April 2004 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections welcomed…..


Happy 30th:
Aaron Goldberg (30th)

Happy 40th:
Esbjorn Svensson (16th)

Happy 45th:
Thilo Berg (23rd)

Happy 50th:
Dave Lalama (23rd)

Happy 55th:
Eric Kloss (3rd)

Happy 60th:
Evan Parker (5th)
Pat LaBarbera (7th)
Dominic Duval (27th)

Happy 65th:
Danny Thompson (4th)
Jorge Anders (18th)

Happy 70th:
Erling Kroner (16th)
Warren Chiasson (17th)

Happy 75th:
Buster Cooper (4th)
Eiji Kitamura (8th)
Barbara Lea (10th)
Ray Barretto (29th)

Happy 80th:
Babby Rosengarden (23rd)

Happy 85th:
Ervin Drake (3rd)

Happy 90th:
Paul Ricci (6th)

In memoriam:
Bessie Smith - 110th (15th)
Duke Ellington - 105th (29th)
Horace Tapscott - 70th (6th)


1
DON BUTTERFIELD - tuba player - 81
HARRY CARNEY - baritone saxophonist (1910-1974)
ALBERTA HUNTER - singer (1895-1984)
DUKE JORDAN - pianist, composer - 82
JOHN LA PORTA - clarinetist, saxophonist, arranger - 84
ART LUND - big band singer (1915-1990)
KATHY STOBART - saxophonist - 79
Sergei Rachmaninov - composer, piano virtuoso (1873-1943)

2
MICHAEL CAIN - pianist, composer - 38
LARRY CORYELL - guitarist - 61
EDWARD ELISCU - lyricist, "More Than You Know," "Without A Song" (1902-1998)
MATTHEW GOODHEART - pianist - 36
BOOKER LITTLE - trumpeter (1938-1961)
DAVE MACRAE - pianist - 64
MARTY MARSALA - trumpeter (1909-1975)
DICK OATTS - saxophonist/flutist - 51
BOOMIE RICHMAN - tenor saxophonist (1921-1996)
Marvin Gaye - singer (1939-1984)
"bostontricky" - Jazz Corner poster - 39

3
ERVIN DRAKE - lyricist, "Good Morning Heartache," "Castle Rock," Perdido," "It Was A Very Good Year" - 85
BILL FINEGAN - arranger - 87
KENNY KERSEY - pianist with Andy Kirk (1916-1983)
ERIC KLOSS - saxophonist - 55
SCOTT LAFARO - bassist (1936-1961)
DENNIS MACKREL - drummer, arranger - 42
JIMMY McGRIFF - organist - 68
BUBBER MILEY - trumpeter (1903-1932)
BOB MITCHELL - trumpeter with L. Jordan, Lunceford - 84
BILL POTTS - arranger, composer, pianist - 76
MARTIN SPEAKE - altoist, composer - 46
SCOTT STROMAN - trombonist, composer, educator - 46
BILLY TAYLOR SR. - pianist (1906-1986)
HAROLD VICK - tenor saxophonist (1936-1987)

4
ELMER BERNSTEIN - composer for movies - 82
MICHAEL CAMILO - pianist, composer - 50
BUSTER COOPER - trombonist - 75
LESLIE DRAYTON - bandleader, trumpeter - 54
BENNY GREEN - pianist - 41
JAKE HANNA - drummer - 73
ALLAN HARRIS - singer - 46
GENE RAMEY - bassist (1913-1984)
BOB SHOFFNER - trumpeter with King Oliver (1900-1983)
GARY SMULYAN - baritone saxophonist - 48
DANNY THOMPSON - bassist - 65
MUDDY WATERS (McKINLEY MORGANFIELD) - bluesman (1915-1983)

5
HERB FLEMMING - trombonist (1898-1976)
ALEX HARDING - baritone saxophonist with Hemphill & Bluiett - 37
JEROME HARRIS - guitarist - 51
LEONARD HOCHMAN - bass clarinetist, tenor saxophonist (1933-2000)
STAN LEVEY - drummer - 78
EVAN PARKER - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 60
STANLEY TURRENTINE - tenor saxophonist (1934-2000)

6
GENE BERTONCINI - guitarist - 67
DOROTHY DONEGAN - pianist (1924-1998)
BILL HARDMAN - trumpeter (1933-1990)
NOAH HOWARD - altoist - 61
ED HUBBLE - trombonist - 76
GERRY MULLIGAN - baritone saxophonist (1927-1996)
GERRY NIEWOOD - saxophonist - 61
JOHN PIZZARELLI - guitarist, singer - 44
PAUL RICCI - clarinetist - 90
LEO ROBIN - lyricist, "Easy Living," "Havin' Myself A Time," If I Should Lose You," "Miss Brown To You" (1895-1984)
CHARLIE ROUSE - tenor saxophonist with Monk (1924-1988)
MANFRED SCHOOF - trumpeter, composer, arranger - 68
HORACE TAPSCOTT - pianist, composer (1934-1999)
ART TAYLOR - drummer, singer (1929-1995)
RANDY WESTON - pianist, composer - 78
Mark Kleinhaut - Jazz Corner poster - 47
Bruce Woods - Jazz Corner poster - 44

7
BOB BERG - tenor & soprano saxophonist (1951-2002)
VICTOR FELDMAN - keyboardist (1934-1987)
AL HAYSE - trombonist with Hamp - 83
BILLIE HOLIDAY - singer (1915-1959)
FREDDIE HUBBARD - trumpeter - 66
PEANUTS HUCKO - clarinetist (1918-2003)
PAT LABARBERA - tenor saxophonist - 60
PETE LAROCA - drummer - 66
JACK LAWRENCE - lyricist, "All Or Nothing At All," "Tenderly" - 92
BILL MOBLEY - trumpeter - 51
MONGO SANTAMARIA - congas, percussionist (1922-2003)
ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH - pianist, composer - 66

8
GEORGE DIXON - trumpeter with Earl Hines (1909-1994)
FRED EBB - lyricist, "New York, New York" - 72
E.Y. 'YIP' HARBURG - lyricist, "April in Paris," "It's Only A Paper Moon," "Old Devil Moon," "Then I'll Be Tired Of You" (1898-1981)
PAUL JEFFREY - tenor saxophonist - 71
EIJI KITAMURA - clarinetist, saxophonist - 75
PHIL LEE - guitarist - 61
CARMEN McRAE - singer (1920-1994)
PHIL SCHAAP - producer, journalist - 53
VICTOR SCHERTZINGER - songwriter, "Tangerine," "I Don't Want To Cry Anymore," "I Remember You" (1890-1941)
Steve Schwartz ("Stevebop") - Jazz Corner poster - 62

9
BETTY ANN BLAKE - singer - ?
SHARKEY BONANO - 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 - 59
AL GAFA - guitarist - 63
ED HOWARD - bassist - 44
TEDDY ROY - pianist (1905-1966)

10
CLAUDE BOLLING - pianist, composer - 74
MORTY CORB - bassist (1917-1996)
JOEY DEFRANCESCO - organist - 33
BARBARA LEA - singer - 75
FUD LIVINGSTON - saxophonist (1906-1957)
FRASER MACPHERSON - Canadian tenor saxophonist (1928-1993)
BARRY ULANOV - journalist (1918-2000)
DENNY ZEITLIN - pianist - 66

11
ANITA GRAVINE - singer - 58
NICK LAROCCA - cornetist with ODJB (1889-1961)
JOHN LEVY - bassist, manager - 92
JIMMY LEWIS - bassist - 86
EMIL MANGELSDORFF - altoist - 79
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 - 84
HELEN FORREST - singer (1918-1999)
RUSS GARCIA - composer, arranger, trumpeter - 88
HERBIE HANCOCK - keyboardist, composer - 64
RYAN KISOR - trumpeter - 31
MARTY KRYSTALL - tenor saxophonist - 53
SAL NISTICO - tenor saxophonist (1940-1991)
VANESSA RUBIN - singer - 46
TOM WILLIAMS - trumpeter - 42

13
LIZ CALLAWAY - singer - 43
TEDDY CHARLES - vibist - 76
BUD FREEMAN - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist (1906-1991)
Al Green - singer - 58
RUSTY JONES - drummer - 72
SLICK JONES - drummer (1907-1969)
EDDIE MARSHALL - drummer - 66
JOHN OVERTON WILLIAMS - saxophonist with Andy Kirk, composer of "Froggy Bottom" (1905-1996)

14
GENE AMMONS - tenor saxophonist (1925-1974)
LAURENT CUGNY - director, arranger - 49
STEVE DAVIS - trombonist - 37
GIL FULLER - arranger, composer (1920-1994)
LUCY REED - singer (1924-1998)
SHORTY ROGERS - trumpeter (1924-1994)
MONTY WATERS - altoist & NYC loft scene leader - 66

15
BERNARD ADDISON - guitarist with Tatum & Armstrong (1905-1990)
EDEN AHBEZ - songwriter, "Nature Boy" (1908-1995)
GENE CHERICO - bassist (1935-1994)
RICHARD DAVIS - bassist - 74
SY JOHNSON - arranger, pianist - 74
HERB POMEROY - bandleader, trumpeter - 74
BESSIE SMITH - singer (1894-1937)
CHARLIE SMITH - drummer (1927-1966)
J.J. WIGGINS - bassist - 48

16
BOYCE BROWN - altoist (1910-1959)
BENNIE GREEN - trombonist (1923-1977)
ERLING KRONER - trombonist - 70
PETE MALINVERNI - pianist - 47
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. - 40
ULF WAKENIUS - Swedish guitarist - 46
JOHN WALTERS - composer - 51
Peteris Vasks - Latvian composer - 58

17
WHITNEY BALLIETT - journalist (The New Yorker) - 78
CHRIS BARBER - trombonist - 74
HAN BENNINK - drummer - 62
JAMES "CHIEF" BEY - drummer - 91
WARREN CHIASSON - vibist - 70
ALBERT McCARTHY - English jazz writer (1920-1987)
SAM NOTO - trumpeter - 74
JOE ROMANO - tenor saxophonist - 72
PAUL SMITH - pianist - 82
JOHNNY ST. CYR - guitarist, banjo (1890-1966)
BUSTER WILLIAMS - bassist - 62

18
JORGE ANDERS - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist - 65
CLARENCE 'GATEMOUTH' BROWN - guitarist - 80
KEN COLYER - trumpeter (1928-1988)
KEITH COPELAND - drummer - 58
HAL GALPER - pianist - 66
DANNY GOTTLIEB - drummer with P.Metheny, Mahavishnu Orch. - 51
FREDDY HILL - trumpeter - 72
LEO PARKER - baritone saxophonist (1925-1962)
JAMES RIVERS - New Orleans saxophonist - 67
JIMMY ROWSER - bassist - 78

19
CZESLAW BARTKOWSKI - drummer - 61
TOMMY BENFORD - drummer (1905-1994)
EARL GARDNER - trumpeter - 54
ALEXIS KORNER - guitarist (1928-1984)
DICK PEARCE - trumpeter - 53
KAY SWIFT - songwriter, "Can't We Be Friends?," "Can This Be Love?" (1905-1993)
Murray Perahia - concert pianist - 57

20
RAN BLAKE - pianist - 69
JOE BONNER - pianist - 56
SONNY BROWN - drummer (1936-?)
EMILE CHRISTIAN - trombonist (1895-1973)
AVISHAI COHEN - bassist - 34
LIONEL HAMPTON - vibist, bandleader (1908-2002)
BEAVER HARRIS - drummer (1936-1991)
BILLY JAMES - drummer - 68
TITO PUENTE - bandleader/percussionist (1925-2000)
HENRI RENAUD - pianist (1925-2002)
BYRON STRIPLING - trumpeter - 43
MAYRA CARIDAD VALDES - singer, sister of Chucho - 48

21
SONNY BERMAN - trumpeter with W. Herman (1925-1947)
JOHN BLOWERS - drummer, memoirist - 93
IAN CARR - trumpeter - 71
SLIDE HAMPTON - trombonist - 72
PETER KOWALD - bassist (1944-2002)
ALFRED LION - producer, Blue Note Records founder (1908-1987)
MUNDELL LOWE - guitarist - 82
HARRY MILLER - bassist (1941-1983)
PAT REBILLIOT - pianist - 69
ALAN SKIDMORE - tenor saxophonist - 62
LORENZO TIO - clarinetist (1893-1933)
WALT YODER - bassist (1914-1978)

22
GREETJA BIJMA - singer - 48
GENE CALDERAZZO - drummer - 43
CANDIDO (CAMERO DE GUERRA) - drummer/percussionist - 83
PAUL CHAMBERS - bassist (1935-1969)
BUZZY DROOTIN - drummer (1920-2000)
BARRY GUY - bassist, bandleader - 57
DON MENZA - tenor saxophonist - 68
CHARLES MINGUS - composer, bandleader, bassist (1922-1979)
HYMIE SHERTZER - Benny Goodman altoist (1909-1977)
LOU STEIN - pianist - 82
TOMMY TURRENTINE - trumpeter (1928-1997)
Yehudi Menuhin - violinist, conductor (1916-1999)

23
THILO BERG - drummer - 45
ALAN BROADBENT - pianist, arranger - 57
BUNKY GREEN - altoist - 69
BENNY HARRIS - composer, trumpeter (1919-1975)
DAVE LALAMA - pianist, synthesizers, arranger - 50
JIMMIE NOONE - clarinetist (1895-1944)
BOBBY ROSENGARDEN - drummer - 80
KENDRA SHANK - singer - 46
"Other Steve" - Jazz Corner poster - 38
Sergei Prokofiev - composer (1891-1953)

24
AARON BELL - bassist - 82
RUBE BLOOM - songwriter, "Day In - Day Out," "Fools Rush In," "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (1902-1976)
JOHNNY GRIFFIN - tenor saxophonist - 76
JOE HENDERSON - tenor saxophonist (1937-1901)
STAFFORD JAMES - bassist - 58
FABIO MORGERA - trumpeter - 41
FRANK STRAZZERI - pianist - 74
COLIN WALCOTT - sitarist (1945-1984)
"Dick Trickle" - Jazz Corner poster - ?

25
CARL ALLEN - drummer - 43
EARL BOSTIC - altoist, arranger (1913-1965)
DIGBY FAIRWEATHER - British cornetist - 58
ELLA FITZGERALD - singer (1917-1996)
WILLIS 'GATOR' JACKSON - tenor saxophonist & Gator horn player (1932-1987)
ALBERT KING - bluesman (1923-1992)
KAREN MANTLER - singer - 38
BOB RUSSELL - lyricist, "Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," "I Didn't Know About You" (1914-1970)
TED STURGIS - bassist with R.Eldridge, B.Holiday - 91
Jerry Leiber - rock songwriter - 71
Steve Reynolds - Jazz Corner poster - 44

26
BILL BYRNE - trumpeter, saxophonist - 62
COW-COW DAVENPORT - pianist (1895-1955)
TEDDY EDWARDS - tenor saxophonist, arranger (1924-2003)
HERMAN FOSTER - pianist (1932-1999)
KARL GEORGE - trumpeter - 91
JIMMY GIUFFRE - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist - 83
PRESTON LOVE - altoist (1921-2004)
MA RAINEY - blues singer (1886-1939)
LAKSHMINARAYANA SHANKAR - violinist, composer - 54
JOHN SWANA - trumpeter - 42
DAVE TOUGH - drummer (1908-1948)

27
DENZIL BEST - drummer (1917-1965)
DOMINIC DUVAL - bassist - 60
CONNIE KAY - MJQ drummer (1927-1994)
KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA - composer, pianist (1931-1969)
MATTY MATLOCK - clarinetist, bandleader (1907-1978)
SAL MOSCA - pianist - 77
CALVIN NEWBORN - guitarist - 71
RUTH PRICE - singer - 66
TOMMY SMITH - tenor saxophonist - 37
FREDDIE WAITS - drummer (1943-1989)

28
EVERETT BARKSDALE - guitarist (1910-1986)
MARIO BAUZA - trumpeter (1911-1993)
BLOSSOM DEARIE - singer - 78
OLIVER JACKSON - drummer (1933-1994)
STEVE KHAN - guitarist - 57
GEORGE E. LEE - bandleader (1896-1958)
SAM NEWSOME - tenor saxophonist - 39
LENI STERN - guitarist, composer, singer - 52
JOHN TCHICAI - tenor saxophonist - 68
MICKEY TUCKER - pianist - 63
GLENN ZOTTOLA - trumpeter - 57

29
GEORGE ADAMS - tenor saxophonist (1940-1992)
RAY BARRETTO - congas, percussionist - 75
NANA CAYMMI - Brazilian singer - 63
IRA COLEMAN - bassist - 48
DUKE ELLINGTON - composer, pianist (1899-1974)
BIG JAY McNEELY - tenor saxophonist - 77
CLAUS OGERMAN - pianist, composer - 74
WARD PINKETT - trumpeter with Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver (1906-1937)
OTIS RUSH - bluesman - 70
ANDY SIMPKINS - bassist (1932-1999)
TOOTS THIELEMANS - harmonica player - 82

30
RICK CULVER - trombonist - 61
JOEL FUTTERMAN - pianist - 58
AARON GOLDBERG - pianist - 30
PERCY HEATH - bassist - 81
RODNEY KENDRICK - pianist - 44
DICK TWARDZIK - pianist (1931-1955)
BEA WAIN - singer - 87
SID WEISS - bassist (1914-1994)
"Stormcrow" - Jazz Corner poster - 17

[Mike Schwartz]

More to come I'm sure...


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

[Mark Kleinhaut]

I'm 47 on April 6th. Do I win a prize or something?

[Allen H]

Yeah, the prize is that you get to do this list next month....

And I've added you to the above list, just in time - happy birthday.

[Dr Dave]

Happy Birthday Bruce Woods!

[Dick Trickle]

I noticed I made the list with a ?

I'll be 30 on the 24th and the real name is Rex Trimm. Still debating what to do this year.

[Lady LCD]

Arghhhh...


Just joined today and my birthday was last Sunday. I was actually thinking that I might count finding this board as sort of a birthday present!

April 4 for the new kid in town


~Nissa

[Mike Schwartz]

Trumpeter and JC client Christy Dana out of Berkley, CA. 04/29