April 2008 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections always welcomed…


Happy 35th:
Ryan Kisor (12th)
Lionel Loueke (27th)

Happy 40th:
Matthew Goodheart (2nd)

Happy 45th:
Benny Green (4th)
Dave Ballou (22nd)
Fabio Morgera (24th)

Happy 50th:
Martin Speake (3rd)
Scott Stroman (3rd)
Allan Harris (4th)
Vanessa Rubin (12th)
Ulf Wakenius (16th)
Kendra Shank (23rd)

Happy 55th:
Dick Oatts (2nd)
Jerome Harris (5th)
Bill Mobley (7th)
John Walters (16th)
Danny Gottlieb (18th)

Happy 60th:
Joe Bonner (20th)

Happy 65th:
Larry Coryell (2nd)
Noah Howard (6th)
Gerry Niewood (6th)
Phil Lee (8th)
Czeslaw Bartkowski (19th)
Rick Culver (30th)

Happy 70th:
Freddie Hubbard (7th)
Pete Laroca (7th)
Alex von Schlippenbach (7th)
Denny Zeitlin (10th)
Eddie Marshall (13th)
Monty Waters (14th)
Hal Galper (18th)
Ruth Price (27th)

Happy 75th:
Paul Jeffrey (8th)
Ian Carr (21st)
Calvin Newborn (27th)

Happy 80th:
Ed Hubble (6th)
Fraser MacPherson (10th)
Teddy Charles (13th)
Ken Colyer (18th)
Alexis Korner (19th)
Johnny Griffin (24th)

Happy 90th:
Jimmy Lewis (11th)

Happy 95th:
Karl George (26th)


In Memoriam:
Booker Little - 70th (2nd)


1
DON BUTTERFIELD - tuba player (1923 - 2006)
HARRY CARNEY - baritone saxophonist (1910 - 1974)
ALBERTA HUNTER - singer (1895 - 1984)
DUKE JORDAN - pianist, composer (1922 - 2006)
JOHN LA PORTA - clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger (1920 - 2004)
ART LUND - big band singer (1915 - 1990)
KATHY STOBART - saxophonist - 83
Ferruccio Busoni - Italian composer & pianist (1866 - 1924)
Sergei Rachmaninov - composer, piano virtuoso (1873 - 1943)

2
MICHAEL CAIN - pianist, composer - 42
LARRY CORYELL - guitarist - 65
EDWARD ELISCU - lyricist, "More Than You Know," "Without A Song" (1902 - 1998)
MATTHEW GOODHEART - pianist - 40
BOOKER LITTLE - trumpeter (1938 - 1961)
DAVE MACRAE - pianist - 68
MARTY MARSALA - trumpeter (1909 - 1975)
DICK OATTS - saxophonist/flutist - 55
BOOMIE RICHMAN - tenor saxophonist (1921 - 1996)
Marvin Gaye - singer (1939 - 1984)

3
ERVIN DRAKE - lyricist, "Perdido," "It Was A Very Good Year" - 89
BILL FINEGAN - arranger - 91
KENNY KERSEY - pianist with Andy Kirk (1916 - 1983)
ERIC KLOSS - saxophonist - 59
SCOTT LAFARO - bassist (1936 - 1961)
DENNIS MACKREL - drummer, arranger - 46
JIMMY McGRIFF - organist - 72
BUBBER MILEY - trumpeter (1903 - 1932)
BOB MITCHELL - trumpeter with L. Jordan, Lunceford - 88
BILL POTTS - arranger, composer, pianist (1928 - 2005)
MARTIN SPEAKE - altoist, composer - 50
SCOTT STROMAN - trombonist, composer, educator - 50
BILLY TAYLOR SR. - pianist (1906 - 1986)
HAROLD VICK - tenor saxophonist (1936 - 1987)
Richard Manuel - Band singer (1943 - 1986)

4
ELMER BERNSTEIN - composer for movies (1922 - 2004)
MICHAEL CAMILO - pianist, composer - 54
BUSTER COOPER - trombonist - 79
LESLIE DRAYTON - bandleader, trumpeter - 58
BENNY GREEN - pianist - 45
JAKE HANNA - drummer - 77
ALLAN HARRIS - singer - 50
JEFF PARKER - guitarist - 41
GENE RAMEY - bassist (1913 - 1984)
BOB SHOFFNER - trumpeter with King Oliver (1900 - 1983)
GARY SMULYAN - baritone saxophonist - 52
DANNY THOMPSON - bassist - 69
MUDDY WATERS (McKINLEY MORGANFIELD) - bluesman (1915 - 1983)

5
HERB FLEMMING - trombonist (1898 - 1976)
ALEX HARDING - baritone saxophonist with Hemphill & Bluiett - 41
JEROME HARRIS - guitarist - 55
LEONARD HOCHMAN - bass clarinetist, tenor saxophonist (1933 - 2000)
STAN LEVEY - drummer (1926 - 2005)
EVAN PARKER - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 64
STANLEY TURRENTINE - tenor saxophonist (1934 - 2000)

6
GENE BERTONCINI - guitarist - 71
DOROTHY DONEGAN - pianist (1922 - 1998)
BILL HARDMAN - trumpeter (1933 - 1990)
NOAH HOWARD - altoist - 65
ED HUBBLE - trombonist - 80
GERRY MULLIGAN - baritone saxophonist (1927 - 1996)
GERRY NIEWOOD - saxophonist - 65
JOHN PIZZARELLI - guitarist, singer - 48
PAUL RICCI - clarinetist - 94
LEO ROBIN - lyricist, "Easy Living," "Miss Brown To You" (1895 - 1984)
BRENDAN ROMANECK - saxophonist (1981 - 4)
CHARLIE ROUSE - tenor saxophonist with Monk (1924 - 1988)
MANFRED SCHOOF - trumpeter, composer, arranger - 72
YAVON STAVI - Orient House Ensemble bassist - 33
HORACE TAPSCOTT - pianist, composer (1934 - 1999)
ART TAYLOR - drummer, singer (1929 - 1995)
RANDY WESTON - pianist, composer - 82

7
BOB BERG - tenor & soprano saxophonist (1951 - 2002)
JOEL DORN - producer (1942 - 2007)
VICTOR FELDMAN - keyboardist (1934 - 1987)
AL HAYSE - trombonist with Hamp - 87
BILLIE HOLIDAY - singer (1915 - 1959)
FREDDIE HUBBARD - trumpeter - 70
PEANUTS HUCKO - clarinetist (1918 - 2003)
PAT LABARBERA - tenor saxophonist - 64
PETE LAROCA - drummer - 70
JACK LAWRENCE - lyricist, "All Or Nothing At All," "Tenderly" - 96
BILL MOBLEY - trumpeter - 55
MONGO SANTAMARIA - congas, percussionist (1922 - 2003)
ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH - Globe Unity Orchestra pianist, composer - 70

8
GEORGE DIXON - trumpeter with Earl Hines (1909 - 1994)
FRED EBB - lyricist, "New York, New York" (1932 - 2004)
E.Y. 'YIP' HARBURG - lyricist, "April in Paris," "Then I'll Be Tired Of You" (1898 - 1981)
PAUL JEFFREY - tenor saxophonist - 75
EIJI KITAMURA - clarinetist, saxophonist - 79
PHIL LEE - guitarist - 65
CARMEN McRAE - singer (1920 - 1994)
PHIL SCHAAP - producer, journalist - 57
VICTOR SCHERTZINGER - songwriter, "Tangerine," "I Don't Want To Cry Anymore" (1890 - 1941)
Jacques Brel - French singer/songwriter (1929 - 1978)
Leon Huff - Philly soul producer & songwriter - 66

9
BETTY ANN BLAKE - singer - ?
SHARKEY BONANO - New Orleans trumpeter (1902 - 1972)
ARTHUR BRIGGS - early trumpeter (1899 - 1991)
JULIAN DASH - tenor saxophonist with Erskine Hawkins (1916 - 1974)
CARL FISCHER - songwriter, "We'll Be Together Again," "You've Changed" (1912 - 1954)
STEVE GADD - drummer - 63
AL GAFA - guitarist - 67
ED HOWARD - bassist - 48
TEDDY ROY - pianist (1905 - 1966)

10
CLAUDE BOLLING - pianist, composer - 78
MORTY CORB - bassist (1917 - 1996)
JOEY DEFRANCESCO - organist - 37
BARBARA LEA - singer - 79
FUD LIVINGSTON - saxophonist (1906 - 1957)
FRASER MACPHERSON - Canadian tenor saxophonist (1928 - 1993)
BARRY ULANOV - journalist (1918 - 2000)
DENNY ZEITLIN - pianist - 70

11
ANITA GRAVINE - singer - 62
NICK LAROCCA - cornetist with ODJB (1889 - 1961)
JOHN LEVY - bassist, manager - 96
JIMMY LEWIS - bassist - 90
EMIL MANGELSDORFF - altoist - 83
FRANK MANTOOTH - big-band arranger, educator (1947 - 2004)

12
CHARLES N. DANIELS (aka NEIL MORET) - songwriter, "She's Funny That Way" (1878 - 1943)
JOHNNY DODDS - clarinetist (1892 - 1940)
ANITA ELLIS - singer - 88
HELEN FORREST - singer (1918 - 1999)
RUSS GARCIA - composer, arranger, trumpeter - 92
HERBIE HANCOCK - keyboardist, composer - 68
RYAN KISOR - trumpeter - 35
MARTY KRYSTALL - tenor saxophonist - 57
SAL NISTICO - tenor saxophonist (1940 - 1991)
VANESSA RUBIN - singer - 50
TOM WILLIAMS - trumpeter - 46

13
LIZ CALLAWAY - singer - 47
TEDDY CHARLES - vibist - 80
BUD FREEMAN - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist (1906 - 1991)
RUSTY JONES - drummer - 66
SLICK JONES - drummer (1907 - 1969)
EDDIE MARSHALL - drummer - 70
THOM ROTELLA - smooth jazz guitarist - 57
JOHN OVERTON WILLIAMS - saxophonist with Andy Kirk, composer of "Froggy Bottom" (1905 - 1996)
Al Green - singer - 62
Frederic Rzewski - avant-garde composer - 70

14
GENE AMMONS - tenor saxophonist (1925 - 1974)
LAURENT CUGNY - director, arranger - 53
STEVE DAVIS - trombonist - 41
GIL FULLER - arranger, composer (1920 - 1994)
RAFI MALKIEL - Latin jazz trombonist and euphonium player - 36
LUCY REED - singer (1924 - 1998)
SHORTY ROGERS - trumpeter (1924 - 1994)
MONTY WATERS - altoist & NYC loft scene leader - 70

15
BERNARD ADDISON - guitarist with Tatum & Armstrong (1905 - 1990)
EDEN AHBEZ - songwriter, "Nature Boy" (1908 - 1995)
GENE CHERICO - bassist (1935 - 1994)
RICHARD DAVIS - bassist - 78
SY JOHNSON - arranger, pianist - 78
HERB POMEROY - bandleader, trumpeter (1930 - 2007)
BESSIE SMITH - singer (1894 - 1937)
CHARLIE SMITH - drummer (1927 - 1966)
J.J. WIGGINS - bassist - 52
Lara St John - classical violinist - 37

16
BOYCE BROWN - altoist (1910 - 1959)
BENNIE GREEN - trombonist (1923 - 1977)
ERLING KRONER - trombonist - 74
PETE MALINVERNI - pianist - 51
HENRY MANCINI - songwriter, "Days of Wine and Roses," "Moon River" (1924 - 1994)
HERBIE MANN - flutist (1930 - 2003)
ALTON PURNELL - New Orleans pianist (1911 - 1987)
ESBJORN SVENSSON - Swedish keyboardist, E.S.T. - 44
ULF WAKENIUS - Swedish guitarist - 50
JOHN WALTERS - composer - 55
Peteris Vasks - Latvian composer - 62

17
WHITNEY BALLIETT - journalist (The New Yorker) (1926 - 2007)
CHRIS BARBER - trombonist - 78
HAN BENNINK - drummer - 66
JAMES "CHIEF" BEY - drummer (1913 - 2004)
MATT CHAMBERLAIN - drummer - 41
WARREN CHIASSON - vibist - 74
ALBERT McCARTHY - English jazz writer (1920 - 1987)
SAM NOTO - trumpeter - 78
JOE ROMANO - tenor saxophonist - 76
PAUL SMITH - pianist - 86
JOHNNY ST. CYR - guitarist, banjo (1890 - 1966)
BUSTER WILLIAMS - bassist - 66

18
JORGE ANDERS - tenor saxophonist/clarinetist - 69
CLARENCE 'GATEMOUTH' BROWN - guitarist (1924 - 2005)
KEN COLYER - trumpeter (1928 - 1988)
KEITH COPELAND - drummer - 62
ASTRID COWAN - pianist - 53
HAL GALPER - pianist - 70
DANNY GOTTLIEB - drummer with P.Metheny, Mahavishnu Orch. - 55
FREDDY HILL - trumpeter - 76
ANDY NARELL - steel pan player - 54
LEO PARKER - baritone saxophonist (1925 - 1962)
JAMES RIVERS - New Orleans saxophonist - 71
JIMMY ROWSER - bassist - 82
Miklos Rozsa - Hungarian film music composer (1907 - 1995)

19
CZESLAW BARTKOWSKI - drummer - 65
TOMMY BENFORD - drummer (1905 - 1994)
EARL GARDNER - trumpeter - 58
ALEXIS KORNER - guitarist (1928 - 1984)
DICK PEARCE - trumpeter - 57
KAY SWIFT - songwriter, "Can't We Be Friends?," "Can This Be Love?" (1905 - 1993)
Murray Perahia - concert pianist - 61

20
RAN BLAKE - pianist - 73
JOE BONNER - pianist - 60
SONNY BROWN - drummer (1936 - ?)
EMILE CHRISTIAN - trombonist (1895 - 1973)
AVISHAI COHEN - bassist with Chick Corea - 38
LIONEL HAMPTON - vibist, bandleader (1908 - 2002)
BEAVER HARRIS - drummer (1936 - 1991)
BILLY JAMES - drummer - 72
TITO PUENTE - bandleader/percussionist (1925 - 2000)
HENRI RENAUD - pianist (1925 - 2002)
BYRON STRIPLING - trumpeter - 47
MAYRA CARIDAD VALDES - singer, sister of Chucho - 52

21
SONNY BERMAN - Woody Herman trumpeter (1925 - 1947)
JOHNNY BLOWERS - drummer, memoirist (1911 - 2006)
IAN CARR - trumpeter - 75
MICHAEL COOKE - Bay Area woodwinds player, composer - 38
SLIDE HAMPTON - trombonist - 76
PETER KOWALD - bassist (1944 - 2002)
ALFRED LION - producer, Blue Note Records founder (1908 - 1987)
MUNDELL LOWE - guitarist - 86
HARRY MILLER - bassist (1941 - 1983)
PAT REBILLIOT - pianist - 73
ALAN SKIDMORE - tenor saxophonist - 66
LORENZO TIO - clarinetist (1893 - 1933)
WALT YODER - bassist (1914 - 1978)
Bruno Maderna - mid-20th century Italian composer (1920 - 1973)

22
DAVE BALLOU - trumpeter - 45
GREETJA BIJMA - singer - 52
GENE CALDERAZZO - drummer - 47
CANDIDO (CAMERO DE GUERRA) - drummer/percussionist - 87
PAUL CHAMBERS - bassist (1935 - 1969)
BUZZY DROOTIN - drummer (1920 - 2000)
BARRY GUY - bassist, London Jazz Composers Orchestra leader - 61
DON MENZA - tenor saxophonist - 72
CHARLES MINGUS - composer, bandleader, bassist (1922 - 1979)
HYMIE SHERTZER - Benny Goodman altoist (1909 - 1977)
LOU STEIN - pianist - 86
TOMMY TURRENTINE - trumpeter (1928 - 1997)
Yehudi Menuhin - violinist, conductor (1916 - 1999)

23
THILO BERG - drummer - 49
ALAN BROADBENT - pianist/arranger - 61
BUNKY GREEN - altoist - 73
BENNY HARRIS - composer, trumpeter (1919 - 1975)
DAVE LALAMA - pianist, synthesizers, arranger - 54
JIMMIE NOONE - clarinetist (1895 - 1944)
BOBBY ROSENGARDEN - drummer (1924 - 2007)
KENDRA SHANK - singer - 50
Hans Pfitzner - modernist German composer of "Palestrina" (1869 - 1949)
Sergei Prokofiev - composer (1891 - 1953)

24
AARON BELL - bassist (1922 - 2006)
RUBE BLOOM - songwriter, "Day In - Day Out," "Fools Rush In" (1902 - 1976)
JOHNNY GRIFFIN - tenor saxophonist - 80
JOE HENDERSON - tenor saxophonist (1937 - 2001)
STAFFORD JAMES - bassist - 62
FABIO MORGERA - trumpeter - 45
FRANK STRAZZERI - pianist - 78
COLIN WALCOTT - sitarist (1945 - 1984)

25
CARL ALLEN - drummer - 47
KETIL BJORNSTAD - Norwegian pianist - 56
EARL BOSTIC - altoist (1913 - 1965)
DIGBY FAIRWEATHER - British cornetist - 62
ELLA FITZGERALD - singer (1917 - 1996)
WILLIS 'GATOR' JACKSON - tenor saxophonist & Gator horn player (1932 - 1987)
ALBERT KING - bluesman (1923 - 1992)
BOB RUSSELL - lyricist, "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (1914 - 1970)
NESTOR TORRES - Latin jazz flutist - 51
Jerry Leiber - rock songwriter - 75

26
BILL BYRNE - trumpeter, saxophonist - 66
RUDIGER CARL - tenor saxophonist & accordionist - 64
COW-COW DAVENPORT - pianist (1895 - 1955)
TEDDY EDWARDS - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1924 - 2003)
HERMAN FOSTER - pianist (1932 - 1999)
KARL GEORGE - trumpeter - 95
JIMMY GIUFFRE - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist - 87
PRESTON LOVE - altoist (1921 - 2004)
MA RAINEY - blues singer (1886 - 1939)
LAKSHMINARAYANA SHANKAR - violinist, composer - 58
JOHN SWANA - trumpeter - 46
DAVE TOUGH - drummer (1908 - 1948)

27
DENZIL BEST - drummer with Erroll Garner (1917 - 1965)
DOMINIC DUVAL - bassist - 64
CONNIE KAY - MJQ drummer (1927 - 1994)
KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA - composer, pianist (1931 - 1969)
LIONEL LOUEKE - guitarist - 35
MATTY MATLOCK - clarinetist, bandleader (1907 - 1978)
SAL MOSCA - pianist (1927 - 2007)
CALVIN NEWBORN - guitarist - 75
RUTH PRICE - singer - 70
SCOTT ROBINSON - saxophonist - 49
TOMMY SMITH - tenor saxophonist - 41
FREDDIE WAITS - drummer (1943 - 1989)

28
EVERETT BARKSDALE - guitarist with Tatum (1910 - 1986)
MARIO BAUZA - Afro-Cuban trumpeter & bandleader (1911 - 1993)
BLOSSOM DEARIE - singer - 82
OLIVER JACKSON - drummer (1933 - 1994)
STEVE KHAN - guitarist - 61
GEORGE E. LEE - bandleader (1896 - 1958)
SAM NEWSOME - tenor saxophonist - 43
LENI STERN - guitarist, composer, singer - 56
JOHN TCHICAI - tenor saxophonist - 72
MICKEY TUCKER - pianist - 67
GLENN ZOTTOLA - trumpeter - 61

29
GEORGE ADAMS - tenor saxophonist (1940 - 1992)
RAY BARRETTO - Latin jazz percussionist (1929 - 2006)
NANA CAYMMI - Brazilian singer - 67
IRA COLEMAN - bassist - 52
CHRISTY DANA - trumpeter - ?
DUKE ELLINGTON - composer, pianist (1899 - 1974)
BIG JAY McNEELY - tenor saxophonist - 81
CLAUS OGERMAN - pianist, composer - 78
WARD PINKETT - trumpeter with Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver (1906 - 1937)
OTIS RUSH - bluesman - 74
ANDY SIMPKINS - bassist (1932 - 1999)
TOOTS THIELEMANS - harmonica player - 86
DAVE VALENTIN - flutist - 56

30
RICK CULVER - trombonist - 65
JOEL FUTTERMAN - pianist - 62
AARON GOLDBERG - pianist - 34
PERCY HEATH - bassist (1923 - 2005)
RODNEY KENDRICK - pianist - 48
ERIK TRUFFAZ - French trumpeter - 48
DICK TWARDZIK - pianist (1931 - 1955)
BEA WAIN - singer - 91
SID WEISS - bassist (1914 - 1994)
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich - contemporary American composer - 69

[JazzLiker]

Correction

13

RUSTY JONES - drummer - 66

Let's not age him any faster than neceeasy.

[Mike Schwartz]

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

SONGWRITERS BIRTHDAYS - APRIL

Apr. 2 (1941) Leon Russell Music & Lyrics: A Song For You, Delta Lady, This Masquerade, Rainbow In Your Eyes.

Apr. 3 (1919) Ervin Drake Music: It Was a Very Good Year, I Believe. Lyrics: Good Morning Heartache, Perdido.

Apr. 6 (1900) Leo Robin Lyrics: Easy Living, If I Should Lose You, With Every Breath I Take, My Ideal, Thanks For The Memory

Apr. 7 (1912) Jack Lawrence Lyrics: Tenderly, A Handful of Stars, Beyond The Sea, What Will I Tell My Heart. Music: All Or Nothing At All.

Apr. 8 (1880) Victor Schertzinger Music: One Night of Love, I Remember You, I'll Never Let a Day Pass By, Kiss The Boys Goodbye

Apr. 8 (1896) Yip Harburg Lyrics: April In Paris, Over The Rainbow, What Is There To Say, It Is Only A Paper Moon, Then I'll Be Tired Of You, Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe.

Apr. 8 (1933) Fred Ebb Lyrics: Theme From New York New York, Maybe This Time, All That Jazz, My Coloring Book.

Apr. 9 (1912) Carl Fischer Music: We'll Be Together Again, You're Just The Kind, You've Changed, It Started All Over Again.

Apr. 9 (1921) George D. Weiss Music & Lyrics: Too Close For Comfort, That Sunday That Summer, Mr. Wonderful, Rumors Are Flying. Lyrics: Lullaby Of Birdland.

Apr. 16 (1924) Henry Mancini Music: The Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, Mr. Lucky, Peter Gunn.

Apr. 19 (1897) Kay Swift Music: Fine and Dandy, Can This Be Love?, Can We Be Friends?

Apr. 24 (1902) Rube Bloom Music: Fools Rush In, Give Me The Simple Life, Don't Worry 'Bout Me, Day In-Day Out.

Apr. 25 (1914) Bob Russell Lyrics: Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Ballerina, Crazy He Calls Me, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, You Came A Long Way From St. Louis, Time Was.

Apr. 25 (1933) Jerry Leiber Music & Lyrics: Is That All There Is, Kansas City, I'm a Woman, On Broadway, Spanish Harlem.

Apr. 26 (1902) Edward Eliscu Lyrics: More Than You Know, Something To Live For, Without a Song, You Forgot Your Gloves

Apr. 28 (1921) Karl Suessdorf Lyrics: Moonlight In Vermont, I Wish I Knew.

Apr. 29 (1899) Duke Ellington Music: Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, Satin Doll, In a Mellotone, Solitude, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Rockin' In Rhythm, I'm Beginning To See The Light, Caravan, Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin', Cotton Tail.

Apr. 29 (1934) Jack Reardon Music & Lyrics: The Good Life, A Worried Guy, When, La Strada Del' Amore

Apr. 30 (1924) Sheldon Harnick Music: Fiddler On the Roof, If I was a Rich Man. Lyrics: Matchmaker Matchmaker, Sunrise Sunset

[Allen H]

Corrected the age of Rusty Jones.

[Dr Dave]

The Little Giant is gonna be EIGHTY? I must be pretty fuckin' old, myself.