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March 2008 Birthdays
Additions or corrections always welcomed..
Happy 35th:
STEFON HARRIS (23rd)
Happy 40th:
SHERMAN IRBY (24th)
STACEY KENT (27th)
Happy 45th:
DAVE DOUGLAS (24th)
Happy 50th:
ELLEN CHRISTI (7th)
JEANNE BRYSON (10th)
LEON DORSEY (12th)
GERALD CANNON (15th)
Happy 55th:
ANTHONY BROWN (17th)
MICHELE ROSEWOMAN (19th)
Happy 60th:
PHIL BOWLER (2nd)
LARRY CARLTON (2nd)
DENNIS ROWLAND (2nd)
HANS KOCH (12th)
JESSICA WILLIAMS (17th)
DAVE SCHNITTER (19th)
GARY GIDDINS (21st)
JOHN McNEIL (23rd)
Happy 65th:
PAUL SEALEY (9th)
JON CHRISTENSEN (20th)
GEORGE BENSON (22nd)
Happy 70th:
CHARLES LLOYD (15th)
DAVE PIKE (23rd)
STEVE KUHN (24th)
Happy 75th:
QUINCY JONES (14th)
DAVE FRISHBERG (23rd)
DONALD 'DUCK' BAILEY (26th)
Happy 80th:
BOB HARDAWAY (1st)
BOB WILBER (15th)
Happy 85th:
ORRIN KEEPNEWS (2nd)
PERCY BRICE (25th)
Happy 90th:
CLIFF SMALLS (3rd)
MARIAN McPARTLAND (20th)
SIR CHARLES THOMPSON (21st)
In Memoriam:
RED NORVO - 100th (31st)
BIX BEIDERBECKE - 105th (10th)
MICHAEL BRECKER - 59th (29th)
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KENNY BAKER - English trumpeter with Ted Heath (1921 - 1999)
NORMAN CONNORS - drummer, producer - 61
BARRETT DEEMS - drummer (1914 - 1998)
RALPH J. GLEASON - journalist (1917 - 1975)
VINNY GOLIA - reeds player, Nine Winds label chief - 62
>> BOB HARDAWAY - saxophonist - 80
EDDIE JONES - bassist (1929 - 1997)
GLENN MILLER - trombonist, bandleader (1904 - 1944)
BENNY POWELL - trombonist - 78
TEDDY POWELL - bandleader (1905 - 1993)
JOSEPH REINHARDT - guitarist in Hot Club of France (1912 - 1982)
ELLIOTT SHARP - experimental composer in electronics, guitarist - 57
RALPH TOWNER - guitarist - 68
DEPRIEST WHEELER - trombonist with the Missourians (1903 - ?)
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>> PHIL BOWLER - bassist - 60
DONNA BYRNE - singer - 58
>> LARRY CARLTON - guitarist - 60
EDDIE 'LOCKJAW' DAVIS - tenor saxophonist (1921 - 1986)
MINOR 'RAM' HALL - drummer (1897 - 1959)
>> ORRIN KEEPNEWS - journalist, producer - 85
BUELL NEIDLINGER - bassist - 72
BOB NELOMS - pianist - 66
>> DENNIS ROWLAND - singer - 60
RED SAUNDERS - drummer (1912 - 1981)
DANILO TERENZI - trombonist, composer (1956 - 1995)
DOUG WATKINS - bassist (1934 - 1962)
KURT WEILL - songwriter (1900 - 1950)
HARVEY WESTON - bassist - 68
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BARNEY BIGARD - clarinetist/tenor saxophonist (1906 - 1980)
LINDSAY COOPER - bassoonist, soprano saxophonist - 57
JIMMY GARRISON - bassist (1934 - 1976)
PIERRE MICHELOT - bassist (1928 - 2005)
SERGIO SALVATORE - pianist - 27
>> CLIFF SMALLS - pianist, arranger - 90
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MICHAEL BISIO - bassist, composer - 53
ANN BURTON - singer (1933 - 1989)
DAVID DARLING - cellist - 67
RICKY FORD - tenor saxophonist - 54
JAN GARBAREK - soprano & tenor saxophonist - 61
DAVID MATTHEWS - pianist, composer - 66
LISA MICHEL - singer - 43
ALBERTO PINTON - saxophonist - 46
DON RENDELL - tenor saxophonist - 82
BOBBY SHEW - trumpeter - 67
CY TOUFF - bass trumpeter (1927 - 2003)
FRAN WARREN - big band singer - 82
BARNEY WILEN - tenor & soprano saxophonist (1937 - 1996)
Antonio Vivaldi - composer (1678 - 1741)
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JOHN BASILE - guitarist - 53
DAVE BURNS - trumpeter with Diz, James Moody - 84
DAVE GREEN - bassist - 66
IRVING KAHAL - lyricist, "I'll Be Seeing You," "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (1903 - 1942)
LOU LEVY - pianist (1928 - 2001)
WILBUR LITTLE - bassist with J.J. Johnson, Duke Jordan (1928 - 1987)
BILL PEMBERTON - bassist (1918 - 1984)
CAROL SLOANE - singer - 71
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS - Brazilian composer (1887 - 1959)
JOE YUKL - trombonist (1909 - 1981)
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PETER BROTZMANN - tenor saxophonist - 67
RED CALLENDER - bassist & tuba player (1916 - 1992)
HOWARD McGHEE - trumpeter (1918 - 1987)
PALLE MIKKELBORG - trumpeter, composer - 67
WES MONTGOMERY - guitarist (1925 - 1968)
FLORA PURIM - Brazilian singer - 66
CHARLES TOLLIVER - trumpeter - 66
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HERB BUSHLER - bassist - 69
>> ELLEN CHRISTI - singer - 50
LOUIS COTTRELL JR. - clarinetist / tenor saxophonist (1911 - 1978)
ANGELA HAGENBACH - singer - 52
ADRIAN MACINTOSH - drummer - 66
ALCIDE 'SLOW DRAG' PAVAGEAU - bassist (1888 - 1969)
ZUE ROBERTSON - trombonist (1891 - 1943)
LEE YOUNG - drummer - 91
Maurice Ravel - composer (1875 - 1937)
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HEINIE BEAU - arranger, clarinetist (1911 - 1987)
BILLY CHILDS - pianist - 51
GEORGE COLEMAN - tenor saxophonist - 73
FRANCO D'ANDREA - pianist, composer - 67
SAM DONAHUE - big band leader, tenor saxophonist (1918 - 1974)
ANAT FORT - Israeli pianist - 38
JOHN 'BUGS' HAMILTON - trumpeter with Fats Waller (1911 - 1947)
DICK HYMAN - pianist, arranger - 81
PAUL LYTTON - percussionist - 61
GEORGE MITCHELL - cornetist (1899 - 1972)
GABOR SZABO - guitarist (1936 - 1982)
JAMES WILLIAMS - pianist (1951 - 2004)
Alan Hovhaness - composer (1911 - 2000)
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VIC ASH - tenor saxophonist/clarinetist - 78
THOMAS CHAPIN - saxophonist/flutist (1957 - 1998)
ORNETTE COLEMAN - altoist - 78
HERSCHEL EVANS - tenor saxophonist (1909 - 1939)
ZAKIR HUSSAIN - percussionist - 57
>> PAUL SEALEY - guitarist, bassist - 65
KEELY SMITH - singer - 76
Samuel Barber - composer (1910 - 1981)
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DON ABNEY - pianist (1923 - 2000)
BIX BEIDERBECKE - cornetist (1903 - 1931)
>> JEANNE BRYSON - singer - 50
MINO CINELU - percussionist - 51
PETE CLARKE - altoist (1911 - 1975)
PETER DE ROSE - songwriter, "Autumn Serenade" (1900 - 1953)
DAVID FRIEDMAN - vibist - 64
LOUIS MOHOLO - drummer - 68
Daniel Lentz - composer - 66
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CHARLES CLARK - bassist, AACM founder (1945 - 1969)
MERCER ELLINGTON - leader, composer, trumpeter (1919 - 1996)
ALLEN GANLEY - drummer - 77
JON JANG - S.F. bandleader, composer, founder of Asian Improv Records - 54
LEROY JENKINS - violinist, Revolutionary Ensemble co-founder (1932 - 2007)
BOBBY McFERRIN - singer - 58
MIFF MOLE - trombonist (1898 - 1961)
CHAUNCEY MOREHOUSE - drummer (1902 - 1980)
JUDY NIEMACK - singer - 54
Henry Cowell - composer (1897 - 1965)
Carl Ruggles - modern American composer (1876 - 1971)
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FRANK CATALANO - Chicago tenor saxophonist - 31
>> LEON DORSEY - bassist - 50
JESSE FULLER - bluesman (1896 - 1976)
MARILYN HARRIS - singer - 56
AL JARREAU - singer - 68
FREDDY JOHNSON - pianist (1904 - 1961)
>> HANS KOCH - avant-garde reeds specialist - 60
HUGH LAWSON - pianist (1935 - 1997)
WILLIE MAIDEN - tenor & baritone saxophonist, arranger (1928 - 1976)
JOSEPH MEYER - songwriter, "Crazy Rhythm" (1894 - 1987)
PAUL WESTON - arranger, songwriter (1912 - 1996)
Auris Sallinen - Finnish contemporary composer - 67
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TERENCE BLANCHARD - trumpeter - 46
CHARLES BRACKEEN - tenor saxophonist with Paul Motian - 68
ANDRE FERNANDES - guitarist - 32
BOB HAGGART - bassist, composer, arranger (1914 - 1998)
ROY HAYNES - drummer - 83
DICK KATZ - pianist - 84
LIGHTNIN' SLIM - bluesman (1913 - 1974)
BLUE MITCHELL - trumpeter (1930 - 1979)
STEPHEN SCOTT - pianist - 39
FRANK TESCHEMACHER - clarinetist/altoist (1906 - 1932)
JOHNNY WILLIAMS - bassist (1908 - 1998)
Mike Stoller - rock songwriter (Leiber & Stoller) - 75
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JOE ASCIONE - drummer - 47
LES BROWN - swing bandleader (1912 - 2001)
SONNY COHN - trumpeter (1925 - 2006)
VOLLY DE FAUT - clarinetist (1904 - 1973)
DANNY D'IMPERIO - drummer - 63
LUTHER HENDERSON - arranger (1919 - 2003)
EDWARD HEYMAN - lyricist, "Body and Soul," "I Cover the Waterfront" (1907 - 1981)
>> QUINCY JONES - arranger, composer - 75
CLIFF KORMAN - pianist - 51
JOE MOONEY - singer, organist (1911 - 1975)
MARK MURPHY - singer - 76
JARMO SAARI - Finnish guitarist with XL, ZetaBoo - 38
SHIRLEY SCOTT - organist (1934 - 2002)
AKIRA TANA - drummer - 56
Johann Strauss - waltz composer (1804 - 1849)
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GEORGE AVAKIAN - producer - 89
RAYMOND BONI - guitarist - 61
VINNIE BURKE - bassist - 87
>> GERALD CANNON - bassist - 50
SAM 'LIGHTNIN'' HOPKINS - bluesman (1912 - 1982)
HARRY JAMES - trumpet, bandleader (1916 - 1983)
JOACHIM KUHN - pianist, composer - 64
>> CHARLES LLOYD - tenor saxophonist - 70
JIMMY McPARTLAND - cornetist (1907 - 1991)
UGONNA OKEGWO - bassist - 46
MARLON SIMON - Latin jazz drummer/percussionist - 47
>> BOB WILBER - clarinetist/tenor saxophonist with Bechet, Goodman - 80
Sly Stone - singer - 64
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RUDY BRAFF - trumpeter (1927 - 2003)
TOMMY FLANAGAN - pianist (1930 - 2001)
SAMMY GALLOP - lyricist, "Autumn Serenade" (1915 - 1971)
JOHN LINDBERG - bassist - 49
JUNIOR RAGLIN - 40s Ellington bassist (1917 - 1955)
LEON ROPPOLO - clarinetist (1902 - 1943)
KEITH ROWE - guitarist with AMM - 68
BRIAN TORFF - bassist - 54
VAGIF MUSTAFA ZADEH - Azerbaijani pianist (1940 - 1979)
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>> ANTHONY BROWN - drummer, Asian American Jazz Orchestra leader - 55
ABE BURTON - altoist - 37
NAT 'KING' COLE - singer, pianist (1917 - 1965)
GROVER MITCHELL - trombonist (1930 - 2003)
ALCIDE "YELLOW" NUNEZ - clarinetist with ODJB, Louisiana Five (1884 - 1934)
ELIS REGINA - Brazilian singer (1945 - 1982)
>> JESSICA WILLIAMS - pianist - 60
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JOSEPH BURKE - songwriter (1884 - 1942)
BILL FRISELL - guitarist - 57
JEAN GOLDKETTE - bandleader, pianist (1899 - 1962)
PAT HALCOX - trumpeter - 78
AL HALL - bassist (1915 - 1988)
DIANE HUBKA - singer - 51
JOHN KANDER - songwriter - 81
DEANE KINCAIDE - arranger, saxophonist (1911 - 1992)
JOE LOCKE - vibes - 49
COURTNEY PINE - tenor saxophonist - 44
ROSS RUSSELL - journalist, producer (1909 - 2000)
JON WEBER - pianist - 47
Gian Francesco Malipiero - Italian avant-garde composer (1882 - 1973)
Wilson Pickett - singer (1941 - 2006)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - composer (1844 - 1908)
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HARRY BABASIN - cellist/bassist (1921 - 1988)
ELIANE ELIAS - pianist, singer - 48
BUSTER HARDING - arranger, pianist (1917 - 1965)
BILL HENDERSON - singer - 78
MIKE LONGO - pianist, educator - 69
DOUG METTOME - trumpeter (1925 - 1964)
>> MICHELE ROSEWOMAN - pianist - 55
CURLEY RUSSELL - bassist (1917 - 1986)
BRIAN RUST - discographer - 86
>> DAVE SCHNITTER - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 60
KEITH SMITH - trumpeter - 68
GENE TAYLOR - bassist - 79
LENNIE TRISTANO - pianist (1919 - 1978)
JAMES VAN BUREN - singer - 73
LEM WINCHESTER - vibist (1928 - 1961)
Dinu Lipatti - Romanian concert pianist (1917 - 1950)
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BURT BALES - Bay area pianist (1916 - 1989)
JERI BROWN - singer - 56
NICK CAIAZZA - tenor saxophonist - 94
>> JON CHRISTENSEN - drummer - 65
MEREDITH D'AMBROSIO - singer - 67
JOHN R.T. DAVIES - remastering engineer (1927 - 2004)
HAROLD MABERN - pianist - 72
>> MARIAN McPARTLAND - pianist - 90
SONNY RUSSO - trombonist - 79
DEANNA WITKOWSKI - singer, pianist - 36
Sviatoslav Richter - Russian concert pianist (1915 - 1997)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - gospel singer (1915 - 1973)
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MIKE CAMPBELL - singer - 63
HANK D'AMICO - clarinetist (1915 - 1965)
CARLO ACTIS DATO - Italian reedsman - 56
>> GARY GIDDINS - journalist - 60
SON HOUSE - bluesman (1902 - 1988)
HERBERT JOOS - flugelhorn player - 68
AMINA CLAUDINE MYERS - pianist, organist - 66
TIGER OKOSHI - trumpeter - 58
ED SOPH - drummer - 63
OTIS SPANN - blues pianist, singer (1930 - 1970)
YOSHIO "CHIN" SUZUKI - bassist - 62
>> SIR CHARLES THOMPSON - pianist, organist - 90
MICHAEL WESTBROOK - pianist, composer - 72
Johann Sebastian Bach - composer (1685 - 1750)
Modest Mussorgsky - composer (1839 - 1881)
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FRED ANDERSON - tenor saxophonist - 79
JORGE BEN - bossa nova guitarist & singer - 66
>> GEORGE BENSON - guitarist/singer - 65
SONNY BURKE - arranger/producer (1914 - 1980)
JAY ALAN FOOTE - bassist - 28
MILT GOLD - trombonist - 79
JAN LUNDGREN - pianist - 42
BOB MOVER - saxophonist - 56
SHUNZO OHNO - trumpeter - 59
STEPHEN SONDHEIM - songwriter, "Send in the Clowns" - 78
MASAHIKO TOGASHI - drummer (1940 - 2007)
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AL AARONS - trumpeter with Basie in '60s - 76
>> DAVE FRISHBERG - singer/songwriter - 75
JOHNNY GUARNIERI - pianist, composer (1917 - 1985)
>> STEFON HARRIS - vibist - 35
GERRY HEMINGWAY - drummer - 53
MASABUMI KIKUCHI - pianist - 68
>> JOHN McNEIL - trumpeter - 60
>> DAVE PIKE - vibist - 70
Franz Schreker - expressionist composer (1878 - 1934)
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JUNE CLARK - trumpeter (1900 - 1963)
>> DAVE DOUGLAS - trumpeter - 45
>> SHERMAN IRBY - altoist - 40
VINCE JONES - singer - 54
KING PLEASURE (CLARENCE BEEKS) - singer (1922 - 1981)
>> STEVE KUHN - pianist - 70
STEVE LASPINA - bassist - 54
PAUL McCANDLESS - woodwind multi-instrumentalist with Oregon - 61
KALAPARUSHA MAURICE McINTYRE - tenor saxophonist - 72
HANK ROBERTS - cellist - 54
RENEE ROSNES - pianist - 46
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SWEET EMMA BARRETT - pianist/singer (1897 - 1983)
DAVID BRAID - composer/pianist - 33
PERCY BRICE - drummer - 85
ALBERT BURBANK - New Orleans clarinetist (1902 - 1976)
MATT CATINGUB - altoist - 47
LARRY GALES - bassist (1936 - 1995)
LINTON GARNER - pianist (1915 - 2003)
LONNIE HILLYER - trumpet (1940 - 1985)
PETE JOHNSON - pianist (1904 - 1967)
JERRY LIVINGSTON - songwriter, "It's the Talk of the Town" (1909 - 1987)
PAUL MOTIAN - drummer - 77
MAKOTO OZONE - pianist - 47
JOHNNY PACHECO - Salsa bandleader, producer - 73
CECIL TAYLOR - pianist, composer - 79
Bela Bartok - composer (1881 - 1945)
Aretha Franklin - singer - 66
Arturo Toscanini - conductor (1867 - 1957)
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>> DONALD 'DUCK' BAILEY - drummer, harmonica - 75
JAMES MOODY - tenor saxophonist - 83
BREW MOORE - tenor saxophonist (1924 - 1973)
FLIP PHILLIPS - tenor saxophonist (1915 - 2001)
MAURICE SIMON - tenor saxophonist - 79
HIROMI UEHARA - pianist & composer - 29
Pierre Boulez - composer, conductor - 83
Teddy Pendergrass - R&B singer - 58
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HAROLD ASHBY - tenor saxophonist (1925 - 2003)
BILL BARRON - tenor & soprano saxophonist, educator (1927 - 1989)
BURT COLLINS - trumpeter (1931 - 2007)
>> STACEY KENT - singer - 40
MIRIAM KLEIN - singer - 71
PEE WEE RUSSELL - clarinetist (1906 - 1969)
SARAH VAUGHAN - singer (1924 - 1990)
BEN WEBSTER - tenor saxophonist (1909 - 1973)
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DONALD BROWN - pianist/composer, educator - 54
ERIC 'BIG DADDY' DIXON - tenor saxophonist, flutist (1930 - 1989)
JACK FREE - English trombonist - 76
IKE ISAACS - bassist (1923 - 1981)
THAD JONES - trumpet, arranger, composer (1923 - 1986)
JAY LIVINGSTON - lyricist, "Never Let Me Go," "Silver Bells" (1915 - 2001)
BARRY MILES - keyboardist - 61
TETE MONTOLIU - pianist (1933 - 1997)
PAUL WHITEMAN - bandleader (1890 - 1967)
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SIDNEY ARODIN - clarinetist & co-composer of "Lazy River" (1901 - 1948)
PEARL BAILEY - singer (1918 - 1990)
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT - pianist, composer - 72
ALLAN BOTSCHINSKY - trumpeter - 68
MICHAEL BRECKER - tenor saxophonist (1949 - 2007)
GEORGE CHISHOLM - trombonist (1915 - 1997)
REMO PALMIER - guitarist (1923 - 2002)
JASON REBELLO - pianist - 41
JIM SHEPHERD - trombonist - 72
ALBERT VON TILZER - songwriter, "I Used To Love You" (1878 - 1956)
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DAVID BERGER - trumpet, arranger, composer - 59
KARL BERGER - vibist/pianist, educator - 73
Eric Clapton - rock guitarist - 63
MARILYN CRISPELL - pianist - 61
JOHN D'EARTH - trumpeter - 58
ASTRUD GILBERTO - singer - 68
TED HEATH - English bandleader, trombonist (1900 - 1969)
NORAH JONES - singer - 29
TINA MAY - singer - 47
LANNY MORGAN - altoist - 74
DAVE STRYKER - guitarist - 51
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DUDUKA DA FONSECA - Trio da Paz drummer/percussionist - 57
FREDDIE GREEN - guitarist (1911 - 1987)
LIZZIE MILES - singer (1895 - 1963)
RED NORVO - vibist (1908 - 1999)
SANTO PECORA - New Orleans Rhythm Kings trombonist (1902 - 1984)
Lefty Frizzell - country singer (1928 - 1975)
Franz Josef Haydn - composer (1732 - 1809)
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