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Hayes Alvis, Tuba, 1907-1972, Chicago, IL Rene Bottlang, Piano, b.1953, St.Gallen,
Switzerland Teddy Bunn, Guitar, 1910-1978,
Rockville Ctr., NY Billy Byers, Trombone/Arranger, 1927-1996, Los Angeles,
CA Henderson Chambers, Trombone, 1908-1967, Alexandria, LA Michel Denis, Drums, b.1941, Boulogne-Billancourt,
France Ralph Freed, Lyricist, 1907-1973,
Vancouver, B.C., Canada Gianni Gebbia, Alto Sax, b.1961,
Palermo, Italy Kevin Hays, Piano, b.1968, New
York, NY Shirley Horn, Piano/Vocal, 1934-2005, Washington, DC Jack Lidstrom, Trumpet, b. 1931, Sodertalje, Sweden James Newton, Flute, b.1953, Los Angeles, CA Jessie Price, Drums, 1909-1974, Memphis, TN Ira Sullivan, Trumpet, b.1931, Washington, DC Carlos Ward, Saxophone, b.1940, Panama
Fred Braceful, Drums, 1938-1995,
Detroit, MI J.Fred Coots, Composer, 1897-1985,
Brooklyn, NY Bing Crosby, Vocal, 1904-1977,
Tacoma, WA Connie Crothers, Piano, b.1941,
Palo Alto, CA Richard "Groove" Holmes, Organ, 1931-1991, Camden, NJ Torbjorn Hultcrantz, Bass, 1937-1994, Stockholm, Sweden Eric Person, Alto Sax, b.1963, St.Louis,
MO Bob Rockwell, Tenor Sax, b.1945,
Miami, OK Pat Smyth, Piano, 1923-1983, Edinburgh, Scotland Teddy Stauffer, Saxophone, b.1909, Morat am Murtensee,
Switzerland Newell "Spiegle" Wilcox, Trombone, 1903-1999, Sherburne,
NY
Krister Andersson, Tenor Sax, b.1951,
Eskilstuna, Sweden Jimmy Cleveland, Trombone, b.1926,
Wartrace, TN Betty Comden, Lyricist, b.1919,
Brooklyn, NY Barry Elms, Drums, b.1952, Galt,
Canada Johnny Fischer, Bass, b.1930, Vienna,
Austria Bob Havens, Trombone, b.1930, Quincy,
IL Ralf Hubner, Drums, b.1939, Berlin,
Germany Yank Lawson, Trumpet, 1911-1995, Trenton, MO John Lewis, Piano, 1920-2001, Philadelphia, PA Jymie Merritt, Bass, b.1926, Philadelphia, PA Larry Ochs, Saxophone, b.1949, New York, NY
Amin Ali, Bass, b.1956, Philadelphia, PA Oren Ambarchi, Guitar, b.1969, Sydney, Australia Ron Carter, Bass, b.1937, Ferndale,
MI Michael DiPasqua, Drums, b.1953,
Orlando, FL Maynard Ferguson, Trumpet, 1928-2006,
Verdun, Que.,Canada Walter "King" Fleming,
Piano, b.1922, Chicago, IL Chuck Folds, Piano, b.1938, Cambridge, MA Don Friedman, Piano, b.1935, San Francisco, CA Ghanaba (Guy Warren), Drums, b.1923,
Accra, Ghana Lars Gullin, Baritone Sax, 1928-1976, Visby, Sweden Mary Ann McCall, Vocal, 1919-1994, Philadelphia, PA Charlie Owens, Tenor Sax, b.1939, Phoenix, AZ Sonny Payne, Drums, 1926-1979, New York, NY Moe Purtill, Drums, 1916-1994, Huntington, NY Warren Smith, Percussion, b.1932, Chicago, IL Bill Stapleton, Trumpet, 1945-1984, Blue Island, IL Richard Williams, Trumpet, 1931-1985, Galveston, TX
Monique Aldebert, Vocal, b.1931, Monaco Paul Barbarin, Drums, 1901-1969, New Orleans, LA Eric Barret, Tenor Sax, b.1959, Le Havre,
France Frank Carlson, Drums, b.1914, New
York, NY Cal Collins, Guitar, 1933-2001,
Medora, IN Marty Cook, Trombone, b.1947, New
York, NY Stanley Cowell, Piano, b.1941,
Toledo, OH Pete Daily, Cornet, 1911-1986,
Portland, IN Nate McBride, Bass, b.1971, Spruce
Pine, SC Sonny Parker, Vocal, 1925-1957,
Youngstown, OH C. (Clarence Hardy) Sharp, Alto Sax,
1931-1990, St.Louis, MO Jack Walrath, Trumpet, b.1946, Stuart, FL
Till Bronner, Trumpet, b.1971, Viersen,
Germany Paul Dunmall, Tenor Sax, b.1953, Barnhurst,
England Isla Eckinger, Bass, b.1939, Dornach, Switzerland David Friesen, Bass, b.1942, Tacoma, WA Ali Hasaan, Piano, 1931-1980, Philadelphia,
PA Rick Holland, Trumpet, b.1958, ? Freddy Randall, Trumpet, 1921-1999, London, England Denny Wright, Guitar, 1924-1992, Brockley, England
Leon Abbey, Violin, 1900-1975, Minneapolis, MN Arthur Blythe, Alto Sax, b.1940, Los Angeles, CA Teresa Brewer, Vocal, b.1931, Toledo, OH Dwayne Dolphin, Bass, b.1963, Pittsburgh,
PA Michael Formanek, Bass, b.1958,
San Francisco, Ca Edward Inge, Clarinet, 1906-1988,
Kansas City, MO Pete Jacobs, Drums, 1899-c1952,
Asbury Park, NJ Marcus McLaurine, Bass, b.1952,
Omaha, NE Rose "The Chee-Chee Girl"
Murphy, Vocal, 1913-1989, Xenia, OH Floyd O'Brien, Trombone, 1904-1968, Chicago, IL "Yank" Porter, Drums, 1895-1944, Norfolk, VA Detief Schonenberg, Drums, b.1944, Berlin, Germany Ramesh Shotham, Percussion, b.1948, Madras, India Lars Sjosten, Piano/Leader, b.1941, Oskarshamn, Sweden Herbie Steward, Tenor Sax, b.1926, Los Angeles, CA Axel Zwingenberger, Piano, b.1955, Hamburg, Germany
Jack Bland, Guitar/Banjo, b.1899, Sedalia, MO Phil Cohran, Trumpet, b.1927, Oxford,
MS Cyril "Spider" Haynes,
Piano, 1915-1996, Canal Zone, Panama Christian Jacob, Piano, b.1958,
Metz, France Keith Jarrett, Piano, b.1945, Allentown,
PA Papa Bue (Arne) Jensen, Trombone,
b.1930, Copenhagen, Denmark Jon-Erik Kellso, Trumpet, b.1964,
Dearborn, MI Peter Littman, Drums, 1935, ? Red Nichols, Cornet, 1905-1965,
Ogden, UT Jackie Orszaczky, Bass, b.1948,
Budapest, Hungary Jerry Rusch, Trumpet, 1943-2003, St.Paul, MN Mary Lou Williams, Piano, 1910-1981, Pittsburgh, PA
Dennis Chambers, Drums, b.1959,
Baltimore, MD Istvan Grencso, Reeds, b.1956,
Nyireghaza, Hungary Ron Miles, Trumpet, b.1963, Indianapolis,
IN Dick Morrissey, Tenor Sax, 1940-2000, Horley, Surrey,
England George Simon, Writer, 1912-2001, New York, NY
Ahmed Abdullah, Trumpet, b.1947, New York, NY Fred Astaire, Dancer/Vocal, 1899-1987, Omaha, NE Tom Brechtlein, Drums, b.1957, Hempstead,
L.I., NY Jayne Cortez, Vocal/Writer, b.1936,
Fort Huachuca, AZ Claude Deppa, Trumpet, b.1958, Capetown, South Africa Alex Foster, Reeds, b.1953, Oakland,CA George Golla, Guitar, b.1935, Chorzow, Poland Phil Harper, Trumpet, b.1965, Baltimore, MD Duke Heitger, Trumpet/Cornet, b.1968,
Toledo, OH Al Hendrickson, Guitar, 1920-2007, Eastland, TX Joe(Befumo)Holiday, Saxophone, b.1925, Sicily Pee Wee Hunt, Trombone, 1907-1979, Mount Healthy, OH Mel Lewis, Drums, 1929-1990, Buffalo, NY Lorne Lofsky, Guitar, 1954, Toronto, ONT Canada Mike Melvoin, Piano/Organ, b.1937, Oskosh, WI Joe Nay, Drums, 1934-1990, Berlin, Germany Jimmy Ponder, Guitar, b.1946, Pittsburgh, PA Hans Reichel, Guitar, b.1949, Hagen, Germany Julius Wechter, Vibes, 1935-1999, Chicago, IL Kenneth Arnström, Reeds, b.1946,
Stockholm, Sweden Robert Balzer, Bass, b.1962, Nachod,
Czechoslovakia Irving Berlin, Composer/Lyricist,
1888-1989, Temun, Russia Beryl Bryden, Vocal, 1926-1998,
Norwich, Norfolk, England Salvador "Tutti" Camarata,
Trumpet, 1913-2005, Glen Ridge, NJ Dick Garcia, Guitar, b.1931, New
York, NY J.C. Higginbotham, Trombone, 1906-1973,
Social Circle, GA Ralph Humphrey, Drums, b.1944,
Berkeley, CA Wilbert de Joode, Bass, b.1955,
Amsterdam, Netherlands Julian Joseph, Piano, b.1966, London, England Moon Mullens, Trumpet, 1916-1977, Mayhew, MS King Oliver, Cornet, 1885-1938, New Orleans, LA Freddy Roach, Organ, 1931, Bronx, NY Oscar Valdambrini, Trumpet, b.1924, Turin, Italy
Burt Bacharach, Composer, b.1929, Kansas
City, MO Barbara Dane, Vocal, b.1927, Detroit,
MI Klaus Doldinger, Tenor Sax, b.1936,
Berlin, Germany Jason Hwang, Violin, b.1957, Chicago,
IL Gordon Jenkins, Composer/Lyricist,
1910-1984, Webster Groves, MO Jack Jenny, Trombone, 1910-1945,
Mason City, IA Billy Munn, Piano, 1911-2000, Glasgow,
Scotland Albert Murray, Writer, b.1916,
Nokomis, AL Gary Peacock,
Bass, b.1935, Burley, ID Ben Perowsky, Drums, b.1966, New York,
NY Mel Rhyne, Organ, b. 1936, Indianapolis,
IN Trevor Tompkins, Drums, b.1941, London, England Gerald Wiggins, Piano, b.1922, New York, NY
Bert Dahlander, Drums, b.1928, Goteborg, Sweden Jim Douglas, Guitar, b.1942, Gifford, Scotland John Engels, Drums, b.1935, Groningen, Netherlands Gil Evans, Arranger/Piano, 1912-1988, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada Ronnie Foster, Keyboards, 1950, Buffalo, NY Red
Garland, Piano, 1923-1984, Dallas, TX Squire Gersh, Tuba, b.1913, San Francisco, CA Guus Janssen, Piano, b.1951, Heiloo, Netherlands Martha Miyake, Vocal, b.1933, Manchuria,
China Erik Moseholm, Bass, b.1930, Fredericia, Denmark Bobby Plater, Alto Sax, 1914-1982, Newark, NJ Maxine Sullivan, Vocal, 1911-1987, Homestead, PA Ross Tompkins, Piano, 1938-2006, Detroit, MI John "Baron" Van Ohlen, Drums, b.1941, Indianapolis,
IN
Sidney Bechet, Clarinet/Soprano Sax, 1897-1959, New Orleans,
LA Jay Beckenstein, Alto Sax, b.1951, New
York, NY Jack Bruce, Bass, b.1943, Glasgow,
Scotland Grant Clarke, Lyricist, 1891-1931,
Akron, OH Alec Dankworth, Bass, b.1960, London,
England Louis Douglas, Dancer/Vocal, 1889-1939,
New York, NY Don Kinch, Trumpet, b. 1917, Kelso,
WA Sammy Lowe, Trumpet, 1918-1993,
Birmingham, AL Skip Martin, Tenor Sax, 1916-1976,
Robinson, IL Virginia Mayhew, Vocal, b.1959,
Palo Alto, CA Al Porcino, Trumpet, b.1925, New York, NY Lewis Porter, Musicologist/Writer, b.1951,
Scranton, PA Zutty Singleton, Drums, 1898-1975, Bunkie, LA Pearlis Williams, Drums, b.1909, Clouester, MS Stu Williamson, Trumpet/Trombone, 1933-1991, Brattleboro,
VT
John Abriani, Saxophone, 1898-1960, Venice, Italy John Barnes, Alto Sax, b.1932, Manchester, England Pippo Barzizza, Violin, b.1902, Genoa, Italy Oscar Castro-Neves, Guitar, b.1940, Rio de Janiero, Brazil Sonny Clay, Piano, 1899-1973, Chapel
Hill, TX Bob Cornford, Piano, 1940-1983, Brazil Peter Donald, Drums, b.1945, San Francisco, CA Glen Garrett, Alto Sax, b.1948, Salt Lake City, UT Joe Gordon, Trumpet, 1928-1963, Boston, MA Edmond Hall, Clarinet, 1901-1967, New Orleans, LA Chip Jackson, Bass, b.1950, Rockville Center, NY Karin Krog, Vocal, b.1937, Oslo, Norway Ellis Larkins, Piano,1923-2002,Baltimore, MD Bobby Martin, Trumpet, 1903-1983, Long Branch, NJ Jimmy O'Bryant, Clarinet, 1896-1928, Arkansas Umberto Petrin, Piano, b.1960, Broni,
Italy Gus Viseur, Accordion, 1915-1974, Lessines, Belgium Bonnie Jean Wetzel, Bass, 1926-1965, Vancouver, WA
"Dud" Bascomb, Trumpet, 1916-1972, Birmingham, AL Eddie Bert, Trombone, b.1922, Yonkers, NY Betty Carter, Vocal, 1930-1998 Flint, MI Billy Cobham, Drums, b.1944, Panama Friedrich Gulda, Piano, 1930-2000, Vienna, Austria Mark Hemmeler, Piano/Organ, 1938-1999,
Lyons, France Woody Herman, Clarinet/Leader, 1913-1987,Milwaukee, WI Pete Jacobson, Piano,1950-2002,Newcastle Upon Tyne, England Michael Moore, Bass, b.1945, Glen Este, OH Marlowe Morris, Piano, 1915-1978, New York, NY
Peter Badie, Bass, b.1925, New Orleans, LA Michiel Braam, Piano/Leader, b.1964,
Nijmegan, Netherlands David Izenson, Bass, 1932-1979,
Pittsburgh, PA Hideto Kanai, Bass, b.1931, Tokyo,
Japan Lee Katzman, Trumpet, b.1928, Chicago, IL Castor McCord, Tenor Sax, 1907-1963, Birmingham, AL Ted McCord, Clarinet, b.1907, Birmingham, AL Jackie McLean, Alto Sax, 1932-2006, New York, NY Bob Merrill, Lyricist, b.1921, Atlantic
City, NJ Roy Nathanson, Alto Sax, b.1951,
New York, NY Joao Paulo, Piano/Composer, b.
1961, Lisbon, Portugal Esa Pethman, Tenor Sax, b.1938, Kouvola, Finland John Picard, Trombone, b.1934, London, England Paul Quinichette, Tenor Sax, 1916-1983, New York, NY Dewey Redman, Tenor Sax, 1931-2006, Fort Worth, TX Joe Roland, Vibes, b.1920, New York, NY Warren Smith, Trombone, 1908-1975, Middlebourne, WV Peter Trunk, Bass, 1936-1973, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Lou Bennett, Organ, 1926-1997, Philadelphia, PA Ettore Fioravanti, Drums, b.1958, Rome,
Italy "Pops" Foster, Bass, 1892-1969,
McCall, LA Frick Guin, Trombone, b.1938, Contres,
France Lou Hooper, Piano, 1894-1977, North
Buxton, Ont., Canada Carroll "Cappy" Lewis,
Trumpet, 1917-1991, Brillion, WI Jim McNeely, Piano, b.1949, Chicago,
IL Dick McPartland, Guitar, 1905-1957,
Chicago, IL Larry Novak, Piano, b.1933, Chicago,
IL Big Joe Turner, Vocal, 1911-1985, Kansas City, MO Kai Winding, Trombone, 1922-1983, Aarhus, Denmark Mike Zwerin, Trombone/Writer, b.1930, New York, NY
Georgie Auld, Tenor Sax, 1919-1990, Toronto, Ont, Canada Bobby Bryant, Trumpet, 1934-1998, Hattiesburg, MS Henry Busse, Trumpet, 1894-1955, Magdeburg,
Germany Sonny Fortune, Alto Sax, b.1939, Philadelphia, PA Olli Hame, Bass, 1924-1984, Helsinki, Finland Gregory Herbert, Tenor Sax, 1947-1978, Philadelphia, PA Cecil McBee, Bass, b.1935, Tulsa, OK Monette Moore, Vocal, 1902-1962, Gainsville, TX Tom Scott, Tenor Sax, b.1948, Los Angeles, CA Eric Silk, Banjo/Leader, 1926-82, London, England Richard Teitelbaum, Composer, b.1939, New York, NY
Jimmy Blythe, Piano, 1901-1931, Louisille, KY Rod Cless, Clarinet, 1907-1944, Lenox, IA Charles Davis, Baritone Sax, b.1933, Goodman, MI Bobby Enriquez, Piano, 1943-1996, Bacolod
City, Philippines Bob Florence, Piano, b.1932, Los
Angeles, CA Milt Gabler, Producer, 1911-2002,
New York, NY Ray Gallon, Piano, b.1958, New
York, NY Tommy Gumina, Accordion, b.1931,
Milwaukee, WI Rufus Harley, Bagpipes, 1936-2006,
Raleigh, NC Brad Jones, Bass, b.1963, New York,
NY Victor Lewis, Drums, b.1950, Omaha,
NE Ralph Peterson, Drums, b.1962,
Pleasantville, NJ Edward Peterson, Tenor Sax, b.1925,
Evanston, IL Dino Saluzzi, Bandoneon, b.1935, Campo Santo, Argentina Louis Smith, Trumpet/Leader, b.1931, Memphis, TN
Bill Barber, Tuba, 1920-2007, Hornell, NY Tommy Bryant, Bass, 1930-1982, Philadelphia, PA Joe Byrd,
Bass, b.1933, Chuckatuck, VA Silvia Droste, Vocal, b.1960, Herne,
Germany Rachelle Ferrell, Piano/Vocal,
b.1961, Bala Cynwyd, PA Robert Goffin, Writer, 1898-1984,
Ohain, Belgium Krzysztof Herdzin, Piano, b.1970,
Bydgoszcz, Poland Bill Holman, Tenor Sax, b.1927,
Olive, CA Ed Jackson, Alto Sax/Soprano Sax,
b.1959, New York, NY Floyd "Candy" Johnson,
Tenor Sax, 1922-1981, Madison, WI Terry Lightfoot, Clarinet, b.1935,
Potters Bar, England Lawrence Marable, Drums, b.1929,
Los Angeles, CA Christian McBride, Bass, b.1972,
Philadelphia, PA Francois Mechali, Bass, b.1950,
Algiers Wolfgang Pusching, Alto Sax, b.1956,
Klagenfurt, Austria Marc Ribot, Guitar, b.1954, Newark,
NJ Fats Waller, Piano/Vocal, 1904-1943, New York, NY
Nat Adderley, Jr., Piano/Guitar, b.1955, Quincy, FL Elek Bacsik, Guitar, 1926-1995, Budapest, Hungary Kenny Ball, Trumpet, b.1930, London, England Dick Berk, Drums, b.1939, San Francisco, CA Gustav Brom, Clarinet, 1921-1995, Malacky,
Czechoslovakia Jon Burr, Bass, b.1953, Huntington,
LI, NY Jackie Cain, Vocal, b.1928, Milwaukee,
WI Eddie Edwards, Trombone, 1891-1963,
New Orleans, LA Dairiki Hara, Drums, b.1959, Fukuoka,
Japan Francis W. Johnson, Trumpet, 1927-2000,
Melbourne, Australia Franz Koglmann, Trumpet, b.1947,
Modling, Austria Giuseppi Logan, Alto Sax, b.1935,
Philadelphia, PA Eddy Louiss, Piano, b.1941, Paris,
France Charles R. Munroe, Reeds/Flute, 1917-1985, Christchurch,
New Zealand Roger Segure, Arranger, b.1905, New York, NY Joseph Springer, Piano, b.1916, New York, NY Sun Ra, (Herman Sonny Blount), Piano/Leader, 1914-1993,
Birmingham, AL Lasse Werner, Piano/Leader, b.1934, Malmo, Sweden
Richie Beirach, Piano, b.1947, New York, NY Johnny Bothwell, Alto Sax, b.1919, Gary, IN Rosemary Clooney, Vocal,1928-2002, Maysville, KY Randolph Colville, Clarinet, 1942-2004, Glasgow, Scotland Julian Euell, Bass, b.1929, New York, NY Fred Guy, Banjo, 1897-1971, Burkesville, GA John Harrington, Clarinet, b.1910, Denver, CO Edgar Hayes, Piano,
1904-1979, Lexington, KY Daniel Humair, Drums, b.1938, Geneva,
Switzerland Charlie Hunter, Guitar, b.1967,
Providence, RI Bjorn Johansen, Saxophone,1940-2002,Fredrikstad, Norway Humphrey Lyttelton, Trumpet, b.1921, Eton, England Ichiro Masuda, Vibes, b.1933, Tokyo, Japan Bob Mitchell, Trumpet, b.1935, Birmingham, AL Don Moye, Drums, b.1946, Rochester, NY Helen O'Connell, Vocal, 1920-1993, Lima, OH Ken Peplowski, Clarinet/Tenor Sax, b.1959, Cleveland,
OH Randy Sandke, Trumpet, b.1959, Chicago,
IL Artie Shaw, Clarinet, 1910-2004, New York, NY Les Spann, Guitar/Flute, b.1932, Pine Bluff, AR Marvin Stamm, Trumpet, b.1939, Memphis, TN
Sylvester Ahola, Trumpet, 1902-1995, Gloucester, MA Charly Antolini, Drums, b.1937,
Zurich, Switzerland Stan Barker, Piano, b.1926, Clitheroe, England Gianni Basso, Clarinet, b.1931, Asti, Italy Max Bennett, Bass, b.1928, Des Moines, IA Francesco Cafioso, Tenor Sax, b.1959, Ragusa, Italy David Defries, Trumpet, b.1952, London, England Charles Earland, Organ, 1941-1999, Philadelphia, PA Herbie Fields, Clarinet, 1919-1958, Elizabeth, NJ Charles Greenlee, Trombone, 1927-1993,
Detroit, MI Roland Lobliegeois, Bass, b.1926,
Paris, France Ben Monder, Guitar, b.1962, New
York, NY Lucien Moraweck, Piano, 1901-1973,
Belfort, France Betty O'Hara, Trumpet, 1925-2000,
Morris, IL Jarmo Savolainen, Piano, b.1961,
Lisalmi, Finland Ken Schaphorst, Trumpet/Flugelhorn,
b.1960, Abington, PA Archie Shepp, Tenor Sax, b.1937, Fort Lauderdale, FL Frank Signorelli, Piano/Composer, 1901-1975, New York,
NY Michael White, Violin, b.1933, Houston, TX Nikki Yeoh, Piano, b.1973, London, England
Marshall Allen, Alto Sax, b.1924, Louisville, KY Milt Bernhart, Trombone, 1926-2004, Valpariso, IN Hal David, Lyricist, b.1921, Brooklyn,
NY Miles Davis, Trumpet,
1926-1991, Alton, IL Gary Foster, Alto Sax, b.1936, Leavenworth, KS George Guesnon, Banjo/Guitar, 1907-1968,
New Orleans, LA Jimmy Hamilton, Clarinet, 1917-1994,
Dillon, SC Andy Laster, Alto Sax/Baritone
Sax, b.1961, Bethpage, NY Christof Lauer, Tenor Sax, b.1953, Melsungen, Germany Pepi Lemer, Vocal, b.1944, Ilfracombe, England Piet Noordijk, Alto Sax, b.1932, Rotterdam, Netherlands Paul Oliver, Writer, b.1927, Nottingham, England Buddy Petit, Trumpet, 1897-1931, Whitecastle, LA Gene Phillips, Guitar/Vocal, 1915-1992,
White Castle, LA Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Dancer, 1878-1949, Richmond,
VA Wallace Roney, Trumpet, b.1960, Philadelphia, PA Pha Terrell, Vocal, 1910-1945, Kansas City, MO Lloyd Trotman, Bass, b.1923, Boston, MA
Vernon Alley, Bass, 1915-2004, Winnemucca, NV Neil Ardley, Composer, 1937-2004, Wallington, England Shorty Baker, Trumpet, 1914-1966, St.Louis, MO Geoff Bull, Trumpet/Vocal, b.1942, Sydney,
Australia Gene DiNovi, Piano, b.1928, Brooklyn,
NY Ziggy Elman, Trumpet, 1914-1968,
Philadelphia, PA Frank Gant, Drums, b.1931, Detroit,
MI Calvin Jackson, Piano, 1919-1985, Philadelphia, PA Peggy Lee, Vocal,1920-2002, Jamestown, North Dakota Ady Rosner, Trumpet/Leader, 1910-1976, Berlin, Germany Mamie Smith, Vocal, 1883-1943, Cincinnati, OH
Jock Carruthers, Baritone Sax, 1910-1971,
West Point, MO Marc Copeland, Piano, b.1948, Philadelphia,
PA Kenny Dennis, Drums, b.1930, Philadelpia, PA Dis Disley, Guitar, b. 1931, Manitoba, Canada Roy Harte, Drums, 1924-2003, New York, NY Zbigniew Jaremko, Tenor Sax, b.1946, Skarzysko-Kamienna,
Poland Rufus Jones, Drums, 1936-1990, Charleston, SC Ramsey Lewis, Piano, b.1935, Chicago, IL Albert Nicholas, Clarinet, 1900-1973, New Orleans, LA Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen, Bass, 1946-2005, Osted, Denmark Nat Reeves, Bass, b.1955, Lynchburg, VA Harold Rome, Composer/Lyricist, 1908-1993,
Hartford, CT Josh Roseman, Trombone, b.1967, Boston,
MA Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Piano, b.1963, Havana, Cuba Bud Shank, Alto Sax, b.1926, Dayton, OH Chester "Little Bear" Zardis, Bass, 1900-1990, New Orleans,
LA
Dave Barbour, Guitar, 1912-1965, Flushing, NY Papa John Creach, Violin/Vocal, 1917-1994, Beaver Falls,
PA Whit Dickey, Drums, b.1954, New York,
NY Hans Dulfer, Tenor Sax, b.1940,
Amsterdam, Netherlands Reginald Foresythe, Piano,1907-1958,
London, England Russ Freeman, Piano,1926-2002,Chicago,
IL Arthur Herbert, Drums, b.1907,
New York, NY Skeets Herfurt, Saxophone, 1911-1992,
Cincinnati, OH Wojciech Karolak, Piano, b.1939, Warsaw, Poland Andy Kirk, Leader/Saxophone, 1898-1992, Newport, KY Tommy Ladnier, Trumpet, 1900-1939, Florenceville, LA Lawrence "Tricky" Lofton, Trombone, b.1930, Houston,
TX Arno Marsh, Tenor Sax, b.1928, Grand Rapids, MI Eddie Parker, Flute, b.1959, Liverpool, England Raymond Raubisko, Tenor Sax, 1939-2000, Riga, Latvia Claudio Roditi, Trumpet, b.1946, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Al Tinney, Piano, 1921-2002, Ansonia, CT Arthur "Traps" Trappier, Drums, 1910-1975, Georgetown,
SC
Lynne Arriale, Piano, b.1957, Milwaukee,
WI Sam Dutrey, Clarinet, 1909-1971,
New Orleans, LA John Eaton, Piano, b.1934, Washington,
DC Wycliffe Gordon, Trombone, b.1967,
Waynesboro, GA Dick Hafer, Tenor Sax, b.1927,
Wyomissing, PA Erik Lindstrom, Bass, b.1922, Helsinki, Finland Rudy Linka, Guitar, b.1960, Prague, Czechoslovakia Sandy Mosse, Tenor Sax, 1929-1983, Detroit, MI Mark Nightingale, Trombone, b.1967, Evesham,
England Tom Pletcher, Trumpet, b.1936,
New Haven, CT Freddie Redd, Piano, b.1927, New
York,NY Hilton Ruiz, Piano, 1952-2006,
New York, NY Edgar Saucier, Alto Sax, 1912-1962,
Bay St.Louis, MO Peter Scharli, Trumpet/Flugelhorn, b.1955,
Schotz, Switzerland Thornal Schwartz, Guitar, 1927-1977,
Philadelphia, PA Kenny Washington, Drums, b.1958, New York,NY Eugene Wright, Bass, b.1923, Chicago, IL
Fernando Arbello, Trombone, 1902-1970, Ponce, Puerto
Rico Harry Beckett, Trumpet, b.1935, St.Michael Parish, Barbados Clora Bryant, Trumpet, b.1927, Denison,
TX Sidney DeParis, Trumpet, 1905-1967, Crawfordsville, IN Pee Wee Erwin, Trumpet, 1913-1981, Falls City, NE Michael Garrick, Piano, b.1933, Enfield, England Benny Goodman, Clarinet, 1909-1986, Chicago, IL John Gordon, Trombone, b.1939, New York,
NY Darrell Grant, Piano, b.1962, Pittsburgh,
PA Shake Keane, Trumpet, 1927-1997,
St.Vincent, West Indies Morris Lane, Tenor Sax, b.1967,
Gary, IN Dave McKenna, Piano, b.1930, Woonsocket, RI Armando Peraza, Percussion, b.1924, Havana, Cuba Lenny Popkin, Tenor Sax, b.1941, New
York, NY Bobby Sherwood, Trumpet, 1914-1981,
Indianapolis, IN Pietro Tonolo, Tenor Sax, b.1959, Venice, Italy Frankie Trumbauer, C-Melody Sax, 1901-1956, Carbondale,
IL Greb Abate, Alto Sax, b.1947, Fall River,
MA
Kenny Blake, Tenor Sax, b.1950, Pittsburgh,
PA
Stan Brenders, Piano/Leader, 1904-1969, Brussels,
Belgium
Mario Castronari, Bass, b.1954, Berlin, Germany Alan Clare, Piano, 1921-1993, London, England Paulino Da Costa, Percussion, b.1948, Rio De Janeiro,
Brazil Marty Ehrlich, Alto Sax/Clarinet, b.1955,
St.Paul, MN Gene Gifford, Arranger, 1908-1970, Americus, GA Otto "Toby" Hardwick, Alto Sax, 1904-1970, Washington,
DC Louis Hayes, Drums, b.1937, Detroit, MI Albert "Tootie"Heath, Drums, b.1935, Philadelphia, PA Red Holloway, Alto Sax, b.1927, Helena, AR Denis Rose, Piano/Trumpet, 1922-1984,
London, England Jimmy Shirley, Guitar, 1913-1989, Union, SC Alan Shorter, Flugelhorn, 1932-1988, Newark, NJ Eddie Thompson, Piano, 1925-1986, London, England Updated January 28, 2008
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Van Alexander, Piano/Arranger, b.1915, New
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Kaoru Abe, Alto Sax, 1949-1978, Kawasaki, Japan
John Alexander, Saxophone, b.1948, ?, NC
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Danny Brubeck, Drums, b.1955, Oakland, CA
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Tania Maria, Vocal, b.1948, Sao Luis
Mannhae, Brazil
May 10
May 11
Carla Bley, Composer, b.1938, Oakland,
CA
May 12
Don DeMichael, Writer/Drums, 1928-1982,
Louisville, KY
May 13
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17
Bill Bruford, Drums, b.1949, Sevenoaks,
England
Karl Drewo, Tenor Sax, 1929-1995,
Vienna, Austria
May 18
May 19
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 23
May 24
May 25
May 26
May 27
A.Spencer Barefield, Guitar, b.1953, Detroit,
MI
Dee Dee Bridgewater, Vocal, b.1950, Memphis,
TN
May 28
May 29
Charlie Alexander, Piano, 1890-1970, Cincinnati,
OH
David "Bubba" Brooks, Saxophone,1922-2002,Fayetteville,
NC
May 30
May 31