November 2004 Birthdays

[Allen H]

Additions or corrections always welcomed…..

Happy 30th:
Reuben Rogers (15th)

Happy 40th:
Diana Krall (16th)
Vince Herring (19th)
Ken Vandermark (22nd)
Wessell Anderson (27th)

Happy 45th:
Conrad Herwig (1st)
Klaus Suonsaari (7th)
Ted Rosenthal (15th)
Cindy Blackman (18th)

Happy 50th:
Carmen Lundy (1st)

Happy 55th:
Arturo Sandoval (6th)
David S. Ware (7th)
Alan Paul (23rd)
Bill Reichenbach (30th)

Happy 60th:
Willem Breuker (4th)
Kamau Adilfu (aka Charles Sullivan) (8th)
George Cables (14th)

Happy 65th:
Roger Kellaway (1st)
Joe McPhee (3rd)
Andrew Cyrille (10th)
Hubert Laws (10th)

Happy 70th:
Jan Allan (7th)
Houston Person (10th)
Ellis Marsalis Jr. (14th)
Colin Smith (20th)
Victor Gaskin (23rd)
Gato Barbieri (28th)
Tony Coe (29th)

Happy 75th:
Francy Boland (6th)
Marilyn Bergman (10th)


In memoriam:

Bennie Moten - 110th (13th)
Coleman Hawkins - 100th (21st)


1
SYLVIE COURVOISIER - pianist, composer - 36
LOU DONALDSON - altoist - 78
MARCO ENEIDI - free jazz altoist - 48
CONRAD HERWIG - trombonist - 45
ROGER KELLAWAY - pianist, arranger, composer - 65
CARMEN LUNDY - singer - 50
RAPHE MALIK - trumpeter - 56
SAM MARGOLIS - tenor saxophonist, clarinetist (1923-1996)
JOE RUSHTON - bass & baritone saxophonist with Red Nichols (1907-1964)
WILLIE WILLIAMS - tenor saxophonist/reeds player - 46

2
BUNNY BERIGAN - trumpeter (1908-1942)
MAXINE DANIELS - singer - 74
KURT ELLING - singer - 37
HERB GELLER - altoist - 76
FRANK KIMBROUGH - pianist, Herbie Nichols Project co-leader - 48
PHIL MINTON - singer, trumpeter - 64
PHIL WOODS - altoist - 73

3
HENRY GRIMES - bassist with Ayler, Cherry, Rollins - 69
JOE McPHEE - tenor saxophonist, trumpet - 65
BILLY MITCHELL - tenor saxophonist (1926-2001)
JANE MONHEIT - singer - 27
SONNY RHODES - bluesman - 64
JOE TURNER - stride pianist (1907-1990)

4
JOE BENJAMIN - bassist (1919-1974)
WILLEM BREUKER - bandleader/reeds player - 60
LARRY BUNKER - drummer, vibist - 76
ERIC LE LANN - flugelhorn player - 47
RALPH SUTTON - stride pianist (1922-2001)
PATATO VALDES - percussionist & congas player with H.Mann, T.Puente - 78
HARRY WOODS - songwriter, "Try A Little Tenderness," "What A Little Moonlight Can Do" (1896-1970)

5
DENISE JANNAH - Dutch singer - 48
BOB KINDRED - tenor sax - 64
HAROLD 'LITTLE G' McNAIR - tenor & alto saxophonist/flutist (1931-1971)
JOE SULLIVAN - pianist (1906-1971)
REGINALD VEAL - bassist - 41
JOHNNY WINDHURST - trumpeter (1926-1981)
RED WOOTTEN - bassist - 83
Nicholas Maw - British composer - 69

6
FRANCY BOLAND - co-leader, Clarke-Boland Big Band - 75
LAILA DALSETH - singer - 64
DAVID EYGES - cellist - 54
ANDY GIBSON - composer, arranger (1913-1961)
LISA HINDMARSH - singer - 42
GUS KAHN - lyricist, "It Had To Be You," "You Stepped Out of a Dream," "Swingin' Down the Lane," "Makin' Whoopee" (1886-1941)
JIMMY LYON - pianist (1921-1984)
ARTURO SANDOVAL - trumpeter, cofounder of Irakere - 55

7
JAN ALLAN - Swedish trumpeter - 70
ARY BARROSO - Brazilian songwriter, "Brazil" (1903-1964)
ALVIN BATISTE - clarinetist, composer - 72
JOE BUSHKIN - pianist, trumpet - 88
JOHANNES FABER - German trumpeter - 52
KITTY MARGOLIS - singer - 49
RENE MARIE - singer - 49
JONI MITCHELL - singer - 61
HOWARD RUMSEY - club owner/manager, Lighthouse (Hermosa Beach) & Concerts By The Sea (Redondo Beach) - 87
KLAUS SUONSAARI - drummer, arranger, composer - 45
MARK ANTHONY TAYLOR - drummer - 42
DAVID S. WARE - tenor saxophonist - 55
NILS WOGRAM - trombonist - 32

8
KAMAU ADILIFU (CHARLES SULLIVAN) - trumpeter - 60
PATRICIA BARBER - singer - 49
DON BYRON - clarinetist - 46
CHRIS CONNOR - singer - 77
BERTHA HOPE - pianist - 68
RUSSELL MALONE - guitarist - 41

9
TOMMY DOUGLAS - bandleader, clarinetist (1906-1965)
MEZZ MEZZROW - clarinetist, tenor saxophonist (1899-1972)
MUGGSY SPANIER - trumpeter (1906-1967)

10
MARILYN BERGMAN - lyricist - 75
PAUL BLEY - keyboardist - 72
ANDREW CYRILLE - drummer - 65
HUBERT LAWS - flutist, composer - 65
BILLY MAY - arranger (1916-2004)
HOUSTON PERSON - tenor saxophonist - 70
MARK TURNER - tenor saxophonist - 39

11
MOSE ALLISON - singer, songwriter - 77
ERNESTINE ANDERSON - singer - 76
WILLIE COOK - trumpeter (1923-2000)
CARROLL DICKERSON - bandleader, worked with Armstrong & King Oliver (1895-1957)
KAHIL EL'ZABAR - Ethnic Heritage Ensemble percussionist - 51
DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT - harpist - 51
AL LEVITT - drummer (1932-1994)
ANDY McKEE - bassist - 51
MARVIN 'HANNIBAL' PETERSON - trumpeter - 56
GUNTHER SCHULLER - composer/arranger - 79
MARK SHIM - tenor saxophonist - 31
SEAN SMITH - bassist - 39
IRV STOKES - trumpeter - 78
MARLENE VERPLANCK - singer - 71
SONNY WHITE - pianist with Billie Holiday, Frankie Newton (1917-1971)
DICK WILSON - tenor saxophonist (1911-1941)

12
BUCK CLAYTON - trumpeter, bandleader (1911-1991)
SAM JONES - bassist, composer (1924-1981)
CHARLIE MARIANO - altoist - 81
AUDREY MORRIS - singer - 76
JIM PUGH - trombonist - 54
JO STAFFORD - singer - 84
JEFF STOCKHAM - French horn & trumpeter - 46
THORGEIR STUBO - Norwegian guitarist (1943-1986)
RICHARD WHITING - songwriter, "Too Marvelous For Words," "She's Funny That Way," "Miss Brown To You" (1891-1938)
Neil Young - singer/songwriter - 59

13
BLUE LU BARKER - singer (1913-1998)
WARREN BERNHARDT - pianist - 66
ERNIE FARROW - bassist with Yusef Lateef (1928-1969)
CHRIS FLORY - guitarist - 51
RICHARD GROSSMAN - pianist (1937-1992)
HAMPTON HAWES - pianist (1928-1977)
JOHN LATOUCHE - lyricist, "Lazy Afternoon" (1917-1956)
JANET LAWSON - singer - 64
BENNIE MOTEN - bandleader, pianist, composer (1894-1935)

14
BILLY BAUER - guitarist with Lenny Tristano - 89
GEORGE CABLES - pianist - 60
DON EWELL - pianist (1916-1983)
ART HODES - pianist (1904-1993)
ELLIS MARSALIS JR. - pianist - 70
BOBBY THOMAS - drummer - 72
Aaron Copland - composer (1900-1990)

15
KEVIN EUBANKS - guitarist - 47
GUS JOHNSON - drummer (1913-2000)
SELDON POWELL - tenor saxophonist (1928-1997)
JEROME RICHARDSON - tenor saxophonist/reeds (1920-2000)
REUBEN ROGERS - bassist - 30
TED ROSENTHAL - pianist, composer - 45

16
STEVE ARGUELLES - drummer - 41
DOLO COKER - pianist, altoist (1927-1983)
EDDIE CONDON - guitarist (1905-1973)
W.C. HANDY - cornetist, composer (1873-1958)
DIANA KRALL - singer - 40
LAUREN NEWTON - singer with Vienna Art Orch. - 52
JESSE STONE - pianist, bandleader, arranger (1901-1999)
BEN THIGPEN - drummer (1908-1971)
NICK TRAVIS - trumpeter (1925-1964)

17
BEN ALLISON - bassist, Jazz Composers Collective artistic director - 38
DAVID AMRAM - French horn player/pianist - 74
WAYNE ANDRE - trombonist, composer (1931-2003)
MARIAN (or MARION) MONTGOMERY - singer (1934-2002)
ROSWELL RUDD - trombonist - 69
CLARENCE 'SHORTY' SHEROCK - trumpeter (1915-1980)
Gene Clark - singer/songwriter, Byrds guitarist (1946-1991)

18
CINDY BLACKMAN - drummer - 45
DON CHERRY - trumpeter (1936-1995)
KIM GANNON - songwriter, "Autumn Nocturne," "Always in My Heart" (1900-1974)
SHEILA JORDAN - singer - 76
JOHNNY MERCER - lyricist (1909-1976)
VICTOR SPROLES - bassist - 77
BENNIE WALLACE - tenor saxophonist - 58
CLAUDE WILLIAMSON - pianist - 78

19
TOMMY DORSEY - trombonist (1905-1956)
VINCE HERRING - alto & soprano saxophonist - 40
KENNY WERNER - pianist - 53

20
SKEETER BEST - guitarist (1914-1985)
DON BRADEN - tenor saxophonist - 41
JUNE CHRISTY - singer (1925-1990)
GEOFF KEEZER - pianist - 34
JAY ROSEN - drummer, Trio X - 43
COLIN SMITH - trumpeter - 70

21
COLEMAN HAWKINS - tenor saxophonist (1904-1969)
EARL McINTYRE - trombonist - 51
JACK MILLMAN - trumpeter - 74
ALPHONSE MOUZON - drummer - 56
SAL SALVADOR - guitarist (1925-1999)
ARTHUR SCHUTT - pianist (1902-1965)
PETER WARREN - bassist, cellist - 69
ELI YAMIN - pianist - 36
Dr. John (aka Mac Rebennak) - boogie/blues pianist/singer - 64

22
POLO BARNES - clarinetist/saxophonist (1901-1981)
HOAGY CARMICHAEL - singer/songwriter (1899-1981)
HORACE HENDERSON - arranger, leader (1904-1988)
JIMMY KNEPPER - trombonist, arranger (1927-2003)
RON McCLURE - bassist - 63
KEN VANDERMARK - tenor saxophonist, bass clarinetist - 40

23
RAY DRUMMOND - bassist - 58
RUTH ETTING - singer (1896-1978)
ALVIN FIELDER - drummer - 69
VICTOR GASKIN - bassist - 70
TYREE GLENN - trombonist, vibist (1912-1974)
GIOVANNI HIDALGO - percussionist - 41
GLORIA LYNNE - singer - 73
JOHNNY MANDEL - songwriter, arranger - 79
BOB McCRACKEN - clarinetist, tenor saxophonist (1904-1972)
ALAN PAUL - Manhattan Transfer singer - 55
Krzysztof Penderecki - composer - 71

24
SERGE CHALOFF - baritone saxophonist (1923-1957)
AL COHN - tenor saxophonist (1925-1988)
SCOTT COLLEY - bassist - 41
WILD BILL DAVIS - pianist, organist (1918-1995)
YORON ISRAEL - drummer - 41
SCOTT JOPLIN - pianist (1868-1917)
TEDDY WILSON - pianist (1912-1986)

25
NAT ADDERLEY - trumpeter (1931-2000)
JOE CARROLL - singer (1919-1981)
HOLLY COLE - singer - 41
RICHARD DE ROSA - drummer, arranger - 49
PAUL DESMOND - altoist (1924-1977)
MATTHEW GEE - trombonist on Duke's "C Jam Blues" & with Diz (1925-1979)
RICH HALLEY - tenor & soprano saxophonist - 57
STEVE JOHNS - drummer - 44
ETTA JONES - singer (1928-2001)
ARTHUR SCHWARTZ - songwriter (1900-1984)
WILLIE SMITH - altoist with Ellington, Lunceford (1910-1967)
WILLIE 'THE LION' SMITH - pianist (1887-1973)
TERELL STAFFORD - trumpeter - 38
DICK WELLSTOOD - pianist (1927-1987)

26
FRANK MELROSE aka K.C. FRANK - pianist (1907-1941)

27
WESSELL ANDERSON - alto & soprano saxophonist - 40
RANDY BRECKER - trumpeter - 59
JUDY CARMICHAEL - pianist - 52
LYLE MAYS - keyboardist - 51
WILBUR MORRIS - bassist with David Murray, T.Borgmann (1937-2002)
MARIA SCHNEIDER - composer, arranger - 44
EDDIE SOUTH - violinist (1904-1962)
JACKY TERRASSON - pianist - 39
Jimi Hendrix - rock guitarist/singer (1942-1970)

28
GATO BARBIERI - tenor saxophonist, flutist - 70
JERRY COKER - educator, tenor saxophonist - 72
ETHEL ENNIS - singer - 72
GIGI GRYCE - altoist, flutist, composer (1925-1983)
DENNIS IRWIN - bassist, clarinetist - 53
CHARLIE KOHLHASE - saxophonist, Either/Orchestra member - 48
ROY McCURDY - Cannonball Adderley Quintet drummer - 68
BUTCH THOMPSON - pianist - 61
DICK VANCE - arranger, composer (1915-1985)
GEORGE WETTLING - drummer (1907-1968)

29
ED BICKERT - guitarist - 72
TONY COE - clarinetist, tenor saxophonist - 70
TROY DAVIS - drummer with T.Blanchard - 39
BILLY HART - drummer - 64
RONNY JORDAN - British acid-jazz guitarist - 42
ADAM NUSSBAUM - drummer - 49
BILLY STRAYHORN - composer, arranger, pianist (1915-1967)

30
BROWNIE McGHEE - blues singer (1915-1996)
BILL REICHENBACH - trombonist - 55
JACK SHELDON - trumpeter - 73
STAN SULZMANN - alto & tenor saxophonist - 56

[Mike Schwartz]

SONGWRITERS BIRTHDAYS - NOVEMBER

Nov. 4 (1896) Harry Woods Music: Try a Little Tenderness, Side
By Side,We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye, What a Little Moonlight Can Do

Nov. 4 (1907) Bennie Benjamin Music: I Don't Want to Set the
World on Fire, Confess, Oh What It Seemed To Be, Rumors Are Flying.

Nov. 6 (1886) Gus Kahn Lyrics: It Had To Be You, You Stepped
Out of a Dream, Love Me or Leave Me, Makin' Whoopee, I'm Through With Love

Nov. 10 (1929) Marilyn Bergman Lyrics: How Do You Keep the Music
Playing?, The Way We Were, Nice 'n Easy, The Windmills of Your Mind, I
Believe In Love.

Nov. 12 (1891) Richard Whiting Music: Hooray For Hollywood, Too
Marvelous For Words, My Ideal, Beyond the Blue Horizon, She's Funny That
Way.

Nov. 12 (1936) Mort Shuman Music & Lyrics: Save The Last Dance
For Me, Can't Get Used To Losing You, This Magic Moment.

Nov. 16 (1873) W. C. Handy Music: St. Louis Blues, Beale Street
Blues, Long Gone, Joe Turner's Blues.

Nov. 18 (1909) Johnny Mercer Lyrics: Something's Gotta Give,
That Old Black Magic, Midnight Sun, Satin Doll, Day In Day Out, Blues in
the Night, Laura, The Days of Wine and Roses.

Nov. 22 (1899) Hoagy Carmichael Music: Skylark, The Nearness of
You, Georgia on My Mind, Star Dust, Baltimore Oriole, I Get Along
Without You Very Well, Lazy Bones, How Little We Know.

Nov. 22 (1902) Allen Neiburg Music: It's the Talk of the Town,
Under a Blanket of Blue, I'm Confessin' That I Love You.

Nov. 23 (1925) Johnny Mandel Music: A Time For Love, Not Really
The Blues, The Shadow of Your Smile, Emily, Straight Life, Where Do You
Start.

Nov. 23 (1928) Jerry Bock Music: Too Close For Comfort,
Matchmaker Matchmaker, Sunrise Sunset, Mr. Wonderful, Tonight At Eight.

Nov. 24 (1868) Scott Joplin Music: Maple Leaf Rag, Sugar Cane
Rag, Wall Street Rag, The Entertainer.

Nov. 25 (1900) Arthur Schwartz Music: Dancing In The Dark, That's
Entertainment, I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan, Alone Together, Then
I'll Be Tired of You, I See Your Face Before Me, A Gal In Calico.

Nov. 28 (1943) Randy Newman Music & Lyrics: Short People, I Love
To See You Smile, Mama Told Me Not To Come, I Think It's Going To Rain
Today.

Nov. 29 (1915) Billy Strayhorn Music & Lyrics: Lush Life, Take
the "A" Train, Something To Live For. Music: Just A-Sittin' and
A-Rockin', Chelsea Bridge, Satin Doll