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2013: The Year In Jazz
SFJazz Center opens
Thirty years after it began as a festival and concert-producing organization, SFJazz opened its $64 million SFJazz Center on January 23. The facility is billed as the first stand-alone building designed for jazz in the United States. It's also the new home of the highly respected SFJazz Collective. The opening night all-star celebration at the facility's 700-seat Robert N. Miner concert hall featured musicians with deep ties to the organization over the years, including saxophonists
Joshua Redman
saxophoneb.1969
Joe Lovano
drumsb.1952
McCoy Tyner
piano1938 - 2020
Chick Corea
piano1941 - 2021
International Jazz Day, Take Two
This second annual event, co-sponsored by UNESCO and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, included local jazz events held in more than 190 countries across the globe on April 30. Its headlining all-star concert at the historic Hagia Eirene in Turkey featured more than 30 jazz musicians from around the world. They included
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
Esperanza Spalding
bassb.1984
Igor Butman
saxophone, tenorb.1961
Anat Cohen
clarinetb.1975
Hugh Masekela
flugelhorn1939 - 2018
Keiko Matsui
pianob.1961
Milton Nascimento
guitar and vocalsb.1942
Jazz Off and On Broadway
Singer
Dee Dee Bridgewater
vocalsb.1950
Bill Jolly
guitar, electric
James Cammack
bass
Jerome Jennings
drums
Billie Holiday
vocals1915 - 1959
On Broadway,
Wynton Marsalis
trumpetb.1961
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
On the record
Two historic jazz labels found new life in 2013. In January, Sony Masterworks revived OKeh Records, the label that released historic early recordings by
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Michel Camilo
pianob.1954
Bob James
pianob.1939
John Medeski
organ, Hammond B3b.1965
Bill Frisell
guitar, electricb.1951
David Sanborn
saxophone1945 - 2024
In August, Verve Music Group & Naxos of America relaunched Bethlehem Records and began a reissue of its 1950s jazz catalog, which documented an important decade for jazz that included West Coast Cool Jazz and East Coast Bop. The label's roster included
Art Blakey
drums1919 - 1990
Chris Connor
vocals1927 - 2009
Booker Ervin
saxophone, tenor1930 - 1970
Dexter Gordon
saxophone, tenor1923 - 1990
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic1922 - 1979
Oscar Pettiford
bass1922 - 1960
Nina Simone
piano and vocals1933 - 2003
Awards and Honors galore
Bassist
Charlie Haden
bass, acoustic1937 - 2014
Chick Corea
piano1941 - 2021
Gary Burton
vibraphoneb.1943
Esperanza Spalding
bassb.1984
Pat Metheny
guitarb.1954
Arturo Sandoval
trumpetb.1949
Robert Glasper
pianob.1978
Dr. John
piano1940 - 2019
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
band / ensemble / orchestraChick Corea
piano1941 - 2021
Stanley Clarke
bassb.1951
Kenny Garrett
saxophone, altob.1960
Dave Brubeck
piano1920 - 2012
The 2013 class of National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters honored on January 14, 2013 at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola in New York included singer-pianist
Mose Allison
piano and vocals1927 - 2016
Lou Donaldson
saxophone1926 - 2024
Eddie Palmieri
piano1936 - 2025
Anthony Braxton
woodwindsb.1945
Richard Davis
bass, acoustic1930 - 2023
Keith Jarrett
pianob.1945
The big winners in the 17th annual Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Awards included saxophonist
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
Wadada Leo Smith
trumpetb.1941
Ryan Truesdell
composer / conductor
Sonny Rollins
saxophoneb.1930
Lionel Ferbos
trumpetb.1911
Saxophonist
Melissa Aldana
saxophoneJoshua Redman
saxophoneb.1969
Tivon Pennicott
saxophone, tenorb.1985
Godwin Louis
saxophoneKeyboardist, bandleader and composer
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Carlos Santana
guitarb.1947
Pianist and composer
Cecil Taylor
piano1929 - 2018
Singer
Jazzmeia Horn
vocals
Camille Thurman
saxophoneb.1986
Kate Davis
vocalsb.1991
Cuban-born trumpeter
Arturo Sandoval
trumpetb.1949
Drummer
Art Blakey
drums1919 - 1990
Lionel Hampton
vibraphone1908 - 2002
Clark Terry
trumpet1920 - 2015
In only its second edition, the Red Bull Street Kings brass band competition in New Orleans had to change its name, at least informally. The all-female Original Pinettes Brass Band took home the trophy and bragging rights from among the four finalist bands that competed October 26 under the historic Claiborne Bridge in New Orleans' Tremé neighborhood. The
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data-original-title="" title="">Stooges Brass Band won the inaugural Street Kings event in 2010. Pianist and composer
Vijay Iyer
pianob.1971
Alto saxophonist/composer
Rudresh Mahanthappa
saxophone, altob.1971
Armenian-born pianist, composer and singer
Tigran Hamasyan
pianoThe Los Angeles Jazz Society honored Latin jazz artists
Sheila E.
percussionb.1957
Pete Escovedo
percussionb.1935
Hubert Laws
woodwindsb.1939
Trumpeter
Theo Croker
trumpetb.1985
Doc Cheatham
trumpet1905 - 1997
James Carter
multi-instrumentalistb.1969
Dee Dee Bridgewater
vocalsb.1950
Broadcaster Ross Porter, president and CEO of Toronto radio station JAZZ.FM91, was named a Member of the Order of Canada in late June by the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston. The award is considered the highest recognition for a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service in Canada.
The New England Council presented 88-year-old Newport Jazz Festival founding producer and pianist
George Wein
piano1925 - 2021
Trumpeter
Kenny Dorham
trumpet1924 - 1972
It was permanent honors twice over for trumpeter
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Supporters of a planned sculpture in Davis' hometown of Alton, Illinois, have selected a permanent site for the work, which is being created by artist Preston Jackson. The Davis memorial, to be placed in the middle of the city's historic entertainment district, is planned for an unveiling on May 26, 2014, which would have been the trumpeter's 88th birthday.
Just call it Forever Ray. The United States Postal Service issued a
Ray Charles
piano and vocals1930 - 2004
Jazz Venue Ups and Downs
The jazz club scene went through its usual pattern of expansions and contractions in 2013, plus word of a plan to go green in Brooklyn. The Bethesda Theater, a historic art deco movie house in Bethesda, Maryland, reopened as Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club. Rassellas Jazz Club on Fillmore Street in San Francisco closed after a 17-year run. Dante's Down the Hatch, an Atlanta restaurant and jazz club since 1970, also closed—to make room for a high-rise apartment complex. The Birdland jazz club in Hamburg, Germany, closed in June after three decades, putting a crimp in the city's jazz scene. Toronto got a new jazz club, The Jazz Bistro, which took over the site of th Top O'The Senator jazz club which closed in 2005. Saxophonist{Malachi Basden unveiled plans to transform a vacant Brooklyn lot into a greenhouse farm by day and a jazz venue by night. The Jazzaponics greenhouse project would grow fresh produce for local residents, and serve as a networking site featuring food and live jazz two nights a week.
Other Notable Moments
That's a Wrap
David Simon's fascinating, reality-based HBO drama "Treme" concluded its fourth and final season on December 28. The series focused on day-to-day personal and institutional struggles as New Orleans' emerged from the wrath and serious problems caused by the flooding after Hurricane Katrina. Real musicians got a lot of exposure—and work—on the show. What a marvelous showcase for a wide array of talent. The music provided a thread for the series from beginning to end, just as it is the city's cultural heartbeat. May "Treme" live on mightily through reruns, and may the city take heed of the continuing issues and challenges that were spotlighted by Simon and his talented team.
Improvise with care in Cuba
Popular Havana-based jazz-fusion bandleader Roberto Carcasses sang a few improvised lines at a concert on September 12 that may have cost him his career in Cuba. His group Interactivo was the closing act at a nationally televised concert held at the Anti-Imperialist Plaza in front of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana. According to an AP report, Carcasses sang about his desire for "free access to information so I can have my own opinion.... I want to elect the president by direct vote and not some other way. Neither militants nor dissidents, (we are) all Cubans with the same rights." Within days, there were reports that Carcasses "has been separated from the music industry" for an indefinite time period.
Paying it forward
Troy Andrews, better known as
Trombone Shorty
tromboneb.1986
On the legal front
Kelly Peterson, the widow of piano great
Oscar Peterson
piano1925 - 2007
Hilary Kole
vocalsBig thanks for student jazz
For many years, local jazz lover Oliver Dyer Colvin Jr. sat in anonymity in the Berklee College of Music's Boston recital halls, savoring the sound of jazz being made by Berklee students. After his death two summers ago, the retired businessman left Berklee an estimated $8.1 million in his will, the largest financial gift it has ever received. Berklee said it intends to use the bequest for campus renovations and student scholarships. And it will name a 100-seat recital hall the "Oliver Colvin Room."
House of jazz history
Guitarist
Carlos Santana
guitarb.1947
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Alice Coltrane
piano1937 - 2007
Towering jazz
Artist Richard Wyatt's colorful jazz mural on the Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, created in 1990 to honor dozens of jazz greats including
Chet Baker
trumpet and vocals1929 - 1988
Nat King Cole
piano and vocals1919 - 1965
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals1917 - 1996
Billie Holiday
vocals1915 - 1959
A historic visual treasure
Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2013 acquired the extensive collection of the late photo collector Frank Driggs. JALC praised the trove in its press release as "the greatest archive of jazz photographs in the world."
2013 Final Bars
There were many losses in the jazz world during 2013, ranging from NEA Jazz Masters
Donald Byrd
trumpet1932 - 2013
Jim Hall
guitar1930 - 2013
Chico Hamilton
drums1921 - 2013
Marian McPartland
piano1918 - 2013
Cedar Walton
piano1934 - 2013
Frank Wess
saxophone, tenor1922 - 2013
Dwayne Burno
bass1970 - 2013
Accordionists Dominguinhos, Tommy Gumina, Arnstein Johansen.
Banjo player Walter Chamberlain; banjo player and theater professor Buzz Podewell; banjo player, pianist and singer Mike Vreeland; banjo, guitar and pianist Dave Wilson; banjo and guitarist Les Muscutt.
Bassists Trigger Alpert, Rob Amster, Kür?at And, Grant Austin, Dwayne Burno, Peter Dyksman, Raymond Eldridge Jr., Colin Gieg, Steve Knight, Alf "Totole" Masselier, Yngve Moe, Robert Quibel, Paul Ruhland, Ben Tucker, Butch Warren, David Wertman; bassists and arrangers Victor Ntoni, Meinhard Puhl; bassists and tuba players Phil Darois, Julian Davies; electric bassist Mathias Lecharlier; bassist, singer, composer, producer and publisher Rolf Graf; bassist and trumpeter Jean Lerusse; bassist, pianist and club owner Jerry Heldman; bassist and singer Seerge Oustiakine.
Bassoonist Kenneth Pasmanick; bassoonist and oboe player Lindsay Cooper; bassoonist, saxophonist, composer and A&R executive Don Hassler.
Cellist Fred Katz; cellist, conductor and composer Kermit Moore.
Clarinetists Syl Dopson, Bobby Gordon, Rozanne Levine, Terry Lightfoot, Jack Maheu, Dick Ramberg, Roy Superior; clarinetist and saxophonist René Net; clarinetist, composer, arranger and bandleader "Jazzy Joe" Pereira; clarinetist, singer and songwriter Eddie Defacq; clarinetists, writers and comedians Rolv Wesenlund, Mike Winters.
Composers Gerardo Gandini, José Artemio Casta?eda Hechavarria ("Maracaibo"), Steve Martland, Bob Thompson; composer, arranger, conductor and cornetist Butch Morris; composer, arranger, conductor and trombonist Frank Comstock; composer, conductor, viola player, broadcaster and editor Manfred Niehaus; composer, arranger, concert producer and filmmaker Edward Bland; composer, arranger and percussionist Vince Montana Jr.; composer and scientist Paulo Vanzolini; composers and pianists Bob Friedman, Harold Shapero; composer, educator and broadcaster Donald John; lyricist Jack Reardon.
Conductor, arranger, pianist and record producer Mats Olsson;
Cornetist and painter J?rgen Zetterquist; cornetist and lawyer Eberhard Glauner; cornetist and broadcaster Ted Howes; cornetist and educator Howard Brofsky.
Drummers Rich Austin, Gino Bocchino, Steve Ellington, Tony Hopkins, Wayne Jones, Jim Lackey, Ricky Lawson, Butch Lewis, Vinnie Owens, Webster Phillips, Ed Shaughnessy, Oscarito Valdés, José Wampach, Ricky Wellman, Dan Whitner, Pete Ypma; drummer and conductor James DePreist; drummer and singer Rune Carlsson; drummer and conguero Daniel Ponce; timbalero Edgardo Morales; drummer and producer Henry Wallin; drummer, broadcaster, actor and public official Bob Lasprogato; drummer and timbalero Steve Berrios; drummer and educator "Papa Joe" Pulice; drummer, trombonist and harmonica player Donald Bailey; drummer, composer, bandleader and educator Ronald Shannon Jackson; drummer, percussionist and educator John Bergamo; heart surgeon, educator and drummer Robert Litwak; drummer and record label founder Anders Burman; drummer, bandleader, producer, educator, actor and NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton.
Flautist and saxophonist Sam Most.
Guitarists Davey Adkins, Martino Atagana, Steve Blailock, Toto Blanke, Rudolf Da?ek, Jerry Gordon, Jef Lee Johnson, André Jorro, Chester Krolewicz (aka Chet Kruley), Bobby Lonero, Walter Malosetti, Harry Miller, Morten Molster, Richard Muller, Billy Mure, Jimmy Ponder, Jarek ?mietana, Johnny Smith, Dan Toler, Frank Tribble, Miguel de Vega ("El Ni?o Miguel"); guitarist and NEA Jazz Master Jim Hall; guitarist and singer Heinrich "Bawo" Reinhardt; guitarist and broadcaster Paco Strickland; guitarist and singer-songwriter Tony Sheridan; guitarist and educator John LaChapelle; guitarist, harmonica player, arranger and producer Hugh McCracken; guitarist and ethnomusicologist Bob Brozman; guitarist and composer César Portillo de la Luz; guitarist, singer and songwriter J.J. Cale; guitarist, composer and educator Walter Malosetti; guitarist, composer and arranger Oscar Castro-Neves; guitarst, composer, arranger and writer Senén Suárez; guitarist, bassist and keyboardist Alberto Pizzigoni; guitarist and instrument developer Bill Lawrence; guitarist, comedian and actor Stan Stennett; guitarist, composer, producer and music educator Farid Ali.
Keyboardists and composers George Duke, Murray McNabb; keyboardist, bassist, composer and arranger Lanier Greig; keyboardist and singer Don Blackman; keyboardist, guitarist, percussionist and singer Ray Manzarek.
Mbira player and singer Chiwoniso Maraire.
Multi-instrumentalist Red Balaban; multi-instrumentalist and educator Brian Brown; multi-instrumentalist, painter, composer and entertainer Eddy Doorenbos; multi-instrumentalist, arranger and educator Alfons Wonneberg; multi-instrumentalist and big band leader Louie Leon; multi-instrumentalist and composer Kim Sanders.
Organist Mel Rhyne.
Percussionists Wilson Moorman, Karl Potter, Jerry Steinholtz; percussionist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, conductor and instrument inventor and archivist Dean Drummond; percussionist and sculptor Walter DeMaria.
Pianists Pepsi Auer, Adrian Bentzon, Claude Black, Rahn Burton, Father John D'Amico, Philippe Decae, January Dirks, Boyd Lee Dunlop, Flip Gehring, Bob Greene, Manolo Guardia, Jancsy K?r?ssy, Richard Madgwick, Lorna Michaelson, Dwike Mitchell, Dick Morgan, Nate Morgan, Donald Shirley, Mac Smith, Gil Suarez, Joshua Wolff; pianist, composer, broadcaster and NEA Jazz Master Marian McPartland; pianist, composer, bandleader and NEA Jazz Master Cedar Walton; pianists and composers Kris Goessens, Bengt Hallberg, Tom Parker, John Porter, David Torres, Stan Tracey, Armando Travaioli, Gy?rgy Vukan; pianists, composers and bandleaders George Gruntz, Horacio Icasto, Bebo Valdés; pianist and bandleader Bryan Jones; pianist, composer, educator and singer Xoli Nkosi; pianist and songwriter Bobby Sharp; pianist, director and cinematographer Alain Mottet; pianist, composer and singer Reinhard Lakomy; pianists and singers Doctor Gabs, Chester Harriott, Jeanne Arland Peterson; pianist, singer and actor Lou Myers; pianist and sound engineer Leopold von Knobelsdorff; pianist, composer and educator Frank Sumares; pianist, singer, songwriter, actor and comedian Enzo Jannacci; filmmaker, actor, composer and pianist Jess Franco; pianist and organist Joe Killian; pianists and educators Yelena Jurayeva, Mulgrew Miller; pianist, composer, arranger and conductor Paul Smith; pianist, composer and educator Larry Karush; pianist and painter Pierre Hennebelle; pianist, arranger and producer Bobby Martin; pianist singer and bandleader Paul Kuhn; pianist, drummer and singer Ken Gordon; pianist, author and educator Jimmy Amadie; pianist, arranger, bandleader and record producer Rune ?fwerman.
Saxophonists Joe Aaron, Joop Ayal, George Barrow, Vince Bovill, Marty Braatz, Cedric Brooks, Del Dako, Tim Eddy, Sam Falzone, Harry Fulcher, Bert Houtheusen, Eddie Kaye, Dim Kesber, Gary LeFebvre, Julius Lewis, Andy Mackintosh, Bernie McGann, Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, Thony Mo?se, Herbie Morgan, Eddie Perez, Victor Powell, Arthur "Doc" Rando, Billy Root, Val Valente, Tommy Whittle, George Williams, Bert Wilson, Mike Zinzen; saxophonist and pianist Ross Taggart; saxophonist and composer Nic Gotham; saxophonist, composer and educator Herb Geller; saxophonist and promoter Jesse Coleman; saxophonists and educators Jesse Andrus, Claas Willekie; saxophonist, composer and bandleader Kerry Strayer; saxophonist, singer, composer and screenwriter Don Nelson; saxophonist and woodwinds repairman Ernie Sola; saxophonist and actor By Goldschmidt; saxophonist, writer and psychoanalyst Christian Gailly; saxophonist, clarinetist and physician Mortimer Katz; saxophonists and clarinetists Roger Asselberghs, Eddie Pawl; saxophonist, flutist and NEA Jazz Master Frank Wess; saxophonist, arranger, bandleader and producer Bob Gillett; saxophonist and bandleader Ed Lewis; saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and writer Yusef Lateef.
Singers Jack Alessi, Patty Andrews, Page Morton Black, Noa Bursie, Mariano Civico, Pam Crain, Jimmy Damon, Daniel Darc, Terry Devon, Odette Etienne, Virginia Gibson, Sheila Giles, Eydie Gorme, Cyril Green (aka Big Chief Iron Horse of the Black Seminoles), Jane Harvey, Donna Hightower, Estelle Katz, Bi Kidude, Marilyn King, June Korneliussen, Gloria Lynne, Sharon Mosby, Ginou Oriol, Gia Maiaone Prima, Rita Reys, Bobbi Rogers, Wendy Saddington, Emilio Santiago, Jenny Wang, Norma Zenteno; singers and actresses Marta Heflin, Patti Page, Fran Warren; singers, actresses and educators Susan Hight Denny, Silvi Vrait; singer, composer and showman Francisco "El Gran" Fellove; singers, pianists and organists Judy Jordan, Jerry Scott; singer-songwriter Sathima Bea Benjamin; singer, songwriter and keyboardist Steve Knight; singer-songwriter, pianist and TV music director Robert Linden; singer and drummer Kelly Hagy; singer, guitarist, bassist and educator Carline Ray; singer and educator Eva González Gri?án; singer, pianist and bandleader Paul Kuhn; singer and guitarist Frank D'Rone; singer, composer and guitarist Christopher Monyoncho; singer and bandleader Tabu Ley Rochereau.
Synthesizer player and painter Dennis Palmer.
Trombonists Robert Carter, Tom Ebert, Svatopluk Ko?vanec, Sherman Mitchell, David Pogson, Jack Purcell, Sonny Russo; trombonist, arranger and educator George Addison West; trombonist, educator and electro-theremin developer Paul Tanner; trombonists and educators J. Wayne Dyess, David Milburn, Don Nelson; trombonist and composer Alain Gibert; trombonist, composer and bandleader Günter Fuhlisch; trombonist and bandleader Rudy Weeks.
Trumpeters Joe Ambrosia, Henrik Otto Donner, Pat Halcox, Albert Langue, Al Porcino, Herbie Saurer, Barbara Donald Simmons, Bernard Vitet, Derek Watkins, Eddie Williams, Silverio 'Berry' Yaneza; trumpeter, bandleader, educator and NEA Jazz Master Donald Byrd; trumpeters and singers Andrew Senatore, Sweet Lou Wilson; trumpeter and broadcaster Ross Gentile; trumpeter, valve trombonist, composer, arranger and educator Dirk Fischer; trumpeter and theater director Jér?me Savary; trumpeter and singer Kenny Ball; trumpeter, jazz club owner and writer Solly Lipsitz; trumpeter and guitarist Robbie Fraser; trumpeter, bassist and singer Cliff Wren; trumpeter and bandleader Ollie Mitchell; trumpeter and broadcast journalist Jim Sutherland; trumpeters and educators Laurie Frink, Bobby Meyer; trumpeter, composer, arranger and educator Al Kiger; trumpeter and bandleader Gordon Dooley.
Vibraphonist, percussionist and composer Peter Appleyard.
Western Swing fiddler Curly Lewis.
Poet Wanda Coleman; poet, dancer and singer Trudy Morse.
Tap dancer Harold "Stumpy" Cromer.
Instrument maker Robert Zildjian; sound engineer Ray Dolby.
Music executives and producers Koloi Lebona, Chief Joseph Afolabi Olayiwola, Seth Rothstein, Ashton Springer; music promoter, nightclub owner and lawyer Stanley Snadowsky; concert promoter, record producer and record store owner Eddy DeMello; record producers Phil Ramone, Aldo Sinesio; nightclub owner and politician Ike Dixon; record producer and trumpeter Mack Emerman; concert producer and manager Jimi Metag; concert producers Heinz Krassnitzer, Jim Ruffner; jazz club owner and community activist Dickie Habersham-Bey; club owners Mike Canterino, Kenny Giordano; jazz patron and writer Mimi Melnick; manager and/or lawyer Nat Weiss; manager, promoter and club founder Bill Johnston; concert promoter and jazz club owner Fritz Rau; manager and impresario Sid Bernstein; producer, composer and guitarist Henri Debs; record store owner and character actyor Murray Gershenz; producer and saxophonist Al Etto; jazz society executive and jazz festival founder Jerry Roucher; record label owner, club owner and broadcast executive George H. Buck.
Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs; jazz festival organizers Eric Beauvois, René Caumer, Robert McCabe; jazz festival organizer and educator James Cunningham; festival producer Wojciech Juszczak.
Publicist Virginia Wicks; record promoter, producer and agent Dick LaPalm.
Political adviser, National Jazz Museum co-founder and saxophonist Leonard Garment; politician and jazz patron Günther Metzger.
Broadcasters Charles Chilton, Louie Cook, Gene Elzy, Ross Gentile, Don Gordon, Bobby Jackson, Arch McKirdy, Alan Zechariah; broadcaster and Ottawa Jazz Festival programmer Jacques Emond; broadcaster, percussionist, pianist, composer, music producer and educator Ibrahim González; broadcaster and writer Bill Garts; broadcaster and concert producer Chuck Adams; broadcaster, record label co-founder and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival co-founder Larry McKinley; British jazz researcher and discographer Chris Sheridan.
Jazz educator and writer James S. Patrick; black music scholar Dena Epstein.
Writers Frank Gray, Oscar Hijuelos, Steve Jones, Albert Murray, Alfredo Papo, Ken Vail, Tim Stüttgen; jazz writer and discographer Chris Sheridan; writer and historian Jim Godbolt; writers and editors Raúl Mao, Hans Massaquoi; writer and producer Pierre Lafargue; writer and music executive Dominic Cerulli; writer, broadcaster and concert presenter Werner Wunderlich; writer and educator Avril Dankworth; writer, art critic, vibes player and composer Ulf Linde; writer, editor, musicologist and jazz festival co-founder Lubomir Dor??ka.
Photographers Earl Callaway, Wayne Miller, Lee Tanner; photographer and writer Jacques Bisceglia; photographer and concert organizer Karlheinz Klüter; photographer, promoter and producer Isio Saba.
Filmmakers Jean Bach, Les Blank, Edward C. Kurtz Jr.; filmmaker and photographer Bert Stern; cinematographer Gilbert Taylor.
Entertainment lawyer and civil rights activist James Tolbert.
Blues and gospel artists, and industry figures Joe Bihari, Johnnie Billington, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Texas Johnny Brown, Precious Bryant, Al Carter, Roscoe Chenier, Eric "Guitar" Davis, Jimmy Dawkins, "Dangerous Dan" Earnest, T-Model Ford, Steve Hay, Pete Haycock, George Higgs, Gigi Hines, Morris Holt (aka Magic Slim), Artwork Jamal, Atwell Jansen, Al Johnson, Joe Kelley, Eric Kitteringham, Alvin Lee, Little Leon (Horace Mills), Shirley Lewis, Little Willie Littlefield, Juke Logan, Jackie Lomax, Mary Love, J.D. Mark, Darlene McCrea, Lawrence McKiver, Ready Teddy McQuiston (Terence McQuiston), Martin Miglioretti (aka Martino), Bill Mills (aka Rusty Chopps), Johnny V. Mills, Bobby Parker, Richard Patt, Di Anne Price, Ann Rabson, Piano C. Red (James Wheeler), Bob Reuter, Larry Robinson, Blackie Schackner, Walti Schneider, Stevie "Maroono" Sekul, Sid Selvidge, George Beverly Shea, Cleotha Staples, Brent Stratten, Pepa Streichl, Roosevelt Twitty, Ivo Varts, Clark Vreeland, Andy "Chicken Legs" Weaver, Mike Westhues, Artie White, Chick Willis.
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