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";