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 Jazz & Blues Guys

Charles Bradley ~ 68 ~ American R&B singer from the 1970's on, best known for his comeback cover versions of Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold' and Black Sabbath's "Changes"
CHARLES BRADLEY ~ "CHANGES";


Bill Dowdy ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer (The Three Sounds) and w/Lester Young, Stanley Turrentine, Sonny Stitt, Nat Adderley, Anita O'Day, Bucky Pizzarelli

THE THREE SOUNDS ~ "NOW'S THE TIME";


Tom McClung ~ 60 ~ American jazz pianist and composer w/Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, and Marion Brown

ARCHIE SHEPP ~ "CRY ME A RIVER";


Casey Jones ~ 77 ~ American blues drummer w/ Earl Hooker, Muddy Waters. Lou Rawls, Otis Rush and Johnny Winter

MUDDY WATERS ~ "LONG DISTANCE PHONECALL";


Melvin "Deacon" Jones ~ 73 ~ Chicago based blues and R&B keyboard player from the 1960's onward w/Baby Huey & Babysitters (w/Johnny Ross & Jimmy Ramey) and Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King, John Lee Hooker, Gregg Allman, Elvin Bishop, Lester Chambers, Albert Collins, Pappo, and Buddy Miles

BABY HUEY & THE BABYSITTERS ~ "HARD TIMES";


Dave Pell ~ 92 ~ American Big Band Jazz saxophonist w/Bob Crosby, Tony Pastor, Pepper Adams, Benny Carter, Mel Lewis, Red Mitchell, Art Pepper, John Williams, Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Benny Goodman, and Gene Krupa. Also producer w/ Gerry Lewis & The Playboys

BOB CROSBY;



TONY PASTOR ~ "MARGIE";


Mickey Roker ~ 84 ~ American jazz drummer w/Modern Jazz Quartet, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, Duke Pearson, Tommy Flanagan, Ella Fitzgerald, Zoot Sims, Horace Silver, Junior Mance, Sarah Vaughan, Milt Jackson, Herbie Hancock, Phil Woods, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Bucky Pizzarelli, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Jones

MODERN JAZZ QUARTET;


Phil Cohran ~ 90 ~ American jazz trumpeter w/Sun Ra, Jay McShann, Earth, Wind & Fire

SUN RA ARKESTRA ~ "SHADOW WORLD";


Sunny Murray ~ 81 ~ American jazz drummer w/Cecil Taylor, Albert Ayler

ALBERT AYLER ~ "GHOSTS";


Geri Allen ~ 60 ~ American Jazz pianist and composer w/Ornette Coleman, Charley Haden, Paul Motian
GERI ALLEN ~ "LUSH LIFE";


Larry Elgart ~ 95 ~ American Big Band sax player and band leader from the 1950's & 60's, brother of bandleader Les Elgart. Played with Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman and Red Novaro, hits with "Bandstand Swing" (also the theme for "American Bandstand", had a comeback hit in 1982 with "Hooked On Swing"

LES & LARRY ELGART ~ "BLUES IN THE NIGHT";


Bea Wain ~ 100 ~ American Big Band singer from the 1940's & 50's w/Artie Shaw, Larry Clinton & Fred Waring


John Abercrombie ~ 72 ~ American jazz guitarist w/Ralph Towner, Jack DeJohnette, Charles Lloyd, Michael Brecker and Randy Brecker

ABERCROMBIE, DEJOHNETTE & HOLLAND ~ "HOMECOMING";


CeDell Davis ~ 90 ~ American blues guitarist

CEDELL DAVIS ~ "BIG BOSS MAN";


CEDELL DAVIS ~ "DUST MY BROOM";


Muhal Richard Abrams ~ 87 ~ American jazz pianist w/Dexter Gordon, Max Roach, Ruth Brown, Woody Shaw, Henry Threadgrill, George Lewis.

MUHAL RICHARD ABRAMS BAND:

Some more early Rock and Roll figures pass on

Some Rockers;

Sean Bonniwell ~ Singer/keyboards w/1960's garage punk group The Music Machine. Did the classic "Talk Talk" ~ 71

The Music Machine ~ "Talk talk";



Gene Kurtz ~ 1960's Bassist/songwriter with Roy Head on "Treat her right" ~ 69

Roy Head & The Traits ~ "Treat her right";



Kim Brown ~ Singer/guitarist for 1960's English/Finnish garage bands The Renegades and The Cadillacs ~ 61

The Renegades ~ "Brand new Cadillac";



Lee Pockriss ~ Songwriter from the 1950's to the 1970's. With Paul Vance he co-wrote Perry Como's "Catch a Falling Star", Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini", The Cuff Links' "Tracy" and Shelley Fabares' "Johnny Angel". Later wrote for movies and Sesame Street

Shelley Fabares ~ "Johnny Angel";






Bob Brunning ~ English Rock and Blues bassist w/ John Mayall, Fleetwood Mac, Savoy Brown ~ 68

Keef Hartley ~ British drummer for The Keef Hartley band who played Woodstock, also played in The Artwoods and Rory Storm & The Hurricanes ~ 67

Some early R&B figures;

Hubert Sumlin ~ blues Guitarist on many of Howlin Wolf's 1950's hits on Chess Records ~ 80

Howlin Wolf w/Hubert Sumlin & Willie Dixon~ "Smokestack Lightning";



Jimmy Norman ~ American R&B singer/songwriter/producer. Worked with Irma Thomas, Jimi Hendrix, The Coasters, Bob Marley. Co-wrote "Time is on my side" ~ 74

Jimmy Norman ~ "Here comes the night";



Freddie Ferrara ~ 1950's Doo Wop singer w/The Del-Satins, The Brooklyn Bridge

The Del Satins ~ "Remember";



Marv Tarplin ~ American guitarist and songwriter with Motown R&B group The Miracles. Although Tarplin stayed in the background, Robinson referred to him as his "secret weapon". He also worked on Smokey Robinson's solo records as well as Marvin Gaye and the Supremes ~ 70

The Miracles ~ "The tracks of my tears";



J. Blackfoot ~ Souls singer from late 1960's to 1980's w/The Bar Kays, The Soul Children and solo ~ 65

Wardell Quezergue ~ New Orleans 1950's & 60's R&B songwriter/producer w/ hits with Professor Longhair, “Iko Iko” by the Dixie Cups, “Barefootin’ ” by Robert Parker, “Groove Me” by King Floyd, “Mr. Big Stuff” by Jean Knight. ~ 81

Dixie Cups ~ "Iko Iko";



Sylvia Robinson ~ American 1950's R&B singer with Mikey Baker in Mickey & Sylvia. Later a record producer and record company co-founder of Sugar Hill Records ~ 75

Mickey and Sylvia ~ "No good lover";



George "Mojo" Buford ~ Blues harmonica player with Muddy Waters ~ 81

Muddy Waters & Mojo Buford ~ "Got my Mojo workin";



Jessy Dixon ~ American gospel singer ~ 73

Leonard Dillon ~ Singer with 1960's and 70's Jamaican ska and rocksteady group The Ethiopians ~ 68

The Ethiopians ~ "Train to Skaville";



Barry Llewellyn ~ Jamaican musician, founding member of The Heptones ~ 63

Some folk and country figures;

Country Johnny Mathis ~ Not be confused with the pop singer, this Mathis was a country singer songwriter from the early 1950's to the 1960's recording for a number of labels as well as writing hit songs for Johnny Paycheck, Web Pierce and George Jones. ~ 77

Liz Anderson ~ 1950's Country singer and mother of singer Lynn Anderson ~ 81

Johnnie Wright ~ Country singer from the 1950's and 60's as part of Johnny And Jack with Jack Anglin until Anglin's death in a car accident in 1963. It was a benefit for Anglin's widow that Patsy Cline was returning from when her plane crashed killing her as well as Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins. Wright married Kitty Wells and was a songwriter with hits into the 1970's including "Seasons in the sun. ~ 97

Johnny & Jack ~ "I get so lonely" (w/ Ray Price and an intro by Roy Acuff);



Paul Yandell ~ Country guitarist with Chet Atkins, played w/Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Dolly Parton, Steve Wariner, Hank Thompson, Perry Como, Roger Whitaker, Kitty Wells, The Louvin Bros, Les Paul, Woody Herman, The Everly Bros. and Mary Chapin Carpenter ~ 76

Bob Burnett ~ American musician with 1960's folk group The Highwaymen ~ 71

Herbert "Bert" Jansch ~ Scottish folk rock guitarist both solo and with UK group Pentangle from 1968 to 1972 and then continuing on as a solo artist. He also played Banjo, Dulcimer, Concertina and Recorder. His guitar work is highly influential on British guitarists from Jimmy Page to Niel Young, Donovan, Nick Drake and later Johnny Marr. ~ 67

Pentangle ~ "Traveling song" & "Let no man steal your thyme";



Some jazzbos;

Sam Rivers ~ Bebop and Free Jazz sax, clarinet and flute player solo and w/Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, Anthony Braxton ~ 86

Al Vega ~ Boston based Jazz pianist w/Dizzy Gillespie, Betty Carter, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Billy Holiday ~ 90

Billy Bang ~ Violinist with Sun Ra 63

Sun Ra Arkrestra in Egypt;



Paul Motian ~ Jazz drummer w/Bill Evans, also played with Paul Bley, Keith Jarrett, Lennie Tristano, Warne Marsh, Joe Castro, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Lee Konitz and even Arlo Guthrie (Motian performed briefly with Guthrie in 1968-69, and performed with the singer at Woodstock) ~ 80

Bob Brookmeyer ~ American jazz valve trombonist w/Gerry Mulligan ~ 81

Dan Terry ~ American Big Band trumpet player, w/Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan & Yma Sumac. Also played on soundtracks for "The Hustler" and "The Manchurian Candidate" ~ 87