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July 2009 Birthdays
Additions or corrrections always welcomed....
Happy 35th:
DAFNIS PRIETO (31st)
Happy 40th:
EDWARD SIMON (27th)
Happy 45th:
TOBIAS DELIUS (15th)
Happy 50th:
ALAN BARNES (23rd)
BARRY ROMBERG (24th)
STANLEY JORDAN (31st)
Happy 55th:
TODD COOLMAN (14th)
JOANIE PALLATTO (17th)
JOHANNES BAUER (22nd)
AL DIMEOLA (22nd)
JAMES OLSEN (24th)
NNENAH FREELON (28th)
Happy 60th:
RICHARD SIMON (5th)
TOM RANIER (13th)
CHICO FREEMAN (17th)
DENMAN MARONEY (25th)
Happy 65th:
BUTCH MILES (4th)
ARTIE MILLER (4th)
CARL GRUBBS (27th)
BARBARA THOMPSON (27th)
Happy 70th:
BRIAN AUGER (18th)
JAMEY AEBERSOLD (21st)
CHARLES McPHERSON (24th)
Happy 75th:
COLIN BAILEY (9th)
RENE URTREGER (16th)
BOBBY BRADFORD (19th)
Happy 80th:
CHARLI PERSIP (26th)
Happy 85th:
DICK COLLINS (19th)
MARGARET WHITING (22nd)
Happy 90th:
ARNOLD FISHKIN (20th)
VIC LEWIS (29th)
In Memoriam:
BILLY ECKSTINE - 95th anniversary (8th)
AL HAIG - 85th anniversary (22nd)
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RASHIED ALI - drummer - 74
JAMES COTTON - bluesman - 74
WILLIE DIXON - bluesman (1915 - 1992)
ERIK FRIEDLANDER - cellist - 49
PAUL LIEBERMAN - saxophonist & flutist - ?
ALEX MACHACEK - Austrian guitarist - 37
EARLE WARREN - altoist (1914 - 1994)
Hans Werner Henze - composer - 83
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JOSHUA BREAKSTONE - guitarist - 54
HERBIE HARPER - trombonist - 89
AHMAD JAMAL - pianist - 79
CHARLIE KENNEDY - alto & tenor sax (L. Prima, Krupa) - 82
HARLAN LEONARD - bandleader (1905 - 1983)
J.D. WALTER - singer - 42
TIM WARFIELD - tenor saxophonist - 44
RICHARD WYANDS - pianist - 81
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CLAUDIA ACUNA - Chilean singer - 38
RONNELL BRIGHT - pianist - 79
JOHNNY COLES - trumpeter with Gil Evans (1926 - 1997)
LASZLO GARDONY - pianist - 53
JERRY GRAY - big band arranger, composer (1915 - 1976)
MISSISSIPPI' JOHN HURT - bluesman (1893 - 1966)
JOHN KLEMMER - tenor saxophonist - 63
DR. LONNIE SMITH - organist / pianist - 67
Ruth Crawford-Seeger - composer (1901 - 1953)
Leos Janacek - modernist Czech composer (1854 - 1928)
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CONRAD BAUER - avant-garde trombonist - 66
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 - 63
BUTCH MILES - drummer - 65
ARTIE MILLER - clarinetist, saxophonist - 65
PINO MINAFRA - trumpeter, Italian Instabile Orch. founder - 58
JOSEPH YOUNG - lyricist, "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," "Lullaby of the Leaves" (1889 - 1939)
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RAY BIONDI - guitarist/mandolinist (1905 - 1981)
ARTHUR BLYTHE - altoist - 69
RICHARD SIMON - bassist - 60
BRUCE TURNER - altoist (1922 - 1993)
Wanda Landowska - harpsichordist (1879 - 1959)
Robbie Robertson - Band guitarist & songwriter - 66
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LOUIS BELLSON - drummer & bandleader (1924 - 2009)
KAREN GALLINGER - singer - 56
YURI HONING - Dutch tenor saxophonist - 44
CHRIS WHITE - bassist, educator - 73
JEFF WILLIAMS - drummer - 59
JACK YELLEN - songwriter (1892 - 1991)
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BILL BICKFORD - guitarist - 53
PAM BRICKER - Washington DC singer (1954 - 2005)
JORGE DALTO - pianist (1948 - 1987)
SUE EVANS - drummer - 58
LLOYD 'TINY' GRIMES - guitarist, singer (1916 - 1989)
GEORGE HEID - drummer with Jimmy Ponder, recording engineer - 62
MICHAEL HENDERSON - bassist with Miles - 58
HANK MOBLEY - tenor saxophonist (1930 - 1986)
SUZANNE PITTSON - singer - 56
FRANK REHAK - trombonist (1926 - 1987)
JOE ZAWINUL - pianist with Weather Report & Cannonball Adderley (1932 - 2007)
Gustav Mahler - composer (1860 - 1911)
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ROY BABBINGTON - bassist - 69
WALTER BARNES - 1920s-30s Chicago bandleader (1905 - 1940)
IGNACIO BERROA - drummer - 56
BILL CHALLIS - arranger (1904 - 1994)
BILLY ECKSTINE - singer (1914 - 1993)
FRANK HARRISON - Orient House Ensemble pianist - 31
LOUIS JORDAN - bandleader, singer, altoist (1908 - 1975)
JOHNNY MINCE - clarinetist (1912 - 1997)
J. RUSSEL ROBINSON - pianist/composer, ODJB member (1892 - 1963)
TYSHAWN SOREY - drummer & composer - 29
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COLIN BAILEY - drummer - 75
RONI BEN-HUR - guitarist - 47
JOE DARENSBOURG - clarinetist (1906 - 1985)
MANFRED EICHER - ECM founder / producer - 66
JONN LURIE - altoist - 57
JUNE RICHMOND - singer (1915 - 1962)
FRANK WRIGHT - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1935 - 1990)
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IVIE ANDERSON - singer (1905 - 1949)
MILT BUCKNER - pianist/organist, arranger with Hamp (1915 - 1977)
DICK CARY - pianist/arranger (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" (1900 - 1993)
BRIAN PRIESTLEY - pianist, arranger, journalist - 69
NOBLE SISSLE - bandleader, singer (1897 - 1975)
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CLYDE BERNHARDT - trombonist (1905 - 1986)
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON - bluesman (1897 - 1929)
HENRY LOWTHER - trumpeter - 68
TOMASZ STANKO - Polish trumpeter - 67
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WILL BRADLEY - trombonist, composer, arranger (1912 - 1989)
JEFF BRILLINGER - drummer - 62
CONTE CANDOLI - trumpeter with Kenton & Woody Herman (1927 - 2001)
RUSTY DEDRICK - trumpeter - 91
PAUL GONSALVES - tenor saxophonist (1920 - 1974)
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II - lyricist (1895 - 1960)
YARON HERMAN - pianist - 28
JEAN-FRANCOIS JENNY-CLARK - bassist (1944 - 1998)
BIG JOHN PATTON - organist (1935 - 2002)
LUCIANA SOUZA - singer - 43
DONALD WALDEN - tenor saxophonist - 71
Van Cliburn - concert pianist - 75
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ALBERT AYLER - tenor saxophonist (1936 - 1970)
GREGG BENDIAN - free jazz percussionist & composer - 46
GREG COHEN - bassist, composer - 56
PETE ESCOVEDO - percussionist - 74
JOHNNY HARTMAN - singer (1923 - 1983)
GEORGE LEWIS - clarinetist (1900 - 1968)
TOM RANIER - pianist, 3 Prime - 60
LEROY VINNEGAR - bassist (1928 - 1999)
Roger McGuinn - Byrds leader, singer/songwriter - 67
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TODD COOLMAN - bassist - 55
ALAN DAWSON - drummer & educator (1929 - 1996)
AKUA DIXON - cellist - ?
ANGELIQUE KIDJO - West African singer - 49
TED KOEHLER - lyricist, "Stormy Weather," "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (1894 - 1973)
BILLY KYLE - pianist (1914 - 1966)
GEORGE E. LEWIS - composer, trombonist - 57
Woody Guthrie - folk singer (1912 - 1967)
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TIM DAISY - drummer for Vandermark 5, composer - 33
TOBIAS DELIUS - tenor saxophonist - 45
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 - 75
Julian Bream - guitarist - 76
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TEDDY BUCKNER - trumpeter (1909 - 1994)
JOHN CHILTON - journalist, trumpeter - 77
NAT PIERCE - pianist, composer, arranger for W.Herman (1925 - 1992)
BOBBY PREVITE - drummer - 58
BOLA SETE - Brazilian guitarist (1928 - 1987)
CAL TJADER - vibist (1925 - 1982)
RENE URTREGER - pianist - 75
ANDREA VICARI - composer, pianist - 44
TODD WILLIAMS - saxophonist, clarinetist - 42
Joanna MacGregor - concert pianist & contemporary music specialist - 50
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DANNY BANK - baritone saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist - 87
GEORGE BARNES - guitarist with B.Pizzarelli & R.Braff (1921 - 1977)
NICK BRIGNOLA - baritone saxophonist (1936 - 2002)
RAY COPELAND - trumpeter, composer (1926 - 1984)
EDDIE DOUGHERTY - drummer (1915 - 1994)
LIBERTY ELLMAN - guitarist - 38
ROBERT FARNON - arranger (1924 - 2005)
MARK FELDMAN - violinist with John Zorn - 54
DONAL FOX - pianist, composer - 57
CHICO FREEMAN - saxophonist, bass clarinetist, flutist - 60
ALVESTER CARROLL GARNETT - drummer - 39
VINCE GUARALDI - pianist, composer (1928 - 1976)
ABE LABORIEL - bassist, 3 Prime - 62
JOE MORELLO - drummer - 81
MARY OSBORNE - guitarist (1921 - 1992)
JOANIE PALLATTO - singer - 55
BEN RILEY - drummer - 76
LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT - singer - 84
PETER TRUNK - bassist (1936 - 1973)
JACK WASHINGTON - baritone saxophonist (1910 - 1964)
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BRIAN AUGER - organist - 70
DON BAGLEY - bassist, arranger - 82
JOE COMFORT - bassist (1917 - 1988)
CARL FONTANA - trombonist - 81
SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS - bluesman (1929 - 2000)
CHARLIE LAVERE - pianist, composer, singer (1910 - 1983)
PETE YELLIN - altoist, woodwinds - 67
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DAVID ALLYN - singer - 86
BUSTER BAILEY - clarinetist/saxophonist (1902 - 1967)
BOBBY BRADFORD - trumpeter - 75
CARMEN BRADFORD - singer - 49
DICK COLLINS - trumpeter - 85
CLIFF JACKSON - pianist (1902 - 1970)
CARMELL JONES - trumpet (1936 - 1996)
ERNIE SHEPARD - bassist (1916 - 1965)
CHARLIE TEAGARDEN - trumpeter (1913 - 1984)
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JOACHIM-ERNST BERENDT - journalist (1922 - 2000)
ARNOLD FISHKIN - bassist - 90
STEVEN GANZ - tenor saxophonist - 41
PETER IND - bassist - 81
LOU LANZA - singer - 39
ROMERO LUBAMBO - Brazlian guitarist, Trio da Paz member - 54
CARLOS SANTANA - guitarist/singer - 62
CHARLES TYLER - alto & baritone saxophonist (1941 - 1992)
ERNIE WILKINS - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1922 - 1999)
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JAMEY AEBERSOLD - educator - 70
SONNY CLARK - pianist (1931 - 1963)
PLAS JOHNSON - tenor saxophonist - 78
HELEN MERRILL - singer - 79
OMER SIMEON - clarinetist with Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines (1902 - 1959)
KAY STARR - singer - 87
ISAAC STERN - violinist (1920 - 2001)
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JOHANNES BAUER - avant-garde trombonist - 55
KEETER BETTS - bassist (1928 - 2005)
JIMMY BRUNO - guitarist, educator - 56
JUNIOR COOK - tenor saxophonist with Horace Silver & Blue Mitchell (1934 - 1992)
LAINIE COOKE - singer - 68
AL DIMEOLA - guitarist - 55
BOB DOWNES - flutist - 72
WILLARD DYSON - drummer - 47
AL HAIG - pianist (1924 - 1982)
LOU McGARITY - trombonist (1917 - 1971)
DON PATTERSON - organist (1936 - 1988)
BILL PERKINS - tenor saxophonist (1924 - 2004)
RICH PERRY - tenor saxophonist - 59
MARIO RIVERA - saxophonist/flutist (1939 - 2007)
MARGARET WHITING - singer - 85
DENNIS WILSON - trombonist - 57
George Clinton - funk pioneer - 69
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DANNY BARCELONA - drummer with Armstrong (1929 - 2007)
ALAN BARNES - British alto & baritone saxophonist - 50
EMMETT BERRY - trumpeter with Basie & Teddy Wilson (1915 - 1993)
KHAN JAMAL - vibist - 63
RICHIE KAMUCA - tenor saxophonist (1930 - 1977)
STEVE LACY - soprano sax (1934 - 2004)
LOREN SCHOENBERG - bandleader, tenor saxophonist - 51
JANIS SIEGEL - singer - 57
JAMES WEIDMAN - pianist - 56
Maria Joao-Pires - concert pianist - 65
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AHMAD ALADEEN - KC saxophonist - 75
DRUIE BESS - trombonist (1906 - ?)
RUDY COLLINS - drummer - 75
JON FADDIS - trumpeter - 56
HERBIE HAYMER - tenor saxophonist (1915 - 1949)
TIM HORNER - drummer - 53
LEN LYONS - journalist - 67
MIKE MAINIERI - vibist - 71
CHARLES McPHERSON - altoist - 70
JAMES OLSEN - composer/arranger - 55
BARRY ROMBERG - drummer - 50
BILLY TAYLOR - pianist - 88
JOE THOMAS - swing era trumpeter (1909 - 1984)
COOTIE WILLIAMS - trumpeter (1910 - 1985)
Peter Serkin - concert pianist & contemporary music specialist - 62
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BRIAN BLADE - drummer - 39
MIKE DIRUBBO - altoist - 39
DON ELLIS - trumpeter, bandleader (1934 - 1978)
JOHNNY HODGES - altoist (1906 - 1970)
DARNELL HOWARD - clarinetist (1895 - 1966)
DENMAN MARONEY - pianist - 60
ANNIE ROSS - singer - 79
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RALPH BLANE - lyricist, "The Trolley Song," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (1914 - 1995)
PATTI BOWN - pianist (1931 - 2008)
JOANNE BRACKEEN - pianist, composer - 71
BUDDY CLARK - singer (1912 - 1949)
ERSKINE HAWKINS - bandleader, trumpeter (1914 - 1993)
RAY MOSCA - drummer - 77
CHARLI PERSIP - drummer - 80
JACK SIX - bassist - 79
Angela Hewitt - concert pianist, Bach specialist - 51
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KARRIN ALLYSON - singer - 47
DEIRDRE CARTWRIGHT - guitarist - 53
CARL GRUBBS - altoist - 65
EINAR IVERSEN - Norwegian pianist/flutist - 79
MAUREEN McGOVERN - singer - 60
CHARLIE SHOEMAKE - vibist - 72
EDWARD SIMON - Venezuelan pianist - 40
BOB THIELE - Impulse label producer (1922 - 1996)
BARBARA THOMPSON - saxophonist - 65
JEAN TOUSSAINT - tenor saxophonist - 49
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CORKY CORCORAN - tenor saxophonist (1924 - 1979)
HAL CROOK - trombonist, pianist, educator - 59
NNENAH FREELON - singer - 55
JIM GALLOWAY - saxophonist/clarinetist - 73
JIM HUGHART - bassist - 73
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NANCIE BANKS - bandleader/arranger/singer (1951 - 2002)
JOE BECK - guitarist (1945 - 2008)
CHARLIE CHRISTIAN - guitarist (1916 - 1942)
VIC LEWIS - big band leader, trombonist - 90
DON REDMAN - clarinetist, altoist (1900 - 1964)
LOGAN RICHARDSON - saxophonist, composer - 29
SIGMUND ROMBERG - songwriter (1887 - 1951)
ELLYN RUCKER - singer - 72
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VERNEL FOURNIER - drummer (1928 - 2000)
BUDDY GUY - bluesman - 73
HILTON JEFFERSON - altoist (1903 - 1968)
KEVIN MAHOGANY - singer - 51
DICK McDONOUGH - guitarist (1904 - 1938)
ROY PORTER - drummer - 86
JAMES SPAULDING - altoist, flutist - 72
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KENNY BURRELL - guitarist - 78
BILL CLARK - drummer (1925 - 1986)
AHMET ERTEGUN - executive / producer (1923 - 2006)
GENE ESS (aka GENE SHIMOSATO) - guitarist - 44
GEORGE 'CHET' FORREST - songwriter, "Baubles, Bangles & Beads, “It's A Blue World" (1915 - 1999)
STEPHANIE HAYNES - singer - 64
HANK JONES - pianist - 91
STANLEY JORDAN - guitarist - 50
GEORGE KELLY - tenor saxophonist (1915 - 1998)
DAFNIS PRIETO - Cuban drummer - 35
MICHAEL WOLFF - pianist - 57
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