Jazz Birthdays in August
(Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz reference and thanks to Ron Hearn;
Bruce Tater and Dick LaPalm for their updates)
All photos © Jude Hibler. The photos may not be reproduced - either for print or Web purposes -
without written permission.
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b. 8/4/1921
b. 8/6/1930
b. 8/7/1937
b. 8/20/1952
b. 8/6/1921
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• Lionel Bart - b. 1930; composer: Music: As Long as He Needs Me; Be Back Soon; Consider Yourself; Easy Going Me; From Russia with Love; I'd Do Anything; Where Is love?
• Sam Charters - b. 1929; writer/producer
• Maria Cole (Ellington) - b. 1922; vocal
• Elmer Crumbley - b. 1908; trombone
• Kamil Hala - b. 1931; piano/composer/arranger
• Florian Ross - b. 1972; piano/composer
• Morris Stoloff - b. 1898; d. 4/16/1980; composer/conductor: Song Without End
• Mitch Watkins - b. 1952; guitar/producer
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• David Binney - b. 1961; alto, soprano & tenor sax/electronics
• Roy Crimmins - b. 1929; trombone
• Natty Dominique - b. 1894; d. 8/30/1982; cornet
• Ted Harris - b. 1937; saxophone/piano
• Werner Muller - b. 1920; trombone/leader
• Big Nick Nicholas - b. 1922; d. 10/29/1997; tenor sax
• Carl Saunders - b. 1943; trumpet/leader
• Andy Secrest - b. 1907; d. 1997; trumpet/cornet
• Albert Stinson - b. 1944; d. 6/2/1969; bass
• Nana Vasconcelos - b. 1944; percussion/vocals
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• Richard Adler - b. 1921; composer: Music: Hey There, You've Gotta Have Heart, Rags to Riches
• Oliver Alcorn - b. 1910; d. 3/21/1981; clarinet/tenor sax
• Harold Austin - b. 1944; saxophone
• Edythe Baker - b. 1895; d. 11/22/1965; piano
• Rudy Balliu - b. 1941; clarinet
• Tony Bennett - b. 1926 - Astoria, Queens, New York; vocal
• Lawrence Brown - b. 1907; d. 9/5/1988; trombone
• Lyn Christie - b. 1928; bass
• Hamid Drake - b. 1955; drums/percussion
• Ray Draper - b. 1940; d. 11/1/1982; tuba
• Les Elgart - b. (or 8/31. 1918; trumpet/leader
• Gordie Fleming - b. 1931; d. 8/31/2002; accordion
• Eddie Jefferson - b. 1918; d. 5/9/1979; vocal
• Roscoe Mitchell - b. 1940; reeds/flute
• Greg Osby - b. 1960; alto & soprano saxes/flute/clarinet/piano/keyboards/vocals
• Dom Um Romao - b. 1925; d. 7/26/2005; percussion
• Charlie Shavers - b. 1917; d. 7/8/1971; trumpet
• Enrique Villegas - b. 1913; d. 7/20/1986; piano
• Vic Vogel - b. 1935; piano/leader
• Cedric Wallace - b. 1909; d. 4/19/1985; bass
• Jack Wilson - b. 1936; piano
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• Eric Alexander - b. 1968; tenor sax
• Louis Armstrong - b. 1901; d. 7/6/1971; trumpet/vocal
• Salvatore Bonafede - b. 1962; piano
• Stumpy Brady - b. 1910; trombone
• Terry Lyne Carrington - b. 1965; drums
• Bill Coleman - b. 1904; d. 8/24/1081; trumpet
• Lew Davis - b. 1903; trombone
• Hank DeVega - b. 1930; clarinet
• Herb Ellis - b. 1921; guitar
• Jeff Hamilton - b. 1953; drums
• Mel Henke - b. 1915; piano
• Billy Hodges - b. 1928; d. 6/1/2003; trumpet
• Ken Mackintosh - b. 1919; d. 11/22/2005; leader/alto sax
• Howie Mann - b. 1927 - New York City; drums
• Don Prell - b. 1929; bass
• David Raskin - b.1912' d. 8/9/2004; composer/arranger/conductor
• Moacir Santos - b. (or 4/8 or 7/26 - 1924; arranger/composer/alto & baritone sax
• Sonny Simmons - b. 1933; alto sax/English Horn
• Bobo Stenson - b. 1944; piano
• Earl Swope - b. 1922; d. 1/3/1968; trombone
• Thomas Talbert - b. 1924; d. 7/2/2005; composer/arranger/piano
• August "TNT" Tribble - b. 1921; drums/vocal
• John Webber - b. 1965; bass
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• Don Albert - b. 1908; d. 1/1980; trumpet/leader
• John Armatage - b. 1929; drums
• Lennie Breau - b. 1941; d. 8/12/1984; guitar
• Ernestine "Tiny" Davis - b. 1907; d. 1/30/1994; trumpet/vocals
• Damita Jo - b. 1930; d. 12/25/1998; vocal
• Otto Lington - b. 1903; d. 12/15/1992; violin
• Jemeel Moondoc - b. 1951; alto, soprano & tenor sax/flute
• Airto Moreira - b. 1941; percussion
• Chuck Riggs - b. 1951; drums
• Sigi Schwab - b. 1940; guitar
• Jeri Southern - b. 1926 - Royal, Nebraska; vocal/piano
• Phil Wachsmann - b. 1944; violin
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• Dorothy Ashby - b. 1932; d. 4/13/1986; harp, 1932 (d. Apr. 13, 1986)
• Lillian Boutte - b. 1949; vocal
• Lennie Breslaw - b. 1930 - England; drums
• Regina Carte - b. 1966; violin
• Jean-Louis Chautemp - b. 1931; alto & tenor sax/flute/composer
• Buddy Collette - b. 1921; alto & tenor sax/flute, clarinet
• Ravi Coltrane - b. 1965; tenor & soprano sax
• Micky Cooke - b. 1945; trombone
• Philippe Deschepper - b. 1949; guitar/composer
• Vic Dickenson - b. 1906; d. 11/16/1984; trombone
• Joe Diorio - b. 1936; guitar/composer
• Mary Ann Douglas - b. 1947; vocals
• Ferdinando Farao - b. 1959; drums/percussion
• Frankie Froeba - b. 1907; d. 2/18/1981; pianist
• Victor Goines - b. 1961; soprano, tenor & baritone sax/clarinet/bass clarinet
• Pierre Gossez (Gate) - b. 1928; clarinet
• Norman Granz - b. 1918; d. 11/22/2001; producer/label owner/concert promoter/manager
• Charlie Haden - b. 1937; bass/leader
• Martin Hathaway - b. 1969; alto, soprano & tenor sax/clarinet/flute
• Allan Holdsworth - b. 1946 or 1948; guitar
• Lem Johnson - b. 1909; d. 4/1/1989; tenor sax/clarinet
• Egil Kapstad - b. 1940; piano/arranger
• Byard Lancaster - b. 1942; alto sax/flute
• Marc Levin - b. 1942; cornet/flute
• Abbey Lincoln - b. 1930; vocal
• Ramon Lopez - b. 1961; percussion/conga
• Reese Markewich - b. 1936; piano/flute
• Eddie McFadden - b. 1928; guitar
• Hendrik Meurkins - b. 1957; harmonica/vibraphone
• Tony Parenti - b. 1900; d. 4/17/1972; clarinet/leader
• Jack Parnell - b. 1923; drums/percussion/vocal
• Roberto Baden Powell - b. 1937; d. 9/26/2000; guitar
• Luis Russell - b. 1902; d. 12/11/1963; piano/leader
• Phil Todd - b. 1956; reeds
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• Harry Arnold - b. 1920; d. 2/11/1971; saxophone/arranger/leader/clarinet/bass clarinet/vocals
• Jeno Beamter - b. 1912; d. 1/11/1984; drums/vibes/marimba/percussion
• George Bohannon - b. 1937; trombone
• Warren Covington - b. 1921; d. 8/24/1999; trombone
• Howard Johnson - b. 1941; tuba/baritone sax
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk - b. 1936; d. 12/5/1977; reeds/flute
• Luckey Roberts - b. 1887; d. 2/5/1968; piano
• Marcus Roberts - b. 1963 (or 9/7); piano
• Freddie Slack - b. 1910; d. 8/10/1965; piano/leader
• A.B. Spellman - b. 1935; critic/author
• Idrees Sulieman - b. 1923; d. 7/23 or 25/2002; trumpet/alto sax
• Jerry Tachoir - b. 1955; vibes/marimba/glockenspiel/cymbals/percussion
• George Van Eps - b. 1913; d. 11/29/1998; guitar
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• Owen Bryce - b. 1920; trumpet/cornet
• Don Burrows - b. 1928; reeds/flute
• Benny Carter - b. 1907; d. 7/12/2003; alto sax/trumpet/composer/arranger
• Rupert Cole - b. 1909; alto & baritone sax/clarinet
• Vinnie Dean - b. 1929; alto sax
• Edward Ellington, II - b. 1944; guitar
• Frankie Froeba - b. 1907; d. 2/18/1981; piano
• Charlie Gaines - b. 1900; trumpet
• Urbie Green - b. 1926; trombone
• Lennart Jansson - b. 1920; d. 12/3/2005; alto & baritone sax
• Lucky Millinder - b. 1900; d. 9/28/1966; vocal/leader
• Peter Packay - b. 1904; d. 12/26/1965; trumpet
• Knocky Parker - b. 1918; d. 9/3/1986; piano
• Tom Pickering - b. 1921; clarinet/tenor sax/leader/composer
• John Richardson - b. 1932; drums/percussion
• Axel Stordahl - b. 1913; d. 8/30/1963; leader/conductor/composer: I Should Care, Day by Day
• Nat Story - b. 1904; d. 11/21/1968; trombone
• Frank Traynor - b. 1927; d. 2/22/1985; trombone
• Jimmy Witherspoon - b. 1920; d. 9/18/1997; vocal
• Victor Young - b. 1900 or 1901; d. 11/11/1956; composer/arranger/leader: Music: When I Fall in Love, My Foolish Heart, Street of Dreams, Golden Earrings, Stella by Starlight, Love Letters
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• Peter Compo - b. 1932; d. 4/28/2003; violin/bass
• Jack DeJohnette - b. 1942; drums/piano/leader
• Edsel Gomez - b. 1962; piano
• Bobby Hales - b. 1934; trumpet/leader
• Nat Jaffe - b. 1918; d. 8/5/1945; piano
• Bill Napier - b. 1926; d. 4/30/2003; clarinet
• Hugh Ragin - b. 1951; trumpet/flugelhorn/piccolo trumpet/pocket trumpet
• Martin Williams - b. 1924; d. 4/13/1992; writer
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• Patti Austin - b. 1948; vocal
• Arnett Cobb - b. 1918; d. 3/24/1989; tenor sax
• Robert De Kers - b. 1906; d. 1/16/1987; trumpet/leader
• Bert Howard - b. 1915; piano/bass
• Chuck Israels - b. 1936; bass
• Bill Johnson - b. 1872 or 1874; d. 12/3/1972; bass
• Brian Lawrence - b. 1907; d. 9/11/1983; violin/bass/banjo/vocal/leader
• Jennifer Leitham (John Leitham) - b. 1953; bass
• Lea Mathews - b. 1909; vocal
• Michael Mantler - b. 1943; trumpet/composer
• Andy Martin - b. 1960; trombone
• Dan Minor - b. 1909; d. 4/11/1982; trombone
• Al Morgan - b. 1908 - New Orleans; clarinet/drums/bass
• Sal Pace - b. 1910; clarinet/saxophone
• Claude Thornhill - b. 1909; d. 7/1/1965; piano/leader
• Nat Towles - b. 1905; d. 1/1963; bass/leader
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• Max Abrams - b. 1907; d. 11/5/1995; drums, vibes, 1907 (d. Nov. 5, 1995)
• Johnny Claes - b. 1916; trumpet/cornet/leader/arranger
• Paul Cram - b. 1952; tenor sax/clarinet
• Bruz Freeman - b. 1921 - Chicago; drums
• Kenny Gamble - b. 1943; Music & Lyics: Me and Mrs. Jones, If You Don't Know Me by Now, The Love I Lost, Break Up to Make Up
• Bill Heid - b. 1948; piano/organ/keyboards/vocals
• June Hutton - b. 1918 or 1921; d. 5/2/1973; vocalist
• Peter King - b. 1940; alto sax
• Hugh Martin - b. 1914; Music & Lyrics: The Trolley Song, The Boy Next Door, An Occasional Man, Ev'ry Time
• Donny McCaslin - b. 1966; soprano & tenor sax/flute/clarinet
• Russell Procope - b. 1908; d. 1/21/1981; alto, soprano & tenor sax/clarinet
• Johnny Rae - b. 1934; d. 9/4/1993; vibes/drums/percussion
• Johannes Rediske - b. 1926; d. 1/22/1975; guitar
• Jorgen Ryg - b. 1927 - Denmark; trumpet
• Jess Stacy - b. 1904; d. 1/5/1994; piano
• Johnny Van Derrick - b. 1926; d. 5/15/1995; violinist
• Vikku Vinayakram - b. 1942; percussion
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• Andy Anderson - b. 1912; d. 1982; trumpet
• Zinn Arthur - b. 1912; d. 3/11/2003; leader
• Bent Axen - b. 1925; piano
• Gladys Bentley - b. 1907; d. 1/18/1960; vocal
• Peter Boe - b. 1954; piano
• Lester Boone - b. 1904; d. 1989; alto sax
• Jack Caldwell -
• Earl Coleman - b. 1925; d. 7/14/1005; vocal
• Mike Cotton - b. 1939; trumpet
• Billy Douglas - b. 1912; d. 4/14/1978; trumpet/vocal
• Roy Gaines - b. 1934; guitar
• Dennis Gonzales - b. 1954; trumpet
• Thurman Green - b. 1940; d. 6/18/1997; trombone
• Stan Grieg - b. 1930; piano
• Dave Lee - b. 1930; piano
• Pat Metheny - b. 1954; guitar
• Harold "Doc" West - b. 1915; d. 5/4/1951; drums
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• Nico Assumpcao - b. 1954; bass/arranger/composer
• Benny Bailey - b. 1925; d. 4/14/2005; trumpet/flugelhorn
• Patrick Bacqueville - b. 1950; trombone/vocal
• Allan Blairman - b. 1940; drums
• Danielle D’Agaro - b. 1958; tenor sax/clarinet/bass clarinet
• Ivon De Bie - b. 1914; piano/leader
• Charlie Galbraith - b. 1920; d. 1/16/1997; trombonist
• Dale Jones - b. 1902; d. 6/1970; bass
• Nate Kazebier - b. 1912; d. 10/22/1969; trumpet
• Freeman Lee - b. 1927; trumpet/piano/vocal
• Mulgrew Miller - b. 1955; piano
• Russell "Big Chief" Moore - b. 1912; d. 12/15/1983; trombone
• Guy Paquinet - b. 1903; d. 1981; trombone
• Joe Puma - b. 1927; d. 5/31/2000; guitar
• Tony Remy - b. 1962; guitar
• George Shearing - b. 1919; piano/accordion/vocal
• Michael Smith - b. 1938; keyboards/composer/leader
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• Stanley Adams - b. 1907; d. 1/27/1994; Lyrics: What a Difference a Day Makes; Spellbound; There Are Such Things; Little Old Lady; La Cucaracha
• Lee Adams - b. 1924; Lyrics: Put on a Happy Face, This Is the Life, A Lot of Livin' to Do, The Mating Game, Applause, Once Upon a Time, Those Were the Days
• Lorez Alexandria - b. 1929; d. 5/22/2001; vocals
• Ray Beckenstein - b. 1923; alto, tenor, & soprano sax/clarient/bass clarinet/flute
• Don Bennett - b. 1941; piano/bass
• Walter Blanding (Jr.) - b. 1971; tenor sax
• Jean-Pierre Catoul - b. 1963; d. 1/22/2001; violin/keyboards/composer
• Jeannie Cheatham - b. 1937; pianist/vocalist
• Eddie Costa - b. 1930; d. 6/28/1962; piano/vibes
• Frank Devito - b. 1930; drums
• Jack Gardner - b. 1903; d. 11/26/1957; piano
• Buddy Greco - b. 1926; vocal/piano/organ/vibes/arranger/composer
• Mikio Masuda - b. 1949; piano/leader
• Bobby Naret - b. 1914; alto sax
• Curtis Prince - b. 1940; drums/percussion
• Ben Sidran - b. 1943; vocals/writer
• Stuff Smith - b. 1909; d. 9/25/1967; violin
• Jerry Underwood - b. 1956; d. 8/3/2002; tenor & soprano saxophone/flute
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• Harry Akst - b. 1894; d. 3/31/1963; Music: Travelin' Light, Am I Blue, Baby Face
• Les Carew - b. ; trombone/bass trombone/vocal
• Joe Castro - b. 1927; piano
• Sidney Clare - b. 1892; Lyrics: You're My Thrill, Please Don't Talk about Me When I'm Gone, Keeping Myself for You
• Lorraine Desmarais - b. 1956; piano/composer
• Bill Dowdy - b. 1933; drums
• Morey Feld - b. 1915; d. 3/28/1971; drums
• Eddie Gale - b. 1941; trumpet/soprano sax/recorder/percussion
• Georgy Garanyan - b. 1934; alto sax
• Joe Garland - b. 1903; d. 4/21/1977; baritone, bass, & tenor sax/composer/arranger
• Dennis Gonzalez - b. 1956; trumpet/pocket trumpet/flugelhorn/percussion/vocal
• Monk Hazel - b. 1903; d. 3/5/1968; drums/cornet
• Stix Hooper - b. 1938; drums
• George Morrow - b. 1925; d. 5/26/1992; bass
• Bobby Orr - b. 1928; drums
• Tommy Pederson - b. 1920; trombone
• Oscar Peterson - b.1925; piano/organ/leader
• Terry Pollard - b. 1931; piano/vibes
• Gail Reese - b. c. 1914; vocal
• Crickett Smith - b. 1883; d. 1947?; cornet/trumpet
• Gunter "Baby" Sommer - b. 1943; drums
• Charles Tobias - b. 1898; d. 7/7/1970; composer
• Ned Washington - b. 1901; d. 12/20/1976; Lyrics: I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You, My Foolish Heart, Love Is the Thing, When You Wish upon a Star, The Nearness of You
• Jim Webb - b. 1946; Music & Lyrics: Up Up and Away, Didn't We, MacArthur Park, By the Time I Get to Phoenix
• Val Wiseman - b. 1942; vocal
• Dieter Zimmerle - b. 1916; editor - Jazz Podium
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• Tony Almerico - b. 1905; d. 12/5/1961; trumpet/cornet/vocal/eader
• Cecil Brooks III - b. 1959 or 1961; drums
• Randy Eckert - b. 1948; trumpet
• Serge Ermoll - b. 1943; piano
• Ellery Eskelin - b. 1959; tenor/cabassa
• Bill Evans - b. 1929; d. 9/15/1980; piano/leader/composer
• Lennie Felix - b. 1920; d. 12/29/1980; piano
• Al Hibbler - b. 1915; d. 4/24/2001; vocals
• Kitty Lester - b. 1934; vocal
• Howard Lucraft - b. 1916; guitar/vocal/leader
• Emil Ludvik - b. 1917; piano/arranger/composer/leader
• Murray McEachern - b. 1915; d. 4/28/1982; trombone/alto & tenor sax/trumpet/clarinet
• Danny Moss - b. 1927; saxophone
• Carl Perkins - b. 1928; d. 3/17/1958; piano
• A. J. Piron - b. 1888; d. 2/17/1943; bandleader/composer/violin
• Alvin Queen - b. 1950; drums
• Joe Sealy - b. 1939; piano
• Dick Shreve - b. 1928; piano
• Mary Stallings - b. 1939; vocal
• Mal Waldron - b. 1926; d. 12/2/2002; piano/composer
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• Rabih Aboud-Khalil - b. 1957; flute/vocal/harmonica
• Grazyna Auguscik - b. 1955; vocal
• Sam Butera - b. 1027; tenor sax
• Michel Camicas - b. 1933; trombone
• Larry Clinton - b. 1909; d. 5/2/1985; bandleader/composer/trombone
• Laurie Deniz - b. 1924; guitar
• Maria Pia De Vito - b. 1960; vocal
• George Duvivier - b. 1920; d. 7/11/1985; bass
• Arv Garrison - b. 1922; d. 7/30/1960; guitar
• Georgia Gibbs - b. 1920; vocals
• Everette Harp - b. 1961; alto & soprano sax
• George Melly - b. 1926 - Liverpool, England; d. 7/5/2007piano/vocal/writer
• Duke Pearson - b. 1932; d. 8/4/1980;
piano/composer/leader/arranger/producer
• Ike Quebec - b. 1918; d. 1/16/1963; tenor sax
• Jimmy Sherman - b. 1908; d. 10/11/1975; piano
• Derek Smith - b. 1931; piano
• Jack Sperling - b. 1922; d. 2/26/2004; drums
• Robert Stewart - b. 1969; tenor sax
• Gloria Van - b. 1920; d. 12/24/2002; vocals
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• Bill Apps - b. 1908; d. 4/1993; saxophone/clarinet/flute/piccolo
• David Benoit - b. 1953; piano/keyboards/arranger
• Oscar Brashear - b. 1944; trumpet
• Zinky Cohn - b. 1908; d. 4/26/1952; piano
• Chuck Connors - b. 1930; d. 12/11/1994; trombone
• Gus Edwards - b. 1879; d. 11/7/1945; composer: By the Light of the Silvery Moon; In My Merry Oldsmobile; Orange Blossom Time; School Days; Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield; Your Mother and Mine
• Otto Harbach - b. 1873; d. 1/24/1963; lyricist: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Who, The Touch of Your Hand, Yesterdays, The Night Was Made for Love
• Charlie Kunz - b. 1896; d. 3/17/1957; piano/leader
• Don Lamond - b. 1920; d. 12/23/2003; drums
• Adam Makowicz - b. 1940; piano
• Frank Parker - b. 1919; d. 1/23/2001; drums
• Eddie Shu - b. 1918; d. 7/4/1986; alto & tenor sax/clarinet/trumpet/ accordion/harmonica
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• Ginger Baker - b. 1939; drums
• Lionel Belmondo - b. 1963; soprano & tenor sax/flute
• Dean Brown - b. 1955; guitar/electric bass
• Marc Ducret - b. 1957; guitar
• Eddie Durham - b. 1906; d. 3/6/1987; trombone/guitar/composer/arranger
• Ron Eschete - b. 1948; guitar
• Brian Godding - b. 1945; guitar/keyboards
• Alan Gowen - b. 1947; keyboards
• Tim Hagans - b. 1954; trumpet
• Manzie Johnson - b. 1906; d. 4/9/1971; drums
• Dill Jones - b. 1923; d. 1/22/1984; piano
• Peter Leitch - b. 1944; guitar
• Harry Mills (Mills Brothers) - b. 1913, Piqua, OH; d. 6/28/1982, Los Angeles, CA; vocal
• Danny Mixon - b. 1949; piano
• Al Morgan - b. 1908; d. 4/14/1974; bass
• Lyle "Spud" Murphy - b. 1908; d. (Aug. 5, 2005); arranger/composer/alto sax/educator
• Michael Naura - b. 1934; piano
• Jimmy Rowles - b. 1918; d. 5/28/1996; piano
• Jack(ie) Sharpe - b. 1930; alto, tenor & baritone sax/clarinet & bass clarinet
• Clive Wilson - b. 1942; trumpet/leader
• Doug Willson - b. 1935; d. 3/14/2002; bassist
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• Billy Amstell - b. 1911; d. 12/19/2005; alto & tenor sax; clarinet
• Frank Capp - b. 1931; drums/leader
• Terry Clarke - b. 1944; drums
• John Clayton - b. 1952; bass
• Art Drelinger - b. 1916; tenor sax
• Milford Graves - b. 1941; drums/percussion
• Joe Mares - b. 1908; clarinet
• Freddie Moore - b. 1900; d. 11/3/1992; drums
• Jimmy Raney - b. 1927; d. 5/10/1995; guitar
• Enrico Rava - b. 1943; trumpet/flugelhorn
• Frank Rosolino - b. 1926; d. 11/26/1978; trombone
• Joya Sherrill - b. 1927; vocal
• Byron Stripling - b. 1961 - Atlanta, Georgia; trumpet/flugelhorn/vocals
• Jack Teagarden - b. 1905; d. 1/15/1964; trombone/vocal
• Jiggs Whigham - b. 1943; trombone
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• Peter Apfelbaum - b. 1960; soprano, tenor, & bass sax/flute/piano/organ/ drums
• Count Bill Basie - b. 1904; d. 4/26/1984; piano/organ/leader
• Savannah Churchill - b. 1920; d. 4/19/1974; vocal
• Tom Coster - b. 1941; keyboards
• Benny Davis - b. 1895; Music: I'm Nobody's Baby, I Still Get a Thrill, With These Hands, There Goes My Heart
• Bruce Eisenbeil - b. 1968; guitar
• Addison Farmer - b. 1928; d. 3/20/1963; bass
• Art Farmer - b. 1928; d. 10/4/1999; trumpet/flugelhorn/flumpet
• Marlon Jordan - b. 1970; trumpet
• Christiane Legrand - b. 1930; vocal
• Carolyn Leigh - b. 1926; d. 11/19/1983; Lyricist: Hey Look Me Over, Witchcraft, The Best Is Yet to Come, Young at Heart, The Rules of the Road
• Vess Ossman - b. 1868; d. 12/8/1923; banjo
• Leon Parker - b. 1965; drums
• Rodney Richardson - b. 1917; d. 10/29/2005; bass
• Steve Smith - b. 1954; drums
• Bob Summers - b. 1944 - Sacramento, California; trumpet/flugelhorn
• Malachi Thompson - b. 1949; d. 7/16/2006; trumpet/leader/composer
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• Tony Aless - b. 1921; d. 9/23/1985; piano/leader
• Claude Barthelemy - b. 1956; guitar
• Rolf Billberg - b. 1930; d. 8/17/1966; alto sax
• Eric Boeren - b. 1959; trumpet/cornet/alto horn/melodica
• Lou Columbo - b. 1927; trumpet/flugelhorn/cornet
• Warren Daly - b. 1943; drums/composer/arranger/leader
• Malachi Favors - b. (or 8/27/1927 or 1937; d. 1/30/2004; bass
• Bob Flanigan - b. 1926; trombone/bass/vocal
• Brick Fleagle - b. 1906; d. 4/15/1992; guitar
• Lex Humphries - b. 1936; d. 7/11/1994; drums
• Bumps Myers - b. 1912; d. 4/9/1968; alto, tenor & baritone sax
• Jack Payne - b. 1899; d. 12/4/1969; leader/vocal
• Kim Parker - b. 1946; vocal
• Vernon Reid - b. 1958 - London, England; guitar/banjo/synthesizer/voice
• Alan Wilkinson - b. 1954; soprano, alto & baritone saxes/vocal
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• Danny Barcelona - b. 1929; d. 4/1/2007; drums
• Kjeld Bonfils - b. 1918; d. 10/13/1984; piano/vibes
• Bruno Chevillon - b. 1959; bass
• Gil Coggins - b. 1928; d. 2/15/2004; piano
• Raul DeSouza - b. 1934; trombone, 1934
• Valdemar Eiberg - b. 1892; d. 7/4/1965; alto sax/leader
• Carl Erca - b. 1921; d. 11/1/1999; trumpet/leader
• John Lindsay - b. 1894; d. 7/3/1950; basstrombone
• German Luk'yanov - b. 1936; trumpet
• Brad Mehldau - b. 1970; piano
• Nathen Page - b. 1937; d. 3/8/2003; guitar
• Fred Rose - b. 1897; d. 12/1/1954; drums
• Terje Rypdal - b. 1947; guitar/composer
• Pete Siers - b. 1961; drums
• Martial Solal - b. 1927; piano
• Will Taylor - b. 1968; violin/viola
• Bobby Watson - b. 1953; alto sax/leader
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• Zinn Arthur- b. 1912; d. 3/11/2003; leader (or 8/12)
• Steve Berry - b. 1957; bass
• Freddie Brocksieper - b. 1912; d. 1/16/1990; drums
• Jesus Caunedo - b. 1934; clarinet/sax/flute
• Malcolm Creese - b. 1959; bass
• George Devens - b. 1931; vibes
• Keno Duke - b. 1927; drums
• Phil Gomez - b. 1919; clarinet
• Murray Grand - b. 1919; Music: Guess Who I Saw Today; Music & Lyrics: Come by Sunday, Thursday's Child
• Wynonie Harris - b. 1915; d. 6/14/1969; vocal
• Ron Holloway - b. 1953; tenor sax
• Claude Hopkins - b. 1903; d. 2/19/1984; piano/leader
• Joni Janak - b. 1944 - Amarillo, Texas; vocal
• Al Philburn - b. 1902; d. 2/29/1972; trombone
• Eddie Phyfe - b. 1929; drums
• Bob Sedergreen - b. 1943; piano
• Buster Smith - b. 1904; d. 8/10/1991; alto sax/clarinet/piano/guitar/bass/ arranger
• Ruby Smith - b. 1903; d. 3/24/1977; vocal
• Bryan Spring - b. 1945; drums
• Alphonse Trent - b. 1905; d. 10/14/1959; piano/leader
• Paul Webster - b. 1909; d. 5/6/1966; trumpet/cornet
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• Sandor Benko - b. 1940; alto sax/clarinet/leader
• Leonard Bernstein - b. 1918; d. 10/14/1990; composer/conductor: Music: West Side Story; Maria; America; I Feel Pretty; It's Love; Lucky to be Me; New York, New York; Some other Time; Tonight; Something's Coming
• Charlie Burse - b. 1901; d. 12/20/1965; ukelele/guitar/mandolin/vocal
• Bob Crosby - b. 8/23/1913 - Spokane, Washington; d. 3/9/1993 - LaJolla, California; lead/vocal
• Michel Donato - b. 1942; bass
• Charles Fambrough - b. 1950; bass
• Mike Freeman - b. 1959; vibraphone/marimba
• Louis King Garcia - b. 1905; d. 4/9/1983; trumpet
• Leonard Gaskin - b. 1920; bass
• Rune Gustafsson - b. 1933; guitar
• Freddie Kohlman - b. 1918; d. 9/29/1990; drums
• Pat Martino - b. 1944 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; guitar
• Billy Moore, Jr - b. 1917 - Parkersburg, West Virginia; composer/piano
• Caughey Roberts - b. 1912; soprano, alto & baritone saxes/clarinet
• Wayne Shorter - b. 1933; tenor & soprano saxes/composer
• Carrie Smith - b. 1941; vocal
• Henry Southall - b. 1931; trombone
• Keith Tippett - b. 1947; piano/keyboards
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• Peter Appleyard - b. 1928; vibraphone
• Norman Bates - b. 1927; bass
• Jim Beard - b. 1960; piano/keyboards
• Mickey Bloom - b. 1906; trumpet
• David Finck - b. 1958; bass
• Ernie Fields - b. 1905; d. 5/16/1997; alto & baritone saxes/leader
• Clifford Jarvis - b. 1941; d. 11/26/1999; drums
• Virgil Jones - b. 1939; trumpet/flugelhorn
• Sonny Lee - b. 1904; trombone
• Branford Marsalis - b. 1960; alto, tenor & soprano saxes
• Jimmy Rushing - b. 1902; d. 6/8/1972; vocal
• Bob Short - b. 1911; d. 4/4/1976; trumpet/cornet/tuba/bass
• Valerie Simpson - b. 1948; Music & Lyrics: I'm Every Woman, Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Your Precious Love, Count Your Blessings
• Mickey Simonetta - b. 1926; drums
• Frances Wayne - b. 1924; d. 2/6/1978; vocal
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• Rez Abbasi - b. 1965; guitar
• Alice (McLeod) Coltrane - b. 1937; d. 1/13/2007; piano/organ/harp
• Tony Crombie - b. 1925; d. 10/18/1999; drums
• Rudolf Dasek - b. 1933; guitar
• Jack Delaney - b. 1930; d. 9/22/1975; trombone
• Bill English - b. 1925; drums
• Malachi Favors - b. or 8/22/1937 or 1927; (d. 1/30/2004, Chicago; bass
• Med Flory - b. 1926; alto,tenor & baritone sax/clarinet/arranger/vocals/leader
• Dickie Hawdon - b. 1927; trumpet
• Roland Prince - b. 1946; guitar
• Sonny Sharrock - b. 1940; d. 5/26/1994; guitar
• Bob Thomas - b. 1898; trombone
• Lester Young - b. 1909; d. 3/15/1959; tenor sax/clarinet
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• Tony Aless - b. 1921; d. 9/23/1985; piano
• Victor Assis Brasil - b. 1945; d. 4/14/1981; alto sax
• Mutt Carey - b. 1891; trumpet/cornet
• George Clarke - b. 1911; tenor sax/flute
• Kenny Drew - b. 1928; d. 8/4/1993; piano
• Ernie Fields - b. 1904; trombone/saxes/leader
• Larry Goldings - b. 1968; organ
• Rowland Greenberg - b. 1920; trumpet
• Michael Gregory Jackson - b. 1953; guitar
• John Marshall - b. 1941; drums
• Jim Rotondi - b. 1962; trumpet/flugelhorn
• Hal Russell - b. 1926; d. 9/1992; soprano & tenor sax/vibes/trumpet/cornet/ zither/drums/conga
• Phil Seaman - b. 1926; d. 10/13/1972; drums
• Don Shelton - b. 1934; vocals/saxes/flute/clarinet
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• Les Allen - b. 1902; d. 6/25/1996; alto & tenor sax/clarinet/vocal
• Jimmy Bell - b. 1910; d. 12/31/1987; piano/violin/bass
• Roberto Carcasses - b. 1928; piano/keyboard/arranger
• Jerry Dodgion - b. 1932; alto & soprano saxes/flute
• Rolf Ericson - b. 1922; d. 6/16/1997; trumpet/flugelhorn
• Ron Hearn - b. ; writer/music historian
• Red Kelly - b. 1927; d. 6/9/2004; bass
• Bennie Maupin - b. 1946; tenor & soprano sax/flute/bass clarinet
• Charlie Parker - b. 1920; d. 3/12/1955; alto & tenor sax
• Dave Peck - b. 1954; piano
• Doug Raney - b. 1956; guitar
• Trevor Richards - b. 1945; drums
• Ellyn Rucker - b. 1937; piano/vocal/arranger
• Gilbert Rovere - b. 1939; bass
• Jimmy Strong - b. 1906; d. after 1940; clarinet/tenor sax
• Brian Trainor - b. 1950; piano
• Dinah Washington - b. 1924; d. 12/14/1963; vocal
• Mark Wood - b. 1954; guitar
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• Placide Adams - b. 1929; d. 3/29/2003; bass
• Danny Alguire - b. 1912; d. 7/8/1992; trumpet
• Gerald Albright - b. 1957; alto & tenor sax/keyboards/bass
• Floyd Bean - b. 1904; d. 3/9/1974; piano
• Detlev Beier - b. 1957; bass
• Jewel Brown - b. 1937; singer
• Olive Brown - b. 1922; d. 1982; vocal
• Willie Bryant - b. 1908; d. 2/9/1964; vocal/leader
• Anthony Coleman - b. 1955; piano/organ
• Francis Davis - b. 1946; writer-critic
• Kenny Dorham - b. 1924; d. 12/5/1972; trumpet/composer
• Maffy Falay - b. 1930; trumpet
• Conny Jackel - b. 1931; trumpet
• Rodney Jones - b. 1956; guitar
• Herman Lubinsky - b. 1896; d. 3/16/1974; record producer/label founder
• Kid Rena - b. 1898; d. 4/25/1949; trumpet
• Bronislaw Suchanek - b. 1948; bass
• John Surman - b. 1944; baritone & soprano sax/clarinet/ keyboards
• Tony Thorpe - b. 1900; d. 12/12/1972; trombone
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• May Alix - b. 1904;, vocal
• Stefano Battagial - b. 1965; piano
• Laudric Caton - b. 1910; d. 2/1999; guitar/banjo/bass/saxophone
• Leroy Cooper - b. 1928; baritone sax
• Les Elgart (or 8/3 - b. 1918; d. 7/29/1995; trumpet/ leader
• Wilton Felder - b. 1940; tenor sax/ bass
• Frank Froeba - b. 1907; d. 2/18/1981; piano/ celeste
• Gunter Hampel - b. 1937; vibraphone/ piano/flute/clarinet/composer
• Alan Jay Lerner -, lyricist, 1918 (d. June 14, 1986)
• Todd Rhode - b. 1900; d. 6/4/1965; piano/vibes/ leader/arranger
• Herman Riley- b. 1933; d. 4/14/2007; tenor sax
• Edgar Sampson - b. 1907; d. 1/16/1973; alto sax, violin, compose/arranger
• Mark Sanders- b. 1960; drums, percussion
• Andy Stein- b. 1948; violin, saxophone, cello, viola, trumpet/vocals
• Roy Willox - b. 1929; saxes, flutes, piccolo
• Paul Winter- b. 1939; alto & soprano saxes