 54
GIANLUIGI TROVESI - clarinetist/saxophonist, Italian Instabile Orch. - 63
JIMMY WEINSTEIN - drummer - 47
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EDEN ATWOOD - singer - 38
DEE DANIELS - singer - 60
WILBUR DE PARIS - trombonist (1900-1973)
BOB GORDON - baritone saxophonist (1928-1955)
SLIM HARPO - bluesman (1924-1970)
EGIL JOHANSEN - Scandinavian drummer (1934-1998)
OSIE JOHNSON - session drummer, arranger (1923-1966)
CAL MASSEY - composer, trumpeter (1928-1972)
SIMON NABATOV - Russian pianist, composer - 48
JACK NIMITZ - baritone saxophonist - 77
LEE RITENOUR - guitarist - 55
BUD SCOTT - banjo player/guitarist with King Oliver, Kid Ory (1890-1940)
TAB SMITH - altoist with Lucky Millinder (1909-1971)
SIPPIE WALLACE - singer (1898-1986)
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JANE IRA BLOOM - alto & soprano saxophonist - 52
HADLEY CALIMAN - West Coast flutist & saxophonist - 75
OLU DARA - trumpeter - 66
EDDIE DE LANGE - lyricist, "Solitude," "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?," "Darn That Dream" (1904-1949)
GEORGE DUKE - pianist - 61
RONALD SHANNON JACKSON - drummer - 67
INGRID JENSEN - trumpeter, educator - 40
GUY LAFITTE - French tenor saxophonist (1927-1998)
GENE LAKE - multi-instrumentalist - 41
TONY MALABY - tenor saxophonist - 43
JAY McSHANN - pianist, bandleader (1916-2006)
IVO PERELMAN - free jazz tenor saxophonist - 46
IRA SCHULMAN - flutist, reeds player - 81
TRUMMY YOUNG - trombonist (1912-1984)
Morton Feldman - composer (1926-1987)
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DANNY BARKER - banjo player/guitarist (1909-1994)
STEVE BROWN - bassist (1890-1965)
SIMON H. FELL - bassist - 48
QUENTIN JACKSON - trombonist (1909-1976)
EERO KOIVISTOINEN - Finnish composer, arranger, educator - 61
MELBA LISTON - arranger, trombonist (1926-1999)
JOE PASS - guitarist (1929-1994)
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BILLY BUTTERFIELD - trumpeter (1917-1988)
JIMMY CRAWFORD - drummer for Lunceford band (1910-1980)
MARK EGAN - bassist - 56
JEROME HUNTER - bassist with S.Rivers & R.Ali - 65
TONY INZALACO - drummer - 69
STEVE JORDAN - drummer with S.Rollins - 50
NGUYEN LE - guitarist - 48
STEFANO MALTESE - Italian composer, reeds player - 52
JOE MURANYI - clarinetist - 79
SEYMOUR SIMONS - songwriter, "All of Me" (1896-1949)
GRADY TATE - drummer, singer - 75
KENNY WHEELER - trumpeter - 77
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BAIKIDA CARROLL - trumpeter - 60
GERRY GIBBS - drummer - 43
STEVE JORDAN - guitarist (1919-1993)
GENE KRUPA - drummer (1909-1973)
BOB MAIZE - bassist (1945-2004)
ARTIE SHAPIRO - bassist (1916-2003)
PAUL TERMOS - altoist (1952-2003)
ALLIE WRUBEL - songwriter, "Gone With the Wind," "The Masquerade is Over" (1905-1973)
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JAN JOHANSSON - Swedish trombonist/pianist - 51
VIDO MUSSO - tenor saxophonist with Kenton, Goodman bands (1913-1982)
JOHN ROBICHAUX - early New Orleans bandleader (1886-1939)
SPIKE ROBINSON - tenor saxophonist (1930-2001)
ALDO ROMANO - drummer - 66
TANI TABBAL - drummer with Roscoe Mitchell, David Murray - 53
EZRA WEISS - pianist - 28
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CHERYL BENTYNE - singer with Manhattan Transfer - 53
JEFF BERLIN - fusion bassist - 54
BIG SID CATLETT - drummer (1910-1951)
CYRUS CHESTNUT - pianist - 44
TED DUNBAR - guitarist (1937-1998)
GEORGE HANDY - Boyd Raeburn band arranger/composer (1920-1997)
BILLY HARPER - tenor saxophonist, composer - 64
TERRENCE HOLDER - early KC bandleader, trumpeter (1897-1979)
YVES ROBERT - French trombonist - 49
CEDAR WALTON - pianist/composer - 73
Jean Barraque - French avant-garde composer (1928-1973)
Donald Erb - contemporary American composer - 80
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BOBBY BROOM - guitarist with Rollins, Blakey - 46
CHARLES DELAUNAY - Hot Club of France founder, discographer (1911-1988)
PETER EPSTEIN - saxophonist - 40
RUSSELL FERRANTE - Yellowjackets keyboardist - 55
AL FOSTER - drummer - 63
STEVE GROSSMAN - soprano & tenor saxophonist - 56
IRENE KRAL - singer (1932-1978)
RAY SIMS - trombonist - 86
DON THOMPSON - bassist - 67
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CHARLES AMIRKHANIAN - composer - 62
SAM BROWN - guitarist (1939-1977)
ISRAEL CROSBY - bassist for F.Henderson, Krupa, Jamal (1919-1962)
RAY EBERLE - singer with G.Miller, bandleader (1919-1979)
JOHN 'STREAMLINE' EWING - trombonist - 90
JOE MAGNARELLI - trumpeter - 47
J.R. MONTEROSE - tenor saxophonist (1927-1993)
HOD O'BRIEN - pianist - 71
HORACE PARLAN - pianist - 76
RAY PIZZI - reedman - 64
SHEP SHEPHERD - drummer with Bill Doggett - 90
PHIL WILSON - trombonist/composer - 70
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JIMMY COBB - drummer - 78
CHUCK DOMANICO - bassist with S.Horn, S.Manne (1944-2002)
JAMES GENUS - bassist - 41
BILL LESAGE - vibist/pianist (1927-2001)
VALERY PONOMAREV - trumpeter, leader of Universal Language - 64
ANDY SHEPPARD - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 50
LEW SOLOFF - trumpeter - 83
GIOVANNI TOMMASO - bassist - 66
JEFF 'TAIN' WATTS - drummer - 47
Walter Piston - composer (1894-1976)
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RUDI BLESH - journalist, producer (1899-1985)
STEVE GILMORE - bassist with Phil Woods, Al Cohn/Zoot Sims - 64
LOU GRASSI - drummer - 60
LEADBELLY (HUDDIE LEDBETTER) - bluesman (1888-1949)
JASON MORAN - pianist - 32
SHIGEHARU MUKAI - Japanese trombonist - 58
KEVIN NORTON - percussionist - 51
STEVE POTTS - alto & soprano saxophonist - 64
BOB WHITLOCK - bassist in G.Mulligan piano-less quartet - 76
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MAARTEN ALTENA - Dutch bassist - 64
TONY CAMPISE - altoist, flutist - 64
SAM COOKE - singer (1931-1964)
MILO FINE - critic, free jazz drummer/pianist - 55
ANDRE HODEIR - critic - 86
J.J. JOHNSON - trombonist, arranger (1924-2001)
PHILLIP JOHNSTON - avant-garde saxophonist, composer - 52
BIG ED LEWIS - trumpeter with Basie (1909-1985)
TEDDY McRAE - tenor saxophonist (1908-1999)
IRVING 'MOUSE' RANDOLPH - trumpeter (1909-1997)
ALAN SILVA - bassist - 68
TEDDY SMITH - bassist with Horace Silver - 75
JUAN TIZOL - trombonist, arranger, composer of "Perdido," "Caravan" (1900-1984)
MICHAEL URBANIAK - violinist - 64
EBERHARD WEBER - bassist - 67
LIZZ WRIGHT - singer - 27
Henri Dutilleux - contemporary French composer - 91
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RAY ABRAMS - tenor saxophonist, big band leader (1920-1992)
FRED BECKETT - trombonist (1917-1946)
DAVE BLACK - drummer with Duke Ellington (1928-2006)
GARY BURTON - vibist - 64
SCOOPS CARRY - altoist, clarinetist (1915-1970)
CURTIS COUNCE - bassist (1926-1963)
RICHIE CRABTREE - pianist - 73
TEDDY NAPOLEON - pianist with Krupa (1914-1964)
HAROLD OUSLEY - educator, saxophonist - 78
MARTY PAICH - arranger, pianist (1925-1995)
DJANGO REINHARDT - guitarist (1910-1953)
DAVID STAHL - trumpeter - 58
MICHEL WARLOP - violinist with S.Grappelli (1911-1947)
BENNY WATERS - altoist (1902-1998)
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JOE ALBANY - pianist (1924-1988)
MARION COWINGS - singer - 61
BOB DEGEN - pianist - 63
DUANE EUBANKS - trumpeter - 38
MITCHEL FORMAN - pianist - 51
JIMMY FORREST - tenor saxophonist (1920-1980)
JULIUS HEMPHILL - altoist (1938-1995)
NANCY MARANO - singer - 62
LENNIE McBROWNE - drummer with R.Weston - 74
MARCUS PRINTUP - trumpeter - 40
BOBBY WELLINS - tenor saxophonist - 61
TINY WINTERS - British bassist (1909-1996)
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LENY ANDRADE - Brazilian singer - 64
WELLMAN BRAUD - bassist (1891-1966)
BARBARA CARROLL - singer, pianist - 82
SOPHIA DOMANCICH - French pianist - 50
LLOYD ELLIS - guitarist - 87
BENNY GOLSON - tenor saxophonist, composer - 78
D. D. JACKSON - pianist - 40
ETTA JAMES - R&B singer - 69
ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM - songwriter (1927-1994)
HARRY LINK - songwriter, "These Foolish Things," "Me, Myself and I" (1896-1956)
TRUCK PARHAM - bassist with Lunceford, Hines (1911-2002)
FLOYD SMITH - guitarist with Andy Kirk, Bill Doggett (1917-1982)
DAVE STORRS - drummer - 57
JIMMY WYBLE - guitarist - 85
Witold Lutoslawski - modern Polish composer (1913-1994)
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ALICE BABS - singer - 83
STEPHONE GRAPPELLI - violinist (1908-1997)
DICK NASH - trombonist - 79
AKI TAKASE - pianist - 59
JIMMY VAN HEUSEN - songwriter (1913-1990)
TERRY WALDO - pianist/composer - 63
CRAWFORD WETHINGTON - early altoist with Armstrong (1904-?)
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PHEEROAN AKLAFF (aka PAUL MADDOX) - drummer - 52
BOBBY 'BLUE' BLAND - bluesman - 77
JIMMY BOND - bassist - 74
JEFF CASTLEMAN - bassist with Ellington in '60s - 61
WILL MARION COOK - composer (1869-1944)
BUDDY DE SYLVA - lyricist, "Do It Again," "It All Depends On You," "Birth of the Blues," "Somebody Loves Me" (1895-1950)
DJAVAN (VIANA) - Brazilian singer/songwriter, "Missing A Piece," "Upside Down" - 58
CHARLIE HOLMES - '30s altoist (1910-1985)
BOBBY HUTCHERSON - vibist - 66
ELMORE JAMES - bluesman (1918-1963)
JEROME KERN - songwriter (1885-1945)
DICK MELDONIAN - clarinetist/saxophonist - 77
BOB MINTZER - tenor saxophonist, bass clarinetist - 54
ORAN 'HOT LIPS' PAGE - trumpeter/singer (1908-1954)
MILT RASKIN - pianist/composer (1916-1977)
HARRY RUBY - songwriter, "Nevertheless," "Three Little Words" (1895-1974)
JIMMIE SMITH - drummer with Erroll Garner - 69
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - composer (1756-1791)
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JULIAN ARGUELLES - tenor saxophonist - 41
JOHN BACON JR. - drummer/percussionist with Roswell Rudd - 44
DICK GRIFFIN - trombonist - 67
FAREED HAQUE - guitarist - 44
BOB HILLIARD - lyricist, "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," "The Coffee Song" (1918-1971)
KENT KESSLER - bassist with Vandermark 5 - 50
KERRY McCOY - pianist - 49
BOB MOSES - drummer - 59
LOUIS 'BIG EYE' NELSON - early New Orleans clarinetist (1885-1949)
ZILNER RANDOLPH - trumpeter, composer/arranger with Armstrong in '30s (1899-1994)
RONNIE SCOTT - tenor saxophonist, London club owner (1927-1996)
BILL WARE - Knitting Factory vibist - 48
PAUL WEST - bassist, violinist - 73
JOHNNY WILLIAMS - pianist - 78
Artur Rubinstein - concert pianist (1887-1982)
John Tavener - composer - 63
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DEREK BAILEY - guitarist (1930-2005)
LESLIE BRICUSSE - songwriter, "Who Can I Turn To?" - 76
MARC CARY - pianist - 40
FRANCO CERRI - Italian guitarist - 81
JEFF CLYNE - bassist - 70
SACHA DISTEL - guitarist (1933-2004)
SALENA JONES - singer - 63
BEVERLY KENNEY - singer (1932-1960)
JEANNE LEE - singer (1939-2000)
ULYSSES LIVINGSTON - guitarist with Benny Carter, Billie Holiday (1912-1988)
ANDY MILNE - pianist with Steve Coleman - 40
ARNOLD ROSS - pianist (1921-2000)
ED SHAUGHNESSY - Basie band drummer - 78
DON SHIRLEY - pianist - 80
DAVE YOUNG - bassist - 67
Luigi Nono - Italian avant-garde composer (1924-1990)
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AHMED ABDUL-MALIK - bassist (1927-1993)
RUTH BROWN - singer (1928-2006)
GREGORY DAVIS - trumpeter - 50
ROY ELDRIDGE - trumpeter (1911-1989)
TUBBY HAYES - tenor saxophonist (1935-1973)
ROGER HUMPHRIES - drummer with Horace Silver, educator - 63
RALPH LALAMA - tenor saxophonist - 56
JIM LANIGAN - bassist in '20s Chicago (1902-1983)
BERNIE LEIGHTON - pianist (1921-1994)
BUDDY MONTGOMERY - pianist, vibist - 77
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA - tango composer, arranger (1921-1992)
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GARNETT BROWN - trombonist - 71
BOBBY HACKETT - cornetist (1915-1976)
ISHAM JONES - bandleader, songwriter, "It Had To Be You," "Swingin' Down the Lane," "The One I Love" (1894-1956)
ALAN LOMAX - folklorist (1915-2002)
BENNY MORTON - trombonist (1907-1985)
FRANK RICOTTI - vibist - 58
ROOSEVELT SYKES - bluesman (1906-1983)
Philip Glass - composer - 70
Franz Schubert - composer (1797-1828)
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