Dance Macabre

Dance Macabre

Sunday, 7 July 2024

Some Ska & Reggae Singers


B. B. Seaton - 79 - Singer w/Jamaican Ska band The Gaylads

THE GAYLADS ~ "TEARS FROM MY EYES";


THE GAYLADS ~ "THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE";


Lynford Manning - Jamaican singer with Reggae & Rock Steady bands Carlton and The Shoes & The Abyssinians

THE ABYSSINIANS ~ "SATTA MASSANGA - INNA DA YARD";


Danny Clarke - 72 - Jamaican Reggae singer with The Meditations

THE MEDITATIONS ~ "WOMAN IS LIKE A SHADOW";


Conrad Kelly - 65 - Anglo-Jamaican drummer with Reggae band Steel Pulse

STEEL PULSE ~ "PRODIGAL SON";


STEEL PULSE ~ "KLU KLUX KLAN";


Dave Martins - 70's - Guyanese Toronto singer/guitarist with Toronto Calypso band the Tradewinds and club owner (We Place)

THE TRADEWINDS ~ "BOYHOOD DAYS";


Arthur Gaps Henrickson - 70's - Singer with UK Ska band the Selector

THE SELECTOR ~ "ON MY RADIO":


THE SELECTOR ~ "MISSING WORDS":


Greg Lee - 53 - Singer with California Ska band Hepcat

HEPCAT ~ "RIGHT ON TIME";


HEPCAT ~ "BOBBY & JOE":


HEPCAT ~ "DANCE WID ME";


Jerry Miller - Singer with L.A Soul/Mod/Ska band The Untouchables

THE UNTOUCHABLES ~ "FREE YOURSELF";


THE UNTOUCHABLES ~ "


THE UNTOUCHABLES ~ "I SPY FOR THE FBI";


Papa Kojak - 68 - Jamaican Reggae singer & DJ

PAPA KOJAK ~ "EDGE UP TO THE RUB";


Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Some Canadian Punk & Metal Dudes



Tony Dewald ~ 60's ~ Drummer with 1980's Montreal Sludgebilly band Deja Voodoo

DEJA VOODOO ~ "YOU'RE NO FUN WHeN YOUR HEAD'S ALL MUSHY":


DEJA VOODOO ~ "STRANGE";


DEJA VOODOO ~ "CEMETERY";


Mark Chewter - 60's - Guitarist with classic Hamilton Punk band the Forgotten Rebels (1980-81)

THE FORGOTTEN REBELS ~ "SURFIN ON HEROIN";


John Card ~ 60's ~ Drummer with Canadian Punk bands Personality Crisis, SNFU, DOA, NomeansNo, Subhumans

Mitch Funk ~ 64 ~ Singer with Personality Crisis

PERSONALITY CRISIS;


PERSONALITY CRISIS ~ "CREATURES FOR A WHILE";


PERSONALITY CRISIS ~ "ADVOCATE";


DOA ~ "TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS";


Chuck Taylor ~ 50's ~ Bassist with 1980's Toronto Hardcore band Negative Gain

NEGATIVE GAIN ~ "BACK FROM THE DEAD";


Dale Kennedy - 50's - Guitarist with Toronto Punk & Metal bands Death Militia, Elvis Manson, Trailer Park Ghouls, Psycho Sluts

DEATH MILITIA ~ "ONSLAUGHT OF DEATH";


Greg "Fritz" Hintz - 60's - Drummer with Canadian Metal band Helix ("Rock You")

HELIX ~ "ROCK YOU";


HELIX ~ "THE KIDS ARE ALL SHAKING";


HELIX ~ "MAKE ME DO ANYTHING YOU WANT";


Dave Allison - 68 - Guitarist with Canadain Metal band Anvil

ANVIL ~ "METAL ON METAL";


ANVIL ~ "METAL ON METAL";


John Meharey - 62 - Bassist with Canadian 1980's Metal band Wicthkiller

WITCHKILLER ~ "DAY OF THE SAXONS";


Phil Page - 50's - Bassist with Toronto Punk bands The Downbelows, Teenage X, Fairmounts, The Merves, Rabblerousers, Stink Bug

THE DOWNBELOWS ~ "TONIGHT WE GO TO WAR";


THE DOWNBELOWS ~ "WALK INTO THIS";


TEENAGE X;


THE FAIRMOUNTS ~ "DEVLIN MCGREGGOR";


Drew Gates - 50's - English born singer with 1990's Toronto Punk band Riot 99

RIOT 99 ~ "ON THE TRACKS";


Guylain Meilleur - 57 - Guitar, bassist and vocals with Quebec Thrash band Corrupted Reputation

CORRUPTED REPUTATION ~ "ACID RAIN";


Dave Sweetapple - 58 - Singer/guitarist with Gruge & Mrtal bands Witch, Eerie and Sweet Apple

SWEET APPLE ~ "BOYS IN HER FAN CLUB";


SWEET APPLE ~ "I WISH YOU COULD STAY A LITTLE LONGER";


WITCH ~ "SEER";


Scott Mung ~ 40's ~ Singer/guitarist with Winnipeg Punk bands Death Tax, The Mandys and Mung

MUNG ~ "NARROW";


MUNG ~ "I TURNED INTO A MARTIAN":


DEATH TAX ~ "DISEASE";


Andrew Longarini - 39 - Guitarist with Candadian Metal band King Humungus

KING HUMUNGUS ~ "DESERT BLOOD";


Brad Searl - 40's - Singer with Mississaugua Metal bands Punishment and Cemetery Of Strangers

CEMETERY OF STRANGERS ~ "JUST ANOTHER DAY";


Ken Coull - 50's - Toronto Metal drummer with In The Act Of Violence, Socketchild, concert promotor

IN THE ACT OF VIOLENCE ~ "UNMARKED SCALPS";


Hugo Emond - 29 - Drummer with Canadian Black Metal band Operation Winter Mist

OPERATION WINTER MIST ~ "FOR VALOUR";


Matt Alvarez ~ 40's - Guitarist, banjo player, bassis & singer with St Catherines, Ontario Folk Punk bands the Filthy Senioritas, Life Problems, Dirtfight and artist

DIRTFIGHT ~ "COLD WATER";


DIRTFIGHT ~ "FACEFULLY GRACEDOWN";


Friday, 31 May 2024

Some More Punk, New Wave & Alt Figures


Herbie Flowers - 86 - English bassist with David Bowie ("Diamond Dogs"), Bryan Ferry "The Bride Stripped Bare"), T-Rex, Al Kooper, Harry Nilson, Melanie,Lou Reed, ("Transformer"), David Essex ("Rock On"), Cliff Richrd, Hazel O'Connor, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Roer Daltrey, Olivia Newton John, Cat Stevens

DAVID BOWIE ~ "REBEL REBEL";


LOU REED ~ "WALK ON THE WILD SIDE":


BRYAN FERRY ~ "SIGN OF THE TIMES";


DAVID ESSEX ~ "ROCK ON";


Pat Collier - 72 - Bassist with 1970's English Punk band The Vibrators and record producer with the Soft Boys and Katrina & The Waves

THE VIBRATORS ~ "AUTOMATIC LOVER";


THE VIBRATORS ~ "JUDY SAYS";


James Chance - 71 - American No Wave Jazz/Funk singer & sax player with the Contortions

JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS ~ "CONTORT YOURSELF";


JAMES CHANCE & THE CONTORTIONS ~ "SAX MANIAC";


Jaimie Klimek - 70's - Singer/guitarist with 1970's Cleveland Punk bands The Electric Eeels and Mirrors

THE MIRRORS ~ "ASTRONOMY DOMINE";


THE ELCTRIC EELS ~ "COLD MEAT";


THE ELECTRIC EELS ~ "JAGUAR RIDE";


Gary Rasmussen - 70's - Detroit bassist w/Punk bands The Sonic Rendevouz Band, Scot's Pirates, Patti Smith ("People Have The Power"), Broken Arrow Blues Band

SONIC RENVEZVOUS BAND ~ "CITY SLANG";


SONIC RENDEZVOUS BAND ~ "SLOW DOWN";


Andy Paley - 72 - Singer & multi-insturmentalist with 1970's Boston Power Pop band the Paley Bros, later producer w/Brian Wilson, Jonathan Richman, NRBQ, John Wesley Harding, Jerry Lee Lewis, Grey DeLisle and soundtracks for "Ren & Stimpy" and "Spongebob Squarepants"

THE PALEY BROS & THE RAMONES ~ "COME ON LET'S GO";


Dave Duncan ~ 60's ~ Singer/guitarist with 1980's Scottish Rockabilly band the Shakin' Pyramids

THE SHAKIN' PYRAMIDS ~ "TENNESSEE ROCK & ROLL";


THE SHAKIN' PYRAMIDS ~ "TAKE A TRIP";


Mike Bell (real name Miikka Siira) ~ 50's ~ Singer/gitarist with Finnish Rockabilly band Mike Bell & the Bluetones

MIKE BELL & THE BLUETONES ~ "ROSEBUD";


MIKE BELL & THE BELLTONES ~ "BYE BYE BABY BLUE";


Bob Grover - 67 - Singer/guitarist/horn/tin whistle player with UK Ska band the Piranahs

THE PIRANAHS ~ "ZAMBEZI";


THE PIRANAHS ~ "TOM HARK';


Andy Leek - 66 - UK guitar & keyboardist w/Dexy's Midnight Runners, the Wailing Cocks, the Blue Ox Babes and session work with George Martin

DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS ~ "GENO";


Karl Wallinger ~ 66 ~ Welsh multi-insturmenatlist, singer & songwriter w/The Waterboys & World Party ("Ship of Fools","Way Down Now")

THE WATERBOYS ~ "THE WHOLE OF THE MOON";


WORLD PARTY ~ "SHIP OF FOOLS";


WORLD PARTY ~ "WAY DOWN NOW";


Martin Phillipps - 61 - Singer/guitarist/songwriter with New Zealand Indie band the Chills ("Pink Frost", "Kaleidoscope World")

THE CHILLS ~ "PINK FROST";


THE CHILLS ~ "I LOVE MY LEATHER JACKET";


Ignatius Jones - 67 - Singer with Australian 1980's Shock Punk bands Jimmy and the Boys & Pardon Me Boys

JIMMY & THE BOYS ~ "I'M NOT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE";


JIMMY & THE BOYS ~ "THEY WON'T LET MY GIRLFRIEND TALK";


Clare Elliott - 60's - Singer with 1970's & 80's New Zealand Punk band the Suburban Reptiles

THE SUBURBAN REPTILES ~ "MEGATON";


THE SUBURAN REPTILES ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT STAY AT HOME";


Mark Moffatt - 74 - Australian musician (The Monitors) and record producer w/The Saints ("(I'm) Stranded", Mental As Anything, Mondo Rock, Tim Finn

THE MONITORS ~ "SINGING IN THE 80'S";


THE MONITORS ~ "NOBODY TOLD ME":


Alan Mansfield - 72 - Keyboard player with New Zealand band Dragon

DRAGON ~ "ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH";


DRAGON ~ "RAIN":


Johnny Stingray (real name Johnny Gann) - 60's - Singer/guitarist with 1970's LA Punk band the Controllers

THE CONTROLLERS ~ "WHITE TRASH CHRIST";


THE CONTROLLERS ~ "DO THE UGANDA";


Mark Ridlin - 65 - Singer/Bassist with Dallas Texas Noise Punk bands Lithium X Mas & Quad Pi

LITHIUM X MAS ~ "CRACKED HERMAN";


Roli Mosimann - 68 - Swiss born drummer with the Swans and Wiseblood and producer w/That Petrol Emotion, the Young Gods, the The, Celtic Frost, New Order, Faith No More, Skinny Puppy, Marilyn Manson

THE SWANS ~ "LOVE WILL TEAR US APART"


THE SWANS ~ "CAN'T FIND MY WAY HOME";


Robin Guy - 54 - British drummer with Goth band All About Eve and Punk band Sham 69

ALL ABOUT EVE ~ "EVERY ANGEL";


ALL ABOUT EVE ~ "DECEMBER";


Bert Susanka - 62 - Singer/guitarist with California Cowpunk band The Ziggens

THE ZIGGENS ~ "WAITRESS SONG";


THE ZIGGENS ~ "KING JESUS";


Jeremy Tepper - 60 - American singer with Cowpunk band the World Famous Blue Jays, founder of Diesel Only Records, editor of music trade magazines "Vending Times" and "Street Beat", manager and host on satellite radio channel "Outlaw Country"

THE WORLD FAMOUS BLUE JAYS ~ "DO IT FOR HANK";


Laurie Lindeen - 62 - Singer/guitarist with 1990's American Grunge band Zuzu's Petals and author

ZUZU'S PETALS ~ "CINDERELLA'S DAYDREAM";


ZULU'S PETALS ~ "JACKALS";


Paul Cripple - 60's - Guitarist with 1980's New York Punk band Reagan Youth

REAGAN YOUTH ~ "WE ARE REAGAN YOUTH";


REAGAN YOUTH ~ "JESUS WAS A COMMUNIST";


REAGAN YOUTH ~ "ANYTOWN USA";


Tony Petri - 60's - Drummer for The Plasmatics, Twisted Sister & King Flux

THE PLASMATICS ~ "MASTERPLAN";


Inger Lorre - Singer with US Punk band the Nymphs

THE NYMPHS ~ "SAD & DAMNED";


THE NYMPHS ~ "IMITATING ANGELS";


Doug Kane - 56 - Singer with Los Angeles Punk band the Generators

THE GENERATORS ~ "READY SET GO";


THE GENERATORS ~ "TON OF BRICKS";


Eddie Sutton - 59 - Singer with American Hardcore/Skater band Leeway

LEEWAY ~ "KINGPIN"';


LEEWAY ~ "I'M NOT YOUR PUSHER";


Justin Chearno - 54 - Guitarist with Washington DC Noise Punk bands Pitchblende & Turing Machine

PITCHBLENDE ~ "FLAX (KILL ATOM SMASHER";


PITCHBLENDE ~ "9 VOLT AU JUS";


Adam Lewis - 45 - Bassist with Texas Punk band Fenix TX

FENIX TX ~ "TREESOME";


FENIX TX ~ "ALL MY FAULT";


Chon Travis - 30's - Singer with American Punk band Love Equals Death

LOVE EQUALS DEATH ~ "PRAY FOR ME";


LOVE EQUALS DEATH ~ "BOMBS OVER BROOKLYN";


Will Cullen Hart - 53 - Singer/guitarist with American Psyche bands Olivia Tremor Control & Circulatory System co-founder of Elephant 6

OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL ~ "A NEW DAY";


OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL ~ "BLACK FOLIAGE";


OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL ~ "JUMPING FENCES";


Shifty Shellshock - 49 - Singer with 2000's American band Crazy Town ("Butterfly", "Starry Eyed Surprise")

CRAZY TOWN ~ "BUTTERFLY";


CRAZY TOWN ~ "DARKSIDE";


Bob Bryar - 44 - Drummer with American Pop Punk & Emo band My Chemical Romance

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE ~ "WELCOME TO THE BLACK PARADE";


MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE ~ "HELANA";


Ruth McArdle - Singer with Belgian 1990's Dance band Lords of Acid

LORDS OF ACID ~ "CRABLOUSE";


Achim Szepansk - 67 - German musician with 1980's & 90's Electronic Industrial Drone bands P.D and P16D4 and founder of record labels Millie Plateaux and Force Inc

P16D4 ~ "ACRID ADLED AZUR";


Danielle Moore - 52 - Singer with 1990's Techno band English Crazy P

CRAZY P ~ "LADY T";


CRAZY P ~ "ERUPTION";


Tore Ylvisaker - 54 - Keyboardist with Norwegian Techno band Ulver

ULVER ~ "GHOST ENTRY";


ULVER ~ "A FEARFUL SYMMETRY";


Paul Spencer - 53 - English Techno DJ & musician (Dario G)

DARIO G ~ "FEELS LIKE HEAVEN";


Talos - 37 - Irish electronic musician

TALOS ~ "SOLARR";


Dean Roberts - 49 - New Zealand guitarist and electro-acoustic musician and composer with electronic group, Thela and the Black Moths, later solo and with Thurston Moore and Eugene Chadbourne

THE BLACK MOTHS ~ "THE FAKE & DETATCHED";


Sunday, 19 May 2024

More 50's & 60's Rockers


Duane Eddy - 86 - American 1950's & 60's Rock guitarist ("Rebel Rouser", "Peter Gunn")

DUANE EDDY ~ "REBEL ROUSER";


DUANE EDDY ~ "BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG";


DUANE EDDY & THE ART OF NOISE ~ "PETER GUNN THEME";


Chan Romero ~ 82 ~ American 1950's Rockabilly singer "Hippy Hippy Shake"

CHAN ROMERO ~ "HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE";


Bill Beach - 92 - American Rockabbilly singer

BILL BEACH ~ "PEG PANTS";


Maurice Williams - 86 - 1950's & 60's Doo Wop singer with the Zodiacs ("Stay") and Gladiolas ("Little Darlin")

MAURICE WILLIAMS & THE GLADIOLAS ~ "LITTLE DARLIN";


MAURICE WILLIAMS & THE ZODIACS ~ "STAY";


Jerry Fuller - 85 - American singer/songwriter from the 50's & 60's solo and with the Champs, later songwriter w/Ricky Nelson and Gary Puckett, producer w/the Knickerbockers, Mark Lindsey, Peanut Conspiracy

JERRY FULLER ~ "I GET CARRIED AWAY";


Myron Lee - 83 - 1950's American Rock & Roll singer

MYRON LEE & THE CADDIES ~ "HOMOCIDE";


Thurman Valentine - 91 - Chicago 1960's R&B singer

T VALENTINE ~ "TEENAGE HOP";


Vic Flick - 87 - UK Guitarist w/John Berry, Responsible for the riff in the "James Bond Theme". He also played with THe Walker Bros, Bee Gees, Nancy Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, Dusty Springfield, Cliff Richard, Tom Jones, Petula Clarke, BJ Thomas, Sandie Shaw, Cilla Black, Bert Bacherach, Paul McCartney, The Beatles & Herman's Hermits

JOHN BERRY ORCH ~ "THE JAMES BOND THEME";


THE WALKER BROS ~ "THE SUN AIN'T GONNA SHINE ANY MORE";


DUSTY SPRINGFIELD ~ "I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU";


Charles Blackwell ~ 80 - British pianist & arranger w/Joe Meek, John Leyton ("Johnny Remember Me"), Tom Jones ("What's New Pussycat"), Englebert Humperdink, Jett Harris, Jess Conrad, Francoise Hardy, Karl Denver

TOM JONES ~ "WHAT'S NEW PUSSYCAT";


JOHN LEYTON ~ "JOHNNY REMEMBER ME";


Pete Willsher - 80's - 1960s UK guitarist with Houston Wells & the Marksmen and Joe Meek's stable

HOUSTON WELLS & THE MARKSMEN ~ "NORTH WIND";


Dickie Rock - 88 - Singer with 1960's Irish band the Miami Showband ("Come Back to Stay")

THE MIAMI SHOWBAND ~ "ROCK & ROLL MUSIC";


Shel Talmy - 87 - UK 1960's record producer w/the Who, the Creation, Kinks, Easybeats, Chad & Jeremy, Nashvlle Teens, Manfred Mann, Small Faces, The Damned, Fuzztones, the Blues Project, Pentacle, Amen Corner, David Bowie, Lee Hazelwood, Roy Harper, Ralph McTell, Houston Wells, Esther Phillpis, Nicky Hopkins, Bert Jansch

THE WHO ~ "MY GENERATION";


THE KINKS ~ "YOU REALLY GOT ME":


THE CREATION ~ "FRIDAY ON MY MIND";


THE EASYBEATS ~ "FRIDAY ON MY MIND";


MANNFRED MANN ~ "HAHA SAID THE CLOWN";


John Mayall - 90 - British 1960's singer with the Bluesbreakers ("I'm Your Witch Doctor")

JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS ~


JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS ~ "THEY CALL IT STORMY MONDAY";


JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS ~ "STEPPING OUT";


JOHN MAYALL & THE BLUESBREAKERS ~ "HIDEAWAY";


Zoot Money - 82 - English singer and keyboardist (The Animals, Alexis Korner, Keven Ayers, Kevin Coyne, Georgie Fame, Alin Lee, Humble Pie, Long John Baldry, Peter Green, Lonnie Donegan, Spencer Davis, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band)

ZOOT MONEY BIG ROLL BAND ~ "KLOCKS KLEEKS";


Colin Peterson - 81 - Drummer with the Bee Gees in the 1960's

THE BEE GEES ~ "TO LOVE SOMEBODY";


Randy Fuller - 80 - Bassist with 1960's American group the Bobby Fuller Four ("I Fought The Law")

THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR ~ "I FOUGHT THE LAW":


THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR ~ "LET HER DANCE" & "ANOTHER SAD & LONLEY NIGHT";


THE BOBBY FULLER FOUR ~ "SATURDAY NIGHT":


Phil Lesh ~ 84 - Bassist with the Grateful Dead

THE GRATEFUL DEAD;


THE GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "TRUCKIN";


THE GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "DARK STAR";


THE GRATEFUL DEAD ~ "A TOUCH OF GREY":


Linda LaFlamme - 85 - Singer with 1960's California Psychedelic band It's A Beautiful Day

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY ~ "WHITE BIRD";


Jerry Miller - 81 - American guitarist with 1960's bands Moby Grape, the Frantics, Rhythm Dukes and Bobby Fuller

THE FRANTICS ~ "WEREWOLF";


MOBY GRAPE ~ "OMAHA";


MOBY GRAPE ~ "IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY";


MOBY GRAPE ~ "GRANDMA";


Joe Chambers - 81 - American singer with Rock & Gospel group The Chambers Brothers ("Time Has Come Today")

THE CHAMBERS BROS ~ "UPTOWN";


THE CHAMBERS BROS ~ "TIME HAS COME TODAY";


THE CHAMBERS BROS ~ "PEOPLE GET READY";


Mike Pinder - 82 - Keyboardist with The Moody Blues ("Ride My See Saw", "Nights In White Satin". "Go Now", Tuesday Afternoon")

THE MOODY BLUES ~ "GO NOW":


THE MOODY BLUES ~ "RIDE MY SEE SAW";


THE MOODY BLUES ~ "NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN";


John Hawken - 84 - Keyboardist w/English bands The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, the Strawbs

THE NASHVILLE TEENS ~ "FIND MY WAY BACK HOME";


THE NASHVILLE TEENS ~ "WATCHA GONNA DO";


THE NASHVILLE TEENS ~ "TOBACCO ROAD";


REANAISSANCE ~ "ISLAND";


THE STRAWBS ~ "THE UNION MAN";


Chuck Woolery ` 82 - Singer with 1960's Psyche Pop band the Avant Garde and 1970's country singer, later TV gameshow host

THE AVANT GARDE ~ "NATURALLY STONED";


Steve Alaimo - 84 - American Pop singer ("Every Day I Have to Cry") and record producer, co-founder of TK Records

STEVE ALAIMO ~ "EVERY DAY I HAVE TO CRY";


Svante Elfgren - 70's - Bassist with 1960's Swedish Garage band the Shanes

THE SHANES ~ "CHRIS CRAFT MUMBER 9";


THE SHANES ~ "I DON'T WANT YOUR LOVE";


Alex Riel - 83 - Danish Rock drummer with 1960's band Savage Rose and Jazz drummer w/Bill Evans, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Donald Byrd, Don Cherry, Thad Jones, and Ben Webster

SAVAGE ROSE ~ "THE GIRL I KNEW";


Doug Ingle - 78 - Singer/keyboardist with San Diego band Iron Butterfly ("In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida")

IRON BUTTERFLY ~ "IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA";


John Barbata - 79 - American rock drummer (The Sentinals, Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, CSNY, Linda Ronstat, Ry Cooder, John Sebastien, Neil Young, Everly Bros, The Byrds)

THE TURTLES ~ "HAPPY TOGETHER";


CSNY ~ "OHIO";


JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ~ "MIRACLES";


James Darren - 88 - American 1960's Teen Idol singer and actor (Gidget, T. J. Hooker)

JAMES DARREN ~ "BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG";


JAMES DARREN ~ "GOODBYE CRUEL WORLD";


Sandy Posey - 80 - American singer ("Single Girl", “Born a Woman”, "I Take It Back")

SANDY POSEY ~ "SINGLE GIRL";


SANDY POSEY ~ "BORN A WOMAN";


Françoise Hardy - 80 - French singer-songwriter ("Tous les garçons et les filles", "All Over the World") and actress

FRANCOIS HARDY ~ "ALL OVER THE WORLD";


FRANCOIS HARDY ~ "MINI MINI MINI":


Saturday, 4 May 2024

Some Jazz Cats


Richard Maloof - 84 - American Big Band bassist w/Les Brown, Lawrence Welk

LES BROWN & HIS BAND OF RENOWN ~ "DANCE OF RENOWN";


LES BROWN & HIS BAND OF RENOWN ~ "I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING";


Bill Holman - 96 - American jazz composer and saxophonist w/Stan Kenton, Charlie Barnett, Sarah Vaughan, Shorty Rodgers, Bobby Darin, Ertha Kitt, Les Brown, Four Freshmen, Steve Lawrence, Bobby Sherman, the Turtles, The Monkees, the Wrecking Crew, the 5th Dimension, Sandpipers

CHARLIE BARNETT ~ "SKYLINER";


STAN KENTON ~ "SWING HOUSE";


STAN KENTON ~ "MALAGUNA";


Benny Golson - 95 - American Jazz sax player & composer w/Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Farmer & the Jazztet ("Killer Joe") and solo bandleader ("I Remember Clifford")

THE JAZZTET ~ "KILLER JOE";


BENNY GOLSON QUARTET - "I REMEMBER CLIFFORD";


Roy Haynes - 99 - American Jazz drummer w/Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Sarah Vaughan, Bud Powell, Stan Getz, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Quincy Jones, Paul Chambers, Charlie Watts, Lee Konitz

ROY HAYNES & STAN GETZ ~ "DRUM SOLO";


ROY HAYNES ~ "BLUE & BOOGIE";


Martial Solal - 97 - French jazz pianist & composer

MARTIAL SOLAL ~ "ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET";


Michel Hausser - 96 - French Jazz vibes player w/Stephane Grappelli, Lucky Thompson, Sarah Vaughan, Johnny Griffen and solo

MICHEL HAUSER ~ "NOW'S THE TIME";


MICHEL HAUSER ~ "THESE FOOLISH THINGS";


Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez - 78 - American Latin Jazz bongo player w/Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez, Ray Barretto, Tico All Stars, Fania All Stars

TITO PUENTE ~ "EL MAMBO DIABLO";


TITO PUENTE ~ "EL CUMBANCHERO";


Sérgio Mendes - 83 - Brazilian bossa nova pianist/arranger/bandleader ("The Look of Love", "The Fool on the Hill", "Never Gonna Let You Go")

SERGIO MENDES & BRAZIL 66 ~ "GOING OUT OF MY WAY";


SEGRIO MENDES & BRAZIL 66 ~ "MAS QUE NADA";


SEGRIO MENDES & DUSTY SPRINGFIELD & WES MONGOMERY ~ "THE LOOK OF LOVE";


SERGIO MENDES & BRAZIL 66 ~ "WICHITA LINEMAN";


Quincy Jones - 91 - Jazz & R&B producer, arranger, composer, bandleader, pianist & trumpet player w/Micheal Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Lesley Gore, Brook Benton, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, Gigi Gryce, Clifford Brown, Art Farmer, Thad Jones, Jo Jones, Toots Thielmans, Isley Bros, Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderly, Herb alpert, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Big Maybelle, Bros Johnson, Ray Brown, Betty Carter, Diane Caroll, Ray Charles, Billy Eckstine, Rev James Cleveland, Art Farmer, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, James Ingram, Donny Hathaway, Milt Jackson, Gene Krupa, Anita O'Day, Roy Eldridge, Peggy Lee, Billy Preston, Sonny Stitt, Chaka Kahn, Clark Terry, Patti Austin Amy Winehouse, Barry White, Babyface, The Winnans, USA For Africa

QUINCY JONES ~ "SOUL BOSSA NOVA";


fRANK SINATRA & QUNCY JONES ~ "MACK THE KNIFE";


Lou Donaldson - 98 - American Jazz saxophonist w/Thelonius Monk, Milt Jackson, Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Gene Ammons, Junior Mance, Lonnie Smith

LOU DONALDSON ~ "BLUES WALK";


LOU DONALDSON & LONNIE SMITH ~ "WHISKEY DRINKING WOMAN";


Jewel Brown - 86 - American Jazz & Blues singer

JEWEL BROWN & LOUIS ARMSTRONG ~ "LOVER COME BACK TO ME" & "CAN'T HELP LOVIN THAT MAN OF MINE";


JEWEL BROWN & LOUIS ARMSTRONG ~ "I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO";


JEWEL BROWN & LOUIS ARMSTRONG ~ "JERRY";


Patty Waters - 78 - American Free Jazz singer

PATTY WATERS ~ "MOON DON'T COME UP TONIGHT";


Judi Pulver - 77 - Anglo-American 1970's Jazz Pop singer/pianist

JUDI PULVER ~ "DANCING ON THE MOON":


Albert Heath - 88 - Drummer with American Jazz group the Heath Brothers as well as John Coltrane, Anthony Braxton, Art Farmer, Kenny Clark, Herbie Hancock, Johnn Griffin, Wes Montgomery, Nina Simone

THE HEATH BROS ~ "BROTHERLY JAZZ";


John "Papa" DeFrancesco - 83 - American jazz organist, bandleader and singer, father of Jazz musicians Joey & John DeFrancesco

PAPA JOHN DEFRANCESCO ~ "COMING HOME";


PAPA JOHN DEFRANCESCO;


David Sanborn ~ 78 ~ American sax player. Best known as a Smooth Jazz guy and Letterman's band but he also played with Bowie, Springsteen, Butterfield, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Ferry, James Brown, James Taylor, Jeff Beck, Todd Rundgren, Paul Simon, Rolling Stones, Jaco Pastorious, Screaming Jay Hawkins, Dr John, Gil Evans, the Eagles, Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, George Benson, Roger Waters, Nena, Patti Smyth. Also TV host in the 90's, mutiple Grammy winner.

DAVID SANBORN ~ "STRAIGHT TO THE HEART";


DAVID BOWIE ~ "YOUNG AMERICANS";


BRYAN FERRY ~ "DON'T STOP THE DANCE";


Bob Bertles - 85 - Australian Jazz sax player

BOB BERTLES;


Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal - 91 - Cuban Latin Jazz trumpeter w/the Buena Vista Social Club

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB ~ "CHAN CHAN";


Osmar Milito - 83 - Brazilian Jazz & Bossa Nova pianist and composer

OSMAR MILITO QUARTET ~ "AMERICA LATINA":


Dean Brown - 68 - American Jazz Fusion guitarist w/Bill Evans, David Sanborn, Al Jarreau, Roberta Flack,

DEAN BROWN & THE BRECKER BROS;


DEAN BROWN ~ "TEEN TOWN";


Sylvain Luc - 58 - French Jazz guitarist

SYLVAIN LUC ~ "ALL OF ME";


SYLVAIN LUC ~ "ISN'T SHE LOVELY";


Christian Escoudé - 76 - French Gypsy Jazz guitarist

CHRISTIAN ESCOUDE & BIRELI LAGRENE;


John Pisano - 93 - American Jazz guitarist

JOHN PISANO ~ "OLEO";


Irène Schweizer - 83 - Swiss jazz and free improvising pianist

IRENE SCHWEITZER TRIO;


Casey Benjamin - 45 - American sax and keyboard player w/the Robert Glasper Experiment and with Roy Hargrove, Betty Carter, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Q-Tip, Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Heavy D, DJ Logic, Wyclef Jean, Mary J. Blige, John Legend, and Beyonce, Vernon Reid and Melvin Gibbs

THE ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT ~ "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT";