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2018: The Year in Jazz
Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
Jazz and gender, year two
Jazz's #MeToo movement to fight predatory and sexist behavior within the musical genre—and a historical industry bias against women—took a variety of twists and turns during 2018.WE HAVE VOICE COLLECTIVE: More than a dozen female and non-binary musicians in jazz released a Code of Conduct in April that spelled out what a more-equitable workplace might look like and set expectations for change. "What we're trying to do is change the cultural mind-set so that people know what to do when they suspect or see abuse," tenor saxophonist and We Have Voice Collective member
Maria Grand
saxophone, tenorINSTITUTE OF JAZZ AND GENDER JUSTICE: Boston-based Berklee College of Music launched the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice in September. Drummer, faculty member and We Have Voice collective member
Terri Lyne Carrington
drumsb.1965
HE SAID-SHE SAID: Saxophonist
Steve Coleman
saxophone, altob.1956
Maria Grand
saxophone, tenorInternational Jazz Day, Take Seven
St. Petersburg, Russia, was the Global Host City for 2018's International Jazz Day, a worldwide event produced by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. The highlight, its All-Star Global Concert, took place April 30 at the historic Mariinsky Theater. UNESCO goodwill ambassador
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Igor Butman
saxophone, tenorb.1961
The international roster of jazz artists who performed at the Global Concert included
Cyrille Aimée
vocalsb.1984
John Beasley
piano
Till Bronner
trumpetb.1971
Joey DeFrancesco
organ, Hammond B31971 - 2022
Fatoumata Diawara
vocalsb.1982
Kurt Elling
vocalsb.1967
Antonio Farao
pianob.1965
James Genus
bassb.1966
Robert Glasper
pianob.1978
Gilad Hekselman
guitarb.1983
Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
drumsb.1963
Rudresh Mahanthappa
saxophone, altob.1971
The Manhattan Transfer
vocals
Branford Marsalis
saxophoneb.1960
James Morrison
multi-instrumentalistb.1962
Makoto Ozone
pianob.1961
Danilo Pérez
pianob.1966
Dianne Reeves
vocalsb.1956
Lee Ritenour
guitarb.1952
Luciana Souza
vocals
Ben Williams
bass, electricAn identity shift
In name, theThelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Jazzy centennnials
A significant number of jazz notables had their 100th birthdays noted posthumously during 2018. Those musicians included bandleader, composer and trumpeter
Gerald Wilson
composer / conductor1918 - 2014
Jimmy Blanton
bass, acoustic1918 - 1942
Tommy Potter
bass, acoustic1918 - 1988
Hank Jones
piano1918 - 2010
Marian McPartland
piano1918 - 2013
Professor Longhair
piano1918 - 1980
Jimmy Rowles
piano1918 - 1996
Sir Charles Thompson
piano1918 - 2016
Arnett Cobb
saxophone, tenor1918 - 1989
Peanuts Hucko
clarinet1918 - 2003
Ike Quebec
saxophone, tenor1918 - 1963
Eddie Jefferson
vocals1918 - 1979
Joe Williams
vocals1918 - 1999
Bobby Troup
piano1918 - 1999
Howard McGhee
trumpet1918 - 1987
Awards and honors of note
NEA JAZZ MASTERS: Guitarist and composer
Pat Metheny
guitarb.1954
JoAnne Brackeen
pianob.1938
Dianne Reeves
vocalsb.1956
Todd Barkan
producer
Abdullah Ibrahim
pianob.1934
Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
Bob Dorough
vocals1923 - 2018
GRAMMY AWARDS: There was a wide range of jazz-related winners at the 2018 (60th annual) Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City on January 28. They were
Cecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsb.1989
Billy Childs
pianob.1957
Christian McBride
bassb.1972
John McLaughlin
guitarb.1942
Also,
Jeff Lorber
keyboardsb.1952
Pablo Ziegler
pianob.1944
Rubén Blades
vocalsb.1948
Arturo O'Farrill
pianob.1960
Chucho Valdes
pianob.1941
Jane Ira Bloom
saxophone, soprano
Jim Anderson
bassLATIN GRAMMYS: There were three jazz-related winners at the 2018 Latin Grammy Awards on November 15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. They were Miguel Siso, Identidad (Guataca, 2018)—best instrumental album;
Pedro Giraudo
bass
Hermeto Pascoal
fluteb.1936
Chucho Valdes
pianob.1941
JJA AWARDS: Saxophonist
Benny Golson
saxophone, tenor1929 - 2024
Fred Hersch
pianob.1955
Matt Wilson
drumsb.1964
Other JJA Awards honorees included soprano saxophonist
Jane Ira Bloom
saxophone, soprano
Anat Cohen
clarinetb.1975
Claire Daly
saxophone, baritone- 2024
Tom Harrell
trumpetb.1946
Mary Halvorson
guitar
Vijay Iyer
pianob.1971
Nicole Mitchell
fluteb.1967
Linda May Han Oh
bass, acousticb.1984
Chris Potter
saxophone, tenorb.1971
Miguel Zenon
saxophone, altob.1976
Tomeka Reid
celloCecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsb.1989
Jazzmeia Horn
vocalsMaria Schneider
composer / conductor
Dr. Lonnie Smith
organ, Hammond B31942 - 2021
MONK COMPETITION: Israeli-born pianist
Tom Oren
piano
Isaiah J. Thompson
pianoHerbie Hancock
pianob.1940
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME: Singer-songwriter-pianist
Nina Simone
piano and vocals1933 - 2003
SASSY AWARDS: Cleveland native
Laurin Talese
vocalsb.1982
Oleg Akkuratov
piano
Gabrielle Cavassa
vocalsb.1994
Olivia Chindamo
vocals
James Moody
woodwinds1925 - 2010
ELLA AWARDS: Erik Leuthaeuser of Berlin, Germany, won the second annual
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals1917 - 1996
John Pizzarelli
guitarb.1960
BMI COMPOSERS WORKSHOP: Composer
Jihye Lee
composer / conductorLIVING LEGACY: Japanese pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader
Toshiko Akiyoshi
pianob.1929
ELLIS MARSALIS PIANO COMPETITION:
Ben Paterson
pianob.1982
Ellis Marsalis
piano1934 - 2020
RINA
pianoIsaiah J. Thompson
pianoROYAL HONOR: Guitarist
Pat Metheny
guitarb.1954
DORIS DUKE AWARDS: The 2018 Doris Duke Artist Awards for jazz were awarded in June to singer
Dee Dee Bridgewater
vocalsb.1950
Regina Carter
violinb.1966
Stefon Harris
vibraphoneb.1973
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS: Saxophonist and composer
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
BEN FRANKLIN MEDAL:
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Jazz venue ups and downs
B.B. KING BLUES CLUB & GRILL: The high-profile New York City music club closed its doors on April 29. Owners said the venue was no longer sustainable because of rent increases on the midtown Manhattan location. B.B. King's was the site of the Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Awards from 2004 to 2006.RYLES JAZZ CLUB: This live music venue, a fixture on the Boston-area jazz scene for more than 40 years, shut down at the end of June. The family took over from founder Jack Reilly and ran it for the last 25 years decided to sell the building on Inman Square in Cambridge, MA, to focus on another restaurant they own. Ryles first opened in 1977. Reilly, a longtime fixture of the local music scene who died in 2016, made Ryles a destination for both acclaimed musicians and those just starting out, including students from Berklee College of Music across the river in Boston.
TIPITINA'S: The jazz-flavored jam band Galactic purchased this revered New Orleans music club late in the year. The prior owner, Roland Von Kurnatowski, is the subject of an extensive fraud investigation unrelated to the club. Tip's was founded in 1977 as a venue for pianist
Professor Longhair
piano1918 - 1980
Stanton Moore
drumsb.1972
SCANDINAVIAN JAZZ CHURCH: After 112 years of worship, music and jazz, the Scandinavian Jazz Church in New Orleans decided to close its doors for good by the end of 2018. The Prytania Street church and community center lost its funding from the Norwegian government two years ago. First founded as the Seamen's Mission, the church was known for monthly jazz services featuring local musicians and cross-cultural worship drawing on its Scandinavian heritage. It was rebranded as a "jazz church" in 2017 turn the focus towards its musical offerings. The church began offering weekly jazz services and other music to expand itself as a community center in addition to a Christian center.
AMERICAN JAZZ MUSEUM: Efforts continued in Kansas City, MO, in 2018 to rescue the financially troubled American Jazz Museum, which needed a $1.6 million city bailout in 2017 to keep its doors open after a jazz festival fiasco. Independent consultants recommended a refreshed, smaller board of directors with new perspectives.
JAZZ PHILADELPHIA: There's a new initiative to underscore the importance of jazz to the City of Brotherly Love. The new organization, Jazz Philadelphia, was created to advance the education, funding, and creative progression of the musical form. The Wyncote Foundation is funding the effort. A two-day kickoff summit at the Kimmel Center in early November featured performances and panel discussions about music education, grant-writing for institutions, and developing business savvy for musicians.
FANTASY STUDIOS: This offspring of Fantasy Records closed in mid-September when its building in Berkeley, CA, was sold. The studio opened in 1971 and was for years northern California's only major recording studio. The Fantasy label, founded in 1949, released albums by many major West Coast jazz musicians in the 1950s through the 1960s, including
Dave Brubeck
piano1920 - 2012
Vince Guaraldi
piano1928 - 1976
SAARBR?CKEN JAZZ FESTIVAL: This longtime, popular German jazz festival bit the dust after artistic director Wolfgang Krause allegedly misappropriated the budget in 2017 and its organizing agency, Jazz-Syndikat e.V., dissolved in 2018. Many musicians are still waiting for their November 2017 performance fees. Efforts were underway to develop new local jazz series, including KettenJazz—a three-night series held in an old building at the St. Arnualer chain factory.
On the record...
TRANE'S LOST RECORDING: The Impulse! label released a March 6, 1963
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Johnny Hartman
vocals1923 - 1983
JEFF GOLDBLUM: The actor (and pianist) " data-original-title="" title="">Jeff Goldblum has been playing the keyboard since he was a kid—and has been a jazz buff since his pre-teens. Without much fanfare, he's played weekly gigs at clubs around Los Angeles, and sometimes in New York, for about 20 years. Goldberg and his band, the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, released their first album, The Capitol Studios Sessions (Decca, 2018), with singers Imelda May and Haley Reinhart, comedian Sarah Silverman and trumpeter
Till Bronner
trumpetb.1971
SHORTER GOES MULTI-MEDIA: Saxophonist
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
DELMARK RECORDS: Two years after closing his Jazz Record Mart in downtown Chicago, Bob Koester sold his Delmark Records jazz and blues label to local musicians " data-original-title="" title="">Julia Miller and
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data-original-title="" title="">Elbio Barilari. The May 1 sale included Delmark, subsidiary labels, a catalog of masters dating to the 1920s, a voluminous inventory of CDs and LPs and the Riverside Studio at 4121 N. Rockwell St. The sale was completed Tuesday, May 1. At age 86, Koester decided it was time to pass the torch but keep things spinning. THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT: A new smartphone app called Record Player automatically recognizes album covers. The app uses Google Cloud Vision API and the Spotify API to recognize cover artwork and direct the user to the album on Spotify. With the resurgence of interest in vinyl in the past few years, the app may be ideal for avid music fans and vinyl collectors who may want to preview an album that catches their eye in a store so they can check it out before purchasing it.*
RUBBERBAND ON RECORD STORE DAY: Warner Music Group/Rhino released a 12-inch vinyl, four-track EP of the lost
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Ledisi
vocalsb.1972
SONY-EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING: Sony has purchased a 60 percent stake in EMI Music Publishing from a group of investors led by Mubadala, one of the United Arab Emirates' sovereign wealth funds. The Japanese company already held a minority stake in EMI, whose catalog contains more than two million songs from music legends and current hitmakers. The $2.3 billion cash deal leaves Sony owning about 90% of EMI, cementing its position as the world's biggest music publisher. Sony has stepped up its investments in content in recent years as it seeks to shift away from making hardware like TVs and stereos. Bringing in the EMI catalog will increase Sony's music library to about 4.5 million songs. Sony also owns a small stake in music-streaming platform Spotify, which went public in 2018.
In the jazz classroom...
PEABODY INSTITUTE: Trumpeter
Sean Jones
trumpetb.1978
Gary Thomas
saxophoneb.1961
Kris Funn
bass
Tim Green
piano
Warren Wolf
vibraphoneb.1979
HIP-HOP MEETS JAZZ: New York University added a new course on jazz and hip-hop to its fall 2018 curriculum, with Jonathan Davis, a.k.a. rapper and DJ Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, and jazz journalist Ashley Kahn sharing the instructorship. The course at NYU's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music explores the historical connections between jazz and hip-hop on many levels —including the socio-cultural, compositional, business and technological—from the 1970s to the present.
In the jazz archives...
THE KID FROM RED BANK: The Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, NJ, acquired a collection of nearly 1,000 artifacts that belonged to the late
Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984
GOING DIGITAL: Fans and researchers no longer need to make an appointment and visit the
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
STRAYHORN COLLECTION: The Library of Congress announced in late November that it had acquired the original manuscripts documenting the work of composer, arranger and pianist
Billy Strayhorn
piano1915 - 1967
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
On the legal front...
MAYFIELD SAGA, YEAR FOUR: In two superseding indictments issued in June and November, the federal government added charges of wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice against trumpeter
Irvin Mayfield
trumpetb.1977
NORTH SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL (SOUTH AFRICA): African National Congress leader Mike Mabayakhulu and 15 co-defendants were charged with corruption over 28 million rand ($2 million) that was spent on a jazz festival in Durban that never happened. Durban's North Sea Jazz Festival had been planned as a joint venture with a Rotterdam-based partner. The event was cancelled but payments were still made to several local companies.
Crime log...
SIGNATURE SOUSAPHONE STOLEN: Preservation Hall Jazz Band leader
Ben Jaffe
tubab.1971
BUSKING BUST: British clarinetist Luke Eira was arrested July 7 and carted away in a police van for playing his unamplified instrument "for too long" in front of a Marks & Spencer store in Muswell Hill, a London neighborhood popular for buskers. Main street shoppers were shocked by the arrest. The case was thrown out of Magistrate's Court two days later. Eira is a regular performer at the Bhudda Bar and Crouch End's Crossover Jazz Room and also works with Bristol-based jazz and hip-hop artist ThisisDA.
KIDDIE PORN: Birmingham, AL, jazz pianist, singer and educator
Ray Reach
pianob.1948
Jazz and art
THE GREATEST BAND THAT NEVER PLAYED: Impressionist artist Peter Hurley was commissioned to paint a cedar fence in Englewood, CO, just south of Denver, last summer to imagine Ludwig von Beethoven listening to the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century. The mural shows the classical composer digging pianistsThelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
Oscar Peterson
piano1925 - 2007
Sidney Bechet
saxophone, soprano1897 - 1959
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Charlie Parker
saxophone, alto1920 - 1955
Sonny Rollins
saxophoneb.1930
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Eric Dolphy
woodwinds1928 - 1964
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic1922 - 1979
Elvin Jones
drums1927 - 2004
JASON MORAN IN MILWAUKEE: Jazz pianist
Jason Moran
pianob.1975
Tarus Mateen
bass
Nasheet Waits
drumsb.1971
AUGUST WILSON CULTURAL CENTER: This Pittsburgh art center in December presented the world premiere of trumpeter
Sean Jones
trumpetb.1978
Pori Jazz firing
Finland's Pori Jazz Festival board of directors fired newly hired CEO Aki Ruotsala in June, two months before he was scheduled to take his post, for making controversial comments about homosexuality. In an interview with a local newspaper, Satakunnan Kansa, Ruotsala suggested that gay people do not exist and that homosexuality could be cured.
National Treasures
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Nina Simone
piano and vocals1933 - 2003
Alice Coltrane
piano1937 - 2007
Miles Davis' boyhood Home
The East St. Louis, IL, home where trumpeter
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Stamp of approval
The U.S. Postal Service honored singer and civil rights activist
Lena Horne
vocals1917 - 2010
SousaFund
Sousaphonist/bassist
Ben Jaffe
tubab.1971
Sharks dig jazz
Researchers at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, reported in May that found sharks could recognize jazz. Scientists trained juvenile sharks to swim over to where jazz was playing, to receive food. Sharks previously were thought to associate the sound of a boat engine with food, because food is often thrown from tourist boats to attract sharks to cage-diving expeditions. The addition of classical music to the experiment confused the sharks, who couldn't figure out that they had to go to a different location for food.
Space jam
Stuttgart, Germany's Jazz Open Festival brought a new, literal, meaning to the phrase "space jam" when the band Kraftwerk jammed with German astronaut Alexander Gerst in a live connection from the International Space Station on July 20. Gerst used a tablet computer configured with a virtual synthesizer to duet with the group on the 1978 track, "Spacelab."
Flock of Four
Director Gregory Caruso made his feature film debut in April with Flock of Four, a jazz-themed coming-of-age tale. It follows four Pasadena teens through a single night of 1959's Central Avenue jazz scene Los Angeles, going from club to club, to find and hoping to hear a jazz legend, a trumpeter named Pope Dixon.
Q-Tip as Miles—for one night only
Hip-hop icon as Q-Tip, the leader of Tribe Called Quest, was cast as trumpeter
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Vintage wheels
A 1980 Ferrari 308GTSi, once owned by
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Celebrating Oscar—with hoops
The first edition of the
Oscar Peterson
piano1925 - 2007
From jazz to town hall
Swiss jazz promoter Christian Jott Jenny, organizer and artistic director of the St. Moritz Jazz Festival, was elected mayor of the chic Alpine resort town in September. Jenny, 40, who is also a singer, defeated incumbent Sigi Asprion by 72 votes. St. Moritz has hosted the Winter Olympics twice—in 1928 and 1948.
2018 Final Bars
The jazz world lost many musicians and industry-related people during 2018, including five of its NEA Jazz Masters:Bob Dorough
vocals1923 - 2018
Cecil Taylor
piano1929 - 2018
Randy Weston
piano1926 - 2018
Nancy Wilson
vocals1937 - 2018
Here's a comprehensive compilation.
Accordionist Yvette Horner; accordionist and saxophonist Asmund Bj?rken.
Bandleader Bob Edison; bandleader and educator Alexander Erpilev.
Banjo players Peter Bullis, Clive Grey.
Bassists Gerald Adams, Ricardo Baumgarten, Max Bennett, Paulo Cardoso, Tony DeCicco, Wayne Dockery, Norman Edge, Fedor Fre?o, Roman Grinev, Bobby Haynes, Doug Kirschner, Arthur Maia, Gustavo Márquez, Wilson McKindra, Stanis?aw Ota??ga, André Rodrigues, Peter Schneider, Joe Sydow; bassist, cellist and educator Buell Neidlinger; bassist, guitarist, singer and producer Billy Hancock; bassists and educators Charles Hoag, Lenny Pollacchi; bassist, educator, broadcaster and writer Cüneyt Sermet; producer and singer Fedor Fre?o; bassist and photographer Jim Crutcher; bassist and promoter Bill Reid; bassist and co-founder of Germany's Rheingauer Jazzclub Edu Jung; bassist and festival organizer (Germany's Düsseldorfer Jazz Rally and International Jazz Festival Viersen) Ali Haurand.
Bassoonists and educators Gary Moody, Marvin Roth.
Cellist Hugh McDowell.
Clarinetists Perry Robinson, Eddie Wiggins; clarinetist and pianist Harry Burt.
Composers Carol Hall, Thomas Pernes; composer, arranger, record producer and pianist Heiner Stadler; composers, arrangers, big-band leaders and educators Glen Daum, Patrick Williams; composer, accordionist and pianist Francis Lai; composer, bassist, pianist, educator and musicologist Olly Wilson; composer, multi-instrumentalist and musical director Gérard Hourbette; composer and pianist Galt MacDermot; composer and violinist Takehisa Kosugi.
Cornetist, singer and New Black Eagles Jazz Band co-founder Tony Pringle.
Drummers Ron Barron, Robert Barry, Norman Beane, Tommy Check, Daniel Cisneros, Glenn Davis, Hüseyin Ertun?, Cootie Harris, Jon Hiseman, Armin Jungermann, Charlie Rice, Dave Riegert, Roger Sellers, Robert Shy, Paul Togawa, John von Ohlen, Abdallah Zuhri; drummer, bandleader and producer Jerry Fischer; drummers and educators Brian Hamada, Jack LeCompte, Bob McKee, Brian West; drummer and producer Leon "Ndugu" Chancler; drummer and club owner (Merced CA's Rudy's Jazz and Blues) Rudy Merino; drummer and novelist Bill Moody; drummer and cinematographer Witold Sobociński.
Electronic music pioneer, composer and educator Stanley Glasser.
French horn player Chris Costanzi.
Guitarists Don Alessi, Bob Bain, Glenn Branca, Steve Coutts, Alex Domschot, Wilbert Longmire, Jeff Louna, Calvin Newborn, Martin Nitsch, Cyril Pahinui, Richard Ring, Coco Schumann, Jon Sholle, Ivan Smirnov, Wah Wah Watson; guitarists and educators Gyula Babos, John Marasco, Dick Sheridan, John Sopko; guitarist, bassist, bandleader, composer, arranger and writer Dan Fox; guitarist, producer and songwriter Reggie Lucas.
Harpist and educator Carrol McLaughlin.
Keyboard player C.W. Vrtacek (Charles O'Meara); keyboard player, composer, producer and engineer Hardy Fox (Charles Bobuck).
Lyricist Norman Gimbel.
Multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Curt Prina; multi-instrumentalist and composer Christian Burchard. ; multi-instrumentalist and singer Sergei Mosin; multi-instrumentalist and educator Richard Amses.
Oboist and bandleader Zdeněk Barták Sr.
Organist, pianist and vibes player Curt Prina.
Percussionists Jack Costanzo, Ken Philmore, Pancho Terry; percussionist and bandleader Ahmadu Jah; percussionist and educator Dean Witten.
Pianists Barrie Ascroft, Steve Austin, Dick Bernet, Kristin Bialick, Reuben Brown, Brian Browne, Blanche Burton-Lyles, Harald Eckstein, Ghalib Ghallab, Chri Gillespie, Steve Goodman, Donnie Heitler, Johnny Hot, John Hughes, Nathan Jatcko, Hermann Keller, Brooks Kerr, Jean Kittrell, Johnny Knapp, Thierry Lalo, Olivier Lancelot, Johnny Maddox, Norio Maeda, Gildo Mahones, Jodi Marshall, Ralph Martin, Dick Mattick, Dick Meares, Lennie Metcalfe, Vern Nussbaum, Gary Peterson, Masahiro Sayama, Uli Scherer, Art Simmons, Jim Somerville, George Spaulding, Helmut Stütz, Dick Voigt, Keith Vreeland, John Williams; pianists, bandleaders, composers and NEA Jazz Masters Cecil Taylor, Randy Weston; pianist and bandleader Howard Williams; pianist and broadcaster Jim "The Jazz" Caine; pianist, flutist, composer and educator Paul Zopel; pianist, conductor, composer and arranger Tommy Banks; pianists and composers Don Alberts, Misha Alperin, Stelvio Cipriani, Harvey Hanson, Rafael "Bullumba" Landestoy, Arnold Maury, Christian Minkowitsch; pianist and organist Ray Tones; pianists, singers and songwriters Bob Dorough, Reg Webb; pianist, singer, bandleader and educator Ike Jenkins; pianist and singer Henry Butler; pianist, organist, educator and jazz club owner (Kobe, Japan's M.M. Join) Minoru Ozone; pianist and trombonist René Jonckeer; pianists and educators Eddie Baker, Didier Datcharry, Jack Reilly, Ernie Scott, Tad Weed; pianist, broadcaster and writer Dick Hughes; pianist and writer Amy Hildreth Duncan.
Poet and rapper Jalal Mansur Nuriddin.
Saxophonists Darryl Adams, Ed Agopian, Chuz Alfred, Leo Bazinet, Albert "Sax" Berry, Hamiet Bluiett, Errol Buddle, Ace Cannon, Ted Efantis, Sonny Fortune, Peter Guidi, Carl Janelli, Hiroaki Katayama, Abraham Tsoana Kola, Mike Laatz, Roger Lambson, Bob Leibowitz, Aubrey Hwang Martin, Big Jay McNeely, Fred "Big Cat" Monroe, Charles Neville, Don Payne, Rolf Pifnitzka, Alain Rellay, Eddie Shaw, Frank Smith, Chuck Stentz, Ron Sutton, Rick Torcaso, John Van Rymenant, Uwe Werner, Chuck Wilson, Keith Zaharia, Norton Zieff; saxophonist and arranger Bob Freedman; saxophonists, bandleaders and educators Barry Kelsey, Scott Mullett, Roger Neumann; saxophonists and bandleaders Jochen Brauer, Carmen Dee; saxophonists and educators Donald Crawford, Nathan Davis, Jim Giacone, Fred Hess, Morgan King, Remy Filipovitch, Bill Laskey, Russ Phillips, Reynold Scott Jr., Rick Torcaso; saxophonist, graphic designer and writer Ove Stokstad, saxophonist and Halifax, Nova Scotia's Upstream Music Association co-founder Paul Cram; saxophonist and writer Jürg Laederach; saxophonist, educator and jazz club artistic director (Wilmington DE's Nomad Bar) Harry Spencer; saxophonist, writer and founder of Manhattan's Jazz at Noon series and Fire Island's Chill Out concerts Les Lieber; saxophonist, artist manager, arts administrator and educator James Jordan.
Singers Monique Aldebert, Ursula Becker, Babs Beverley, Anita Honis Bohl?nder, Ruth Brisbane, Suzanne Couch, Theryl "Houseman" DeClouet, France Gall, Kay Grandolfo, Kellye Gray, Donald Greene, Anneke Gr?nloh, Theresa Hightower, Bobbi Jordan, Morgana King, Arthur Manuntung, Angela Maria, Marcia Maria, Dolores "Dee" Parker Morgan, Dottie Reid, Arthur "Mr. Okra" Robinson, Lara Saint Paul, Paul Ventura, Marlene VerPlanck, Barbara Walker, Wesla Whitfield; singer and NEA Jazz Master, broadcaster, actor and civil rights activist Nancy Wilson; singer and bandleader Janka Nabay; singer and educator Rebecca Parris; singers and guitarists Kassé Mady Diabaté, Philip Tabane; singer, pianist and songwriter Bob Dorough; singer, pianist and organist Aretha Franklin; singers and pianists Paul Broadnax, Audrey Morris; singers and songwriters Charles Aznavour, Miúcha, Geoffrey Oryema; singer, drummer, A&R manager, club owner and Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz & Performing Arts president Don Gardner; singer, actor and poet Jacques Higelin; singer and actor Micki Varro; singer, pianist and producer Habib Faye; singer, percussionist and broadcaster Samia Panni.
Trombonists Pat Arana, Peter Feil, John Getz, Urbie Green, Scotty Hill, Dean Hubbard, Bill Hughes, Kirk Keutemeier, Erich Kleinschuster, David Leigh, Caroline Morton-Hicks, Dick Simon, Conny Stintzing, Frans Van Dyck. Jack Zito; trombonist, drummer, bandleader, writer, producer and record label founder Big Bill Bissonnette (Jazz Crusade); trombonists and bandleaders Ron Bowks, Mike Harries, Jimmy Wilkins; trombonists and educators Ken Hanlon, Leonard Neldhold, Bill Watrous, Mike Wiliamson; trombonist and singer Andre Stephani; trombonist, bassist, psychologist and actor Roger Burton.
Trumpeters Kevin Bryan, Joe "Doc" Bryant, Everett Farey, Dewey Johnson, Don Johnson, Lou Kaminski, Armand Olevano, Mason Prince, Boy Raaijmakers, Dalton Rousseau; trumpeter, bandleader, composer and singer Hugh Masekela; trumpeter, bandleader and educator Bill Fabrizio; trumpeters and bandleaders Al Garner, Roy Hargrove, Stan Reynolds, Tomasz Stanko, Jeff Taylor; trumpeter, composer, arranger and educator Ken McCoy; trumpeter, composer and conductor Walter Eichenberg; trumpeter, percussionist and bandleader Jerry Gonzalez; trumpeter and trombonist Egon Denu; trumpeter and broadcaster Lukas Burckhardt; trumpeters and educators Ken Grasley, Jim White.
Tuba players Pat Bowen, Jean Levinson; tuba and banjo player Tom Dutart; tuba player and bassist Rich Viano.
Ukelele player and slack-key guitarist, composer, record company founder (Kanikapila) and educator Peter Moon.
Vibraphonists Jerzy Milian, Wolfgang Schlüter.
Violinists Lucy Heiberg, Didier Lockwood; violinist and bassist Zipflo Weinrich.
Music director and composer Robert Arthur.
Sound engineer and bassist Aki Lehmann.
Record producers Akim Bergmann (Trikont), Joop De Roo (various labels), Rob Sunenblick (Uptown Records); record label founder, photographer and poet Dan Serro (Kharma Jazz and Danola); record record label founder (Miles Music) and race car driver John Miles; record label (Carnival) co-owner, music shop co-owner, jazz club board member, broadcaster and writer Mina Lea Crais; Tower Records founder Russ Solomon; record producer (Jeton label), broadcaster, writer and publicist Woomy Schmidt; engineer and producer Geoff Emerick; jazz promoter Pepe Hosiasson; jazz promoters Monique Manfelsdorff, Peter Schmitt-Sausen, the co-founder of Germany's Hürther Jazz Night; producer and songwriter Norman Blagman; record producer, label co-founder & co-owner, and guitarist Mike Panico (Relative Pitch).
Jazz club owner and NEA Jazz Master Lorraine Gordon (New York's Village Vanguard); jazz club owner and record label founder Henry Storch (Duesseldorf, Germany's Unique Club and Unique Records); jazz club owner Mel Hood (Lake Como NJ's Jason's Jazz & Blues Club); jazz club founder David Mossman (London's Vortex Jazz Club); nightclub owner Rocky Palmer (Schenectady NY's RocMar, Castle Club, Gourmet, Pompeii Room and RJ Ritz Terrace); music production specialist (French Quarter Fest and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival), and New Orleans bar and club manager and owner Barbara Gillmor; artist manager, club manager (New York's Birdland) and (Jazzmobile) production coordinator and historian Johnnie Garry; Edinburgh (Scotland) Jazz & Blues Festival founder, banjo player and guitarist Mike Hart; jazz festival co-founder Simone Ginibre (Nice, France's Grande Parade du Jazz); festival director Paco Martín Pe?as (Spain's La Mar de Músicas and the Jazz Festival of Cartagena); Vancouver Jazz Festival artistic director Ken Pickering; Rowan (NC) Blues & Jazz Festival founder Eleanor Qadirah; former executive director of Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Arts Festival Barbara Widdoes; record producer and concert programmer Rik Bevernage (Werf); concert promoter and record store owner Gavin Jones; record store owners "Bleecker Street Bob" Plotnick, Raffe Simonian (Chicago's Raffe's Record Riot); concert and festival producer (New York's first Harlem Jazz Festival & Jazz on the River) and weekly newspaper publisher (Jazzbill) Leo Hopewell; producer, promoter, club proprietor (Johannesburg's Dorkay House) and singer Queeneth Ndaba; JazzTimes founder & publisher, record store owner, producer and drummer Ira Sabin; restaurant owner Kathy Kriger (Rick's Café Casablanca); entertainment lawyer Howell Begle.
Broadcasters Gina Carter-Simmers, Roger Fega, David Mitchell, Neal Murray; broadcaster, pianist and writer Franck Bauer; broadcaster and Jazz Ottawa co-founder Ron Sweetman.
Discographer Horst J. Salewski.
Photographers Clemens Kalischer, Marek Karewicz, Jan Persson.
Writers Olav Angell, Michael Goodwin, Lee Jeske, Hans-Klaus Jungheinrich, Lauri Karvonen, Owen McNally, Alun Morgan; writer and actor Jean Porter; writer, business manager and (New Orleans Jazz Club) volunteer attorney Nick Gagliano; writer, broadcaster, editor, photographer, saxophonist and producer (Tucson Jazz Festival, Charles Mingus Hometown Jazz Festival) Yvonne Ervin; writer, broadcaster and musicologist Lino Betancourt Molina; writers and historians Lerone Bennett Jr., torian Duke Carl Gregor of Mecklenberg; writer and photographer Bob Byler; writer and jazz festival organizer (Lake George NY's Jazz at the Lake) Paul Pines; writer and lyricist Marcia Hillman.
Blues, gospel and R&B artists, and industry figures Khaira Arby, Eddie Campbell, Siva Choy, Eddy Clearwater, Little Sammy Davis, Dennis Edwards, Clarence Fountain, Rick Hall, Edwin Hawkins, Algia Mae Hinton, Denise LaSalle, Lazy Lester, Stan Lewis, Floyd Miles, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, James "Nick" Nixon, "Sunshine" Sonny Payne, Otis Rush, Preston Shannon, David Shaw, Eddie Shaw, Yvonne Staples, Tony Joe White, Jody Williams, Betty Willis, Eddie Willis.
This Final Bars list was compiled from many sources including local newspapers, 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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