October 2003 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections welcomed…..


Happy 40th - Niels Doky (3rd)
Happy 50th - Lincoln Goines (2nd), Kazumi Watanabe (14th), Marc Johnson (21st)
Happy 60th - Ursula Dudziak (22nd)
Happy 65th - Mark Levine (4th), Earl Williams (8th)
Happy 70th - Torrie Zito (22nd)
Happy 75th - Junior Mance (10th), Clare Fischer (22nd)
Happy 80th - Barney Kessel (17th)
Happy 90th - Johnny Best (20th)

In memoriam:
Vernon Duke - 100th (10th)
Jimmy Blanton - 85th (5th)


1
ANA CARAM - Brazilian singer - 45
TONY DUMAS - bassist - 48
MARK HELIAS - bassist - 53
DAVE HOLLAND - bassist - 57
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ - concert pianist (1904-1989)
ANN RICHARDS - singer (1935-1982)

2
DJANGO BATES - pianist, composer - 43
LINCOLN GOINES - bassist - 50
BARBARA PARIS - singer - 49
RONNIE ROSS - baritone saxophonist (1933-1991)
PHIL URSO - tenor saxophonist - 78

3
EDGAR 'PUDDINGHEAD' BATTLE - composer/arranger, trumpet player (1907-1977)
JOHNNY BURKE - lyricist, "Polka Dots and Moonbeams," "Imagination," "Pennies From Heaven," "It Could Happen To You" (1908-1964)
MIKE CLARK - drummer - 57
ALBERT COLLINS - bluesman (1932-1993)
NIELS DOKY - pianist - 40
VON FREEMAN - tenor saxophonist - 81
NANCY HARROW - singer - 73
RONNIE LAWS - tenor saxophonist - 53
DAVID MANN - songwriter, "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning," "No Moon At All," "Don't Go To Strangers" - 87
STEVE REICH - composer - 67
GEORGE WEIN - producer, pianist - 78

4
WALTER BISHOP JR. - pianist (1927-1998)
PATTI CATHCART - singer, Tuck & Patti - 53
EDDIE GOMEZ - bassist - 59
STAN HASSELGARD - clarinetist (1922-1942)
BOB HURST - bassist - 39
CLAY JENKINS - trumpet player - 49
MARK LEVINE - pianist - 65
CHINO POZO - percussionist (1915-1980)
STEVE SWALLOW - bassist - 63
LEON THOMAS - singer (1937-1999)
SCOTT YANOW - journalist - 49

5
CLIFTON ANDERSON - trombonist - 46
JIMMY BLANTON - bassist, arranger, composer (1918-1942)
BILL DIXON - trumpet player, composer - 78
TERRY TROTTER - pianist - 63

6
CARMEN MASTREN - guitarist (1913-1981)
NANETTE NATAL - singer - 58
SAMMY PRICE - pianist (1908-1992)
MASAHIKO SATO - arranger/composer - 62
NORMAN SIMMONS - pianist - 74
MARK WHITFIELD - guitarist - 37

7
JO JONES - drummer (1911-1985)
YO-YO MA - cellist - 48
TYLER MITCHELL - bassist - 45
BEVERLY PEER - bassist (1912-1997)
RALPH RAINGER - songwriter, "I Wished On The Moon," "Easy Living," "Havin' Myself A Time," "Miss Brown To You" (1901-1942)
ALVIN STOLLER - drummer (1925-1992)
GEORGE YOUNG - saxophonist - 66
LARRY YOUNG - organist (1940-1978)

8
PEPPER ADAMS - baritone saxophonist (1930-1986)
J.C. HEARD - drummer (1917-1988)
HAL 'CORNBREAD' SINGER - tenor saxophonist - 84
BILL STEGMEYER - Dixieland clarinetist (1916-1968)
TORU TAKEMITSU - composer (1930-1996)
CLARENCE WILLIAMS - pianist (1893-1965)
EARL WILLIAMS - drummer - 65

9
KENNY GARRETT - altoist - 43
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM - pianist, composer - 69
YUSEF LATEEF - tenor saxophonist, flute - 83
JOHN LENNON - Beatle (1940-1980)
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA - composer - 75
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS - composer (1835-1921)
DAVE SAMUELS - vibist - 55
ELMER SNOWDEN - guitarist, banjo (1900-1973)
CHUCHO VALDES - pianist - 62
GIUSEPPE VERDI - composer (1813-1901)
LEE WILEY - singer (1908-1975)

10
ED BLACKWELL - drummer (1929-1992)
LEE BLAIR - banjo player (1903-1966)
CECIL BRIDGEWATER - trumpet player, arranger - 61
OSCAR BROWN JR. - singer, lyricist - 77
VERNON DUKE - songwriter, "Autumn in New York," "April in Paris," "What Is There To Say?," "I Can't Get Started" (1903-1969)
HARRY 'SWEETS' EDISON - trumpet player (1915-1999)
JOHNNY GREEN - songwriter, "Body and Soul," "Out of Nowhere," "I Cover the Waterfront" (1908-1989)
FREDDY JENKINS - trumpet player (1906-1978)
ROY KRAL - singer (1921-2002)
MILT LARKIN - 30s-40s bandleader, trumpet player (1910-1996)
JUNIOR MANCE - pianist - 75
THELONIOUS MONK - pianist, composer (1917-1982)
MONK MONTGOMERY - bassist (1921-1982)
JOHNNY O'NEAL - pianist - 47
DOUG SIDES - drummer - 61
JULIUS WATKINS - French horn player (1921-1977)

11
JOHNNY ACEA - pianist (1917-198?)
CURTIS AMY - tenor saxophonist (1929-2002)
ART BLAKEY - drummer (1919-1990)
LESTER BOWIE - trumpet player (1941-1999)
LAURA CAVIANI - singer - 41
BILLY HIGGINS - drummer (1936-2001)
FRED HOPKINS - bassist (1947-1999)
NICKI LEIGHTON-THOMAS - singer – 36
PHILGUY – JC participant - 72
PETER SPRAGUE - guitarist - 48
TEDDY WEATHERFORD - pianist (1903-1945)

12
HARRY ALLEN - tenor saxophonist - 37
JIMMY ARCHEY - trombonist (1902-1967)
ED CHERRY - guitarist - 49
TUBBY HALL - drummer (1895-1946)
SANDRA KING - singer - 53
MICHAEL MOSSMAN - trumpet - 44
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI - opera singer - 68

13
RAY BROWN - bassist (1926-2002)
TERRY GIBBS - vibist - 79
ALBERT HAGUE - songwriter, "Young and Foolish" (1920-2001)
LEE KONITZ - altoist - 76
JOHNNY LYTLE - vibist (1932-1995)
PHAROAH SANDERS - tenor saxophonist - 63
ART TATUM - pianist (1909-1956)

14
DUSKO GOYKOVICH - trumpet player - 72
JOHN GRAAS - French horn player (1924-1962)
RED McKENZIE - promoter (1899-1948)
KAZUMI WATANABE - guitarist - 50
SPENCER WILLIAMS - songwriter, pianist (1889-1965)

15
BILL CHARLAP - pianist - 37
HERMAN 'IVORY' CHITTISON - pianist (1908-1967)
FREDDY COLE - singer, pianist - 72
PALLE DANIELSSON - bassist - 57
AL KILLIAN - trumpet player (1916-1950)
NELLIE LUTCHER - singer - 88
CHRIS NEVILLE - pianist - 48
JOE SANDERS - pianist/co-leader, Coon-Sanders Nighthawks (1896-1965)
VICTORIA SPIVEY - singer (1906-1976)

16
RAY ANDERSON - trombonist - 51
BEN ARONOV - pianist - 71
TIM BERNE - altoist - 49
LENNY HAMBRO - altoist, arranger (1923-1995)
ROY HARGROVE - trumpet player - 34
GENE JACKSON - drummer - 42
MAHALIA JACKSON - gospel singer (1911-1972)
ANTHONY KERR - vibist, marimba player - 38
BADAL ROY - percussionist - 58
BIG JOE WILLIAMS - bluesman (1903-1982)

17
HOWARD ALDEN - guitarist - 45
SATHIMA BEA BENJAMIN - singer - 67
LUIZ BONFA - Brazilian guitarist & composer, "Manha de Carnaval," Black Orpheus soundtrack (1922-2001)
COZY COLE - drummer (1906-1981)
LEE COLLINS - trumpet player (1901-1960)
JIMMY HARRISON - trombonist (1900-1931)
BARNEY KESSEL - guitarist - 80

18
CHRIS ALBERTSON - jounnalist - 72
CHUCK BERRY - rocker - 77
PAUL 'STUMP' EVANS - alto & baritone saxophonist (1904-1928)
ANNETTE HANSHAW - singer (1910-1985)
SPIKE HUGHES - bassist, composer (1908-1987)
CHRIS KELLY - early New Orleans cornetist (1885-1929)
WYNTON MARSALIS - trumpet, composer - 42
ANITA O'DAY - singer - 84
TONY PURRONE - guitarist - 49
MARSHALL STEARNS - author/journalist (1908-1966)
BILL STEWART - drummer - 37
BOBBY TROUP - singer, songwriter (1918-1999)
RON VINCENT - drummer - 52
GEORGE WASHINGTON - trombonist - 96

19
RONNIE BURRAGE - drummer, keyboards - 44
EDDIE DANIELS - clarinetist, tenor saxophonist - 62
VINICIUS DE MORAES - lyricist (1918-1980)
TIM GARLAND - tenor saxophonist - 37
CAROL KIDD - singer - 58
ALPHONSE PICOU - clarinetist (1878-1961)
JEAN-MICHEL PILC - pianist, composer - 43
RED RICHARDS - pianist (1917-1998)

20
JOHNNY BEST - trumpet player - 90
RUSSELL GUNN - trumpet player - 32
ADELAIDE HALL - singer (1901-1993)
EDDIE HARRIS - tenor saxophonist (1934-1996)
CHARLES IVES - composer (1874-1954)
WILLIE JONES - drummer - 83
CARL KRESS - guitarist (1907-1965)
RAY LINN - big band trumpet player (1920-1996)
JON LLOYD - soprano & alto saxophonist - 45
JELLY ROLL MORTON - pianist, composer (1890-1941)
MARTIN TAYLOR - guitarist - 47

21
DON BYAS - tenor saxophonist (1912-1972)
DIZZY GILLESPIE - trumpet player (1917-1993)
TED GIOIA - pianist, author - 46
FRED HERSCH - pianist - 48
MARC JOHNSON - bassist - 50
FRAN LANDESMAN - lyricist, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" - 76
DON RADER - trumpet player - 68
ALI RYERSON - flutist - 51
JULIE WILSON - singer - 79

22
JANE BUNNETT - soprano saxophonist - 47
URSULA DUDZIAK - singer - 60
CLARE FISCHER - pianist - 75
GIORGIO GASLINI - pianist, composer - 74
FRANZ LISZT - composer, piano virtuoso (1811-1886)
BERNARD PEIFFER - pianist, composer (1922-1976)
TORRIE ZITO - arranger, pianist - 70

23
BETTY BENNETT - singer - 82
COOKIE COOGAN – singer, JC participant - 38
SONNY CRISS - altoist (1927-1977)
GARY McFARLAND - vibist, arranger (1933-1971)
DIANNE REEVES - singer - 47
NED ROREM - composer, diarist - 80
FATS SADI - vibist with Django, Byas - 77
GIANCARLO SCHIAFFINI - trombonist - 61
ERNIE WATTS - saxophonist - 58

24
JAY ANDERSON - bassist - 48
LUCIANO BERIO - composer (1925-2003)
ANTHONY COX - bassist - 49
REIN DEGRAAFF - pianist - 61
BANU GIBSON - singer - 56
RICK MARGITZA - tenor saxophonist, composer - 42
WENDELL MARSHALL - bassist with Ellington (1920-2002)
DAN MORGENSTERN - journalist - 74
ODEAN POPE - tenor saxophonist - 64
SONNY TERRY - blues singer (1911-1986)
SANDY WILLIAMS - trombonist with Jelly Roll Morton, Chick Webb (1906-1991)

25
JOHN BUTCHER - soprano & tenor saxophonist - 49
BARBARA COOK - singer - 76
ROBIN EUBANKS - trombone - 48
TIZIANA GHIGLIONI - singer - 47
JIMMY HEATH - tenor saxophonist, arranger - 77
TERUMASA HINO - trumpet, bandleader - 61
EDDIE LANG - guitarist (1902-1933)
SAM M. LEWIS - lyricist, "Street of Dreams," "For All We Know," "Just Friends" (1885-1959)
ROBERTO MENESCAL - Brazilian songwriter/guitarist, "O Barquinho" - 66
REUBEN REEVES - trumpet player (1905-1975)

26
KEN ASCHER - composer, pianist - 59
CHARLIE BARNET - saxophonist/bandleader (1913-1991)
HANK DUNCAN - pianist (1896-1968)
EDDIE HENDERSON - trumpet player - 63
RANEE LEE - singer - 61
WARNE MARSH - tenor saxophonist (1927-1987)
MILTON NASCIMENTO - Brazilian singer/songwriter, "Bridges," "Make This City Our Tonight" - 61
TONY PASTOR - tenor saxophonist (1907-1969)
DOMENICO SCARLATTI - Baroque composer (1685-1757)

27
ARILD ANDERSON - bassist - 58
PHILIP CATHERINE - guitarist - 61
BABS GONZALES - singer (1919-1980)
DAVID HAZELTINE - pianist - 45
BARRE PHILLIPS - bassist, composer - 69
BOYD RAEBURN - bandleader, bass saxophonist (1913-1966)
GEORGE WALLINGTON - pianist (1924-1993)

28
ARTHUR ALTMAN - songwriter, "All Or Nothing At All" - 91
TUCK ANDRESS - guitarist, Tuck & Patti - 51
ANDY BEY - singer - 64
JAY CLAYTON - singer - 62
BILL HARRIS - trombonist (1916-1973)
DINK JOHNSON - drummer, pianist (1892-1954)
KENT JORDAN - flutist - 45
JULIE KELLY - singer - 56
CLEO LAINE - singer - 76
GLEN MOORE - bassist - 62
CHICO O'FARRILL - composer, arranger (1921-2001)
RUDY POWELL - clarinetist/saxophonist (1907-1976)
BARBARA SFRAGA - singer - 47

29
MATS GUSTAFSSON - Swedish tenor saxophonist - 39
NEIL HEFTI - arranger - 81
ZOOT SIMS - tenor saxophonist (1925-1985)

30
CLIFFORD BROWN - trumpet player (1930-1956)
TOM BROWNE - trumpet player - 49
TRILOK GURTU - percussionist - 52
TED MACERO - "Kind of Blue" producer - 78
ERROL PARKER - drummer, pianist (1925-1998)
PONCHO SANCHEZ - percussionist - 52

31
BOB BELDEN - saxophonist, arranger - 47
BOOKER ERVIN - tenor saxophonist (1930-1970)
JOEL FRAHM - tenor saxophonist - ?
BOB GRAETTINGER - composer (1923-1957)
JOHN GUERIN - drummer - 64
ILLINOIS JACQUET - tenor saxophonist - 81
JULIA LEE - singer (1902-1958)
TED NASH - tenor saxophonist - 81
ETHEL WATERS - singer (1896-1977)

[Mike Schwartz]

Subject: Songwriters Birthdays - October


SONGWRITERS BIRTHDAYS - OCTOBER
Oct. 3 (1908) Johnny Burke Lyrics: Here's That Rainy Day, Misty, Like Someone In Love, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, It Could Happen To You.

Oct. 3 (1916) David Mann Music: In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning, There I've Said It Again, Don't Go To Strangers, No Moon At All.

Oct. 6 (1893) Milton Ager Music: Happy Days Are Here Again, What Good Am I Without You, Hard-Hearted Hannah, I'm Nobody's Baby

Oct. 7 (1900) Ralph Rainger Music: If I Should Lose You, With Every Breath I Take, Ebb Tide, June In January, Easy Living.

Oct. 9 (1940) John Lennon Music & Lyrics: Imagine, Fool On The Hill, Eleanor Rigby, Michelle, Penny Lane.

Oct. 9 (1948) Jackson Browne Music & Lyrics: That Girl Could Sing, Doctor My Eyes, Running On Empty, The Pretender

Oct. 10 (1903) Vernon Duke Music: April In Paris, I Can't Get Started, What Is There To Say, Taking A Chance On Love, Autumn In New York.

Oct. 10 (1908) Johnny Green Music: Body and Soul, I Cover The Waterfront, Out of Nowhere, You're Mine You, Coquette.

Oct. 10 (1917) Thelonious Monk Music: 'Round Midnight, Straight No Chaser, Ruby My Dear, Well You Needn't, Off Minor.

Oct. 11 (1913) Sunny Skylar Music & Lyrics: You're Breaking My Heart, Waitin' For The Train To Come In, Are These Really Mine?, Gotta Be This Or That.

Oct. 13 (1920) Albert Hague Music: Young And Foolish, Just For Once.

Oct. 13 (1942) Paul Simon Music & Lyrics: Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover, The Sounds of Silence, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Mrs. Robinson, Still Crazy After All These Years

Oct. 14 (1889) Spencer Williams Music: Squeeze Me, I Found A New Baby, Basin Street Blues, I Ain't Got Nobody.

Oct. 15 (1922) Robert Wells Lyrics The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), When Joanna Loved Me, Here's To The Losers, Born to be Blue, From Here to Eternity.

Oct. 18 (1918) Bobby Troup Music & Lyrics: Route 66, Baby Baby All The Time, You're Lookin' At Me, The Meaning of The Blues. Lyrics: Girl Talk.

Oct. 18 (1948) Laura Nyro Music & Lyrics: Stoney End, And When I Die, Wedding Bell Blues, Eli's Coming.

Oct. 19 (1918) Jack Segal Lyrics: When Sunny Gets Blue, Scarlet Ribbons, When Joanna Loved Me, Here's To The Losers. Music & Lyrics: More Love.

Oct. 21 (1927) Fran Landesman Lyrics: Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most, Ballad Of The Sad Young Men, There Are Days When I Don't Think of You At All, This Life We've Led, Nothing Like You.

Oct. 22 (1914) Sylvia Dee Lyrics: My Sugar Is So Refined, Too Young, A House With Love In It.

Oct. 25 (1885) Sammy Lewis Lyrics: Gloomy Sunday, For All We Know, Just Friends, I'm Sitting On Top of The World.

Oct. 28 (1912) Arthur Altman Music: All Or Nothing At All, The Green Years, American Beauty Rose.

[Allen H]

Sam Lewis shouldn’t come up without mention of his great “Street of Dreams.”

And a couple of other noteworthy Johnny Burke lyrics: “Imagination” and “Pennies From Heaven.”

[gonzo]

17-gonzo-barnes and noble employee, wanna be conguero-41 years young.