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2016: The Year in Jazz
Jazz goes to the movies in a mighty big way
It was a banner year for jazz-related films, reaching a volume not seen in several decades. The most attention was garnered on Miles Ahead with Don Cheadle producing and starring as
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Chet Baker
trumpet and vocals1929 - 1988
Two new films focused on singer-pianist
Nina Simone
piano and vocals1933 - 2003
Other producers brought us documentaries about trumpeter
Lee Morgan
trumpet1938 - 1972
Thomas Chapin
saxophone1957 - 1998
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Jimmy Heath
saxophone, tenor1926 - 2020
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
woodwinds1935 - 1977
Frank Morgan
saxophone, alto1933 - 2007
Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
In a film-related development, producer Clint Eastwood hired singer
Tierney Sutton
vocalsb.1963
Christian Jacob
pianoInternational Jazz Day, Take Five
Washington, D.C., was Global Host City for UNESCO's fifth annual International Jazz Day on April 30. The main event, the all-star global concert, was held the prior evening at the White House and broadcast as a prime-time ABC television special, "Jazz at the White House," on the 30th. In his welcoming remarks, President Barack Obama noted that when
Dizzy Gillespie
trumpet1917 - 1993
The three-dozen featured performers from a variety of generations, genres and nations, included
Joey Alexander
pianob.2003
Dee Dee Bridgewater
vocalsb.1950
Till Bronner
trumpetb.1971
Chick Corea
piano1941 - 2021
Kurt Elling
vocalsb.1967
Aretha Franklin
vocals1942 - 2018
Robert Glasper
pianob.1978
Zakir Hussain
tablas1951 - 2024
Diana Krall
piano and vocalsb.1964
Lionel Loueke
guitarb.1973
Christian McBride
bassb.1972
John McLaughlin
guitarb.1942
Pat Metheny
guitarb.1954
Dianne Reeves
vocalsb.1956
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
Esperanza Spalding
bassb.1984
Sting
bass, electricb.1951
Trombone Shorty
tromboneb.1986
Chucho Valdes
pianob.1941
Bobby Watson
saxophone, altob.1953
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Awards and honors of note
NEA JAZZ MASTERS: Vibes player and educator
Gary Burton
vibraphoneb.1943
Pharoah Sanders
saxophone, tenor1940 - 2022
Archie Shepp
saxophone, tenorb.1937
Dave Holland
bassb.1946
Dick Hyman
pianob.1927
Dr. Lonnie Smith
organ, Hammond B31942 - 2021
Ira Gitler
producerb.1928
GRAMMY AWARDS: Winners of jazz-related categories at the 2016 Grammy Awards, held February 15 in Los Angeles, included
Christian McBride
bassb.1972
Cecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsb.1989
John Scofield
guitarb.1951
Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
Eliane Elias
piano and vocalsb.1960
Snarky Puppy
band / ensemble / orchestraAlso,
Arturo O'Farrill
pianob.1960
Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
David Bowie
vocals1947 - 2016
Antonio Sanchez
drumsb.1971
Tony Bennett
vocals1926 - 2023
Bill Charlap
pianob.1966
The Recording Academy's 2016 Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award honorees included
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Celia Cruz
vocals1925 - 2003
Ruth Brown
vocals1928 - 2006
LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS: There were several Latin jazz-related winners at the 17th annual Latin Grammy Awards held November 17 in Las Vegas. They were
Hamilton de Holanda
mandolinb.1976
JJA AWARDS: Bandleader, composer and arranger
Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
Henry Threadgill
woodwindsb.1944
Kamasi Washington
saxophoneb.1981
Anat Cohen
clarinetb.1975
Regina Carter
violinb.1966
Mary Halvorson
guitar
Nicole Mitchell
fluteb.1967
Jane Ira Bloom
saxophone, soprano
Myra Melford
pianob.1957
The 2016 JJA Jazz Awards in journalism and media categories were presented June 15 at the Blue Note in New York. Those winners included: Ted Panken (lifetime achievement in jazz journalism), DownBeat magazine (jazz periodical of the year),
Ethan Iverson
pianob.1973
Lucien Dubuis
saxophone, alto2016 NPR MUSIC JAZZ CRITICS POLL: The
Henry Threadgill
woodwindsb.1944
Larry Young
organ, Hammond B31940 - 1978
SASSY AWARDS: London-based singer
Deelee Dube
vocals
Sarah Vaughan
vocals1924 - 1990
Sinne Eeg
vocals
Lauren Bush
vocalsb.1986
ASCAP AWARD:
Maria Schneider
composer / conductorBMI JAZZ COMPOSERS WORKSHOP: Saxophonist and clarinetist
Dan Block
saxophoneDORIS DUKE AWARDS: Eight of 2016's 21 winners of $275,000 Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards announced May 3 were from the jazz community. Those winners are multi-instrumentalist
Jen Shyu
vocalsb.1978
Fred Hersch
pianob.1955
Wayne Horvitz
keyboardsb.1955
Jason Moran
pianob.1975
Matana Roberts
saxophone, altoHenry Threadgill
woodwindsb.1944
Dave Douglas
trumpetb.1963
Wadada Leo Smith
trumpetb.1941
ERTEGUN JAZZ HALL OF FAME: Trombonist
J.J. Johnson
trombone1924 - 2001
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
Ben Webster
saxophone, tenor1909 - 1973
GUGGHENHEIM FELLOWSHIP: Saxophonist
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
PEW FELLOWS: Saxophonist
Matthew Levy
saxophone
Jymie Merritt
bass1926 - 2020
Pat Martino
guitar1944 - 2021
Monnette Sudler
guitar1952 - 2022
Dave Burrell
pianob.1940
Jimmy Heath
saxophone, tenor1926 - 2020
PULITZER PRIZE: Saxophonist, flutist and composer
Henry Threadgill
woodwindsb.1944
Ornette Coleman
saxophone, alto1930 - 2015
Wynton Marsalis
trumpetb.1961
MURAL FOR MUMBLES: A mural created in tribute to native son
Clark Terry
trumpet1920 - 2015
Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
ONE SASSY STAMP: The U.S. Postal Service honored jazz singer
Sarah Vaughan
vocals1924 - 1990
On the Record
A JAZZ EPITAPH: The rock era's chameleonic musician
David Bowie
vocals1947 - 2016
Donny McCaslin
saxophone, tenorb.1966
Maria Schneider
composer / conductorA GUINNESS IS GOOD FOR YOU: Bassist
Ron Carter
bassb.1937
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Freddie Hubbard
trumpet1938 - 2008
McCoy Tyner
piano1938 - 2020
Hank Jones
piano1918 - 2010
VERVE @ 60: Verve Records celebrated its 60th anniversary throughout 2016 with a series of reissues from many of its premier artists through the years, from
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
Lester Young
saxophone1909 - 1959
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals1917 - 1996
Gregory Porter
vocalsb.1971
Melody Gardot
guitar and vocalsb.1985
Stacey Kent
vocalsb.1968
Jamie Cullum
vocalsb.1979
The Hot Sardines
band / ensemble / orchestraADDING AN IMPRINT: Detroit-based Mack Avenue Records acquired the MAXJAZZ imprint in April. Mack Avenue also owns the Artistry Music, Rendezvous Music and Sly Dog imprints. Since its beginning in 1997, the St. Louis-area MAXJAZZ label developed a strong reputation as an artist-friendly label. It released more than 70 recordings by a roster that included
Carla Cook
vocals
Geoffrey Keezer
keyboardsb.1970
Nancy King
vocals1940 - 2025
Russell Malone
guitar1963 - 2024
Mulgrew Miller
piano1955 - 2013
NEWVELLE RECORDS: The year began with a new kind of record label taking root. Newvelle Records features premium-vinyl-only projects by some of the jazz world's finest musicians. The initial release schedule included curated recordings by the
Frank Kimbrough
piano1956 - 2020
Noah Preminger
saxophone, tenorb.1986
Ben Allison
bass, acousticb.1966
Jack DeJohnette
drumsb.1942
Don Friedman
piano1935 - 2016
Booker Little
trumpet1938 - 1961
ARMSTRONG AND ELLINGTON TREASURES: Two 1928 "crystal-clear" audio tracks featuring
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Jazz venue ups and downs
NATIONAL JAZZ MUSEUM: After 15 years of operating out of modest upstairs space in East Harlem, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem relocated in February to a new storefront on West 129th Street in Central Harlem. Ryan Maloney, the Smithsonian Affiliate's director of education and programming, said the move brought a renewal to its mission and a greater sense of "what is possible." The year also included the initial releases from the museum's Savory Collection. That treasure includes more than 100 hours of recordings that engineer William Savory made from live New York City radio broadcasts between 1935 and 1941. These ballroom and nightclub performances had not been heard since their initial airing. The restored recordings included concerts by
Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
Billie Holiday
vocals1915 - 1959
Lester Young
saxophone1909 - 1959
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Lionel Hampton
vibraphone1908 - 2002
Fats Waller
piano1904 - 1943
Artie Shaw
clarinet1910 - 2004
Benny Goodman
clarinet1909 - 1986
Teddy Wilson
piano1912 - 1986
Django Reinhardt
guitar1910 - 1953
Coleman Hawkins
saxophone, tenor1904 - 1969
Louis Jordan
saxophone, alto1908 - 1975
Lennie Tristano
piano1919 - 1978
Bunny Berigan
trumpet1908 - 1942
THE COLTRANE CHURCH: The St.
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
DETROIT JAZZ LANDMARK: On March 15, Baker's Keyboard Lounge received a historic designation to help preserve the jazz club as it looks to anchor an economic resurgence along northwest Detroit's Avenue of Fashion. The City Council ordinance prevents whoever owns the building from demolishing it or altering its exterior without permission from the Detroit Historic District Commission. Now in its 83rd year, Baker's is considered the oldest continuous jazz club in the U.S.
BOHEMIAN CAVERNS: The basement-level Bohemian Caverns, a Washington, D.C., jazz club that survived several owners and different names over 90 years, closed at the end of March after the lease expired. Co-owner Omrao Brown concluded the three venues he had on the site, including a restaurant and nightclub, were no longer viable after two years of operating in the red.
JIMMY MAK'S IS NO MORE: The premier jazz club in Portland, OR, closed for good on December 31. Owner and namesake Jim Makarounis had hoped to move the club to a new site a few blocks away after his building was sold to developers. That plan changed after Makarounis was diagnosed with larynx cancer and needed to focus on his health. No one stepped up to take on the relocation project.
JAZZ IN BERLIN: Germany's Parliament allocated $13.2 million (Euro 12.5 million) in November for a plan to convert at least part of the Old Mint (Alte Münze) in downtown Berlin into a House of Jazz. Trumpeter
Till Bronner
trumpetb.1971
NICE JAZZ FESTIVAL: The 2016 Nice Jazz Festival, scheduled July 16-20, was cancelled after a July 14 terrorist attack killed 86 and wounded more than 430 people. A 19-ton cargo truck was driven into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the resort city on the Mediterranean. The truck driver was killed and at least six other people were later taken into custody on "criminal terrorist conspiracy" charges.
PANAMA JAZZ FESTIVAL: The Republic of Panama passed legislation in September to guarantee annual funding to the Panama Jazz Festival beginning in 2018. The new law designates that "the government of Panama recognizes the Panama Jazz Festival is an event that creates a space for cultural exchange, that provides education and social awareness, where people of all ages, cultural and social backgrounds meet to share interdisciplinary ideas about music of the highest academic quality." The 14th annual Panama Jazz Festival will be held Jan. 10-14, 2017 at the City of Knowledge in Panama City, honoring Panamanian vocalist Violeta Green. It will also feature a collaboration between Cultural Ambassador of Panama Danilo Pérez and
Esperanza Spalding
bassb.1984
BLUE NOTE NAPA: The Blue Note Entertainment Group now has an entertainment venue in California's Napa Valley. Blue Note Napa opened October 25 as a first-floor jazz club in the historic Napa Valley Opera House. There are now Blue Note jazz clubs in New York, Milan, Hawaii, Beijing, and Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan.
IT'S DOWNSTAIRS, OF COURSE: Perhaps more than any genre, jazz seems to have an abundance of basement locations. One of the newest, located in Nyack, NY, is Maureeen's Jazz Cellar. Pianist
David Budway
pianoSAVING A LANDMARK: A group of community leaders has begun a fund-raising effort to preserve, restore and reopen one of New Orleans' earliest jazz landmarks. The Eagle Saloon Initiative is focused on a three-story building that dates to 1851. The Eagle Saloon in the 400 block of South Rampart is a remnant of "back of town," a bustling African-American commercial corridor. Plans call for turning it into a jazz club and museum. The saloon once shared a wall with the Odd Fellows and Masonic Hall on Perdido Street, a dance hall where jazz pioneer
Buddy Bolden
cornet1877 - 1931
On the legal front...
THE MAYFIELD SAGA, YEAR TWO: Trumpeter
Irvin Mayfield
trumpetb.1977
When he was head of the New Orleans Public Library Foundation, Mayfield and business partner Ronald Markham allegedly directed more than $800,000 in Library Foundation funds to support the nonprofit orchestra, largely to support its ambitious $10 million Peoples Health Jazz Market space that opened in the spring of 2015. The Jazz Market has been envisioned as a Crescent City model of New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center.
With Mayfield's departure from the orchestra, Markham continued as president & CEO and drummer
Adonis Rose
drumsDOPING BAN: Italian guitarist Gigi Cifarelli tested positive for doping and was banned from amateur cycling competitions for four years. The Italian Olympic Committee imposed the ban after the bike-loving musician tretroactive ested positive at the Grand Prix Dell'Uva Fragola-Suno—an amateur race—on August 20, 2015. His ban runs through November 17, 2019. Cifarelli was also ordered to pay approximately $400 (Euro 378) in legal fees associated with the case.
PRIZE MONEY: Long Island NY contractor Noel Muir was sentenced April 4 to one-to-three years in prison for stealing nearly $500,000 in prize money awarded to his pianist
Cecil Taylor
piano1929 - 2018
STOLEN GEAR AND GARB: The New Orleans-based New Breed Brass Band was just three days into a 30-day West Coast tour when the players' instruments and clothing were stolen from their van in Albany, OR. Their van was broken into at their hotel parking lot overnight on July 22. The band raised $7,000 through a GoFundMe campaign to replace the instruments and continue their tour. Bandleader Jenard Andrews said several instruments were recovered.
WRONGFUL DEATH SUIT: The father of a legally armed black musician who was killed by a Palm Beach Gardens, FL police officer is suing the officer and his department. Drummer Corey Jones' father filed a state lawsuit July 6 against since-fired Officer Nouman Raja and the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department. The lawsuit by Clinton Jones Sr. claims Raja used excessive force when he shot his son on Oct. 18, 2015 and that the department failed to train him properly. Prosecutors charged Raja with manslaughter on June 1, alleging that the undercover officer didn't identify himself before shooting Jones. Jones, 31, was heading home from a performance when his SUV broke down on a highway ramp. He was waiting for a tow when Raja shot him. The officer had stopped to investigate what he thought was a possibly abandoned vehicle.
Jazz is part of the story
The National Museum of African American History and Culture opened on Washington, DC's National Mall on September 24 as the only national museum devoted exclusively to documenting African American life, history and culture. The Smithsonian Institution's 19th and newest museum includes a number of jazz goodies among its collection of more than 36,000 artifacts. They include the neon sign from Minton's Playhouse in Harlem, a shiny late 1940s trumpet owned by
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
W.C. Handy
arranger1873 - 1958
Stanley Clarke
bassb.1951
Will Calhoun
drumsb.1964
Ethel Waters
vocals1896 - 1977
Jazz at Lincoln Center updates selection process
More formalized selection procedures include blind auditions, formal job postings, and wider outreach for musicians are now in place for the
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
band / ensemble / orchestrab.1987
On the auction block
More than 200 of
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Billy Strayhorn
piano1915 - 1967
Jazz cruise partnership and rebranding
Entertainment Cruise Productions' former Contemporary Jazz Cruise now has a new name and focus. It is now Blue Note at Sea ECP teamed with Blue Note Records and the Blue Note Entertainment Group in a five-year partnership. The next cruise on February 4-11, 2017 from Fort Lauderdale, FL will include six Blue Note artists:
Marcus Miller
bassb.1959
Terence Blanchard
trumpetb.1962
Robert Glasper
pianob.1978
Aaron Parks
drumsb.1983
Gregory Porter
vocalsb.1971
Dianne Reeves
vocalsb.1956
Chucho Valdes
pianob.1941
Internet jazz radio's big win
One of Washington state's beloved public-radio station's bought its independence for $8 million after listener outcry over Pacific Lutheran University's agreement to sell the station to the University of Washington. That deal would have folded WPLU into UW's KUOW, which offers far less music programming. WPLU, now known as 88.5 KNKX broadcasts mostly jazz on its FM programming—and also produces and streams Jazz24.org internet programming.
Bridging the Charles River with dual degrees
Over the years, more than a few student musicians at Harvard developed their chops by hanging out with students from the Berklee College of Music. Now they can do so formally, and vice-versa. Prospective students at Berklee and Harvard can apply for a program offering a five-year dual degrees that earn them a bachelor of arts at Harvard and a master's of music or arts at Berklee. "We have students here who have perfect SAT scores, whose families may secretly wonder why they chose Berklee and not Harvard," said Berklee President Roger Brown. "If you're that bright and talented, now you don't have to choose between the two. Tom Morello or someone like (folk singer) David Wax who went to Harvard might have really loved to play in our James Brown or Radiohead ensembles. Now they can." The partnership is modeled after Harvard's joint degree with New England Conservatory.
Jessica Williams takes to social media
Pianist
Jessica Williams
piano1948 - 2022
Music is a strong medicine
After suffering a stroke in October 2015, guitarist
Bucky Pizzarelli
guitar1926 - 2020
Ed Laub
guitarb.1952
Aaron Weinstein
violin
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BENNY GOLBIN: Saxophonist and music educator Benny Golbin, 36, of San Pedro, CA died instantly on January 15, 2016 when one of two northbound street racers in Hawthorne, CA lost control, hit a median in the 1300 block of Crenshaw Blvd. and landed on his southbound car. One street racer was arrested at the scene, the other surrendered to police four days later. Both men were charged with murder, vehicular manslaughter and street racing.
WILL SIMS: Musician and singer Will Sims, 28, was beaten and robbed in a pool hall, then shot and left to die on a street in El Sobrante, CA, about 20 miles north of San Francisco, on November 12. Police said Sims was targeted by the three white men who killed him because he was black. The three suspects were charged with robbery and murder and a hate crime for targeting the young musician because of his race. Sims as an accomplished pianist, he also played the guitar, saxophone, violin and was a respected singer with a deep, rich voice.
BEN RUNNELS: Musician Ben Runnels, who performed under the names Charlie Prowler and Ben Benjamin, died in the December 2 Ghost Ship warehouse-art space fire that claimed 36 lives in Oakland, CA. The fire also killed band mate Nicole Siegrist, known as Denalda Renae, who performed with Runnels in the synthpop duo Introflirt, as well as his roommate, DJ Johnny Igaz, who was performing that night at the Ghost Ship. Runnels, 32, also sang jazz standards at a local bar and created electronic beats at dance venue. He lived in Oakland for five years after being lured from the East Coast by the Bay Area's vibrant music scene.
CLAIRE RANDALL: New York-based singer Claire Randall died in a murder-suicide December 8 while visiting her family's home in Hebron, ME. She was shot by her father, Daniel Randall, a retired minister, who left an alcohol rehab clinic that morning after a 90-day stay, Maine State Police said. His wife, Anita, had filed for divorce earlier in the week. Randall broke into the home because he didn't have a key, shot his 27-year-old daughter multiple times, spray-painted messages to the family in five rooms and then shot himself in the head, police said.
2016 Final Bars
The jazz world lost many musicians and industry-related people during 2016, including five of its NEA Jazz Masters:
Mose Allison
piano and vocals1927 - 2016
David Baker
trombone1931 - 2016
Bobby Hutcherson
vibraphone1941 - 2016
Toots Thielemans
harmonica1922 - 2016
Rudy Van Gelder
various1924 - 2016
Here's a comprehensive compilation.
Accordionists, bandleaders, composer, and singer, Claude Vinh San, Buckwheat Zydeco (Stanley Dural Jr.); accordionist and composer Pauline Oliveros.
Bandleader "Uncle" Percy Gilbert; bandleader, composer, arranger and producer Berry Lipman.
Banjo players Dick Mushlitz, Bernd Schmude, Volker Weiss.
Bassists Daniel Amelot, Tassili Bond, Bob Cranshaw, Paul Dubois, Dominic Duval, James Jamerson Jr., Stephen Jones, Chris Lachotta, Kelly Roberti, Jacques Schols, Roger Sibbald, Hal Swift, Ted Wald, Rob Wasserman, Dolores Yeager; bassist, composer, conductor and producer Terry Plumeri; bassist and singer Brian Sandlin; bassists and educators Victor Bailey, Detlev Beier, Paul Brown, Wes Phillips, Joe Reichgott, Roger Shew; bassist, bandleader and radio producer Roger Eames.
Clarinetists Ham Carson, Pete Fountain, Jürgen Müller, Kenny Olson, Marv Rosenthal, Dave Shepherd, Jim Torok, Alfons Würzl; clarinetist and bandleader Hugo Strasser; clarinetists, saxophonists and educators Howard Dudune, Alan Lawson.
Composers, conductors and educators Gilberto Mendes, Tibor Pusztai; composer, guitarist and harmonica player Hubert Giraud; composer, trombonist, cellist, educator, writer and NEA Jazz Master David Baker; composer, arranger and conductor Claus Ogerman; composer, conductor and pianist Harry Rabinowitz; composer and choral leader Gregg Smith; composer, producer and pianist Fred McFarlane; composer/songwriter and pianist Rod Temperton; composer, pianist, publicist and writer Valter Ojak??r.
Drummers Joe Ascione, Sammy Banks, Don Carter, Dennis Davis, Michael DiPasqua, Chuck Flores, Padhi Frieberger, Joe Harris, Moe Jennings, Randy Jones, Buzz Loveland, Bill Maginnis, Jacques Mahieux, Nick Menza, Alphonse Mouzon, Guy Nadon, Randy Opela, Joao Palma, Dave Perluck, John Roulet, Janusz Stefański, Alan Tarpinian, Enzo Todesco, Maurice Van Eyck; drummer and bassist Markku Lievonen; drummer, singer, composer, band manager and Louis Armstrong Foundation founder Eddie "Papa Duke" Edwards; drummer, pianist, producer and broadcaster Duncan Soutar; drummers and bandleaders Fredrik Norén, Francisco "Minini" Zamora; drummer and screenplay writer Bill Richmond; drummer, pianist, composer and educator Steve Grover; drummers and singers Femi Kako Addie, Milt Rich; drummer, composer and bandleader Sebastian Whittaker; drum maker and drummer Johnny Craviotto.
Flutists Jimmy Gemus, Claude Kennedy, Kay Ragsdale, Jeremy Steig.
Guitarists Al Caiola, Juan Pe?a Fernández ("El Lebrijano"), Juan Habichuela, Radim Hladik, Frank Jeffes, Robert W. Johnson, Werner L?mmerhirt, O'Donel "Butch" Levy, Ireng Maulana, Jim Mitchell, Roland Prince, Doug Raney, Lucky Ranku, Hans Reffert, Daweli Reinhardt, Dominique Répécaud, Jim Rivard, Louis Stewart, Rick Stone, Sergio Vitier, H?ns'che Weiss, Isaiah Williams III, Earl Wilson; guitarist and singer Freddy Sunder; guitarist, composer and arranger Pachy Carrasco; guitarist, composer, engineer and educator Mark Schulz; guitarists and educators Steve Cancelli, Jackie King, Carlton Kitto; guitarist and bandleader Timmy Makaya; guitarist and bassist Joe Muro, guitarist, violinist, composer, filmmaker and educator Tony Conrad; guitarist and concert organizer Frédéric Deval; guitarist, producer and writer Paul Vincent.
Harmonica player Ron Kalina, harmonica player and NEA Jazz Master Toots Thielemans; harmonica player and actor Kenny Baker.
Keyboard player and producer Bernie Worrell; keyboard player and singer Hugo González Neira; keyboard player and modern synthesizer inventor Don Buchla.
Lyricist Lou Tracey.
Multi-instrumentalist Léon Francioli; multi-instrumentalist, conductor and educator Klaus Arp; multi-instrumentalist and educator Bo Eckard; multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer Kashif; multi-instrumentalist, producer and educator Aldden Ashforth.
Organ players Alan Haven, Hans-Günther Wauer; organ player and singer Michael Torsone.
Percussionist Tony Gable; percussionists and singers Sherwood Mobley, Naná Vasconcelos; percussionist, artist, dancer and writer Taylor McLean; percussion instrument manufacturer and drummer Remo Belli.
Pianists Aloisio Milanez Aguiar, Kathryn Bailey, Elsie Bianchi, Paul Bley, Ralf Butscher, Jack Coker, Frank Collette, Ben Conroy, Connie Crothers, Eliane Cueni, Keith Emerson, Don Friedman, *Ryo Fukui, Joe Gattone, Jim Hession, Jean Huling, Freddie Jones, Paul Krueger, Jury Kuznetsov, Stephen Malinowski, Tony Monte, Judy Nelson, Hod O'Brien, Vassil Parmakov, Tony Raine, Bill Reid, Hans Rempel, George Reznik, Rosie Rodriguez, Bryce Rohde, Lucille Rounds, Horacio Salgan, Derek Smith, Jeptha Spencer-Bey, Graham Tayar, Betty Loo Taylor, Sir Charles Thompson, Moe Wechsler, Dave West, Claude Williamson, Allan Zavod; pianist, singer and NEA Jazz Master Mose Allison; pianists and bandleaders Willy Andresen, Mac Chrupcala, Bill Dunham; pianists and composers Irving Fields, Ken Rhodes; pianist, composer, arranger and band leader Alfredo Valdes Jr.; pianists and educators Gerald Borsuk (aka Jerry Blake), Jimmy Hamilton, Roland Paolucci, Karel R??i?ka; pianist and AACM School dean Ann E. Ward; pianist and organist Paul Tillotson; pianist, saxophonist and singer Andy "Thunderclap" Newman; pianists and singers Toni Baxter, Lasse M?rtenson; pianist, singer and educator John Eaton; pianist, singer and producer Knut Kiesewetter; pianist and trumpeter Bob Pecht; pianist, composer, arranger, educator, ethnomusicologist and writer Jan Hartong (aka Lambrik); pianist, educator and Odessa Jazz Festival co-founder Yuri Kuznetsov; pianists and artists John Fischer, Walter Giers.
Saxophonists Spartaco Andréoli, Manfred Baierl, Don Bailly, Gato Barbieri, Allen Barnes, Headley Bennett, Lutz Büchner, Pete Burden, Charles Davis, Bruce DeMoll, Geraldene Derrick, Harald Devold, Gil DiBenedetto, Marco Eneidi, Edmund "Leon" Henderson, Dave Hubbard, Jacques "Saxman" Johnson, Bob Kindred, Kathrin Lemke, Getatchew Mekuria, Kira Payne, Tom Olin, Ray Rodriguez, Johnny Rogers, Gerhard Stein, Thomas Stett, Joe Temperley, Harold "Van" Van Pelt, Bobby Wellins, Morris Wilson, Pete Yellin; saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator Barry Amass; saxophonist, bandleader and club owner Janusz Muniak; saxophonists and educators Carlos Averhoff, Bill Eden, Benny Golbin, Ward Harston, Jerry Hirsch, Elvi Paschal, Zena Latto; saxophonist, community activist and educator Hosea Taylor Jr.; saxophonists, arrangers, bandleaders and educators Frank Cagliuso, George Robert; saxophonist, composer and bandleader Delle Haensch; saxophonist, educator, producer and broadcaster Joe Marillo; singer, songwriter Cathi Walkup; saxophonist and bandleader Mike Pedicin Sr.; saxophonist and clarinetist Grahame Shepherd; saxophonist and singer Marin Petrache Pechea; saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist (and King) Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand; saxophonist and trumpeter Herb Hardesty; saxophonist and record label owner Jon Klette; saxophonist, educator and writer Chuck Berg; saxophonist and writer James B. Jones; saxophonist, clarinetist and photographer Peter Dechert, saxophonist and music copyist Larry Abel.
Singers Achieng Abura, Ernestine Anderson, Signe Anderson, Ronnie Baró, Sweet Baby James Benton, Jimmy Borges, January Christy, Roger Cicero, Annie de Reuver, Shirley Bunnie Foy, Lee Genesis, Anne Germain, Bill Henderson, Janey Hooper, Sam Hopkins, Totlyn Jackson, Kitty Kallen, Pat King, Célestin "Célio"Kouka, Julius La Rosa, La Velle, Natalie Lamb, Dwight Lenox, Léo Marjane, Shelley Moore, Mary Ann Moss, Billy Paul, Dianne Pine, Freddy Powers, Claire Randall, Patti Rogers, Pinise Saul, June Smith, Judy Spellman, Kay Starr, Reggie Torian, Papa Wemba, Martha Wright, Nora York; singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor David Bowie; singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen; singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson); singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist and educator Armsted Christian; singer and composer Pierre Barouh; singer, composer and Los Van Van co-founder Miguel ?ngel Rasalps ("El Lele"); singer, songwriter, drummer, record producer, and Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White; singer, songwriter, bandleader, guitarist and drummer Dan Hicks; singers and guitarists Victor Brown, Eddy Christiani, Gianmaria Testa; singer and pianist Will Sims; singer and saxophonist Charles Darden; singer and tres player Rey Caney; singer, bandleader and actor Frank Sinatra Jr.; singer and actor Manfred Krug; singer, dancer and actor Debbie Reynolds; singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actor Don Francks; singer, songwriter and pianist Earl Burroughs (aka Jack Hammer); singer and composer Ismael "Pat" Quintana;singer, actor and baseball player Ron Henry; singer, saxophonist, songwriter and dancer Dawn Hampton; singer and technopop performer Ben Runnels (aka Charlie Prowler and Ben Benjamin).
Tabla player Shankar Ghosh.
Trombonists Hannes Bauer, Buster Cooper; trombonist and singer Steve Welch; trombonist, pianist and singer Alfred C. Heupt (aka "Al Cee"); trombonist and bandleader Ol' Bill Schneider.
Trumpeters Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Lin Blaiasdell, Joe Cabot, Jef Coolen, Jeff Davis, Doc DeHaven, Jack Feierman, Joe Ferrante, Phil Gilbert, Edmond Harnie, Nancy Hildegarde (Rulli), Georges Jouvin, Jack Lidstr?m, Peter Nthwane, Rich "Taste" Rajewski, Joe Shepley, Al Stewart, Bernd Titus, Erich Traugott, Pete Wolbrette, Patrick Wristen; trumpeter, trombonist and educator Mic Gillette; trumpeter, singer and educator Dwayne Pedigo; trumpeter, pianist, bandleader and singer Mike Taylor; trumpeter, pianist, composer and writer John Chilton; trumpeters and bandleaders Edgar "Dooky" Chase, Bobby Hales; trumpeters and educators Ray Carroll, Wolf Escher, Sidney Mear, Steve Rudig, Louis Smith, Paul Smoker; trumpeter and jazz club owner Don Lewis; trumpeter, educator and scholar Richard Wang.
Vibes player Ben Gerritsen. Vibes player and NEA Jazz Master Bobby Hutcherson.
Violinists Hannes Beckmann, Michael White.
Artist manager, record producer, filmmaker, club operator and drummer Giorgio Gomelsky; record producer arranger, composer, musician and conductor Sir George Martin; record producers and label owners Phil Chess, Manfred Schiek, Jim Yanaway, Celia Mingus Zaentz; recording industry executive and saxophonist John McKellen; recording industry executives and producers Bob Krasnow, Tony Martell; artist artist manager Carol Scherick; artist manager and writer Claire Gordon; artist managers and concert promoters John Ellson, Don Gomez; music publishing executive Stan Cooper; recording engineer and NEA Jazz Master Rudy Van Gelder; recording engineer and producer Lewis Merenstein; musical instrument (cymbals) manufacturer Robert Paiste.
Art director and record cover designer Tony Lane; jazz stamp designer Howard Koslow.
Broadcasters Rick Bolling, Rich Conaty, Bob Guthrie, Vaughn "Quiet Storm" Harper, Norm Jagolinzer, John Rogers, Jens Sülzenfuss. DJ David Mancuso.
Entertainment lawyer Seymour Lazar.
Louis Armstrong House curator David Reese; jazz club president Helen Arlt; Milwaukee Jazz Experience board member Allen Gresch; arts producer, photographer and poet Dale Hardman; Dear Head Inn founding co-owner Fay Lehr; Monterey Jazz Festival artist liaison David Murray; jazz historian Klaus Schulz; musicologist and educator Samuel A. Floyd Jr.; Belgian jazz festival producer Marc Klein; jazz club owners Billy Balle (Germany's Lions Club), Lennie Green (New York's Basin Street East), Eugen Hutter (Germany's Hutterschen Jazz Cellar in Esslingen), Bill Kyle (drummer and owner of Edinburgh's The Jazz Club); Jack Reilly (Ryles in Cambridge MA); Cape May Jazz Festival co-founder and artistic director Carol Stone; New Orleans Jazz Club co-founder and broadcaster Fred Hatfield; Japanese jazz promoter Osamu Uchida.
Photographers Bob Adelman, Esther Cidoncha, Charles Gatewood, Jos Knaepen, Oleg Nitsko, Erika Rabau; photographer and Pure Jazz publisher Jo Ann Cheatham.
Poets John Farris, Michael S. Harper; poet, guitarist and singer David Meltzer; performance artist, actress, theater director and poet Laurie Carlos.
Writers Amar Abdelkrim, André Clergeat, William Gaines, Klaus Hübner, Johannes Korten; writer and researcher Gerhard Conrad; writer, broadcaster and jazz advocate Roger Willemsen; writer, musicologist, producer and broadcaster Raymond Mouly; writer and pianist Jack Fuller; writer, musicologist and producer André Clergeat; writer and artist promoter Pat Osborn; writer, educator and trumpeter Cicily Janus; jazz researcher Theo Zwicky; Russian jazz historian Yuri Vermenich.
Blues & gospel artists and industry figures Michael Andrews, C.L. Blast, Mouma Bob, Weepin' Tommy Brown, LeCresia Campbell, Otis Clay, Bobby "Top Hat" Davis, Jo "Cool" Davis, David Egan, Guy Fay, Keith Gemmell, Barrelhouse Chuck Goering, Ted Harvey, Leon Haywood, Preston Hubbard, Long John Hunter, Wayne Jackson, Joe Ligon, Candye Kane, Lonnie Mack, Achim Mentzel, Neven Mija?, Joe Moscheo, Gary S. Paxton, Betsy Pecanins, Mack Rice, Leon Russell, Willie Seaberry, Steve Tarshis, L.C. Ulmer, Big Ed Vadas, Bob Walsh, Ruby Wilson.
(This Final Bars list is compiled from many sources including local newspapers, Deadrockstars.com, the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt newsletter, AllAboutJazz.com, Wikipedia, the New York Times, Legacy.com, Rolling Stone, Variety, JazzTimes.com, blogs, listserves, Facebook pages, Twitter and European publications.)
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