Some More Jazz Guys

Dave Frishberg - 88 - American jazz pianist, songwriter and singer w/Jimmy Rushing, Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn, Anita O'Day, Diana Krall, John Pizzarelli, Mel Tormé, Pee Wee Russell, Ben Webster, wrote & sang the theme for the classic "I'm Just A Bill" Schoolhouse Rocks cartoon

DAVE FRISHBERG ~ "I'M JUST A Bill";


Curtis Fuller ~ 86 ~ American Jazz trombonist w/Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Cannonball & Nat Adderly,Bud Powell, Jimmy Smith, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Clark, Lee Morgan, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Art Framer, John Coltrane, Lionel Hampton, Quincy Jones, Yousef Latif, Hank Moberly, Woody Shaw, Jimmy Smith, Dexter Gordon, Abbey Lincoln, Gil Evans, Philly Jo Jones

CURTIS FULLER ~ "IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS";


CURTIS FULLER ~ "CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT";


Ronnell Bright ~ 91 ~ American Jazz pianist & composer from the 1940's onward with Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Lena Horne, Coleman Hawkins, Shirley Scott, Anita O'Day, Buddy Tate

SARAH VAUGHAN ~ "SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN";


SARAH VAUGHAN ~ "TENDERLY";


Norman Simmons ~ 91 ~ American Jazz pianist, arranger & band leader w/Carman McRae, Joe Williams,Helen Humes, Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Anita O'Day, Duke Ellington, Roy Edldridge, Johnny Griffen, Red Holloway, Etta James, Betty Carter, Ramsey Lewis ("Wade In The Water")

CARMEN McRAE & NORMAN SIMMONS ~ "ROUND MIDNIGHT";


CARMEN McRAE & NORMAN SIMMONS ~ "IF YOU NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH ME";


Duffy Jackson ~ 67 ~ American Jazz drummer from the 1960's onward w/Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Benny Carter, Sammy Davis jr, Ray Brown, Herb Ellis, Lena Horne, Milt Jackson, Lionel Jackson, Al Jerreau, Sonny Stitt, Thad Jones, Illinois Jaquette, Artie Shaw, the Manhattan Transfer as well as his own bands

DUFFY JACKSON QUINTET ~ "C JAM BLUES";


DUFFY JACKSON ORCH ~ "TOPSY";


Slide Hampton - 89 - American jazz trombonist and bandleader w/Art Blakey, Maynard Ferguson, Dexter Gordon, Cannonball Adderley, Art Framer, Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Philly Joe Jones, Charles Mingus, Hank Moberly, Woody Shaw, McCoy Tyner, Wes Montgomery

SLIDE HAMPTON;


SLIDE HAMPTON ~ "NIGHT NEVER COMES OVER";


SLIDE HAMPTON ~ "OOP-POP-A-DA";


Ack van Rooyen - 91 - Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist w/Slide Hampton, Bert Kaempfert, Lucky Thompson

ACK VAN ROOYEN ~ "TWO OF A KIND";


Mario Pavone - 80 - American jazz bassist w/Anthony Braxton, Bill Smith, Paul Bley

BILL DIXON TRIO;


Peter Ind - 93 - British jazz double bassist from the 1950's onward w/Lennie Tristano, Paul Bley, Lee Konitz, Buddy Rich, Ronnie Ball, Slim Gaillard, producer w/Zoot Sims, Gerry Mulligan and Booker Little.

LOUIS STEWART & PETER IND ~ "BAUBLES BANGLES & BEADS";


George Wein ~ 95 ~ American Jazz pianist and festival promoter, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

GEORGE WIEN'S NEWPORT JAZZ ALL-STARS;


Bobby Few - 85 - American jazz pianist and bandleader w/ Brook Benton, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp

BOBBY FEW ~ "SIMONE";


Spike Heatley ~ 88 ~ English Jazz bassist with Alexis Korner, The Jazz Couriers, Tubby Hayes, Tim Hardin, Ben Webster

BEN WEBSTER ~ "SOLITUDE";


THE OLIVER JONES TRIO ~ "JUST A CLOSER WALK";


Rick Laird ~ 80 ~ Bassist with Miles Davis and Fusion band John McLaughlin & Mahavishnu Orchestra

MAHAVISHNU ORCH


Greg Tate ~ 64 ~ American music critic and essayist for Downbeat & Village Voice, guitarist for Jazz/Funk/Fusion band Burnt Sugar Arkrestra, co-founder of the Black Rock Coalition

BURNT SUGAR ARKRASTRA ~ "WHUT ROUGH BEAST";


Jerry Granelli ~ 80 ~ Canadian/American Jazz drummer with Vince Guaraldi ("Charlie Brown Theme"), Denny Zietlin, Charlie Haden, Sylvia Tyson

JERRY GRANELLI TRIO ~ "CHARLIE BROWN THEME"


JERRY GRANELLI TRIO ~ "CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE";


Emmett Chapman - 85 - American Jazz bassist, inventor of the Chapman Stick

EMMETT CHAPMAN;


EMMETT CHAPMAN - "PARALELL FANTASY";


Pat Martino - 77 - American jazz guitarist and w/Lloyd Price, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith and Joey DeFrancesco.

PAT MARTINO - "FULL HOUSE";


Nobuo Hara ~ 94 ~ Japanese jazz saxophonist & bandleader from the 1940's onward

NOBU HARA ~ "DANCING WITH THE SHARPS & FLATS";


NOBU HARA ~ "WHITE HERON";


NOBU HARA ~ "MY FUNNY VALENTINE";

A Few 1970's & 80's Rock & Pop Figures

Dusty Hill ~ 71 ~ Bassist with Texas rock band ZZ Top and The Moving Sidewalks from the 1960's onward ("Tush", "Sharp Dressed Man", "Legs", "Gimmie All You Lovin")

ZZ TOP ~ "GIMMIE ALL YOU LOVIN";


ZZ TOP ~ "SHARP DRESSED MAN";


ZZ TOP ~ "LEGS";


ZZ TOP ~ "SLEEPING BAG";


Rickie Lee Reynolds - 72 - Guitarist with 1970's & 80's Southern Rock band Black Oak Arkansas

BLACK OAK ARKANSAS ~ "BLACK OAK ARKANSAS";


John Rossall ~ 75 ~ UK sax, trumpet & trombone player and bandleader for Gary Glitter ("Rock & Roll", "Do You Wanna Touch Me")

GARY GLITTER ~ "ROCK & ROLL pt1";


GARY GLITTER ~ "DO YOU WANNA TOUCH ME";


Leo van de Ketterij - 70 - Guitarist with 1970's Dutch band Shocking Blue "Hooked On A Feeling"

SHOCKING BLUE ~ "VENUS";


SHOCKING BLUE ~ "NEVER MARRY A RAILROAD MAN";


SHOCKING BLUE ~ "SEND ME A POSTCARD";


Gil Bridges - 80 - Sax player with 1960's & 70's American band Rare Earth ("Get Ready", "I Just Want To Celebrate")

RARE EARTH ~ "I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE";


RARE EARTH ~ "GET READY";


Robby Steinhardt ~ 71 ~ Singer/violinist w/US Prog Rock band Kansas ("Carry On My Wayward Sun", "Dust In The Wind")

KANSAS ~ "DUST IN THE WIND";


KANSAS ~ "CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON";


Les McKeown ~ 65 ~ Singer with 1970's Scottish pop band the Bay City Rollers ("Saturday Night")

THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT";


THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "BYE BYE BABY";


THE BAY CITY ROLLERS ~ "I ONLY WANNA BE WITH YOU";


Florian Pilkington-Miksa - 70 - Drummer w/English 1970's Prog Rock band Curved Air

CURVED AIR ~ "IT HAPPENED TODAY";


CURVED AIR ~ "BACKSTREET LOVE";


CURVED AIR ~ "PHANTASMAGORIA";


John Lawton ~ 74 ~ Singer/guitarist with UK Prog Rock band Uriah Heep 1976-79 and Lucifer's Friend

LUCIFER'S FRIEND ~ "RIDE THE SKY";


URIAH HEEP ~ "FREE ME";


URIAH HEEP ~ "WISEMAN";


John Goodsall - 68 - American-British rock guitarist (Atomic Rooster, Brand X)

ATOMIC ROOSTER ~ "DEVIL'S ANSWER";


ATOMIC ROOSTER ~ "BREAKTHROUGH";


ATOMIC ROOSTER ~ "BLACK SNAKE";


ATOMIC ROOSTER ~ "TOMORROW NIGHT";


BRAND X ~ "AND SO TO F";


James MacGaw - Guitarist with 1970's French Prog Rock band Magma

MAGMA;


MAGMA;


MAGMA ~ "DE FUTURA";


MAGMA;


Pavel Pelc - 71 - Bass guitarist and vocalist w/1970's Czech Prog Rock band Progres 2

PROGRES 2 ~ "PLANETA HIERONYMA BOSCHE";


Rick Laird - 80 - Irish jazz fusion bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rasaan Rolnd irk, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Buddy Rich, Anita O'Day, Yousef Letif, Brian Auger and the Trinity)

MAHVISHNU ORCHESTRA ~ "MEETING OF THE SPIRITS" / "YOU KNOW YOU KNOW";


Jim Pembroke ~ 75 ~ English-born singer with Finnish 1970's Prog Rock band Wigwam

WIGWAM ~ "BLESS YOUR LUCKY STARS";


WIGWAM ~ "GRASS FOR BLADES";


Miroslav Žbirka ~ 69 ~ Singer with 1970's & 80's Slovak band Modus

MODUS;


MODUS ~ "ZAHADNA";


Gregg Philbin - 75 - Bassist with American 1980's band REO Speedwagon ("Keep On Loving You", "Can't Fight This Feeling", "Take It On The Run")

REO SPEEDWAGON ~ "KEEP ON LOVING YOU";


REO SPEEDWAGON ~ "TAKE IT ON THE RUN";


REO SPEEDWAGON ~ "I CAN'T THIS FEELING";


Jim Steinman ~ 73 ~ American musician, composer and producer w/Meatloaf, Cher, Bonnie Tyler, The Sisters Of Mercy, ("Total Eclipse of the Heart", "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", "It's All Coming Back to Me Now").

MEATLOAF ~ "PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT";


MEATLOAF ~ "TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD";


BONNIE TYLER ~ "TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART";


THE SISTERS OF MERCY ~ "THIS CORROSION";


Sean Higgins - 68 - Musician w/1970's & 80's Australian bands The Flatheads and Australian Crawl and songwriter ("Downhearted", "Things Don't Seem")

THE AUSTRALIAN CRAWL ~ "OH NO NOT YOU";


Lindsay Tebbutt - Drummer and songwriter with Australian Rock band The Choirboys

THE QUIREBOYS ~ "FIREWORKS";


THE QUIREBOYS ~ "STRUGGLETOWN";


Robin Le Mesurier - 68 - British guitarist from the 60's onward with The Reign, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Johnny Hallyday, Air Supply, The Farm Dogs, Limey & Lion,The Wombles

ROD STEWART "YOUNG TURKS";


Nick Kamen ~ 59 ~ English model, singer ("Each Time You Break My Heart")

NICK KAMEN ~ "I PROMISED MYSELF";


NICK KAMEN ~ "NOBODY ELSE";


Fritz McIntyre - 62 - British keyboardist with British 1980's Pop group Simply Red

SIMPLY RED ~ "HOLDIING BACK THE YEARS";


SIMPLY RED ~ "STARS";


Michael Stanley - 72 - American 1980's Cleveland rock singer/guitarist w/The Michael Stanley Band ("He Can't Love You", "Heartland Rock")

MICHAEL STANLEY BAND ~ "MY TOWN";


MICHAEL STANLEY BAND ~ "HE CAN'T LOVE YOU";


David Lewis ~ Keyboardist with 70's & 80's Pop group Ambrosia ("The Biggest Part Of Me")

AMBROSIA ~ "THE BIGGEST PART OF ME";