December 2008 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections always welcomed...


Happy 30th:
Craig Yaremko (24th)

Happy 40th:
Noel Akchote (7th)

Happy 50th:
Chris Murrell (18th)
Frank Gambale (22nd)
Lewis Nash (30th)

Happy 55th:
Diane Schuur (10th)
Chris McNulty (23rd)

Happy 60th:
Fred Fried (2nd)
Harvie Swartz (6th)
Mads Vinding (7th)

Happy 65th:
Jimmy Owens (9th)

Happy 70th:
Carlos Garnett (1st)
McCoy Tyner (11th)

Happy 75th:
John Lamb (4th)
Borah Bergman (13th)
John Ore (17th)
Frank De La Rosa (26th)

Happy 80th:
Lurlean Hunter (1st)
Frank Tiberi (4th)
Gene Allen (5th)
Frankie Dunlop (6th)
Rosemary Squires (7th)
Ira Gitler (18th)
Jimmy Campbell (24th)
Chris Ellis (25th)

Happy 85th:
Bob Dorough (12th)


IN MEMORIAM:

Joe Williams - 90th (12th)
Frank Morgan - 75th (23rd)


1

BOB ALBERTI - pianist - 74
JOHN BUNCH - pianist - 87
LEO CUYPERS - Dutch pianist - 61
DAVE ELLIS - tenor saxophonist - 41
CARLOS GARNETT - tenor saxophonist - 70
RAY HENDERSON - songwriter, "The Thrill is Gone," "Let's Call It A Day" (1896 - 1970)
LURLEAN HUNTER - R&B singer - 80
DICK JOHNSON - clarinetist, altoist, Artie Shaw Orch. leader - 83
JIMMY LYONS - altoist with Cecil Taylor (1932 - 1986)
JIMMY LYTELL - early clarinetist with ODJB (1904 - 1972)
JACO PASTORIUS - bassist (1951 - 1987)
Lou Rawls - singer (1937 - 2006)

2

FRED FRIED - guitarist - 60
ADOLPH GREEN - songwriter (1915 - 2002)
WYNTON KELLY - pianist (1931 - 1971)
FATE MARABLE - bandleader, pianist (1890 - 1947)
RONNIE MATHEWS - pianist (1935 - 2008)
EDDIE SAUTER - arranger/composer (1914 - 1981)
SYLVIA SYMS - singer (1917 - 1992)
CHARLIE VENTURA - tenor saxophonist (1916 - 1992)
DAVE ZOLLER - pianist/arranger/composer, Jazz Corner poster - 67
Maria Callas - opera singer (1923 - 1977)

3

CONNEE BOSWELL - singer (1907 - 1976)
BRAD GOWANS - trombonist, clarinetist, arranger (1903 - 1954)
WEBSTER YOUNG - trumpeter (1932 - 2003)
Nino Rota - film composer for Fellini (1911 - 1979)
Anton Webern - composer (1883 - 1945)

4

HERMAN AUTREY - trumpeter with Fats Waller (1904 - 1980)
DENIS CHARLES - drummer (1933 - 1998)
JIM HALL - guitarist - 78
EDDIE HEYWOOD - pianist, arranger (1915 - 1989)
RUSSELL JACQUET - trumpeter (1917 - 1990)
JOHN LAMB - Ellington bassist in '60s - 75
ANDY LAVERNE - pianist, composer - 61
FRANK TIBERI - tenor saxophonist with Woody Herman - 80
CASSANDRA WILSON - singer - 53

5

GENE ALLEN - baritone saxophonist with Prima, Thornhill, Mulligan - 80
ANDERS BERGCRANTZ - Swedish trumpeter - 47
TOTTI BERGH - tenor saxophonist - 73
STEFANO BOLLANI - pianist - 36
BRIAN BROMBERG - bassist, producer - 48
ART DAVIS - bassist, educator (1934 - 2007)
KAY DAVIS - singer with Ellington - 88
KANSAS FIELDS - drummer with Bird & Diz (1915 - 1995)
EGBERTO GISMONTI - Brazilian composer, guitarist - 61
OLIVER JOHNSON - drummer with Steve Lacy - 64
ENRICO PIERANUNZI - Italian pianist - 59
SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - bluesman (1899 - 1965)
Osvaldo Golijov - composer - 48

6

BILL ASHTON - Natl. Youth Jazz Orch. (UK) leader - 72
ULI BECKERHOFF - trumpeter - 61
DAVE BRUBECK - pianist - 88
BOB COOPER - Kenton tenor saxophonist (1925 - 1993)
FRANKIE DUNLOP - drummer with Monk, Hampton - 80
JAMES FINN - tenor saxophonist - 52
IRA GERSHWIN - lyricist (1896 - 1983)
EDDIE GLADDEN - drummer (1937 - 2003)
ARMAND HUG - New Orleans pianist (1910 - 1977)
GUILLERMO KLEIN - Brazilian pianist - 39
JAY LEONHART - bassist - 68
FULTON McGRATH - pianist (1907 - 1958)
HARVIE S. (aka HARVIE SWARTZ) - bassist - 60
STEVE SWELL - trombonist - 54
MIROSLAV VITOUS - bassist - 61
Henryk Gorecki - Polish composer - 75

7

NOEL AKCHOTE - guitarist - 40
ROBBY AMEEN - drummer - 48
JOYCE CARR - singer (1931 - 2002)
MIKE CARR - pianist, organist, vibist - 71
WOLFGANG HAFFNER - drummer - 43
TEDDY HILL - Minton's Playhouse manager, bandleader (1909 - 1978)
CECIL IRWIN - tenor saxophonist with Earl Hines (1902 - 1935)
BILLY MOORE JR. - arranger for Lunceford, T.Dorsey (1917 - 1989)
SONNY PHILLIPS - organist, educator - 72
LOUIS PRIMA - bandleader/singer/trumpeter (1911 - 1978)
MATTHEW SHIPP - pianist - 48
ROSEMARY SQUIRES - singer - 80
MADS VINDING - Danish bassist - 60
VAL WILMER - journalist - 67
Tom Waits - singer, songwriter - 59

8

TIM ARMACOST - tenor saxophonist - 46
SEAMUS BLAKE - tenor saxophonist with John Scofield - 38
CLEO BROWN - blues singer/pianist (1909 - 1995)
MATHIAS RUEGG - Vienna Art Orchestra arranger/composer - 56
JIMMY SMITH - organist (1925 - 2005)
SOL YAGED - clarinetist - 86
Jean Sibelius - composer (1865 - 1957)

9

ROB BLAKESLEE - Portland trumpeter - 56
DONALD BYRD - trumpeter - 76
MATTY MALNECK - violinist, songwriter, "Stairway To The Stars" (1903 - 1981)
ERIC MARIENTHAL - alto & tenor saxophonist - 51
JIMMY OWENS - trumpeter - 65
MICK ROSSI - pianist - 52
BOB SCOBEY - Dixieland trumpeter (1916 - 1963)
JUNIOR WELLS - bluesman (1934 - 1998)
Joshua Bell - classical violinist - 41
Pierre Henry - musique concrete composer - 81

10

HAROLD ADAMSON - lyricist, "Time On My Hands," "Winter Wonderland” (1906 - 1980)
FRANCO AMBROSETTI - trumpet - 67
LEW BROWN - lyricist, "Birth of the Blues," "Comes Love" (1893 - 1958)
BOB CRANSHAW - bassist - 76
IRVING FAZOLA - clarinetist (1912 - 1949)
JIM FERGUSON - singer - 58
CARL JEFFERSON - Concord Records founder (1919 - 1995)
RAY NANCE - Ellington cornetist, violinist, singer on "Take the A Train" (1913 - 1976)
DIANE SCHUUR - singer - 55
DON SEBESKY - composer/arranger - 71
GEORGE TUCKER - bassist in '50-'60s (1927 - 1965)
Olivier Messiaen - composer (1908 - 1992)

11

EDDIE JOHNSON - tenor saxophonist - 88
MARKY MARKOWITZ - trumpeter (1923 - 1986)
JACK PURVIS - trumpeter (1906 - 1962)
DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN - violinist & composer - 37
WILLIE MAE 'BIG MAMA' THORNTON - blues singer (1926 - 1984)
McCOY TYNER - pianist, composer - 70
Elliott Carter - composer - 100

12

ALEX ACUNA - Peruvian percussionist - 64
TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI - bandleader - 79
EDDIE BAREFIELD - arranger/saxophonist (1909 - 1991)
GARY BARONE - educator, trumpeter - 67
MICHAEL CARVIN - drummer - 64
BRUCE DITMAS - Gil Evans drummer - 62
BOB DOROUGH - singer - 85
JAY GORNEY - songwriter, "You're My Thrill" (1896 - 1990)
TIM HAUSER - singer with Manhattan Transfer - 67
DODO MARMAROSA - pianist (1925 - 2002)
MARK MONDESIR - drummer - 44
FRANK SINATRA - singer (1915 - 1998)
DON STOVALL - altoist with Red Allen (1913 - 1970)
GROVER WASHINGTON - saxophonist (1943 - 1999)
JOE WILLIAMS - singer (1918 - 1999)
TONY WILLIAMS - drummer (1945 - 1997)

13

BORAH BERGMAN - free jazz pianist - 75
SONNY GREER - drummer (1895 - 1982)
REGGIE JOHNSON - bassist - 68
BEN TUCKER - bassist - 78

14

DAN BARRETT - trombonist - 53
TED BUCKNER - altoist (1913 - 1976)
JEROME COOPER - Revolutionary Ensemble co-founder, drummer - 62
STANLEY CROUCH - journalist, drummer - 63
CHUCK GENTRY - baritone saxophonist - 97
BUDD JOHNSON - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1910 - 1984)
NICK LEVINOVSKY - pianist, bandleader - 64
PHINEAS NEWBORN JR. - pianist (1931 - 1989)
CECIL PAYNE - baritone saxophonist (1922 - 2007)
CLARK TERRY - trumpeter - 88
VIOLA WELLS - singer (1902 - 1984)
LEO WRIGHT - altoist (1933 - 1991)
Rosalyn Tureck - pianist & Bach specialist (1914 - 2003)

15

ED ALLEN - cornetist with Clarence Williams (1897 - 1974)
MAXWELL ANDERSON - lyricist, "September Song," "Lost in the Stars" (1888 - 1959)
BILLY BUTLER - soul-jazz guitarist (1925 - 1991)
CURTIS FULLER - trombonist - 74
JOHN HAMMOND - producer (1910 - 1987)
BARRY HARRIS - pianist - 79
STAN KENTON - bandleader, arranger, pianist (1911 - 1979)
JIMMY NOTTINGHAM - trumpeter (1925 - 1978)
EDDIE PALMIERI - pianist, arranger - 72
GENE QUILL - altoist, clarinetist (1927 - 1988)
DANNIE RICHMOND - drummer (1935 - 1988)
Edith Piaf - chanteuse (1915 - 1963)

16

JOHN ABERCROMBIE - guitarist - 64
NOEL COWARD - songwriter (1899 - 1973)
MIKE FAHN - trombonist - 48
JOE FARRELL - tenor saxophonist, flutist (1937 - 1986)
JOE FONDA - bassist - 54
ROBBEN FORD - guitarist - 57
PHIL KELLY (aka "GRAYPENCIL") - arranger/composer, drummer, Jazz Corner poster - 71
PHIL KELLY - arranger - 71
RENE McLEAN - saxophonist - 62
SAM MOST - flutist, tenor saxophonist - 78
TURK MURPHY - trombonist (1915 - 1987)
ANDY RAZAF - lyricist, "Ain't Misbehavin'," "Honeysuckle Rose" (1895 - 1973)
JOHNNY "HAMMOND" SMITH - organist (1933 - 1997)

17

WALTER BOOKER - bassist (1933 - 2006)
VYACHESLAV GANELIN - pianist, composer - 64
MARGUERITE JUENEMANN - singer - 54
SONNY RED KYNER - altoist (1932 - 1981)
LOUIS MITCHELL - drummer (1885 - 1957)
RAY NOBLE - composer, bandleader, songwriter (1903 - 1978)
SY OLIVER - arranger (1910 - 1988)
JOHN ORE - bassist - 75
Ludwig von Beethoven - composer (1770 - 1827)

18

LONNIE BROOKS - bluesman - 75
WILLIS CONOVER - broadcaster (1920 - 1996)
BARRY GALBRAITH - guitarist (1919 - 1983)
IRA GITLER - journalist - 80
FLETCHER HENDERSON - bandleader (1898 - 1952)
ELLEN JOHNSON - singer - 54
LAWRENCE LUCIE - guitarist - 94
BIG MILLER - singer (1922 - 1992)
SAM MORGAN - New Orleans trumpeter (1887 - 1936)
CHRIS MURRELL - singer - 50
WADADA LEO SMITH - trumpeter - 67
NICK STABULAS - drummer (1929 - 1973)
EDDIE 'CLEANHEAD' VINSON - altoist (1917 - 1988)

19

BOB BROOKMEYER - trombonist/arranger, bandleader, pianist - 79
LAURENT DE WILDE - pianist - 48
MILCHO LEVIEV - pianist, composer - 71
KERRY POLITZER - pianist - 37
ERSKINE TATE - violinist, bandleader in '20s Chicago (1895 - 1978)
BOBBY TIMMONS - pianist (1935 - 1974)
LU WATTERS - trumpeter, bandleader (1911 - 1989)
LENNY WHITE - drummer - 59
AZIZA MUSTAFA ZADEH - pianist, singer, composer - 39
Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd - New Orleans R&B singer/pianist (1918 - 1980)

20

ARNE DOMNERUS - Swedish altoist (1924 - 2008)
JOHN HARDEE - tenor saxophonist (1918 - 1984)
PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER - lyricist, "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good," "Baltimore Oriole" (1907 - 1984)
LARRY WILLIS - pianist, keyboardist - 68
John Harbison - composer - 70

21

DAVID BAKER - trombonist, cellist, composer - 77
ALEX BLAKE - bassist with Randy Weston, leader, composer - 57
CAMERON BROWN - Adams-Pullen bassist - 63
MARSHALL BROWN - valve trombonist, educator (1920 - 1983)
JAMES EMERY - guitarist with String Trio of New York - 57
PANAMA FRANCIS - drummer (1918 - 2001)
JOHN HICKS - pianist (1940 - 2006)
ROBERTO OTTAVIANO - saxophonist - 51
HARRY REVEL - songwriter, "There's A Lull In My Life," "You Hit the Spot" (1905 - 1958)
RITA REYS - Dutch singer - 84
DAVE SOLAZZO - pianist - 34
GEORGE TREADWELL - trumpeter (1919 - 1967)
PEETIE WHEATSTRAW - bluesman (1902 - 1941)
Michael Tilson Thomas - San Francisco Symphony conductor - 64
Frank Zappa - composer (1940 - 1993)

22

RONNIE BALL - pianist with Lee Konitz, Chris Connor (1927 - 1984)
NICK CEROLI - drummer (1939 - 1985)
FRANK GAMBALE - guitarist with Chick Corea's Elektric Band - 50
LIL GREEN - singer (1919 - 1954)
REUNALD JONES - Basie trumpeter (1910 - 1989)
JOHN PATITUCCI - bassist - 49
DANNY POLO - clarinetist (1901 - 1949)
JOE LEE WILSON - singer & NYC loft scene leader - 73
Giacomo Puccini - composer (1858 - 1924)
Edgard Varese - composer (1883 - 1965)

23

CHET BAKER - trumpeter & singer (1929 - 1988)
CYRO BAPTISTA - Brazilian percussionist - 58
RALPH BOWEN - saxophonist - 47
JOHN DREW - bassist - 81
JOE HARRIS - educator, drummer for Diz & Bird - 82
CHRIS McNULTY - singer - 55
FRANK MORGAN - altoist (1933 - 2007)
"LITTLE ESTHER" PHILLIPS - singer (1935 - 1984)

24

RAY BRYANT - pianist - 77
JIMMY CAMPBELL - drummer for Kenton, W. Herman - 80
HENRY COKER - 50s Basie trombonist (1919 - 1979)
HANK CRAWFORD - altoist - 74
BABY DODDS - drummer (1898 - 1959)
CHRIS McGREGOR - South African bandleader (1936 - 1990)
RALPH MOORE - tenor saxophonist - 52
PAAL NILSSON-LOVE - Norwegian drummer - 34
DAVE RATAJCZAK - drummer - 51
BERNT ROSENGREN - Swedish tenor saxophonist - 71
WOODY SHAW - trumpeter (1944 - 1989)
JABBO SMITH - 1920s trumpeter (1908 - 1991)
HARRY WARREN - songwriter, "Lullaby of Broadway," "September In The Rain" (1893 - 1981)
CRAIG YAREMKO - saxophonist - 30

25

DON ALIAS - percussionist (1939 - 2005)
ERNIE ANDREWS - singer - 81
CAB CALLOWAY - singer (1907 - 1994)
WAYMAN CARVER - early flutist (1905 - 1967)
LOUIS COTTRELL - drummer (1878 - 1927)
RONNIE CUBER - baritone saxophonist - 67
CHRIS ELLIS - singer - 80
IZZY FRIEDMAN - clarinetist in '20s Chicago (1903 - 1981)
EDDIE GIBBS - guitarist, banjo - 100
BOB JAMES - fusion pianist/keyboardist, composer - 69
ENRIQUE JORRIN - composer / bandleader, originator of cha-cha-cha (1926 - 1987)
HARRY 'BIG JIM' LAWSON - trumpeter - 104
OSCAR MOORE - guitarist in Nat King Cole Trio (1916 - 1981)
KID ORY - New Orleans trombonist (1886 - 1973)
DON PULLEN - pianist (1944 - 1995)
PETE RUGOLO - Kenton arranger, Birth of the Cool producer - 93
EDDIE SAFRANSKI - Kenton band bassist (1918 - 1974)
CHRIS WOODS - altoist (1925 - 1985)
Little Richard - rocker - 73

26

BUTCH BALLARD - drummer - 91
GUY BARKER - English trumpeter - 51
MONTY BUDWIG - West Coast bassist (1929 - 1992)
UNA MAE CARLISLE - singer (1915 - 1956)
FRANK DE LA ROSA - bassist - 75
DWIGHT DICKERSON - pianist - 64
BROOKS KERR - pianist - 57
JOHN SCOFIELD - guitarist - 57

27

MIKE ALTSCHUL - tenor saxophonist - 63
MIKE BARONE - trombonist - 72
STEVE BROWN - guitarist, composer & arranger, educator - 66
SAM COSLOW - songwriter, "My Old Flame," "Cocktails For Two" (1902 - 1982)
BILL CROW - bassist with Mulligan, writer, "Jazz Anecdotes" - 81
DARDANELLE - singer (1917 - 1997)
JOHNNY FRIGO - violinist, bassist with J.Dorsey, writer of "Detour Ahead" (1916 - 2007)
BUNK JOHNSON - trumpet (1889 - 1949)
OSCAR LEVANT - songwriter, "Blame It On My Youth" (1906 - 1972)
T.S. MONK - drummer - 59
WALTER NORRIS - pianist - 77
EDDIE WILCOX - Lunceford arranger (1907 - 1968)
BOOTY WOOD - Ellington and Basie trombonist (1919 - 1987)

28

JOE COHN - guitarist, trumpet - 52
BOB CUNNINGHAM - bassist with Diz, Y. Lateef - 74
EARL "FATHA" HINES - pianist (1903 - 1983)
AL KLINK - tenor saxophonist with G.Miller, B.Goodman bands (1915 - 1991)
MOE KOFFMAN - flutist, saxophonist (1928 - 2001)
BILLY MACKEL - Hampton guitarist (1910 - 1986)
TED NASH - altoist, composer with Jazz Composers Collective - 49
REBECCA PARRIS - singer - 57
MANUEL "MANOLE" PEREZ - early New Orleans cornetist (1871 - 1946)
MICHEL PETRUCCIANI - pianist (1962 - 1999)
RACHEL Z - keyboards/singer - 46
JANICE ROBINSON - trombonist - 57
ANN RONELL - songwriter, "Willow Weep For Me" - 100
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - keyboardist - 68
DICK SUDHALTER - Dixieland trumpeter, writer, "Lost Chords" (1938 - 2008)
ED THIGPEN - drummer with Oscar Peterson, Ella - 78
RICHIE ZELLON - Peruvian guitarist, producer/educator - 54
Roger Sessions - composer (1896 - 1985)

29

IRVING ASHBY - guitarist (1920 - 1987)
GEORGE COLLIGAN - pianist, trumpeter - 39
CUTTY CUTSHALL - trombonist with Eddie Condon (1911 - 1968)
FREDDIE JACOBS - trumpeter - 59
JOE LOVANO - tenor saxophonist - 56
LAUREL MASSE - Manhattan Transfer singer - 57
SNUB MOSLEY - trombonist (1905 - 1981)
DANILO PEREZ - pianist - 42
REUBEN RADDING - bassist - 42
Pablo Casals - cellist (1876 - 1973)
Rick Danko - Band bassist (1942 - 1999)

30

RON AFFIF - guitarist - 43
FREDDIE BRYANT - guitarist - 44
CHARLIE CREATH - guitarist with Fate Marable (1890 - 1951)
WOLFGANG DAUNER - composer, keyboardist - 73
ALOYSIO DE OLIVEIRA - Brazilian songwriter, "Dindi," "Useless Landscape" (1914 - 1995)
JERRY GRANELLI - drummer - 68
JIMMY JONES - pianist, arranger (1918 - 1982)
NANCY LAMOTT - cabaret singer (1951 - 1995)
JACK MONTROSE - tenor saxophonist (1928 - 2006)
LEWIS NASH - drummer - 50
STAN TRACEY - pianist, arranger/composer - 82
Nancy Van de Vate - contemporary American composer - 78

31

PETER HERBOLZHEIMER - bandleader, composer, trombonist - 73
JONAH JONES - trumpet (1909 - 2000)
JOHN KIRBY - bassist, leader (1908 - 1952)
KLAUS KOENIG - composer, conductor - 49
JULE STYNE - songwriter, "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry" (1905 - 1994)
Jennifer Higdon - composer - 46

[Mike Schwartz]

SONGWRITERS BIRTHDAYS - DECEMBER

Dec. 1 (1896) Ray Henderson Music: The Best Things in Life Are Free, It All Depends On You, Birth of the Blues, Bye Bye Blackbird, The Thrill Is Gone.

Dec. 2 (1915) Adolph Green Lyrics: Never Never Land, The Party's Over, Just In Time, Make Someone Happy.

Dec. 3 (1909) Dana Suesse Music: The Night is Young and You're So Beautiful, My Silent Love, You Ought To Be in Pictures.

Dec. 6 (1896) Ira Gershwin Lyrics: 'S Wonderful, Embraceable You, I've Got a Crush On You, The Man I Love, Fascinating Rhythm, Someone To Watch Over Me, But Not For Me, Soon, Who Cares?, They All Laughed.

Dec. 9 (1903) Matty Malneck Music: Goody Goody, I'm Through With Love, Stairway to The Stars, I'll Never Be the Same.

Dec. 10 (1893) Lew Brown Music: Birth of The Blues, Lucky In Love, That Old Feeling, The Best Things In Life Are Free, Button Up Your Overcoat, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries.

Dec. 10 (1906) Harold Adamson Lyrics: This Is a Lovely Way To Spend An Evening, It's a Most Unusual Day, Time On My Hands, How Blue The Night, Everything I Have Is Yours.

Dec. 12 (1923) Bob Dorough Music & Lyrics: I've Got Just About Everything, But For Now, There's Never Been a Day. Music: Devil May Care, Nothing Like You.

Dec. 15 (1911) Gladys Shelley Lyrics: How Did He Look?, Just Like Taking Candy From a Baby.

Dec. 16 (1895) Andy Razaf Lyrics: Ain't Misbehavin', S'posin, Honeysuckle Rose, Gee Baby Ain't I Good To You?, Stompin' At The Savoy.

Dec. 16 (1899) Noel Coward Music & Lyrics: A Room With a View, Mad About The Boy, If Love Were All, Poor Little Rich Girl.

Dec. 19 (1928) Morris Charlap Music: You Only You, I Won't Grow Up, Great Day in the Morning, I Gotta Crow, Love Eyes, Young Ideas

Dec. 20 (1907) Paul F. Webster Lyrics: I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, The Shadow of Your Smile, Baltimore Oriole, Secret Love, Jump For Joy, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing.

Dec. 21 (1905) Harry Revel Music: There's a Lull in My Life, Stay As Sweet As You Are, And So To Bed, Never In a Million Years.

Dec. 24 (1893) Harry Warren Music: At Last, Jeepers Creepers, There Will Never Be Another You, This Heart of Mine, I Only Have Eyes For You, September In The Rain, The More I See You.

Dec. 26 (1921) Steve Allen Music & Lyrics: This Could Be The Start of Something, Impossible, Gravy Waltz, Pretend You Don't See Her.

Dec. 27 (1902) Sam Coslow Music: Cocktails For Two, I'm In Love With The Honorable Mr. So and So, My Old Flame, Just One More Chance.

Dec. 27 (1906) Oscar Levant Music: Blame It On My Youth, Afterglow, Pardon My Love.

Dec. 27 (1916) John Frigo Music: Detour Ahead, Seeing You Like This, I Told Ya' I Love Ya' Now Get Out.

Dec. 28 (1899) Abner Silver Music: With These Hands, How Did He Look?, The Mood That I'm In, There Goes My Heart.

Dec. 28 (1906) Ann Ronell Music & Lyrics: Willow Weep For Me, Linda, My Heart Is Showing.

Dec. 31 (1885) Edgar Leslie Lyrics: A Little Bit Independent, For Me and My Gal, Among My Souvenirs, Lost In a Dream.

Dec. 31 (1905) Jule Styne Music: Just In Time, Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry, People, Time After Time, It's You Or No One, Three Coins In The Fountain, It's Magic,The Music That Makes Me Dance.

[Frisco]

December 9:
Pierre Henry - composer, musique concrete - 81

[cookie]

December 21, Dave Solazzo, pianist, 34

December 27, Steve Brown, guitarist, 66

[shrugs]

December seems to be chock full of great artists.
I am sure other months match in number but the variety of artists represented could be unmatched. If you were to limit yourself to only listening to recordings of the artists, composers or recordings where the person is a sideman/woman, you would be into some serious listening.

[hornplayer]

Dec. 10 (1906) Harold Adamson Lyrics: This Is a Lovely Way To Spend An Evening, It's a Most Unusual Day, Time On My Hands, How Blue The Night, Everything I Have Is Yours.

I thought Gus Kahn wrote the lyrics to Everything I Have is Yours... I seem to remember the movie about his life (starring Danny Thomas) was named that.

[Allen H]

There's more than one "Everything I Have Is Yours." The one that is most popular is by Burton Lane and Harold Adamson. But there is also another by Walter Donaldson and Gus Kahn, according to the ASCAP database.

I added Pierre Henry, changed Dave Solazzo's age, and changed Steve Brown's birthday. Cookie, I assume the latter two are people that you know - are you pretty sure about this information? I am assuming you are correct for now, but please confirm.

[Chris D]

December 23, 1929: Chet Baker!

[Bill Barton]

Minor correction for Dec. 29th:

Reuben Radding is a bassist rather than a guitarist.