Some World Beat Figures

Bunny Wailer ~ 73 ~ Founding member of classic Jamaican Reggae group The Wailers with Bob Marley & Peter Tosh

THE WAILERS ~ "STIR IT UP";


THE WAILERS ~ "NO WOMAN NO CRY";


THE WAILERS ~ "THE HEATHEN";


Robbie Shakespeare - 68 - Jamaican bassist (Sly and Robbie, Black Uhuru)

Garth Dennis - 72 - Jamaican reggae musician (Black Uhuru, The Wailing Souls)

BLACK UHURU ~ "SOLIDARITY";


SLY & ROBBIE ~ "BOOPS HERE TO GO";


SLY & ROBBIE;


Ernest Wilson - 69 - Jamaican reggae singer w/The Clarendonians

THE CLARENDONIANS ~ "SUNSHINE";


U-Roy (Real name Ewart Beckford) - 78 - Jamaican Reggae singer & toastmaster

U-ROY ~ "VERSION GALORE";


U-ROY ~ "SOUL REBEL";


Ronnie Williams ~ 78 ~ Toronto/Jamaican/UK Reggae guitarist w/Bob Marley, Junior Murvin, The Heptones, Tommy McCook, Lee Scratch Perry, Harry J Allstars, Ginger Williams

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS ~ "TRENCHTOWN ROCK";


JUNIOR MURVIN ~ "POLICE & THIEVES";


THE HARRY J ALL-STARS ~ "THE LIQUIDATOR";


Brian Travers ~ 62 ~ Sax player with UK Reggae band UB40 ("Red Red Wine", "I Got You Babe")

UB40 ~ "RED RED WINE";


UB40 ~ "I GOT YOU BABE";


Brother Resistance ~ 66–67 ~ Trinidadian rhythm poet and musician

BROTHER RESISTANCE ~ "AH CAN'T TAKE THAT";


Josky Kiambukuta - 72 -Singer with Congolese Afro-Jazz band TPOK Jazz

TPOK JAZZ;


TPOK JAZZ;


Bopol Mansiamina - 72 - Bassist & guitarist w/Congolese Soukous band Les Quatre Étoiles

LES QUATRE ETOILOES;


Thione Seck - 66 - Senegalese singer and musician (Orchestra Baobab, Raam Daan)

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB ~ "UTRAS HORAS";


ORCHESTRA BAOBAB ~ "GOUYE-GUI";


Mamady Keïta - 70 Guinean drummer

MAMADY KEITA ~ "KUKU";


Nobesuthu Mbadu ~ 76 ~ South African mbaqanga singer with the Mahotella Queens

THE MAHOTELLA QUEENS ~ "KAZET GAZETTE";


Wes ~ 51 ~ Cammeroonian singer


Henry Stephen - 79 - Venezuelan 1960's R&B singer

HENRY STEPHEN ~ "UN VASO DI VINO";


HENRY STEPHEN ~ "MI LIMON MI LIMONIRO";


Elio Roca - 78 - Argentine 1960's & 70's Pop singer

ELIO ROCA ~ "YO QUIERO DIBUJARTE";


Rinaldo Rafanelli - 71 - Singer with Argentine 1970's bands Sui Generis, Color Humano

SUI GENERIS ~ "CANCION PARA MI MUERTO";


Meñique - 87 - Panamanian Salsa singer and songwriter

MENIQUE;


Cassiano ~ Brazilian 1980's & 90's singer-songwriter and guitarist

CASSIANO ~ "SETEMBRO";


César Isella ~ 82 ~ Argentine singer-songwriter with 1960's folk group Los Fronterizos

LOS FRONTERIZOS ~ "EL QUIANQUUENO";

Johnny Pacheco ~ 85 ~ Dominican Salsa flutist, producer & bandleader from the 1960's (Fania All-Stars) and label executive (Fania Records)

THE FANIA ALL STARS - "QUITATE";


CELIA CRUZ & THE FANIA ALL STARS - "QUINTARA";


José Manuel Zamacona - 69 - Singer with Mexican 70's & 80's band Los Yonic's

LOS YONICS ~ "ROSAS Y BLANCOS";


Omar Moreno Palacios ~ 82 ~ Argentine folk singer

OMAR MORENO PALACIOS:


Jorge Oñate - 71 - Colombian vallenato folk singer

JORGE ONATE;


Roberto González - 68 - Mexican folk rock musician & composer

ROBERTO GONZALEZ ~ "EL HUERTO";


Erriquez - 60 - Singer and guitarist with Italian Folk band Bandabardò

BANDABARDO ~ "BEPPEANNA";


Gabi Luncă ~ 82 ~ Romanian folk and lăutărească singer

GABI LUNCA ~ "Cu-o damigeana si-un pahar


GABI LUNA ~ LA CARICUMA DE LA DRUM";


Đorđe Balašević - 67 - Singer-songwriter w/1970's & 80's Serbian folk band Rani Mraz

RANI MRAZ;

Some Few Metal Dudes

Bob James ~ 68 ~ Singer with 1970's Hard Rock bands Montrose

MONTROSE ~ "GOOD ROCKING TONIGHT";

John Hinch - 73 - Original drummer with UK metal band Judas Priest

JUDAS PRIEST ~ "ROCKA ROLLA";


JUDAS PRIEST ~ "DREAMER DECEIVER";


Greg Mayne - 67 - Bassist w/1970's & 80's American Metal band Pentagram

PENTAGRAM ~ "SIGN OF THE WOLF";


PENTAGRAM ~ "FOREVER MY QUEEN";


Jeff LaBar ~ 58 ~ Guitarist with 1980's American Hair Metal band Cinderella & Naked Beggars

Gary Corbett - American rock keyboardist w/Cinderella & Kiss

CINDERELLA ~ "GYPSY ROAD";


CINDERELLA ~ "SHELTER ME";


CINDERELLA ~ "THE MORE THINGS CHANGE";


Brett Bradshaw - Drummer with Hollywood 1980's Hair Metal band Faster Pussycat "Babylon", "On The Bathroom Wall"

FASTER PUSSYCAT ~ "BATHROOM WALL";


FASTER PUSSYCAT ~ "YOU'RE SO VAIN";


Johnny Solinger ~ 55 ~ American singer-songwriter w/Hair Metal band Skid Row, Soliger and solo country singer

SKID ROW ~ "GHOST";


Mike Howe - 55 - Singer with American 90's bands Metal Church, Heretic and Hellion

METAL CHURCH ~ "BADLANDS";


METAL CHURCH ~ "IN HARMS WAY";


METAL CHURCH ~ "A DATE WITH POVERTY";


Erik Wagner ~ 62 ~ Singer with Illinois 1980's & 90's Doom Metal band Trouble

TROUBLE ~ "RUN TO THE LIGHT"


TROUBLE ~ "R.I.P";


TROUBLE ~ "AT THE END OF MY DAZE";


Andrea Haugen - 52 - Singer with German Metal band Cradle of Filth, writer and model

CRADLE OF FILTH ~ "NYMPHETAMINE FIX";


CRADLE OF FILTH ~ "NECROMANTIC FANTASIES";


Will Mecum - American rock guitarist and songwriter (Karma to Burn, Year Long Disaster)

KARMA TO BURN ~ "62";


KARMA TO BURN ~ "8";


Joey Jordison - 46 - Drummer with American band Slipknot and guitarist with the Murderdolls & Sinsaenum

SLIPKNOT ~ "PSYCHOSOCIAL";


SLIPKNOT ~ "DUALITY";


THE MURDERDOLLS ~ "WHITE WEDDING";


Henrik Ohlin - Bassist with Swedish Metal comedy band Black Ingvars

BLACK INGVARS ~ "THE FOX"


BLACK INGVARS ~ "TURBO DISNEY";


Lars Göran Petrov - 49 - Swedish heavy metal singer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Firespawn)

ENTOMBED ~ "HOLLOWMAN";


ENTOMBED ~ "WOLVERINE BLUES";


ENTOMBED ~ "NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE";


Alexi Laiho ~ 41 ~ Finnish Death Metal guitarist and vocalist (Children of Bodom, Sinergy, The Local Band)

CHILDREN OF BODOM ~ "NEEDLED";


CHILDREN OF BODOM ~ "ARE YOU DEAD YET";


CHILDREN OF BODOM ~ "EVERYTIME I DIE";


Corey Steger - 42 - Guitarist with American Metal band Underoath

UNDEROATH ~ "WRITING ON THE WALL";


UNDEROATH ~ "ON MY TEETH";


Radim Pařízek - 67 - Drummer with Czech Metal band Citron

CITRON ~ "RADEGAST";


Sean Kennedy - 35 - Bassist with Australian Metalcore bands Deez Nuts, I Killed the Prom Queen

I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN ~ "SAY GOODBYE";


I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN ~ "THIRTY ONE & SEVENS";


Örs Siklósi ~ 29 ~ Singer with Hungarian Metalcore band AWS

AWS ~ "VIZLAT NAYAR";


Iurie Berdea - Drummer with Moldovan Grunge/Metal band Gândul Mâței

GANDUL MATEI - "LA CIOCANA";

Some Jazz Guys

Chris Barber - 90 - English jazz bandleader and trombonist ("Petite Fleur") also bandleader for his wife singer Ottilie Paterson

CHRIS BARBER & OTTILIE PATERSON "STEAMBOAT BILL";


CHRIS BARBER ORCH:


Junior Mance ~ 92 ~ American Jazz and R&B pianist w/Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Witherspoon & solo

JUNIOR MANCE & DIZZY GILLESPIE ~ "WILLOW WEEP FOR ME";


DEXTER GORDON & JUNIOR MANCE TRIO ~ "BLUE MONK";


Milford Graves ~ 79 ~ American jazz drummer (New York Art Quartet, Milton Graves Quartet, Amri Baraka, John Zorn) from the 60's onward

MILTON GRAVES QUARTET;


Chick Corea ~ 79 ~ Grammy winning American Jazz painist with Miles Davis, Kieth Jarrett, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheney, Jack DeJohnette, Lionel Hampton, Bela Fleck, Gary Burton, Stanley Clark, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Herbie Mann, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt, Elvin Jones and his own groups Circle & Return To Forever

MILES DAVIS, CHICK COREA, WAYNE SHORTER LIVE IN ROME 1969;


MILES DAVIS, CHICK COREA, WAYNE SHORTER LIVE IN FRANCE 1969;


MILES DAVIS, CHICK COREA, JACK DEJOHNETTE, KEITH JARRETT LIVE IN 1971;


Howard Johnson ~ 79 ~ American Jazz sax & tuba player w/Pharoah Sanders, Gil Evans, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Charlie Haden, Leon Thomas, Taj Mahal, Carla Bley, John Lennon, The Band, Levon Helm, Muddy Waters, Jaco Pastorious, James Taylor, Miles Davis, Saturday Night Live Band

TAJ MAHAL ~ "CAKE WALK IN TOWN";


THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA;


Paul Jackson - 73 - American Latin Jazz/Rock bassist w/The Headhunters, Azteca, Santana

THE HEADHUNTERS ~ "GOD MADE ME FUNKY";


AZTECA ~ "AH AH";


Mark Whitecage ~ 83 - American Jazz sax player with the Liquid Time & the Glass House Ensemble as well as Anthnoy Braxton

LIQUID TIME;


Barry Harris - 91 - American Jazz pianist, composer, arranger & bandleader w/Cannonball Adderley, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet, Yusef Lateef, Hank Mobley, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Thad Jones, Gene Ammons, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Johnny Griffin, Red Rodney

BARRY HARRIS ~ "A TIME FOR LOVE";


Freddie Redd - 92 - American pianist and composer w/Charles Mingus, Tiny Grimes, Cootie Williams, Oscar Pettiford & Jive Bombers, Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers, Howard McGhee, Milt Hinton and Joe Chambers

FREDDIE REDD ~ "BRAZILIANA";


Amedeo Tommasi ~ 85 ~ Italian Jazz pianist w/Chet Baker and film score composer

AMEDEO TOMMASI w/CHET BAKER


FREDDIE REDD "FAT CAT";

Ralph Peterson Jr - 58 - American jazz drummer (The Jazz Messengers, Out of the Blue)

RALPH PETERSON & ART FARMER - "TRADING FOURS";
RALPH PETERSON QUINTET ~ "BE-BOP SKERONY";


Jonas Gwangwa ~ 83 ~ South African jazz trombonist in the 1960's with South Africa's first important band The Jazz Epsitles (with Hugh Masakela) and film composer "Cry Freedom"

THE JAZZ EPISTLES ~ "LOVER COME BACK TO ME";


THE JAZZ EPISTLES ~ "YARDBIRD SWEET";


Janos Gonda ~ 89 ~ Hungarian Jazz pianist & band leader from the 1960's onward

JANOS GONDA ~ "BLUES INVENCIO";


Len Skeat - 84 - English jazz double-bassist w/Mel Tormé, Ted Heath, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Lou Rawls, Harry Sweets Edison, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Stéphane Grappelli

Bud Freeman & Len Skeat ~ "DON'T BLAME ME";


Lawrence Ferlinghetti ~ San Francisco Beat scene poet, painter, publisher for Jack Kerouac & bookstore owner

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI;