Some Jazz Guys

Louise Tobin ~ 104 ~ American 1930's & 40's Big Band singer w/Benny Goodman, Ben Pollack, Harry James, married to Harry James

LOUISE TOBIN ~ "JUT ONE OF THOSE THINGS" & "JUNE COMES AROUND EVERY YEAR";


Joyce Bryant ~ 95 ~ American Jazz and Cabaret singer and dancer, AKA the Bronze Blonde Bombshell

JOYCE BRYANT ~ "LOVE FOR SALE";


JOYCE BRYANT ~ "NOT TOO YOUNG AT ALL";


Gene Cipriano - 94 - American Jazz, Big Band and Pop sax and woodwindist with Los Angeles seeion group The Wrecking Crew (for The Beach Boys, Monkees, Frank Sinatra, Neil Diamond, Rosemary Clooney, Stan Kenton, Tony Bennett, Frank Zappa, and Lady Gaga) and with Henri Mancini, Andre Previn, Neal Hefti, Lalo Schifrin, Marvin Hamlisch, Tex Beneke, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Thelonius Monk and Claude Thornhill. Played on soundtracks for "Peter Gunn", "Mission Impossible", "Batman", "The Flintstones", "M*A*S*H*", "Star Trek", "The Simpsons", "American Dad" "West Side Story", "Some Like It Hot" and "The Thomas Crown Affair"

HENRI MANCINI ~ "PETER GUNN";


LALO SCHIFLIN ~ "MISSION IMPOSSIBLE";


NEAL HEFTI ~ "BATMAN";



Gabe Balthazar ~ 92 ~ American Jazz sax player w/Stan Kenton

STAN KENTON ~ "TAMPICO";


STAN KENTON ~ "MALAGUENA";


Harry Sheppard ~ 94 ~ American Jazz vibes player w/Roy Eldridge, Red Allen, Cozy Cole, Georgie Auld, Clark Terry, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Barbra Streisand, Doc Severinsen, Coleman Hawkins, JC Higginbottom, Sonny Greer

THE ART FORD JAZZ PARTY;


THE ART FORD JAZZ PARTY ~ "MEAN TO ME" & "SYMPHONY SID";


Ramsey Lewis ~ 87 ~ US Jazz pianist ("The In Crowd", "A Hard Days Night" )

RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO ~ "THE IN CROWD" & " HANG ON SLOOPY";


RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO ~ "SUMMER BREEZE";


Pharoah Sanders ~ 81 ~ American Jazz saxophonist & composer ("The Master Plan")

PHAROAH SANDERS;


PHAROAH SANDERS ~ "THE CREATOR HAS A MASTER PLAN":


Jean-Louis Chautemps ~ 90 ~ French Jazz sax player w/Chet Baker, Claude Bolling, Sidney Bechet, Django Reinhardt, Zoot Sims, Lester Young, Albert Ayler, Roy Eldridge, Lester Bowie, Lee Konitz

MARTIAL SOLAL & JEAN-LOUIS CHAUTEMPS ~ "WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES";


CHET BAKER 1961;


Allen Blairman ~ 81 ~ American Free Jazz drummer w/Albert Ayler

ALBERT AYLER ~ "SUMMERTIME";



Creed Taylor - 93 - American jazz trumpeter and record producer w/Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, Oscar Pettiford, Kai Winding, Stan Getz, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith, founder of Impulse! Records and CTI Records.

CREED TAYLOR ORCH ~ "THE NERVOUS BEAT";


Warren Bernhardt ~ 83 ~ American Jazz & Rock pianist (Steely Dan, Steps Ahead, Art Farmer, Gerry Mulligan)

MIKE MAINIERI & WARREN BERNHARDT ~ "FLYING COLORS";


Gerd Dudek - 84 - German Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist & bandleader w/Jean Luc Pinty, Don Cherry, Lee Kontiz, Peter Brotzman, the Global Unity Orch

WOLFGANG DRUNER, GERD DUDEK & JEAN LUC PONTY ~ "DKETCH UP & DOWNER";


GLOBAL UNITY ORCH ~ "DRUNKEN IN THE MORNING";


Joey DeFrancesco ~ 51 ~ American Jazz organist

JOEY DEFRANCESCO ~ "MISTY";


JOEY DEFRANCESCO ~ "FLY ME TO THE MOON";


Charnett Moffett - 54 - American Jazz bassist and bandleader solo and w/Ornette Colemen, Brantford Marsalis, Coutney Pine, McCoy Tyner, Anita Baker, Pharaoh Sanders, Sonny Sharrock, Stanley Jordan

STANLEY JORDAN ~ "AUTUMN LEAVES";


Abdul Wadud - 75 - American Jazz cellist

ABDUL WADUD ENSEMBLE;


ABDUL WADUD & JAMES NEWTON;


Grachan Moncur III - 85 - American Jazz trombonist w/The 360 Degrees Music Experience, Herbie Hancock, Joe Henderson, Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Archie Shepp, Cassandra Wilson

GRACHAN MONCUR & THE 360 DEGREES MUSIC EXPERIENCE;


Jaimie Branch - 39 - American jazz trumpeter and composer

JAIMIE BRANCH ~ "THEME 101";


Emil Mangelsdorf ~ 96 ~ German Jazz sax & clarinet player from the 1950's onward

KLAUS DOLDINGER & EMIL MANGELSDORF ~ "THAT BLUSEY SOUND";


Rolf Kühn - 92 - German jazz clarinetist and bandleader solo and with Tommy Dorsey, Eartha Kitt, Oscar Pettiford, Buddy DeFranco

ROLF KUHN ~ "EXACTLY LIKE YOU";


Fred Van Hoven - 84 - Belgian Free Jazz pianist w/Peter Brotzman and solo

FRED VAN HOVEN ~ "FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE";



Nils Lindberg ~ 88 ~ Swedish Jazz pianist & composer

NILS LINDBERG & LARS GULLIN ~ "SYNPHONY NO.1";


Václav Týfa - 79 - Czech Big Band trumpeter

ORCHESTR LADISLAVA STAIDLA ~ "SABRE DANCE";


Micheal Henderson ~ 72 ~ American Jazz & R&B bassist & vocalist with Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder and the Dramatics

MILES DAVIS ~ "RIGHT OFF" & "FUNK";


Rino Vernizzi ~ 75 ~ Italian Jazz & Classical bassoonist

RINO VERNIZZI QUARTET ~ "THRIVING FROM A RIFF";


RINO VERNIZZI QUARTET ~ "YELLOW SUBMARINE";