Some Jazz Figures

Tony Bennett ~ 96 ~ Iconic Jazz and Pop crooner from the 1950's onward

TONY BENNETT ~ "I LET MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO";


TONY BENNETT ~ "DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE";


TONY BENNETT ~ "THE LADY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU";


Astrud Gilberto - 83 - Grammy winning Brazilian Samba and Bossa Nova singer ("The Girl from Ipanema")

ASTRUD GILBERTO & STAN GETZ ~ "GIRL FROM IPANEMA";


ASTRUD GILBERTO ~ "CORCOVADO";


João Donato - 88 - Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist

JOAO DONATO ~ "FLOR DE MARACUJA";


Leny Andrade - 80 - Brazilian Latin Jazz singer and musician

LENY ANDRADE ~ "A NIGHT IN TUNISIA";


Wally Fawkes ~ 98 ~ Canadian Born British Trad Jazz clarinettist w/Humphry Littleton in the 1940's to the 60's and later cartoonist

HUMPHREY LITTLETON BAND;


HUMPHREY LITTLETON BAND ~ "BAD PENNY BLUES";


Tony Coe - 88 - English Jazz clarinet and flute player and bandleader with Humphry Lyttleton, Georgie Fame, Sarah Vaughan, Cleo Laine, Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Clarke Terry, Peter Brotzman, Tubby Hayes, the Hollies

GEORGIE FAME & THE BLUE FLAMES ~ "YEH YEH";


GEORGIE FAME & THE BLUE FLAMES ~ "THE BALLAD OF BONNIE & CLYDE";


GEORGIA FAME & THE BLUE FLAMES ~ "GET AWAY";


TONY COE TRIO;


Kidd Jordan - 87 - New Orleans Jazz and R&B saxophonist & bandleader solo and w/Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, R.E.M., Archie Shepp, Ornette Coleman, Ellis Marsalis, Cannonball Adderley, Cecil Taylor, Larry Williams, Professor Longhair, The World Saxophone Quartet

LARRY WILLIAMS ~ "BONIE MARONIE";


THE WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET ~ "FOXY LADY";


Ahmad Jamal ~ 92 ~ American Jazz pianist from the 1950's onward ("Poinciana")

AHMAD JAMAL ~ "DARN THE DREAM";


AHMAD JAMAL ~ "AHMAD'S BLUES";


AHMAD JAMAL ~ "EXTENSIONS";


Les McCann - 88 - American Jazz pianist and band leader solo and with Teddy Edwards, Richard Groove Holmes, Stanley Turrentine. Lou Rawls, Bill Evans, Herbie Mann

LES MCCANN & EDDIE HARRIS ~ "COMPARED TO WHAT";


LES MCCANN & EDDIE HARRIS ~ "COLD DUCK TIME";


Wayne Shorter - 89 - American Jazz saxophonist (Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report, The Jazz Messengers), 12-time Grammy winner

MILES DAVIS QUINTET ~ "ROUND MIDNIGHT";


THE JAZZ MESSENGERS ~ "I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS";


WEATHER REPORT;


Peter Brotzmann ~ 82 ~ German Free Jazz sax player

PETER BROTZMANN;


PETER BROTZMANN ~ "IMPROVISATION";


Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky ~ 89 ~ German Free Jazz sax, calrinet & flute player from the 1950's onward

ERNST-LUDWIG PETROWSKY ~ "BLUES FUR CARMEL";


Micheal Pilz - 78 - German jazz clarinetist

MICHAEL PILZ;


Carla Bley - 87 - American jazz composer (Escalator over the Hill) and pianist & organist (Jazz Composer's Orchestra)

CARKA BLEY ~ "LAWNS";


CARLA BLEY ~ "ESCALATOR OVER THE HILL";


Max Morath - 96 - American ragtime pianist, television presenter and author

MAX MORATH ~ "RAGTIME MEDLEY";


Karl Hans Berger - 88 - German Jazz pianist, vibes player and bandleader w/Don Cherry, Bill Laswell, Anthony Braxton, Carla Bley, Leo Konitz, Slide Hampton, Charles Mingus, John McLaughlan, Jeff Buckley, Nenah Cherry, Sly & Robbie, Better Than Ezra and the Swans

KARL BERGER ~ "VIBES SOLO";


Bernt Rosengren - 85 - Swedish jazz tenor saxophonist w/Lester Bowie, Don Cherry and solo

DON CHERRY ~ "ETERNAL RHYTHM";


Butch Miles - 78 - Jazz drummer with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Dick Hyman, Peter Appleyard, Ray Charles, Rosemary Clooney, Helen Humes, Alberta Hunter, Bucky & John Pizzarelli, Gerry Mulligan, Wild Bill Davis, Wild Bill Davidson

COUNT BASIE ORCH ~ "WHIRLY BIRD";


WALT LEVINSKY BAND & BUTCH MILES ~ "WIND MACHINE";


Richard Davis ~ 93 ~ American Jazz bassist with Eric Dolphy, Thad Lewis, Evin JOnes, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, Cal Tjader, Mel Lewis, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Joe Henderson and Ahmad Jamal also Van Morrison and Bruce Springsteen

RICHARD DAVIS ~ "SOLO";


Charles Gayle - 84 - American Jazz saxophonist and pianist solo and w/Cecil Taylor & Rasheid Ali,

CHARLES GAYLE ~ "SOLO";


Jack Wilkins - 78 - American Jazz guitarist and bandleader with Charles Mingus, Buddy Rich, Chet Baker, Eral Fatha Hines, Morganna King, Astrud Gilberto, Sammy Kaye, Les Elgart, Larry Elgart, Kenny Barron, Sonny Fortune, Stan Getz, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy McGriff, Zoot Sims, Sonny Stitt, Jack DeJohnette, Phil Woods, and the Brecker Brothers

JACK WILKINS ~ "NO MORE BLUES";


Jerry Dodgion - 90 - American jazz saxophonist and flautist w/Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Randy Brecker, Donald Byrd, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Wes Montgomery, Thad Jone/Mel Lewis Big Band

THAD LEWIS/MEL JONES BIG BAND ~ "THANK YOU";


Dino Piana - 93 - Italian Jazz trombonist w/Chet Baker, Charlie Mingus, Kai Winding, Kenny Clarke, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis

DINO PIANA & KAI WINDING ~ "DUO BONES";


Robin Lumley - 74 - British keyboardist with Jazz fusion band Brand X

BRAND X ~ "AND SO TO F";


BRAND X ~ "BORN UGLY";


Willie Ruff - 92 - American Jazz French horn and bass player with the Mitchell-Ruff Duo, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Quincy Jones, Milt Jackson, Jimmy Smith, Lalo Schifren, Sonny Stitt, Leonard Cohen

WILLIE RUFF;


Tony Oxley - 85 - English Free Jazz drummer w/Cecil Taylor, Anthony Braxton, Peter Brotzman, Bill Evans, Georgie Fame, Jon Luc Ponty, John McLaughlan, Ronnie Scott, Vangelis, co-founder of Incus Records.

TONY OXLEY;


Michel Saradaby - 88 - French Jazz pianist

MICHEL SARADABY ~ "BONUS";


George Winston - 73 - American Grammy winning Jazz and New Age pianist

GEORGE WINSTON ~ "SKATING";


Carole Sloane ~ 85 ~ American Jazz singer & critic with Downbeat

CAROLE SLOANE ~ "LOVER COME BACK TO ME";


CAROLE SLOANE ~ "NEVER NEVER LAND" & "MY SHIP":


Dom Minasi - 80 - American jazz guitarist, composer and music producer

DOM MIANSI;


Bosse Broberg - 85 - Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer

BOSSE BROBERG & PETER ERICSON ~ "FUNERAL MARCH":


Peter Horton - 82 - Austrian Jazz Pop guitarist, composer and singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1967)

PETER HORTON


Marcel Zanini - 99 - Turkish-born French Jazz and Pop singer and clarinetist, music critic and Artistic Director of the Barclay Label

MARCEL ZANINI ~ "TU VEUX OU TU VEUX PAS";


Lázaro Valdés - 83 - Cuban Latin Jazz and Son pianist

LAZARITO VALDES & BANBOLEO ~ "NO HACE FALTA";