Some Jazz Guys

Chris Barber - 90 - English jazz bandleader and trombonist ("Petite Fleur") also bandleader for his wife singer Ottilie Paterson

CHRIS BARBER & OTTILIE PATERSON "STEAMBOAT BILL";


CHRIS BARBER ORCH:


Junior Mance ~ 92 ~ American Jazz and R&B pianist w/Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Witherspoon & solo

JUNIOR MANCE & DIZZY GILLESPIE ~ "WILLOW WEEP FOR ME";


DEXTER GORDON & JUNIOR MANCE TRIO ~ "BLUE MONK";


Milford Graves ~ 79 ~ American jazz drummer (New York Art Quartet, Milton Graves Quartet, Amri Baraka, John Zorn) from the 60's onward

MILTON GRAVES QUARTET;


Chick Corea ~ 79 ~ Grammy winning American Jazz painist with Miles Davis, Kieth Jarrett, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheney, Jack DeJohnette, Lionel Hampton, Bela Fleck, Gary Burton, Stanley Clark, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, Herbie Mann, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt, Elvin Jones and his own groups Circle & Return To Forever

MILES DAVIS, CHICK COREA, WAYNE SHORTER LIVE IN ROME 1969;


MILES DAVIS, CHICK COREA, WAYNE SHORTER LIVE IN FRANCE 1969;


MILES DAVIS, CHICK COREA, JACK DEJOHNETTE, KEITH JARRETT LIVE IN 1971;


Howard Johnson ~ 79 ~ American Jazz sax & tuba player w/Pharoah Sanders, Gil Evans, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Charlie Haden, Leon Thomas, Taj Mahal, Carla Bley, John Lennon, The Band, Levon Helm, Muddy Waters, Jaco Pastorious, James Taylor, Miles Davis, Saturday Night Live Band

TAJ MAHAL ~ "CAKE WALK IN TOWN";


THE GIL EVANS ORCHESTRA;


Paul Jackson - 73 - American Latin Jazz/Rock bassist w/The Headhunters, Azteca, Santana

THE HEADHUNTERS ~ "GOD MADE ME FUNKY";


AZTECA ~ "AH AH";


Mark Whitecage ~ 83 - American Jazz sax player with the Liquid Time & the Glass House Ensemble as well as Anthnoy Braxton

LIQUID TIME;


Barry Harris - 91 - American Jazz pianist, composer, arranger & bandleader w/Cannonball Adderley, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet, Yusef Lateef, Hank Mobley, Coleman Hawkins, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Thad Jones, Gene Ammons, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Johnny Griffin, Red Rodney

BARRY HARRIS ~ "A TIME FOR LOVE";


Freddie Redd - 92 - American pianist and composer w/Charles Mingus, Tiny Grimes, Cootie Williams, Oscar Pettiford & Jive Bombers, Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Paul Chambers, Howard McGhee, Milt Hinton and Joe Chambers

FREDDIE REDD ~ "BRAZILIANA";


Amedeo Tommasi ~ 85 ~ Italian Jazz pianist w/Chet Baker and film score composer

AMEDEO TOMMASI w/CHET BAKER


FREDDIE REDD "FAT CAT";

Ralph Peterson Jr - 58 - American jazz drummer (The Jazz Messengers, Out of the Blue)

RALPH PETERSON & ART FARMER - "TRADING FOURS";
RALPH PETERSON QUINTET ~ "BE-BOP SKERONY";


Jonas Gwangwa ~ 83 ~ South African jazz trombonist in the 1960's with South Africa's first important band The Jazz Epsitles (with Hugh Masakela) and film composer "Cry Freedom"

THE JAZZ EPISTLES ~ "LOVER COME BACK TO ME";


THE JAZZ EPISTLES ~ "YARDBIRD SWEET";


Janos Gonda ~ 89 ~ Hungarian Jazz pianist & band leader from the 1960's onward

JANOS GONDA ~ "BLUES INVENCIO";


Len Skeat - 84 - English jazz double-bassist w/Mel Tormé, Ted Heath, Ben Webster, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton, Lou Rawls, Harry Sweets Edison, Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Stéphane Grappelli

Bud Freeman & Len Skeat ~ "DON'T BLAME ME";


Lawrence Ferlinghetti ~ San Francisco Beat scene poet, painter, publisher for Jack Kerouac & bookstore owner

LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI;

Some Punk & New Wave Figures

Sylvain Sylvain ~ 69 ~ Singer/guitarist with Proto-Punks The New York Dolls

THE NEW YOUR DOLLS ~ "LOOKING FOR A KISS";


THE NEW YORK DOLLS ~ "JET BOY";


THE NEW YORK DOLLS ~ "TRASH";


Ian North ~ Singer/guitarist/bassist with 1980's American New Wave bands Milk & Cookies, The Fast, NEO and solo

NEO ~ "TRANSISTER";


THE FAST ~ "LOVE ME LIKE A LOCOMOTIVE";


IAN NORTH ~ "WE'RE NOT LONELY";


Steve Brown ~ 62 ~ British music producer The Cult, The Alarm, Manic Street Preachers, Wham!)

THE CULT ~ "SHE SELLS SANCTUARY";


THE CULT ~ "RAIN";


Mark Keds ~ 50 ~ Singer guitarist with 1980's & 90's British Pop Punk band Senseless Things

SENESLESS THINGS ~ "TOO MUCH KISSING";


SENSELESS THINGS ~ "EASY TO SMILE";


SENESLESS THINGS ~ "THE WORD";


Warren McLean ~ Australian rock drummer (Divinyls, Machinations, I'm Talking)

THE DIVINYLS ~ "I TOUCH MYSELF";


THE DIVINYLS ~ "THE GOOD DIE YOUNG";


THE DIVINYLS ~ "I AIN'T GONNA EAT OUT MY HEART ANYMORE";


MATT HARRIS ~ Bassist with 1990's US Indie Rock band The Posies

THE POSIES ~ "SOLAR SISTER";


THE POSIES ~ "DREAM ALL DAY";


Bryan St. Pere - 52 - Drummer w/American 90's Grunge band HUM ("Stars")

HUM ~ "STARS";


Steve Robinson - 57 - Drummer with 80's UK Hardcore band Disorder

DISORDER ~ "LIFE";


DISORDER ~ "COMPLETE DISORDER";


David Edwards ~ 59 ~ Singer with Welsh Post Punk band Datblygu

DATBLYGU ~ "CASSEROLE EFEILLIAID";


DATBLYGU ~ "BLONEG MEDDYLIAU";


Alexander Lipnitsky - 66 - Musician with 1980's & 90's Russian Indie band Zvuki Mu

Pyotr Mamonov ~ 70 ~ Guitarist with Russian Post Punk band Zvuki Mu

ZVUKI MU;


ZVUKI MU;


ZVUKI MU ~ "GREY PIGEON";


Pil Trafa - 62 - Singer and composer w/Argentine 1980's New Wave band Los Violadores

LOS VIOLADORES ~ "SENTIMENTAL FATALE";


LOS VIOLADORES ~ "UNO DOS ULTRAVIOLENTO";


Paul Couter - 72 - Guitarist with 1980's Belgian band TC Matic

TC MATIC ~ "LE JAVA";


TC MATIC ~ "MIDDLE CLASS & BLUE";


Aaron Wegelin - Drummer with Athens, Georgia Indie Pop band Elf Power & Vic Chesnut

ELF POWER ~ "ALL THE WORLD IS WAITING";


ELF POWER ~ "DARKEST VIRGINIA";


Francoise Cactus ~ Drummer & singer with German Art Punk bands Stereo Total & Les Lolitas

STEREO TOTAL ~ "CINEMASCOPE";


STEREO TOTAL ~ "EINE MUSIK";


Matt Miller - 34 - Keyboardist with American indie band Titus Andronicus

TITUS ANDRONICUS ~ "A MORE PERFECT UNION";


Steve Gerdes ~ 60's ~ Bass/Guitar/Keys with Los Angeles Post-Punk band Fourwaycross

FOURWAYCROSS ~ "ANGEL'S LULLABYE";


Chris Hutka - American electro punk rock vocalist w/Buffalo band The Bunny the Bear

THE BUNNY THE BEAR ~ "AISLE";


THE BUNNY THE BEAR ~ "IN LIKE FLYNN";

Some 1950's & 60's Figures

Phil Spector ~ 81 ~ American producer/arranger & composer (Righteous Bros, Tina Turner, Ronnettes, Crystals, Teddy Bears, Ramones, John Lennon)

THE CRYSTALS ~ "AND THEN HE KISSED ME";


THE RONETTES ~ "BE MY BABY";


THE RONETTES ~ "SHOUT";


TINA TURNER ~ "RIVER DEEP MOUNTAIN HIGH";


THE RIGHTEOUS BROS ~ "YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVING FEELING";


THE RAMONES ~ "BABY I LOVE YOU";


Hilton Valentine ~ 77 ~ Guiatrist with The Animals ("House Of The Rising Sun", "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", "It's My Life"

THE ANIMALS ~ "IT'S MY LIFE";


THE ANIMALS ~ "I'M CRYING";


THE ANIMALS ~ "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN";


THE ANIMALS ~ "WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE";


Alan Cartwright - 75 - Bassist with 1960's English band Procol Harum ("Whiter Shade Of Pale")

PROCUL HARUM ~ "WHITER SHADE OF PALE" & "KALEIDESCOPE";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "SALTY DOG";


PROCUL HARUM ~ "SHINE ON";


Gerry Marsden ~ 78 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1960's English Merseybeat bands Gerry and the Pacemakers ("Ferry Cross The Mersey", "You'll Never Walk Alone", "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying", "I Like It") and The Crowd

GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "FERRY CROSS THE MERSEY";


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "I'M THE ONE";


GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS ~ "DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING";


Tim Bogert - 76 - American rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Cactus),

VANILLA FUDGE ~ "SOME VELVET MORNING";


VANILLA FUDGE ~ "SHOT GUN";


VANILLA FUDGE ~ "BANG BANG";


VANILLA FUDGE ~ "YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON"


Malcolm Cecil ~ 84 ~ British synth pioneer musician w/Tonto's Expanding Head Band & bassist w/the Jazz Couriers, Dick Morrissey, Tony Crombie and Ronnie Scott, later Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner in the original line-up of Blues Incorporated and record producer with Stevie Wonder

Krzysztof Krawczyk ~ 74 ~ Singer/guitarist with 1960's Polish band Trubadurzy (AKA"the Troubadours") & later solo

TRUBADURZY ~ "ZNAMY SIE TYLKO Z WIDZENIA/USMIECHAJCIE SIE DZIEWZETA";


TRUBADURZY ~ "PO CO JA ZA TOBA BIEGAM";


TRUBADURZKY ~ "LUBA LUBACZKA";


Leonid Bortkevich ~ 71 ~ Singer with 1960's & 70's Belarusian band Pesniary

PESNIARY;


MALCOLM CECIL;

Eddie Van Halen & Some Other California Hard Rockers

Eddie Van Halen ~ 65 ~ Hugely influencial guitarist with iconic California Metal band Van Halen, ("You Really Got Me", "Dance The Night Away", "Jump", "Panama"), also played on Micheal Jackson's "Beat It".

VAN HALEN ~ "YOU REALLY GOT ME";


VAN HALEN ~ "DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY";


VAN HALEN ~ "AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK"


VAN HALEN ~ "UNCHAINED";


VAN HALEN ~ "JUMP";


Mark Stone ~ Original bassist with Van Halen until 1974, played on early demos. Died ten days before Eddie

VAN HALEN ~ "1974 Demos" (includes a version of "Kicks");


Clay Anthony ~ 60 ~ Bassist with late 80's Los Angeles hard rock band Junkhouse

JUNKYARD ~ "HOLLYWOOD";


JUNKYARD ~ "SIMPLE MAN";


Eric Pacheco - 53 - Bassist with San Fransico Hair Metal band Babylon A.D. ("The Kid Goes Wild")

BABYLON A.D ~ "THE KID GOES WILD";


Jason Slater ~ 48 ~ Bassist with 1990's bands Third Eye Blind, Snake River Conspiracy

THIRD EYE BLIND ~ "Semi Charmed Life";


THIRD EYE BLIND ~ "AIN'T TALKING BOUT LOVE";

Some Ska Punks

Alec Baillie ~ Bassit with New York Ska Punk bands Agent 99, Choking Victim and Leftover Crack

LEFTOVER CRACK ~ "ROCK THE 40oz";


LEFTOVER CRACK ~ "SYSTEM FUCKED";


AGENT 99;


Dan Morrison ~ Drummer w/Australian Sk Punk band Area 7

AREA & ~ "START MAKING SENSE";


AREA 7 ~ "SECOND CLASS CITIZEN";


Luis Cesar Aguirre ~ Guitar & keyboard player with Mexican Ska band El Estramboticos

LOS ESTRAMBOTICOS ~ "TAMAGOCHI";


LOS ESTRAMBOTICOS ~ "LA CERVEZA Y EL DOLOR";

Some More Country Singers

Margie Bowes ~ 79 ~ American country music singer from the 1950's onward

MARGIE BOWES & THE WILBURN BROS ~ "SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM UPON";


MARGIE BOWES ~ "FOOL NUMBER ONE";


MARGIE BOWES ~ "PART TIME BABY";


Charley Pride ~ 86 ~ Country singer ("Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'", "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone", "Help Me Make It Through The Night") from the 1960's onward

CHARLIE PRIDE ~ "ALL I HAVE TO OFFER YOU IS ME";


CHARLIE PRIDE ~ "DOES MY RING HURT YOUR FINGER";


CHARLIE PRIDE ~ "HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT";


Tony Rice ~ 69 ~ Country, Bluegrass & Jazz guitarist with The tony Rice Unit, JD Crowe & New Smith, Jerry Garcia, Norman Blake, Ricky Scaggs, Bela Fleck, David Grisman, Chris Hillman

JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH ~ "NINE POUND HAMMER";


JD CROWE & THE NEW SOUTH ~ "SIN CITY";


TONY RICE & RICKY SCAGGS ~ "THE SOUL OF MAN";


Mac Davis ~ 78 ~ Country singer/songwriter ("Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me", "It's Hard To Be Humble", and sonrwriter for Elvis (, "In the Ghetto", "Don't Cry Daddy", and "A Little Less Conversation")

MAC DAVIS ~ "BABY DON'T GET HOOKED ON ME";


MAC DAVIS ~ "IN THE GHETTO";


MAC DAVIS ~ "WHY DON'T WE ALL GET STONED";


Charlie Daniels ~ 83 ~ American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter and musician ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"

THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND ~ "THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA";


THE CHARLIE DANIELS BAND ~ "THE ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL";


BILLY JOE SHAVER ~ 81 ~ Texas singer/sogwriter with Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, David Allan Coe and solo

BILLY JOE SHAVER ~ "RAGGED OLD TRUCK";


BILLY JOE SHAVER ~ "BLACK ROSE";


Jerry Jeff Walker - 78 - American singer-songwriter ("Mr. Bojangles")

JERRY JEFF WALKER ~ "MR BOJANGLES";


KT Oslin ~ 78 ~ American C&W singer/songwriter of the 1980's & 90's ("Eighties Ladies")

KT OSLIN ~ "80's LADIES";


KT OSLIN ~ "DO YA";


Norris Bennett ~ 85 ~ Banjoist with Black String Band the Ebony Hillbillies

THE EBONY HILLBILLIES ~ "WANG DANG DOODLE";


Hal Ketchum - 67 - American country singer-songwriter ("Small Town Saturday Night", "Past the Point of Rescue", "Hearts Are Gonna Roll")

HAL KETCHEM ~ "SMALL TOWN SATURDAY NIGHT";


Doug Supernaw ~ 60 ~ American C&W singer/songwriter

DOUG SUPERNAW ~ "I DON'T CALL HIM DADDY";


DOUG SUPERNAW ~ "RENO";

A Few Japanese Musicians

Shiro Kishibe ~ 71 ~ Guitarist with late 1960's & 70's Japanese Group Sounds band The Tigers

THE TIGERS ~ "ANYBODY'S ANSWER";


Maisa Tsuno ~ 29 Guitarist with Japanese band Akai Ko-En

AKAI KO-EN;


AKAI KO-EN ~ "


AKAI KO-EN ~ "NOW ON AIR";


Toshinori Kondo ~ 71 ~ Japanese jazz trumpeter w/Bill Laswell, John Zorn, Fred Frith, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kazumi Watanabe, Herbie Hancock, Peter Brotzman, Eugene Chadborne and Praxis
TOSHINORI KONDO ~ "BLACK DANCE";


TOSHINORI KONDO ~