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";

Some Jazz Figures

Viola Smith ~ 107 ~ Big Band drummer in all-girl band Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes and Ada Leonard & Her All-Girl Band from the 1940's onward, known as the "Female Gene Krupa", also played with Chic Webb & Ella Fitzgerald

FRANCES CARROLL & HER COQUETTES;


ADA LEONARD & HER ALL-GIRL BAND:


McCoy Tyner ~ 81 ~ Jazz pianist w/John Coltrane, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Art Blakey, George Benson, Donald Byrd, Art Farmer, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turentine and solo

JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET ~ "MY FAVORITE THINGS";


JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET ~ "IMPRESSIONS";


MCCOY TYNER QUINTET ~ "ATLANTIS";


Cleveland Eaton ~ 80 ~ American jazz bassist w/Ramsey Lewis & Count Basie

RAMSEY LEWIS TRIO ~ "THE IN CROWD";


Eugene Wright ~ 97 ~ Bassist with the Dave Brubeck Quartet

DAVE BRUBECK ~ "BLUE RONDO A'LA TURK";


DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET ~ "TAKE FIVE";


Jimmy Cobb ~ 91 ~ American jazz drummer w/Miles Davis Quintet, John Coletrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington

MILES DAVIS ~ "SO WHAT";


JOHN COLETRANE ~ "STARDUST";


Jymie Merritt ~ 93 ~ American jazz bassist w/Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Chet Baker, Sonny Clark, Lee Morgan, Max Roach, Jimmy Witherspoon, Wayne Shorter, The Forerunners

ART BLAKEY & JAZZ MESSENGERS ~ "MOANIN";


Harry Grimes ~ 87 ~ American Free Jazz bassist w/Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Mose Allison, Lee Konitz, Roy Haynes, Shafi Hadi, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, Pharaoh Sanders, Archie Shepp, Shirley Scott, Cecil Taylor, Lennie Tristano, McCoy Tyner and bandleader on ESP Records

SONNY ROLLINS ~ "LOVE LETTERS";


SONNY ROLLINS, DON CHERRY, HARRY GRIMES & BILLY HIGGINS;


Gary Peacock ~ 85 ~ American Jazz bassist w/Albert Ayler, Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, Ralph Towner, Shorty Rogers, Ravi Shankar

GARY PEACOCK w/ SHORTY ROGERS;


Herman Green ~ 90 ~ Memphis jazz and blues saxophonist w/BB King & John Coletrane

HERMAN GREEN;


Hal Cornbread Singer ~ 100 ~ American R&B and Jazz saxophonist & band leader from the 1940's onward w/Duke Ellington, Jay McShann, Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Milt Buckner, Earl Fatha Hines, Roy Eldrich, Hot Lips Page and solo

HAL SINGER & RED ALLEN ~ "HAL SINGER'S BOOGIE";


HAL SINGER ~ "AUTUMN LEAVES";


Claude Bolling - 90 - French jazz pianist, band leader and composer (Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio)

CLAUDE BOLLING ~ "RAG TIME";


Harold Betters - 92 - American jazz trombonist and band leader from the 1950's solo and with Ray Charles, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine, Roy Eldridge, and Sonny Rollins

HAROLD BETTERS ~ "RAM-BUNK-SHUSH";


HAROLD BETTERS ~ "STAND BY ME";


HAROLD BETTERS ~ "TALL GIRL";


Stanley Cowell - 79 - American jazz pianist, from the 1960's onward w/Rasaan Roland Kirk, Marion Brown, Max Roach, Bobby Hutcherson, Clifford Jordan, Heath Bros, Sonny Rollins and Stan Getz played with trumpeter Charles Moore and others in the Detroit Artist's Workshop Jazz Ensemble and trumpeter Charles Tolliver & Music Inc, also co-founder of Strata-East Records

CHARLES TOLLIVER & MUSIC INC ~ "PRAYER FOR PEACE";


Giuseppi Logan ~ 84 ~ American Free Jazz saxplayer on ESP Records

GIUSEPPI LOGAN ~ "DANCE OF SATAN";


Danny Ray Thompson ~ 72 ~ American Jazz sax player with Sun Ra

SUN RA ~ "RETROSPECTIVE" & "FACE THE MUSIC";


SUN RA ~ "TAKE THE A TRAIN";


Overton Berry ~ 84 ~ Seattle based Soul Jazz pianist from the sixties onward

OVERTON BERRY ~ "HEY JUDE";


Cándido Camero ~ 99 ~ Cuban Jazz and Disco conga player and percussionist with Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Kenton and solo band leader

CANDIDO CAMERO ~ "MANTECA";


Jimmy Heath ~ 93 ~ American saxophonist with Jazz Fusion group the Heath Bros from the 1970's onward

THE HEATH BROS ~ "THERE'S A TIME & PLACE";


Othella Dallas ~ 95 ~ American Jazz singer & dancer

OTHELLA DALLAS;


Frank Kimbrough ~ 64 ~ American Post Bop Jazz pianist from the 1970's onward

FRANK KIMBROUGH ~ "ALABAMA SONG";


Wolfgang Dauner ~ 84 ~ German Jazz fusion pianist w/the Joki Freund Sextet in the 1960's and the United Jazz & Rock ensemble from the 1970's onward

JOKI FREUND SEXTET ~ "CARAVAN";


Richard Teitelbaum ~ 80 ~ American Avant Garde and Jazz Electronic player & composer w/Anthony Braxton and George Lewis

RICHARD TEITELBAUM ~ "DER GOLEM";

Some Blues & R&B Figures

Bill Withers ~ 81 ~ American 1970's R&B singer-songwriter ("Lean on Me", "Ain't No Sunshine", "Lovely Day", "Just The Two Of Us")

BILL WITHERS ~ "LEAN ON ME";


BILL WITHERS ~ "AIN'T NO SUNSHINE";


BILL WITHERS ~ "JUST THE TWO OF US";


BILL WITHERS ~ "LOVELY DAY";


Johnny Nash - 80 - American singer-songwriter ("I Can See Clearly Now")

JOHNNY NASH ~ "I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW";


Ronald Bell ~ 68 ~ American saxophonist (Kool & the Gang) and songwriter ("Ladies' Night", "Celebration")

KOOL & THE GANG ~ "CELEBRATE";


KOOL & THE GANG ~ "GET DOWN ON IT";


Betty Wright ~ 66 ~ American soul and R&B singer ("Clean Up Woman")

BETTY WRIGHT ~ "CLEAN UP WOMAN";


BETTY WRIGHT ~ "SHOORAH SHOORAH";


Pamela Hutchinson ~ 61 ~ American singer w/Gospel/Soul/Dosco group The Emotions ("The Best Of My Love");

THE EMOTIONS ~ "THE BEST OF MY LOVE";


Edna Wright ~ 76 ~ American singer with 1970's R&B group Honey Cone

THE HONEY CONE ~ "ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP NO SHOW";


Bonnie Pointer ~ 69 ~ Singer with 1970's & 80's R&B vocal group the Pointer Sisters (original line-up) and solo

THE POINTER SISTERS ~ "YES WE CAN CAN";


J. Marvin Brown ~ 66 ~ American 1970's soul singer w/The Softones

THE SOFTONES ~ :CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE";


Lucky Peterson ~ 55 ~ American Blues sing/guitarist/pianist starting as a child star in the 1970's

LUCKY PETERSON ~ "OUR FUTURE";


LUCKY PETERSON ~ "EVERY DAY I HAVE THE BLUES";


Harold Beane ~ 73 ~ American Funk & Soul guitarist (Isaac Hayes, Funkadelic)

ISSAC HAYES ~ "SHAFT";


PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION";


PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC ~ "DO THAT STUFF";


Robert Parker ~ 89 ~ American 1960's R&B singer ("Barefootin'")

ROBERT PARKER ~ "BAREFOOTIN'";


ROBERT PARKER ~ "LET'S GO BABY (WHERE THE ACTION IS)";


Willie Wright ~ 80 ~ American R&R singer

WILLIE WRIGHT ~ "AIN'T NO SUNSHINE";


Roy C Hammond ~ 81 ~ American R&B singer from the 1960's & 70's ("Shotgun Wedding","Impeach The President")

ROY C & THE HONEYDRIPPERS:

Big George Brock ~ 87 ~ Mississippi Blues singer/harmonica player, club owner and boxer from the 1950's onward w/Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Albert King, Memphis Minnie, Ike & Tina Turner

BIG GEORGE BROCK ~ "BIG BOSS MAN";


BIG GEORGE BROCK ~ "GOT MY MOJO WORKING";


Charlie Baty ~ 67 ~ Blues guitarist with Little Charlie & The Nightcats from the 1970's-2000's also with Anson Funderberg, Duke Robillard, Kid Ramos, Kim Wilson

LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "THE BOOTY SONG (I LOVE TO WATCH YOU WALK AWAY)";


LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "DUMP THAT CHUMP";


LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "I'LL TAKE YOU BACK";


LITTLE CHARLIE & THE NIGHTCATS ~ "NIGHTCAT BOOGIE";