August 2009 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections always welcome....


Happy 35th:
BRIAN PATNEAUDE (8th)

Happy 40th:
MARTIN HATHAWAY (6th)

Happy 45th:
PETER WASHINGTON (28th)

Happy 50th:
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE (1st)
RUSS GERSHON (11th)
TONY MONACO (14th)
ELLERY ESKELIN (16th)
MALCOLM CREESE (24th)

Happy 55th:
STEVE NELSON (11th)
PAT METHENY (12th)
DENNIS GONZALEZ (15th)
TIM HAGANS (19th)
ALAN WILKINSON (22nd)
STEPHANIE NAKASIAN (29th)
MARK WOOD (29th)

Happy 60th:
LILLIAN BOUTTE (6th)

Happy 65th:
NANA VASCONCELOS (2nd)
BOBO STENSON (4th)
OSCAR BRASHEAR (18th)
PETER LEITCH (19th)
TERRY CLARKE (20th)
NORMAN HOWARD (25th)
PAT MARTINO (25th)
JOHN SURMAN (30th)

Happy 70th:
MARY STALLINGS (16th)
GINGER BAKER (19th)
ENRICO RAVA (20th)
BIBI ROVERE (29th)
PAUL WINTER (31st)

Happy 75th:
JOHNNY RAE (11th)
JOAO DONATO (17th)
MICHAEL NAURA (19th)

Happy 80th:
SAMUEL CHARTERS (1st)

Happy 85th:
THOMAS TALBERT (4th)

Happy 90th:
GEORGE SHEARING (13th)

Happy 95th:
HUGH MARTIN (11th)

Happy 100th:
RUPERT COLE (8th)


In Memoriam:

COUNT BASIE - 100th anniversary (21st)
LESTER YOUNG - 100th anniversary (27th)
CLAUDE THORNHILL - 100th anniversary (10th)
MARTIN WILLIAMS - 85th anniversary (9th)
DINAH WASHINGTON - 85th anniversary (29th)
BILL EVANS - 80th anniversary (16th)



1

SAMUEL CHARTERS - journalist - 80
FLORIAN ROSS - pianist, composer - 37
DAYNA STEPHENS - saxophonist - 31
OTOMO YOSHIHIDE - experimental guitarist, turntablist, composer - 50

2

DAVID BINNEY - altoist - 48
NATTY DOMINIQUE - trumpeter (1896 - 1982)
BILLY KILSON - drummer - 47
BIG NICK NICHOLAS - tenor saxophonist - 88
CARL SAUNDERS - L.A. trumpeter - 66
NANA VASCONCELOS - Brazilian percussionist - 65
Garth Hudson - Band keyboardist - 72

3

TONY BENNETT - singer - 83
LAWRENCE BROWN - trombonist (1907 - 1988)
LYN CHRISTIE - bassist, composer - 81
HAMID DRAKE - drummer/percussionist - 54
RAY DRAPER - tuba player (1940 - 1982)
EDDIE JEFFERSON - singer (1918 - 1979)
ROSCOE MITCHELL - reeds, flutist - 69
GREG OSBY - altoist - 49
CHARLIE SHAVERS - trumpeter (1917 - 1971)
DOM UM ROMAO - Brazilian drummer/percussionist (1925 - 2005)
JACK WILSON - pianist (1936 - 2007)
BEN WOLFE - bassist - 47

4

ERIC ALEXANDER - tenor saxophonist - 41
LOUIS ARMSTRONG - trumpeter & singer (1901 - 1971)
TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON - drummer - 44
BILL COLEMAN - trumpeter (1904 - 1981)
HERB ELLIS - guitarist - 88
JEFF HAMILTON - drummer - 56
DAVID RAKSIN - songwriter & composer (1912 - 2004)
SONNY SIMMONS - altoist - 76
BOBO STENSON - Swedish pianist, composer - 65
EARL SWOPE - trombonist (1922 - 1968)
THOMAS TALBERT - arranger - 85

5

LENNY BREAU - guitarist (1941 - 1984)
JEMEEL MOONDOC - alto saxophonist - 58
AIRTO MOREIRA - Brazilian percussionist - 68
JERI SOUTHERN - singer (1926 - 1991)

6

DOROTHY ASHBY - harpist (1932 - 1986)
BADEN POWELL - bossa nova guitarist (1937 - 2000)
LILLIAN BOUTTE - Dixieland singer - 60
WILLIE BROWN - bluesman (1900 - 1952)
REGINA CARTER - violinist - 43
BUDDY COLLETTE - flutist, tenor saxophonist - 88
RAVI COLTRANE - tenor saxophonist - 44
MICKEY COOKE - trombonist - 64
VIC DICKENSON - trombonist (1906 - 1984)
JOE DIORIO - guitarist - 73
MARY ANN DOUGLAS - singer - 62
VICTOR GOINES - tenor saxophonist - 48
NORMAN GRANZ - producer (1918 - 2001)
CHARLIE HADEN - bassist, bandleader - 72
MARTIN HATHAWAY - saxophonist - 40
ALLAN HOLDSWORTH - guitarist - 61
LEM JOHNSON - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist (1909 - 1989)
EGIL KAPSTAD - pianist - 69
BYARD LANCASTER - Philly flutist & altoist - 67
ABBEY LINCOLN - singer - 79
HENDRIK MEURKINS - harmonica player, vibist - 52
TONY PARENTI - early New Orleans clarinetist (1900 - 1972)
LUIS RUSSELL - bandleader (1902 - 1963)
PHIL TODD - saxophonist, clarinetist - 53

7

GEORGE BOHANON - trombonist - 72
HOWARD JOHNSON - baritone saxophonist & tuba player - 68
RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK - sax, composer (1935 - 1977)
LUCKEY ROBERTS - pianist (1887 - 1968)
MARCUS ROBERTS - pianist - 46
FREDDIE SLACK - pianist (1910 - 1965)
IDREES SULIEMAN - trumpeter (1923 - 2002)
GEORGE VAN EPS - guitarist (1913 - 1998)
CAETANO VELOSO - Brazilian singer - 67

8

BENNY CARTER - bandleader, composer, arranger, altoist (1907 - 2003)
RUPERT COLE - altoist - 100
URBIE GREEN - trombonist - 83
LUCKY MILLINDER - bandleader (1900 - 1966)
BRIAN PATNEAUDE - saxophonist - 35
VICTOR YOUNG - songwriter, "A Ghost of a Chance," "My Foolish Heart," "Street of Dreams" (1900 - 1956)

9

PETE COMPO - violinist, bassist - 77
JACK DEJOHNETTE - drummer - 67
EDSEL GOMEZ - pianist - 47
HUGH RAGIN - trumpeter - 58
DANILO REA - Italian pianist - 52
MARTIN WILLIAMS - journalist (1924 - 1992)

10

ARNETT COBB - tenor saxophonist (1918 - 1989)
CHUCK ISRAELS - bassist - 73
BILL JOHNSON - bassist (1872 - 1972)
JENNIFER LEITHAM - bassist - 56
MICHAEL MANTLER - composer, trumpet - 66
DAN 'SLAMFOOT' MINOR - trombonist (1909 - 1982)
CLAUDE THORNHILL - pianist, arranger (1909 - 1965)
NAT TOWLES - 20s-'30s bandleader, bassist (1905 - 1963)
Gila Kancheli - Georgian composer - 74

11

RUSS GERSHON - Either/Orchestra leader - 50
PETER KING - saxophonist, clarinetist - 69
HUGH MARTIN - songwriter, "The Boy Next Door," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - 95
DONNY McCASLIN - saxophonist - 43
STEVE NELSON - vibist - 55
BERNICE PETKERE - songwriter, "Close Your Eyes," "Lullaby of the Leaves" (1901 - 2000)
RUSSELL PROCOPE - altoist, clarinetist with Ellington (1908 - 1981)
JOHNNY RAE - vibist - 75
JESS STACY - pianist (1904 - 1994)
Kenny Gamble - Philly soul producer & songwriter - 66

12

EMMANUEL BIZEAU - Latin jazz percussionist - 44
EARL COLEMAN - singer (1925 - 1995)
THURMAN GREEN - trombonist (1940 - 1997)
RUTH LOWE - songwriter, "I'll Never Smile Again," "Put Your Dreams Away" (1914 - 1981)
PAT METHENY - guitarist - 55
DOC WEST - drummer (1915 - 1951)
David Munrow - early music pioneer (1942 - 1976)

13

BENNY BAILEY - trumpeter (1925 - 2005)
MULGREW MILLER - pianist - 54
RUSSELL 'BIG CHIEF' MOORE - trombonist with Armstrong (1912 - 1983)
JOE PUMA - guitarist (1927 - 2000)
SON SEALS - bluesman (1942 - 2004)
GEORGE SHEARING - pianist - 90
MICHAEL SMITH - composer, pianist - 71

14

LOREZ ALEXANDRIA - singer (1929 - 2001)
WALTER BLANDING - tenor saxophonist - 38
JEANNIE CHEATHAM - pianist, singer - 72
EDDIE COSTA - pianist & vibist (1930 - 1962)
TONY MONACO - organist - 50
CURTIS PRINCE - drummer - 69
BEN SIDRAN - pianist, journalist - 66
STUFF SMITH - violinist (1909 - 1967)
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji - composer (1892 - 1988)

15

HARRY AKST - songwriter, "Am I Blue?" (1894 - 1963)
JOE CASTRO - pianist - 82
SID CLARE - lyricist, "You're My Thrill," "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" (1892 - 1972)
LORRAINE DESMARAIS - pianist - 53
MOREY FELD - drummer (1915 - 1971)
EDDIE GALE - trumpeter - 68
JOE GARLAND - composer, arranger (1903 - 1977)
DENNIS GONZALEZ - trumpeter - 55
ARTHUR 'MONK' HAZEL - bandleader, cornetist, drummer (1903 - 1968)
GEORGE MORROW - bassist (1925 - 1992)
OSCAR PETERSON - pianist (1925 - 2007)
TERRY POLLARD - pianist - 78
CHARLES TOBIAS - songwriter, "Comes Love," "I'm Painting the Town Red" (1898 - 1970)
NED WASHINGTON - lyricist, "On Green Dolphin Street,," "My Foolish Heart" (1901 - 1976)
VAL WISEMAN - singer - 67

16

CECIL BROOKS III - drummer - 48
RANDY ECKERT - trumpeter - 61
ELLERY ESKELIN - tenor saxophonist - 50
BILL EVANS - pianist, composer (1929 - 1980)
OTTO HARBACH - lyricist, "Yesterdays," "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (1873 - 1963)
AL HIBBLER - singer (1915 - 2001)
KETTY LESTER - singer - 71
MURRAY McEACHERN - trombonist (1915 - 1982)
DANNY MOSS - tenor saxophonist - 82
CARL PERKINS - pianist (1928 - 1958)
ALVIN QUEEN - drummer - 59
MARY STALLINGS - singer - 70
MAL WALDRON - pianist (1926 - 2002)

17

LUTHER ALLISON - bluesman (1939 - 1997)
GRAZYNA AUGUSCIK - singer - 54
WALTER BROWN - singer with Jay McShann ("Confessin' the Blues") (1917 - 1956)
LARRY CLINTON - arranger (1909 - 1985)
MARIA PIA DE VITO - Italian singer - 49
JOAO DONATO - Brazilian pianist & accordionist - 75
GEORGE DUVIVIER - bassist, arranger (1920 - 1985)
ARV GARRISON - guitarist (1922 - 1960)
GEORGE MELLY - author, singer (1926 - 2007)
DUKE PEARSON - pianist, arranger (1932 - 1980)
IKE QUEBEC - tenor saxophonist (1918 - 1963)
DEREK SMITH - pianist - 78

18

OSCAR BRASHEAR - trumpeter - 65
CHUCK CONNORS - bass trombonist with Duke & Diz - 79
DON LAMOND - drummer with Woody Herman (1920 - 2003)
ADAM MAKOWICZ - pianist - 69
JIMMY WITHERSPOON - singer (1923 - 1997)
Tan Dun - Chinese composer - 52

19

GINGER BAKER - drummer - 70
EDDIE DURHAM - guitarist, arranger (1906 - 1987)
TIM HAGANS - trumpeter - 55
MANZIE JOHNSON - swing era drummer (1906 - 1971)
DILL JONES - pianist (1923 - 1984)
PETER LEITCH - guitarist - 65
MICHAEL NAURA - pianist, composer - 75
JIMMY ROWLES - pianist (1918 - 1996)

20

TERRY CLARKE - drummer - 65
JOHN CLAYTON - bassist, arranger - 57
MILFORD GRAVES - drummer - 68
FREDDIE MOORE - drummer (1900 - 1992)
JIMMY RANEY - guitarist (1927 - 1995)
ENRICO RAVA - trumpeter, composer - 70
FRANK ROSOLINO - trombonist (1926 - 1978)
JOYA SHERRILL - singer - 82
JIGGS WHIGHAM - trombonist - 66

21

PETER APFELBAUM - Hieroglyphics Ensemble leader, tenor saxophonist - 49
BILL 'COUNT' BASIE - bandleader, pianist (1904 - 1984)
BRUCE EISENBEIL - guitarist, composer - 46
ART FARMER - trumpeter (1928 - 1999)
MARLON JORDAN - trumpeter - 39
CAROLYN LEIGH - lyricist, "Witchcraft," "How Little We Know" (1926 - 1983)
LEON PARKER - drummer - 44
MALACHI THOMPSON - trumpeter (1949 - 2006)
Janet Baker - opera singer - 76

22

TAYLOR HO BYNUM - cornetist - 34
MALACHI FAVORS - bassist (1927 - 2004)
MILT GRAYSON - singer (1937 - 2005)
JOHN LEE HOOKER - blues singer (1917 - 2001)
LEX HUMPHRIES - drummer - 73
BUMPS MYERS - tenor saxophonist (1912 - 1968)
ALAN WILKINSON - saxophonist - 55
Claude Debussy - composer (1862 - 1918)
Karlheinz Stockhausen - electronic composer (1928 - 2007)

23

ROBIN ADLER - singer - 47
JOHN LINDSAY - bassist (1894 - 1950)
BRAD MEHLDAU - pianist - 39
TERJE RYDPAL - guitarist - 62
MARTIAL SOLAL - pianist - 82
ANITA WARDELL - singer - 48
BOBBY WATSON - altoist - 56

24

STEVE BERRY - bassist - 52
MALCOLM CREESE - bassist - 50
ARTHUR 'BIG BOY' CRUDUP - bluesman (1905 - 1974)
MIMI FOX - guitarist - 53
WYNONIE HARRIS - blues singer (1915 - 1969)
CLAUDE HOPKINS - bandleader, pianist (1903 - 1984)
BUSTER SMITH - altoist (1904 - 1991)
BRYAN SPRING - drummer - 64
ALPHONSE TRENT - bandleader, pianist (1905 - 1959)
PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER - trumpeter (1909 - 1966)

25

SANDOR BENKO - bandleader - 69
MICHEL DONATO - bassist - 67
CHARLES FAMBROUGH - bassist - 59
LEONARD GASKIN - bassist (1920 - 2009)
NORMAN HOWARD - trumpeter - 65
PAT MARTINO - guitarist - 65
WAYNE SHORTER - tenor saxophonist, composer - 76
CARRIE SMITH - singer - 68
GUNTER SOMMER - German drummer - 66
KEITH TIPPETT - keyboardist - 62
Leonard Bernstein - conductor, composer (1918 - 1990)

26

PETER APPLEYARD - vibist - 81
DORI CAYMMI - Brazilian songwriter, "Like A Lover," "Obsession" (1943 - 2008)
CLIFFORD JARVIS - drummer (1941 - 2000)
BRANFORD MARSALIS - tenor saxophonist - 49
DARMON MEADER - NY Voices singer/director - 48
JIMMY RUSHING - singer (1903 - 1972)
FRANCES WAYNE - singer with Woody Herman (1919 - 1978)

27

REZ ABBASI - guitarist - 44
ALICE COLTRANE - pianist (1937 - 2007)
BILL ENGLISH - drummer - 84
MED FLORY - altoist - 83
EDWARD PEREZ - Latin jazz bandleader, bassist, composer - 31
SONNY SHARROCK - guitarist (1940 - 1994)
SYLVIA TELLES - Brazilian bossa nova singer (1934 - 1966)
LESTER YOUNG - tenor saxophonist (1909 - 1959)

28

KENNY DREW SR. - pianist (1928 - 1993)
LARRY GOLDINGS - organist - 41
JOHN STANLEY MARSHALL - drummer - 68
JIM ROTONDI - trumpeter - 47
PHIL SEAMEN - drummer (1926 - 1972)
PETER WASHINGTON - bassist - 45

29

JERRY DODGION - altoist with Thad Jones - 77
ROLF ERICSON - trumpeter (1922 - 1997)
RED KELLY - bassist (1927 - 2004)
EDU LOBO - Brazilian singer/songwriter - 66
BENNY MAUPIN - reeds - 69
STEPHANIE NAKASIAN - singer - 55
CHARLIE PARKER - altoist (1920 - 1955)
DOUG RANEY - guitarist - 53
BIBI ROVERE - bassist - 70
JIMMY STRONG - clarinetist with Armstrong's Hot Five (1906 - 194?)
JACK TEAGARDEN - trombonist, singer (1905 - 1964)
DINAH WASHINGTON - singer (1924 - 1963)
MARK WOOD - guitarist - 55

30

GERALD ALBRIGHT - tenor & alto saxophonist - 52
FLOYD BEAN - pianist (1904 - 1974)
FRANCIS DAVIS - journalist - 63
KENNY DORHAM - trumpeter (1924 - 1972)
RODNEY JONES - guitarist, composer - 53
JOHN SURMAN - saxophonist/clarinetist - 65

31

STEFANO BATTAGLIA - pianist - 44
DROR FEILER - Swedish saxophonist - 58
GUNTER HAMPEL - vibist, pianist, composer - 72
BILL KIRCHNER - bandleader, arranger - 56
ALAN JAY LERNER - lyricist, "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face," "The Heather on the Hill" (1918 - 1986)
DAN McCARTHY - vibist - 29
TINEKE POSTMA - Dutch saxophonist - 31
HERMAN RILEY - tenor saxophonist (1933 - 2007)
EDGAR SAMPSON - arranger, composer, "Stompin' at the Savoy" (1907 - 1973)
PAUL WINTER - soprano & alto saxophonist - 70
Van Morrison - singer - 64
Itzhak Perlman - violinist - 64

[David Gitin]

Basie would be 105, not 100...

[Valerie]

i cannot imagine that Leonard Gaskin will be 89!!!

EDIT: Uh, Oh!!! i should never have said that: it appears that he died this past January at 88! i cannot believe that i never read anything about his passing until now.

[Uli]

Unfortunately, Stockhausen passed.

Karlheinz Stockhausen (22 August 1928–5 December 2007) wiki

[Valerie]

Allen: unfortunately, i think the info on Leonard Gaskin needs to be changed, per my post #3. thanks.

[Allen H]

Basie, Stockhausen and Gaskin all fixed.

[Valerie]

Originally Posted by Allen H

Basie, Stockhausen and Gaskin all fixed.

thanks, as always, Allen.

[Mike Schwartz]

Songwriters Birthdays - August

Aug. 1 (1779) Francis Scott Key Lyrics: The Star Spangled Banner

Aug. 3 (1921) Richard Adler Music: Hey There, You've Gotta Have Heart, Rags To Riches

Aug. 4 (1912) David Raksin Music: Laura, Love Is For The Very Young, Forever Amber

Aug. 8 (1900) Victor Young Music: When I Fall In Love, My Foolish Heart, Street Of Dreams, Stella By Starlight,
Golden Earrings, Love Letters

Aug. 8 (1913) Axel Stordohl Music: Day In Day Out, I Should Care

Aug. 11 (1901) Bernice Petkere Music: Lullaby Of The Leaves, Starlight Music & Lyrics: Close Your Eyes

Aug. 11 (1914) Hugh Martin Music & Lyrics: The Boy Next Door, The Trolley Song, An Occasional Man, Ev'ry Time

Aug. 11 (1943) Kenny Gamble Music & Lyrics: Me And Mrs. Jones, If You Don't Know Me By Now, The Love I Lost,
Break Up To Make Up

Aug. 14 (1924) Lee Adams Lyrics: Put On A Happy Face, A Lot Of Livin' To Do, This Is The Life, The Mating Game

Aug. 15 (1892) Sidney Clare Lyrics: You're My Thrill, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone,
Keeping Myself For You

Aug. 15 (1894) Harry Akst Music: Am I Blue, Baby Face, Travelin' Light

Aug. 15 (1901) Ned Washington Lyrics: I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You, My Foolish Heart, When You
Wish Upon A Star, The Nearness Of You, Love Is The Thing

Aug. 15 (1946) Jim Webb Music & Lyrics: Didn't We, Up Up And Away, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, MacArthue Park

Aug. 16 (1894) Maria Grever Music: What A Difference A Day Made, Magic Is The Moonlight

Aug. 18 (1873) Otto Harbach Lyrics: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, The Touch Of Your Lips, Who, Yesterdays,
The Night Was Made For Love

Aug. 21 (1895) Benny Davis Music: I'm Nobody's Baby, There Goes My Heart, I Still Get A Thrill, With These Hands

Aug. 21 (1926) Carolyn Leigh Lyrics: The Best Is Yet To Come, Hey Look Me Over, Witchcraft, Young At Heart,
The Rules Of The Road

Aug. 24 (1919) Murray Grand Music: Guess Who I Saw Today Music & Lyrics: Come By Sunday, Thursday's Child

Aug. 25 (1918) Leonard Bernstein Music: I Feel Pretty, Something's Coming, Tonight, Maria, Score of West Side Story

Aug 26 (1948) Valerie Simpson Music & Lyrics: I'm Ev'ry Woman, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Your Precious
Love, Count Your Blesings