July 2007 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections always welcomed….

Happy 40th:
Peter Bernstein (3rd)
Todd Williams (16th)

Happy 45th:
Karrin Allyson (27th)

Happy 55th:
John Lurie (9th)
George E. Lewis (14th)
Dennis Wilson (22nd)
Janis Siegel (23rd)
Mike Wolff (31st)

Happy 60th:
George Heid (7th)
Jeff Brillinger (12th)
Abe Laboriel (17th)
Carlos Santana (20th)

Happy 65th:
Tomasz Stanko (11th)
Pete Yellin (18th)
Len Lyons (24th)

Happy 70th:
Bob Downes (22nd)
Charlie Shoemake (27th)
Ellyn Rucker (29th)
James Spaulding (30th)

Happy 75th:
Joe Zawinul (7th)
John Chilton (16th)
Ray Mosca (26th)

Happy 80th:
Charlie Kennedy (2nd)
Don Bagley (18th)

Happy 85th:
Danny Bank (17th)
Kay Starr (21st)



1

RASHIED ALI - drummer - 72
JAMES COTTON - bluesman - 72
WILLIE DIXON - bluesman (1915-1992)
ERIK FRIEDLANDER - cellist - 47
EARLE WARREN - altoist (1914-1994)
Hans Werner Henze - composer - 81

2

JOSHUA BREAKSTONE - guitarist - 52
HERBIE HARPER - trombonist - 87
AHMAD JAMAL - pianist - 77
>> CHARLIE KENNEDY - alto & tenor sax (L. Prima, Krupa) - 80
HARLAN LEONARD - bandleader (1905-1983)
TIM WARFIELD - tenor saxophonist - 42
RICHARD WYANDS - pianist - 79

3

>> PETER BERNSTEIN - guitarist - 40
RONNELL BRIGHT - pianist - 77
JOHNNY COLES - trumpeter (1926-1997)
Ruth Crawford-Seeger - composer (1901-1953)
LASZLO GARDONY - pianist - 51
JERRY GRAY - big band arranger, composer (1915-1976)
MISSISSIPPI' JOHN HURT - bluesman (1893-1966)
JOHN KLEMMER - tenor saxophonist - 61
Leos Janacek - modernist Czech composer (1854-1928)

4

CONRAD BAUER - avant-garde trombonist - 64
IRVING CAESAR - lyricist, "Tea For Two," "Sometimes I'm Happy" (1895-1996)
CHAMPION JACK DUPREE - pianist (1910-1992)
MARK HARVEY - trumpeter, leader of Aardvark Jazz Orchestra - 61
BUTCH MILES - drummer - 63
ARTIE MILLER - clarinetist, saxophonist - 63
PINO MINAFRA - trumpeter, Italian Instabile Orch. founder - 56
JOSEPH YOUNG - lyricist, "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," "Lullaby of the Leaves" (1889-1939)

5

RAY BIONDI - guitarist/mandolinist (1905-1981)
ARTHUR BLYTHE - altoist - 67
RICHARD SIMON - bassist - 58
BRUCE TURNER - altoist (1922-1993)
Wanda Landowska - harpsichordist (1879-1959)

6

LOUIS BELLSON - drummer - 83
KAREN GALLINGER - singer - 54
YURI HONING - Dutch tenor saxophonist - 42
CHRIS WHITE - bassist, educator - 71
JEFF WILLIAMS - drummer - 57
JACK YELLEN - songwriter (1892-1991)

7

BILL BICKFORD - guitarist - 51
SUE EVANS - drummer - 56
LLOYD 'TINY' GRIMES - guitarist, singer (1916-1989)
>> GEORGE HEID - drummer with Jimmy Ponder, recording engineer - 60
HANK MOBLEY - tenor saxophonist (1930-1986)
FRANK REHAK - trombonist (1926-1987)
>> JOE ZAWINUL - pianist - 75
Gustav Mahler - composer (1860-1911)

8

ROY BABBINGTON - bassist - 67
WALTER BARNES - Chicago bandleader in '20s-'30s (1905-1940)
IGNACIO BERROA - drummer - 54
BILL CHALLIS - arranger (1904-1994)
BILLY ECKSTINE - singer (1914-1993)
LOUIS JORDAN - bandleader, singer, altoist (1908-1975)
JOHNNY MINCE - clarinetist (1912-1997)
J. RUSSEL ROBINSON - pianist/composer, ODJB member (1892-1963)

9

COLIN BAILEY - drummer - 73
JOE DARENSBOURG - clarinetist (1906-1985)
>> JONN LURIE - altoist - 55
JUNE RICHMOND - singer (1915-1962)
FRANK WRIGHT - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1935-1990)

10

IVIE ANDERSON - singer (1905-1949)
MILT BUCKNER - pianist/organist, arranger with Hamp (1915-1977)
DICK CARY - pianist (1916-1994)
BLIND BOY FULLER - bluesman (1907-1941)
MAJOR HOLLEY - bassist (1924-1990)
ARNIE LAWRENCE - altoist (1938-2005)
JIMMY McHUGH - songwriter (1894-1969)
LEE MORGAN - trumpeter (1938-1972)
MITCHELL PARISH - lyricist, "Star Dust," "Sophisticated Lady," "One Morning in May," "Stairway To The Stars," "Sweet Lorraine," "Stars Fell in Alabama" (1900-1993)
BRIAN PRIESTLEY - pianist, arranger, journalist - 67
NOBLE SISSLE - bandleader, singer (1897-1975)

11

CLYDE BERNHARDT - trombonist (1905-1986)
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON - bluesman (1897-1929)
HENRY LOWTHER - trumpeter - 66
>> TOMASZ STANKO - Polish trumpeter - 65

12

WILL BRADLEY - trombonist, composer, arranger (1912-1989)
>> JEFF BRILLINGER - drummer - 60
CONTE CANDOLI - trumpeter with Kenton, W. Herman (1927-2001)
RUSTY DEDRICK - trumpeter - 89
PAUL GONSALVES - tenor saxophonist (1920-1974)
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II - lyricist (1895-1960)
JEAN-FRANCOIS JENNY-CLARK - bassist (1944-1998)
BIG JOHN PATTON - organist (1935-2002)
DONALD WALDEN - tenor saxophonist - 69
Van Cliburn - concert pianist - 73

13

ALBERT AYLER - tenor saxophonist (1936-1970)
GREGG BENDIAN - free jazz percussionist & composer - 44
GREG COHEN - bassist, composer - 54
PETE ESCOVEDO - percussionist - 72
JOHNNY HARTMAN - singer (1923-1983)
GEORGE LEWIS - clarinetist (1900-1968)
TOM RANIER - pianist, 3 Prime - 58
LEROY VINNEGAR - bassist (1928-1999)
>> Roger McGuinn - Byrds leader, singer/songwriter - 65

14

TODD COOLMAN - bassist - 53
ALAN DAWSON - drummer (1929-1996)
AKUA DIXON - cellist - ?
ANGELIQUE KIDJO - West African singer - 47
TED KOEHLER - lyricist, "Stormy Weather," "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea," "I Got A Right To Sing the Blues," "Don't Worry 'Bout Me," "Ill Wind" (1894-1973)
BILLY KYLE - pianist (1914-1966)
>> GEORGE E. LEWIS - composer, trombonist - 55
Woody Guthrie - folk singer (1912-1967)

15

JULIAN BREAM - guitarist - 74
TIM DAISY - drummer for Vandermark 5, composer - 31
DOROTHY FIELDS - lyricist (1905-1974)
SADIK HAKIM - pianist (1922-1983)
JOE HARRIOTT - altoist (1928-1973)
'PHILLY' JOE JONES - drummer (1923-1985)
Harrison Birtwistle - British contemporary composer - 73

16

TEDDY BUCKNER - trumpeter (1909-1994)
>> JOHN CHILTON - trumpeter, journalist - 75
NAT PIERCE - pianist, composer, arranger for W.Herman (1925-1992)
BOBBY PREVITE - drummer - 56
BOLA SETE - Brazilian guitarist (1928-1987)
CAL TJADER - vibist (1925-1982)
RENE URTREGER - pianist - 73
ANDREA VICARI - composer, pianist - 42
>> TODD WILLIAMS - saxophonist, clarinetist - 40
Joanna MacGregor - concert pianist & contemporary music specialist - 48

17

>> DANNY BANK - baritone saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist - 85
NICK BRIGNOLA - baritone saxophonist, reeds player (1936-2002)
RAY COPELAND - trumpeter, composer (1926-1984)
EDDIE DOUGHERTY - drummer (1915-1994)
ROBERT FARNON - arranger (1924-2005)
MARK FELDMAN - violinist with John Zorn - 52
CHICO FREEMAN - saxophonist, bass clarinetist, flutist - 58
ALVESTER CARROLL GARNETT - drummer - 37
VINCE GUARALDI - pianist, composer (1928-1976)
>> ABE LABORIEL - bassist, 3 Prime - 60
JOE MORELLO - drummer - 79
MARY OSBORNE - guitarist (1921-1992)
JOANIE PALLATTO - singer - 53
BEN RILEY - drummer - 74
LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT - singer - 82
PETER TRUNK - bassist (1936-1973)
JACK WASHINGTON - baritone saxophonist (1910-1964)

18

BRIAN AUGER - organist - 68
>> DON BAGLEY - bassist, arranger - 80
JOE COMFORT - bassist (1917-1988)
CARL FONTANA - trombonist - 79
SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS - bluesman (1929-2000)
CHARLIE LAVERE - pianist, composer, singer (1910-1983)
>> PETE YELLIN - altoist, woodwinds - 65

19

DAVID ALLYN - singer - 84
BUSTER BAILEY - clarinetist/saxophonist (1902-1967)
BOBBY BRADFORD - trumpeter - 73
CARMEN BRADFORD - singer - 47
DICK COLLINS - trumpeter - 83
CLIFF JACKSON - pianist (1902-1970)
CARMELL JONES - trumpet (1936-1996)
ERNIE SHEPARD - bassist (1916-1965)
CHARLIE TEAGARDEN - trumpeter (1913-1984)

20

JOACHIM-ERNST BERENDT - journalist (1922-2000)
ARNOLD FISHKIN - bassist - 88
STEVEN GANZ - tenor saxophonist - 39
PETER IND - bassist - 79
LOU LANZA - singer - 37
ROMERO LUBAMBO - Brazlian guitarist, Trio da Paz member - 52
>> CARLOS SANTANA - guitarist/singer - 60
CHARLES TYLER - alto & baritone saxophonist (1941-1992)
ERNIE WILKINS - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1922-1999)

21

SONNY CLARK - pianist (1931-1963)
PLAS JOHNSON - tenor saxophonist - 76
HELEN MERRILL - singer - 77
OMER SIMEON - clarinetist with Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines (1902-1959)
>> KAY STARR - singer - 85
ISAAC STERN - violinist (1920-2001)

22

JOHANNES BAUER - avant-garde trombonist - 53
KEETER BETTS - bassist (1928-2005)
JUNIOR COOK - tenor saxophonist (1934-1992)
AL DIMEOLA - guitarist - 53
>> BOB DOWNES - flutist - 70
AL HAIG - pianist (1924-1982)
LOU McGARITY - trombonist (1917-1971)
DON PATTERSON - organist (1936-1988)
BILL PERKINS - tenor saxophonist (1924-2004)
MARIO RIVERA - saxophonist/flutist - 68
MARGARET WHITING - singer - 83
>> DENNIS WILSON - trombonist - 55
George Clinton - funk pioneer - 67

23

DANNY BARCELONA - drummer with Armstrong - 78
ALAN BARNES - alto & baritone saxophonist - 48
EMMETT BERRY - trumpeter - 92
KHAN JAMAL - vibist - 61
RICHIE KAMUCA - tenor saxophonist (1930-1977)
STEVE LACY - soprano sax (1934-2004)
LOREN SCHOENBERG - bandleader, tenor saxophonist - 49
>> JANIS SIEGEL - singer - 55
JAMES WEIDMAN - pianist - 54
Maria Joao-Pires - concert pianist - 63

24

DRUIE BESS - trombonist (1906-?)
RUDY COLLINS - drummer - 73
JON FADDIS - trumpeter - 54
HERBIE HAYMER - tenor saxophonist (1915-1949)
TIM HORNER - drummer - 51
>> LEN LYONS - journalist - 65
MIKE MAINIERI - vibist - 69
CHARLES McPHERSON - altoist - 68
JAMES OLSEN - composer/arranger - 53
BARRY ROMBERG - drummer - 48
BILLY TAYLOR - pianist - 86
JOE THOMAS - swing era trumpeter (1909-1984)
COOTIE WILLIAMS - trumpeter (1910-1985)
>> Peter Serkin - concert pianist & contemporary music specialist - 60

25

BRIAN BLADE - drummer - 37
MIKE DIRUBBO - altoist - 37
DON ELLIS - trumpeter, bandleader (1934-1978)
JOHNNY HODGES - altoist (1906-1970)
DARNELL HOWARD - clarinetist (1895-1966)
ANNIE ROSS - singer - 77

26

RALPH BLANE - lyricist, "The Trolley Song," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "An Occasional Man," "The Boy Next Door" (1914-1995)
PATTI BOWN - pianist - 76
JOANNE BRACKEEN - pianist, composer - 69
BUDDY CLARK - singer (1912-1949)
ERSKINE HAWKINS - bandleader, trumpeter (1914-1993)
>> RAY MOSCA - drummer - 75
CHARLI PERSIP - drummer - 78
JACK SIX - bassist - 77
Angela Hewitt - concert pianist, Bach specialist - 49

27

>> KARRIN ALLYSON - singer - 45
DEIRDRE CARTWRIGHT - guitarist - 51
CARL GRUBBS - altoist - 63
EINAR IVERSEN - Norwegian pianist/flutist - 77
MAUREEN McGOVERN - singer - 58
>> CHARLIE SHOEMAKE - vibist - 70
BARBARA THOMPSON - saxophonist - 63
JEAN TOUSSAINT - tenor saxophonist - 47

28

CORKY CORCORAN - tenor saxophonist (1924-1979)
HAL CROOK - trombonist, pianist, educator - 57
NNENAH FREELON - singer - 53
JIM GALLOWAY - saxophonist/clarinetist - 71
JIM HUGHART - bassist - 71

29

NANCIE BANKS - bandleader/arranger/singer (1951-2002)
JOE BECK - guitarist - 62
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN - guitarist (1916-1942)
VIC LEWIS - big band leader, trombonist - 88
DON REDMAN - clarinetist, altoist (1900-1964)
LOGAN RICHARDSON - saxophonist, composer - 27
SIGMUND ROMBERG - songwriter (1887-1951)
>> ELLYN RUCKER - singer - 70

30

VERNEL FOURNIER - drummer (1928-2000)
BUDDY GUY - bluesman - 71
HILTON JEFFERSON - altoist (1903-1968)
KEVIN MAHOGANY - singer - 49
DICK McDONOUGH - guitarist (1904-1938)
ROY PORTER - drummer - 84
>> JAMES SPAULDING - altoist, flutist - 70

31

KENNY BURRELL - guitarist - 76
BILL CLARK - drummer (1925-1986)
AHMET ERTEGUN - producer (1923-2006)
GENE ESS (aka GENE SHIMOSATO) - guitarist - ?
GEORGE 'CHET' FORREST - songwriter, "Baubles, Bangles & Beads,"It's A Blue World" (1915-1999)
STEPHANIE HAYNES - singer - 62
HANK JONES - pianist - 89
STANLEY JORDAN - guitarist - 48
GEORGE KELLY - tenor saxophonist (1915-1998)
>> MIKE WOLFF - pianist - 55

[Valerie]

is it possible that richard wyands is turning 79?!?!? seems more like he'd be 69!! but then, again, i think i'm 47 and i've been a senior citilzen for years!

[Allen H]

All information on the internet points to 1928 as his birthdate, so I think the 79 is right, but if you turn up information to the contrary, please post.