Jazz Music in History (Part 12)

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Birthdays 1101 - 1,200 of 1,814

• 1939-11-26 Art Themen, British jazz saxophonist and orthopedic surgeon, born in Manchester, England
• 1939-12-25 Bob James, American smooth jazz keyboardist and composer ("Angela"; "Tappen Zee"), born in Marshall, Missouri
• 1940-01-12 Ronald Shannon Jackson, American avant-garde jazz and funk drummer, and composer (Cecil Taylor; Last Exit; Decoding Society), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2013)
• 1940-01-18 Pat Britt, American jazz saxophonist, flute player, and producer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
• 1940-01-22 Eberhard Weber, German acoustic and electric double bassist, cellist and chamber jazz and ambient music composer, born in Stuttgart, Germany
• 1940-03-01 Ralph Towner, American jazz-rock fusion and world music guitarist (Oregon; Paul Winter Consort), born in Chehalis, Washington
• 1940-03-12 Al Jarreau, American jazz singer ("Breaking Away"; "We're In This Love Together"; "Moonlighting"), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2017)
• 1940-03-23 Luis Gasca, American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player, born in Houston, Texas

• 1940-04-29 George Adams, American jazz and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist (Charles Mingus; Gil Evans; McCoy Tyner; Adams/Pullen Quartet), born in Covington, Georgia (d. 1992)
• 1940-05-09 Dick Morrissey, British jazz saxophonist, born in Horley, Surrey, England (d. 2000)
• 1940-05-18 Mike Elliott, American jazz and session guitarist, and audio engineer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2005)
• 1940-05-28 Hans Dulfer, Dutch funk and jazz-fusion tenor saxophonist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 1940-06-10 John Stevens, English jazz drummer (Spontaneous Music Ensemble), born in Brentwood, England (d. 1994)
• 1940-06-14 Dary John Mizelle, American avant garde classical and jazz composer (I Was Standing Quite Close to Process), born in Stillwater, Oklahoma
• 1940-06-17 Chuck Rainey, American jazz and session bassist (Steely Dan; Quincy Jones; Aretha Franklin; Mose Allison), born in Cleveland, Ohio
• 1940-07-05 Arthur Blythe, American jazz saxophonist, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
• 1940-08-26 Nik Turner, British jazz-rock fusion saxophonist, flute player, singer, and composer (Hawkwind), born in Oxford, England (d. 2022)
• 1940-08-27 (Warren Harding) "Sonny" Sharrock, American jazz guitarist (Last Exit), born in Ossining, New York (d. 1994)
• 1940-08-29 Bennie Maupin, American jazz saxophonist, flute player, and bass clarinetist (Herbie Hancock; Miles Davis; Lee Morgan), born in Detroit, Michigan
• 1940-08-31 Wilton Felder, American jazz-fusion saxophonist and bassist (The Crusaders), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2015)
• 1940-09-02 Mick Pyne, British touring and session jazz pianist (Tubby Hayes; Georgie Fame: Charlie Watts), born in Thornton Dale, North Yorkshire, England (d. 1995)
• 1940-09-10 Dave Burrell, American jazz pianist (Archie Shepp; Marion Brown; Pharoah Sanders), born in Middleton, Ohio
• 1940-09-10 Roy Ayers, American disco jazz artist ("Fever"; "You Send Me"), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1940-09-13 (Lionel) "Linc" Chamberland, American R&B and jazz-fusion guitarist, born in Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1987)
• 1940-09-16 Lisle Atkinson, American jazz double-bassist (Nina Simone; Betty Carter; Neo-Bass Ensemble), born in New York City (d. 2019)
• 1940-09-26 Gary Bartz, American jazz, jazz-fusion, and funk saxophonist, born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1940-10-13 (Farrell) "Pharoah" Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (John Coltrane groups; "Karma"), born in Little Rock, Arkansas (d. 2022) [1]
• 1940-12-06 Jay Leonhart, American session and touring jazz and pop double bassist and songwriter (The Bass Lesson), born in Baltimore, Maryland
• 1940-12-20 Larry Willis, American jazz pianist and composer, born in New York City (d. 2019)
• 1940-12-28 Lonnie Liston Smith, American jazz piano and keyboard player (Cosmic Echoes; Magic Lady), born in Richmond, Virginia,
• 1940-12-30 Jerry Granelli, American-Canadian jazz drummer (Vince Guaraldi Trio; Mose Allison), born in San Francisco, California (d. 2021)
• 1941-01-24 Michael Chapman, British progressive folk-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Looking for Eleven; Fully Qualified Survivor), born in Leeds, England (d. 2021)
• 1941-01-27 Bobby Hutcherson, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player ("Little B's Poem"; SFJAZZ Collective), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2016)
• 1941-02-04 Mike Deasy, American rock and jazz session guitarist (Beach Boys; Monkees; Randy Newman), born in Los Angeles, California
• 1941-02-05 Rick Laird, Irish jazz-fusion bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra, 1971-73; Gerry Niewood & Timepiece), and photographer, born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2021)
• 1941-02-11 Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian jazz, bossa nova, and pop pianist, composer, and bandleader (Brazil '66/'77/'88), born in Niterói, Brazil
• 1941-02-24 Joanie Sommers [Drost], American pop and jazz singer ("Johnny Get Angry"). and actress, born in Buffalo, New York
• 1941-03-06 Peter Brötzmann, German free jazz saxophonist and clarinet player, born in Remscheid, Germany (d. 2023)
• 1941-04-09 Al Gafa, American jazz and session guitarist (Dizzy Gillespie; Susannah McCorkle), born in New York City
• 1941-04-21 (Alfred) "Pee Wee" Ellis, American jazz, funk, and rock saxophonist, arranger (James Brown; Van Morrison; Gotham; Maceo Parker), and songwriter ("The Chicken; "Cold Sweat"), born in Bradenton, Florida (d. 2021)
• 1941-05-03 Frank Collett [Taglieri], American jazz pianist and bandleader, born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2016)
• 1941-05-05 Stanley Cowell American jazz pianist (Heath Brothers), record label co-founder (Strata-East), and educator, born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2020)
• 1941-05-24 Charles Earland, American jazz Hammond organist, and bandleader, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)

• 1941-06-04 George Jinda, Hungarian-American smooth jazz and world music percussionist (Special EFX), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2002)
• 1941-06-07 (Cecil) Hotep Idris Galeta, South African jazz pianist, composer, and educator, born in Crawford, Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2010)
• 1941-07-15 Geoffrey Burgon, British jazz trumpeter, and film, television and concert composer (City Adventures), born in Hampshire, England (d. 2010)
• 1941-07-19 Phil Upchurch, American jazz, blues, and session guitarist ("You Can't Sit Down"), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1941-07-24 Bobby Matos, American session percussionist, Latin jazz timbalero, and bandleader, born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2017)
• 1941-08-05 Airto Moreira, Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist (Quarteto Novo, Miles Davis, Return to Forever), born in Itaiópolis, Brazil
• 1941-08-07 Howard Johnson, American jazz and session baritone saxophonist and tuba player (SNL band), born in Montgomery, Alabama
• 1941-08-19 Milford Graves, American avant-garde and free jazz drummer, percussionist (New York Art Quartet), and educator (Bennington College, Vermont, 1973-2012), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York (d. 2021) [1]
• 1941-08-21 Tom Coster, American rock and jazz keyboard player (Santana), born in Detroit Michigan
• 1941-09-03 Billy Hawks [Hawkes], American R&B and jazz Hammond B3 organist, born in Richmond, Virginia
• 1941-09-14 Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan jazz drummer, composer and arranger, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2020)
• 1941-10-07 Larry Young [aka Khalid Yasin], American hard-bop and jazz-fusion Hammond B-3 organist (Unity), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1978)
• 1941-10-11 Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter, born in Frederick, Maryland (d. 1999)
• 1941-10-19 Eddie Daniels, American jazz, session, and classical clarinetist (With The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra; Bob James), born in New York City
• 1941-10-28 Glen Moore, American jazz bassist and composer, born in Portland, Oregon
• 1941-11-22 Ron McClure, American jazz-rock bassist (Blood, Sweat & Tears), born in New Haven, Connecticut
• 1941-11-24 Gary Boyle, British rock and jazz-fusion guitarist (The Echoes; Isotope), born in Patna, British India
• 1941-12-12 Tim Hauser, American jazz singer (The Manhattan Transfer - "Boy From New York City"), born in Troy, New York, (d. 2014)
• 1941-12-25 Don Pullen, American jazz pianist and composer, born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1995)
• 1941-12-25 Ronnie Cuber, American jazz saxophonist, born in New York City
• 1942-01-04 John McLaughlin, British jazz-rock fusion guitarist (Mahavishnu Orchestra), born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
• 1942-01-31 Gerald Chanberlain, American jazz trombonist (Woody Herman's Thundering Herd), born in Refugio, Texas (d. 2007)
• 1942-02-06 Calvin Keys, American jazz guitarist, born in Omaha, Nebraska (d. 2024)
• 1942-02-26 Yōsuke Yamashita, Japanese jazz pianist, and composer of jazz, film scores, and classical works, born in Tokyo, Japan
• 1942-03-06 Charles Tolliver, American jazz trumpeter (Impact), born in Jacksonville, Florida
• 1942-03-06 Flora Purim, Brazilian jazz singer (Return To Forever; Airto), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 1942-03-19 Jeff Neighbour, American rock bassist, and ukulele player (Joy of Cooking), born in Mason City, Washington
• 1942-05-13 Jim Douglas, Scottish jazz guitarist, born in Gifford, East Lothian
• 1942-06-25 Joe Chambers, American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and composer, born in Chester, Pennsylvania
• 1942-07-03 "Dr." Lonnie Smith, American jazz Hammond B3 organist (George Benson Quartet; Lou Donaldson), born in Lackawanna, New York (d. 2021) [1]
• 1942-08-09 Jack DeJohnette, American Jazz drummer (Skyline), born in Chicago, Illinois
• 1942-09-02 Barbara Donald, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2013)
• 1942-09-06 Dave Bargeron, American jazz-rock trombonist and tuba player (Blood, Sweat & Tears), born in New York City
• 1942-09-14 Oliver Lake, American jazz saxophonist and composer, born in Marianna, Arkansas
• 1942-09-22 Marlena Shaw [Marlina Burgess], American jazz, R&B, and disco singer ("California Soul"; "Touch Me In the Morning"), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2024)
• 1942-09-23 Jeremy Steig, American jazz flutist ("Howlin' for Judy"; "Wayfaring Stranger"), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2016)
• 1942-09-25 John Taylor, British jazz pianist, born in Manchester, England (d. 2015)
• 1942-09-29 Jean-Luc Ponty, French jazz-fusion electric violinist (Frank Zappa; Mahavishnu Orchestra; Cosmic Messenger; Tchokola), born in Avranches, France
• 1942-10-10 Bruce Ricker, American jazz and blues documentarian (The Last of the Blue Devils; Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2011)
• 1942-10-20 Joe Bourne, American jazz and gospel singer ("Upbeat and Sweet"), and visual artist, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1942-10-25 Terumasa Hino, Japanese jazz, avant-garde, and jazz-fusion trumpeter, cornetist and flügelhorn player, born in Tokyo, Japan
• 1942-10-26 Colin Loughnan, Australian rock and jazz saxophonist, vocalist, arranger, composer, and teacher (,Sydney Conservatorium of Music), born in Sydney, Australia
• 1942-10-27 Philip Catherine, Belgian jazz guitarist (Chet Baker; Stephane Grappelli; Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen; Jean-Luc Ponty), born in London, England
• 1942-12-19 Cornell Dupree, American jazz and R&B session guitarist (Atlantic Records - Aretha Franklin), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2011)
• 1942-12-28 Allan Schwartzberg, American pop, jazz, rock, and funk session and touring drummer (Mountain, James Brown, Gloria Gaynor, Peter Gabriel, Yoko Ono, Brecker Brothers), and bandleader (Geraldo Rivera's Goodnight America), born in New York City
• 1943-01-06 Barry Altschul, American hard bop and free jazz drummer (Paul Bley, Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton), born in New York City
• 1943-01-18 Al Foster, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis, 1973-89; Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner), born in Richmond, Virginia
• 1943-01-23 Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphonist, composer, and educator, born in Anderson, Indiana
• 1943-01-25 Leny Andrade, Brazilian samba, bossa nova and jazz singer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 2023)
• 1943-02-11 Alan Rubin, American jazz and session trumpeter and flugelhorn player (SNL; Blues Brothers) known as "Mr Fabulous", born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2011)
• 1943-02-21 Duncan Swift, British jazz stride pianist, born in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England (d. 1997)
• 1943-03-22 George Benson, American Grammy Award-winning jazz guitarist and singer ("Breezin'"; "This Masquerade"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• 1943-04-02 Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (11th House), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2017)
• 1943-05-03 Gregory Bowen, Welsh big band jazz and session trumpet player (James Bond films), born in Llangennech, South Wales
• 1943-06-22 Eumir Deodato, Brazilian jazz, pop, bossa nova, and cross-over pianist (Also Sprach Zarathustra), arranger, and music producer, born in and arranger, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Deaths 1101 - 1,136 of 1,136

• 2022-08-11 Bill Pitman, American touring and session jazz and rock guitarist (Peggy Lee; The Wrecking Crew, "Be My Baby"), and ukulele player ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"), dies from complications after a fall at 102
• 2022-08-19 Warren Bernhardt, American pianist in jazz, pop and classical pianist (L'Image; Steps Ahead; Steely Dan, 1993-94) and composer, dies at 83 [1]
• 2022-08-21 Monnette Sudler, American jazz guitarist (Sounds of Liberation), dies at 70
• 2022-08-22 Creed Taylor, American Grammy Award-winning jazz and bossa nova record producer (Stan Getz; Wes Montgomery), and label founder (Impluse!; CTI Records), dies at 93
• 2022-08-25 Joey DeFrancesco, American jazz Hammond organist, 9-time winner of the Down Beat Critics Poll (All Of Me; Reboppin'), dies at 51 [1]
• 2022-09-12 Ramsey Lewis, American Grammy Award-winning jazz-pop pianist ("The In Crowd"; "Wade in the Water"), dies at 87 [1]
• 2022-09-24 (Farrell) "Pharoah" Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (John Coltrane groups), and composer (Karma), dies at 81 [1]
• 2022-10-30 Anthony Ortega, American session and jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist (A Man and His Horns), dies at 94
• 2022-11-11 Nik Turner, British jazz-rock fusion saxophonist, flute player, singer, and composer (Hawkwind), dies at 82
• 2022-11-16 Mick Goodrick, American jazz guitarist (Liberation Music Orchestra), and pedagogue (The Advancing Guitarist), dies from complications of Parkinson's Disease at 77
• 2023-03-01 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, dies at 98
• 2023-03-02 Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; Miles Davis; Weather Report), dies at 89 [1]
• 2023-03-04 Michael Rhodes, American country, rock, and jazz session and touring bass player, dies at 69
• 2023-03-09 Robin Lumley, English jazz-fusion keyboardist (Brand X), and record producer, dies of heart failure at 75
• 2023-03-14 Bobby Caldwell, American jazz and pop singer ("What You Won't Do for Love"), and songwriter ("The Next Time I Fall"), dies from long term adverse reaction to antibiotics at 71
• 2023-04-09 Karl Berger, German-American jazz pianist, vibraphone player, and musicologist, dies of post-surgical complications at 88

• 2023-04-16 Ahmad Jamal [Frederick Jones], American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator, dies of prostate cancer at 92 [1]
• 2023-04-29 Don Sebesky, American Grammy and Tony Award-winning arranger, composer, orchestra leader, jazz trombonist, and accordion player (Maynard Ferguson; Wes Montgomery; CTI Records), dies of complications of Parkinson's disease at 85 [1]
• 2023-05-23 (Isaac) "Redd" Holt, American jazz and soul drummer (Ramsey Lewis Trio, 1956-66 - "The In Crowd"; Young-Holt Unlimited - "Soulful Strut"), dies at 91
• 2023-05-26 Reuben Wilson, American jazz organist ("Got to Get Your Own"), dies of lung cancer at 88
• 2023-06-22 Peter Brötzmann, German free jazz saxophonist and clarinet player, dies at 82 [1]

• 2023-07-24 Leny Andrade, Brazilian samba, bossa nova and jazz singer, dies of Lewy body dementia at 80
• 2023-08-31 Curtis Fowlkes, American jazz and session trombonist, singer, and band leader (The Jazz Passengers; Lounge Lizards), dies at 73
• 2023-09-05 Charles Gayle, American jazz saxophonist and composer ("Streets"), dies at 84
• 2023-09-06 Richard Davis, American jazz double bassist described as "the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album" (Van Morrison's Astral Weeks), dies at 93
• 2023-10-01 Julian Bahula, South African-British jazz and world music drummer, composer, bandleader (Jabula), and anti-apartheid activist, dies at 84
• 2023-10-17 Carla Bley [Lovella Borg], American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer (Escalator Over The Hill; Fictitious Sports), dies of brain cancer at 87 [1]
• 2023-11-20 Mars Williams, American jazz and rock saxophonist (The Waitresses; Psychedelic Furs), dies of cancer at 68
• 2023-12-29 Les McCann, American jazz pianist, soul singer ("Compared to What"), painter, and photographer, dies of pneumonia at 88 [1]
• 2024-01-19 Marlena Shaw [Marlina Burgess], American jazz, R&B, and disco singer ("California Soul"; "Touch Me In the Morning"), dies at 81
• 2024-01-31 Ed Reed, American jazz vocalist, dies of liver cancer at 94 [1] [2]
• 2024-03-02 Jim Beard, American session and touring jazz-fusion keyboardist and composer (Pat Metheny, Steely Dan, The Brecker Brothers), dies at 63 [1]
• 2024-03-03 Eleanor Collins [Elnora Proctor], Canadian jazz and standards singer, and television personality, regarded as Canada’s “first lady of jazz”, dies at 104
• 2024-04-03 Albert "Tootie" Heath, American jazz hard bop drummer (John Coltrane; Art Farmer; Jimmy Heath; Tete Montoliu, Yusef Lateef), dies of leukemia at 88 [1]
• 2024-04-14 Calvin Keys, American jazz guitarist, dies at 82

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