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2019: The Year in Jazz

International Jazz Day, Take Eight...
Australia's two largest citiesMelbourne and Sydneyhosted major components of 2019's International Jazz Day celebration. Sydney Opera House hosted free education and outreach programs on April 26. The All-Star Global Concert on April 30 took place in Melbourne's historic Hamer Hall. Performers included several Australians: trumpeter, trombonist (and co-artistic director)
James Morrison
multi-instrumentalistb.1962
The many others in the Melbourne concert's multi-national lineup included singers

Kurt Elling
vocalsb.1967

Jane Monheit
vocalsb.1977

Lizz Wright
vocalsb.1980

Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940

Igor Butman
saxophone, tenorb.1961

Eli Degibri
saxophone, tenorb.1978

Antonio Hart
band / ensemble / orchestrab.1968

Tineke Postma
saxophone, altob.1978

Theo Croker
trumpetb.1985

Joey DeFrancesco
organ, Hammond B31971 - 2022

John Beasley
pianoA Bu
piano
Eric Reed
pianob.1970

Tarek Yamani
piano
James Genus
bassb.1966

Ben Williams
bass, electric
Brian Blade
drumsb.1970

Antonio Sanchez
drumsb.1971

Jeff Parker
guitarb.1967

Chico Pinheiro
guitar
Mark Nightingale
tromboneb.1967
Aditya Kalyanpur
tablasJazzy centennials...
A significant number of jazz notables had their 100th birthdays noted posthumously during 2019. Those musicians included
Art Blakey
drums1919 - 1990

Nat King Cole
piano and vocals1919 - 1965

Mercer Ellington
trumpet1919 - 1996
Israel Crosby
bass, acousticb.1919

Babs Gonzales
vocals1919 - 1980
Al McKibbon
bass, acousticb.1919
Peck Morrison
bassb.1919

Buddy Morrow
trombone1919 - 2010

Herbie Nichols
piano1919 - 1963

Anita O'Day
vocals1919 - 2006

Lennie Tristano
piano1919 - 1978

George Shearing
piano1919 - 2011

Snooky Young
trumpet1919 - 2011
Awards and honors of note...
NEA JAZZ MASTERS: Pianist and composer
Abdullah Ibrahim
pianob.1934

Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
Bob Dorough
vocals1923 - 2018

Bobby McFerrin
vocalsb.1950

Roscoe Mitchell
saxophoneb.1940

Reggie Workman
bassb.1937
GRAMMY AWARDS: There was a wide range of jazz-related winners at the 2019 (61st annual) Grammy Awards, which were held February 10 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. They were

Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023

Cecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsb.1989

John Daversa
trumpetb.1972

Dafnis Prieto
drumsb.1974
Also,

Steve Gadd
drumsb.1945

Terence Blanchard
trumpetb.1962

Randy Waldman
piano
Quincy Jones
arranger1933 - 2024
LATIN GRAMMYS: There were four jazz-related winners at the 2019 Latin Grammy Awards on November 14 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

Chucho Valdes
pianob.1941

Astor Piazzolla
bandoneon1921 - 1992

Tony Succar
percussionb.1986
JJA AWARDS: Saxophonist

Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023

Ahmad Jamal
piano1930 - 2023

Linda May Han Oh
bass, acousticb.1984

Bobby Sanabria
congas
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
JJA's journalism-related winners included writer John Szwed for Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism; Maxine Gordon for best book, Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of

Dexter Gordon
saxophone, tenor1923 - 1990
GENIUS GRANT: Guitarist

Mary Halvorson
guitarDORIS DUKE AWARDS: Drummer

Terri Lyne Carrington
drumsb.1965

George Lewis
tromboneb.1952
HANCOCK COMPETITION: Guitarist

Evgeny Pobozhiy
guitarb.1988
PERFORMANCE PLUS: Chamber Music America distributed more than $180,000 to 11 US-based female-led jazz ensembles through its new Performance Plus program, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The program connects each group with an experienced jazz artist-educator for six evaluative listening sessions designed to enhance their performance, followed by a high-quality demo recording session. Those bands are Amanda & Associates (Brooklyn, NY), Arco Belo (Potomac, MD),
Aurora Nealand
saxophone
Camille Thurman
saxophoneb.1986

Kavita Shah
vocals
Mara Rosenbloom
pianob.1984

Nadje Noordhuis
trumpetSASSY AWARDS: Bronx, NY native Samara McLendon won the eighth annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition on November 4 in Newark, NJ. She received a $5,000 cash award and a guaranteed performing slot at the 2020 Newport Jazz Festival. The competition is part of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's TD

James Moody
woodwinds1925 - 2010
ELLA AWARDS: Melinda Rodriguez of Miami won the third annual

Ella Fitzgerald
vocals1917 - 1996
BMI COMPOSERS WORKSHOP: Drummer

Dan Pugach
drums
Charlie Parker
saxophone, alto1920 - 1955

Manny Albam
arranger1922 - 2001
MICHAEL BRECKER SAX COMPETITION: Los Angeles-based

Alex Hahn
saxophone, altob.1992

Michael Brecker
saxophone, tenor1949 - 2007

Alex Weitz
saxophoneLIVING LEGACY: Trumpeter and bandleader

Charles Tolliver
trumpetb.1942
AMERICAN PIANO COMPETITION: The third time was the charm, for

Emmet Cohen
pianob.1990
DOWN FOR THE COUNT: The Kid from Red Bank, bandleader and pianist

Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984
BMI ICON: Five-time Grammy winner, Oscar nominee, trumpeter and composer

Terence Blanchard
trumpetb.1962

Jimmy Mazzy
banjoGLENN GOULD PROT?G? PRIZE: Opera singer Jessye Norman, winner of Toronto's twelfth Glenn Gould Prize, picked American jazz singer

Cecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsb.1989

Oscar Peterson
piano1925 - 2007

Benny Green
pianob.1963
ENABLING JAZZ TOURS: Thirty-one jazz artists were selected to receive $359,600 collectively from Jazz Road, a national initiative led by the Atlanta-based regional nonprofit South Arts. The program helps emerging and amid-career musicians perform in rural, isolated, and under-served communities, as well as more traditional venues. Artists selected in this first round, for tours between October 2019 and September 2020, include percussionist

Fran Vielma
bongosb.1981

Jaimie Branch
trumpet1983 - 2022

William Parker
bassb.1952
Jazz venue ups and downs...
KEYSTONE KORNER: The West Coast jazz mecca that producer
Todd Barkan
producer
Ron Carter
bassb.1937

Donald Vega
piano
Russell Malone
guitar1963 - 2024
CAF? BOHEMIA: Back in the day, from 1955 to 1960, Café Bohemia in New York featured some of greatest jazz players in history, and a string of classic live recordings.

Oscar Pettiford
bass1922 - 1960
MADE IN NEW YORK: Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood got a new jazz club in October when Michael Brovkine opened his Made in New York Jazz Cafe and Bar. Brovkine produces the Made in New York Jazz Competition, a technology-driven, global jazz competition that is held entirely online. The club's opening weekend featured pianist

Cyrus Chestnut
pianob.1963

Lenny White
drumsb.1949

Buster Williams
bass, acousticb.1942
RISING RENTS CLAIM TWO BIG APPLE VICTIMS: The Cornelia Street Café in New York's Greenwich Village, a folk and jazz venue for 41 years, closed on January 2, 2019. The 700-capacity Highline Ballroom closed five weeks later, on February 8, after the landlord decided to not renew the lease. Highline Ballroom owner Steven Bensusan said he was looking for another location within the same Chelsea/Meatpacking District for the venue, which occasionally included jazz-related acts in its programming.
SAVING HERMANN'S: British Columbia's Arts on View Society has raised more than $90,000 (CAD) through a GoFundMe campaign and a benefit concert to save Hermann's Jazz Club in Victoria. The non-profit signed an agreement in April to lease and operate Hermann's for the next five years. Canada's longest-running jazz club was founded in 1986 by the late Hermann Nieweler. It faced an uncertain future in 2018 due to a family feud involving his three children.
TRUMPETS JAZZ CLUB: A September 28 appearance by Ty Stephens & SoulJaazz brought down the curtain at Trumpets Jazz Club & Restaurant in Montclair, NJ after a long run as New Jersey's most prominent jazz club. Trumpets opened in 1985. It had been known for some time that the club and its liquor license were up for sale by owners Enrico Granafei and Kristine Massari, who bought it in 1999.
TULA'S IN SEATTLE: A similar closure, one day later, befell the jazz community in Seattle, WA. Tula's Restaurant and Jazz Club in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood, considered the hub for the area jazz community, shuttered after 26 years. The club has been operating on a month-to-month lease for six years, and its expiring licenses and insurance renewal became overwhelming. "We've run out of Band-Aids and duct tape," general manager Jason Moore told the Seattle Times. Pianist

Bill Anschell
pianob.1959
BLUE LLAMA: A major void in Ann Arbor, MI's jazz scene, since the 2004 closing of bassist
Ron Brooks
bassThe Blue LLama is now home to

Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
MIDDLE C JAZZ: This 200-seat club opened in Charlotte, NC on October 31 to bring regional, national and international live jazz acts to South Brevard Street in the heart of uptown. It is the brainchild of father-son duo Larry and Adam Farber, Larry, a longtime local music entrepreneur, and Adam, a commercial real estate broker, said they hope to create a new music district for the city's live music fans. Middle C Jazz opened with a tango and Argentine folklore musical weekend featuring the Alejandro Ziegler quartet.
FORTE JAZZ LOUNGE: Singer and bandleader

JAZZ ON THE RIVER: On December 16, New Orleans' newest and biggest riverboat, the Riverboat

Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
JAZZURBANE IN BOSTON: Last January, guitarist and educator

Bill Banfield
guitarIVY LEAGUE JAZZ: Jazz at Princeton University, helmed by saxophonist (and the university's jazz director)

Rudresh Mahanthappa
saxophone, altob.1971

Dave Holland
bassb.1946

Donny McCaslin
saxophone, tenorb.1966

Joel Frahm
saxophone, tenor
Tia Fuller
saxophone
Ingrid Jensen
trumpetb.1966

Charenee Wade
vocals
Pedrito Martinez
percussionSAINT LUCIA JAZZ FESTIVAL: The 27th edition of this Caribbean island festival, held May 5-12, was produced in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, in a first-of-its-kind partnership. It was Jazz at Lincoln Center's first full-scale live production outside the United States. J@LC programmed a lineup that will featured

Gregory Porter
vocalsb.1971

Dianne Reeves
vocalsb.1956

Catherine Russell
vocals
Somi
vocals
Veronica Swift
vocals
Christian McBride
bassb.1972

Ledisi
vocalsb.1972

Etienne Charles
trumpetb.1983

Russell Hall
bass
Patrick Bartley Jr
saxophoneCONCORD JAZZ FESTIVAL REDUX: After a 15-year hiatus, northern California's Concord Jazz Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary on August 3, at the Concord Pavilion. Featured artists included pianist

Chick Corea
piano1941 - 2021

Dave Koz
saxophone
Esperanza Spalding
bassb.1984

Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984

Poncho Sanchez
bongosb.1951
On the record...
ECM TURNS 50: Manfred Eicher's Munich-based ECM jazz label (Editions of Contemporary Music) marked its 50th anniversary in November, but there were celebrations throughout the year. They included more than 20 concerts by label artists as part of the Big Ears festival in Knoxville, TN, an ECM focus at New York's Winter JazzFest, and multiple-night concerts at Jazz @ Lincoln Center in New York City and SFJAZZ in San Francisco. There were also label salutes at La Fenice in Venice and Oslo's Victoria Nasjonal Jazz Scene, among others. On November 24, 1969, Eicher went into the studio to record the label's first album, pianist
Mal Waldron
piano1925 - 2002
TRANE'S BLUE WORLD: In 1964, the National Film Board of Canada asked saxophonist

John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
BIRTH OF THE COOL TURNS 70: Blue Note marked the 70th anniversary of

Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
JAZZ FEST BOX: In honor of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's 50th anniversary this year, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation compiled a five-disc box set of archival live recordings. It was released five days after the festival's 2019 edition. Jazz Fest: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (Smithsonian Folkways, 2019) includes performances by

Trombone Shorty
tromboneb.1986
SATCHMO GOES TO COLLEGE: Sixty-three years after trumpeter

Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
UMG RESTRUCTURES JAZZ DIVISION: Verve Label Group president/CEO Danny Bennett stepped down in March as Universal Music Group restructured its classical and jazz operations. Dickon Stainer, president/CEO of Universal Classics and Jazz, assumed oversight of Verve, adding it to a label stable that includes Deutsche Grammophon and the Decca Label Group. The company called the change part of a "move to further internationalize Verve." Bennett, son of singer

Tony Bennett
vocals1926 - 2023
Love forand questions aboutKenny Burrell
The jazz community stepped up quickly and mightily after guitarist
Kenny Burrell
guitar, electricb.1931
The donation pace fell off dramatically after the Washington Post published an extensive article on July 11. It questioned the truthfulness of many of the claims after interviewing relatives, fellow musicians, fellow UCLA faculty members, friends and neighbors. GoFundMe donations exceeded $242,000 at the time of the Post's article, but by year-end had only raised a total of $249,671. Burrell, 88, is a Distinguished Professor of Music and Global Jazz Studies at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music, where he directed the Jazz Studies program for 20 years. After a 2016 fall, in which Burrell reportedly suffered a brain bleed, he went on medical leave before taking a 2019 paid sabbatical. The university said he remains a full-time faculty member with related compensation and health benefits, and is scheduled to return to UCLA in March 2020.
In the jazz classroom...
NICOLE MITCHELL TO PITT: Flutist
Nicole Mitchell
fluteb.1967

Geri Allen
piano1957 - 2017
MIAMI RESIDENCY: Five-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master

Maria Schneider
composer / conductorFROST-JAZZ ASPEN SNOWMASS COLLABORATE: The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami and Jazz Aspen Snowmass teamed up to expand the all-scholarship JAS Academy in Aspen, CO. Through this collaboration, underwritten by philanthropists Ed and Sasha Bass, the summer program for promising student musicians was expanded from one two weeks. The JAS Academy is led by two bassists: artistic director

Christian McBride
bassb.1972

Chuck Bergeron
bassGIVING BACK ORGANICALLY: Bassist

Ben Williams
bass, electricJazz on film...
DAVIS DOCUMENTARY:
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
THE GREEN BOOK: This sleeper won three Oscars, including Best Picture, for exploring the life and times of pianist

Don Shirley
piano1927 - 2013

Kris Bowers
keyboardsb.1989
BOLDEN: This Dan Pritzker film, with music by

Wynton Marsalis
trumpetb.1961

Buddy Bolden
cornet1877 - 1931
KAMASI TIME: Tenor saxophonist

Kamasi Washington
saxophoneb.1981
BILLIE HOLIDAY'S WOES: Filming began in Montreal in October on Lee Daniels' biopic The United States Vs. Billie Holiday. Actress-singer
Andra Day
vocalsIn the jazz archives...
CHICO O'FARRILL: Rutgers University's Institute of Jazz Studies acquired Cuban jazz great Arturo "Chico" O'Farrill's music and personal archives. The collection includes O'Farrill's "Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite" and other compositions essential to the history of both Latin music and jazz. "Chico would've been honored to know that his work is now available to scholars and students of jazz history," Chico's son, pianist
Arturo O'Farrill
pianob.1960
DAN MORGANSTERN HONORED: The Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University in Newark, NJ, named historian, writer, and educator Dan Morgenstern as its "executive director emeritus" to honor his 90th birthday on October 24. It also created the Dan Morgenstern Institute of Jazz Studies Distinguished Fellowships in his honor. In addition to directing the Institute for 36 years until his retirement in 2012, he was a prolific author, jazz reviewer, educator and was editor of three different jazz magazines during his career.
The one-year Morganstern fellowships were awarded to vibraphonist

Stefon Harris
vibraphoneb.1973

Loren Schoenberg
saxophoneb.1958
Historic preservation ups and downs...
JOHN COLTRANE'S CHILDHOOD HOME: In August, a marker was unveiled at the High Point, NC house where saxophonist
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
RANDY WESTON AND BETTY CARTER: A city block in Brooklyn, NY was co-named on September 29 for pianist and NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston, who died in 2018. The block near Lafayette and Grand avenues is now known as Randy Weston Way. He lived on Lafayette Avenue when he was growing up. A week earlier, Brooklyn officials gathered to open

Betty Carter
vocals1929 - 1998
CAB CALLOWAY'S ROOTS: Bandleader and singer

Cab Calloway
composer / conductor1907 - 1994
BUDDY BOLDEN'S HOUSE: New Orleans-born musician PJ Morton formed a non-profit corporation called the Buddy's House Foundation, hoping to restore the endangered double shotgun house where trumpeter

Buddy Bolden
cornet1877 - 1931
NINA SIMONE: The National Trust for Historic Preservation designated singer-pianist

Nina Simone
piano and vocals1933 - 2003
SOUTH RAMPART STREET: GBX Group, a Cleveland-based real estate firm that specializes in historic preservation, stepped in to save a big chunk of the 400 block of South Rampart Street in New Orleans. It includes a grouping of key sites in the birth of jazz. They include the Eagle Saloon, where

Buddy Bolden
cornet1877 - 1931

Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971

Jelly Roll Morton
piano1890 - 1941

Bessie Smith
vocals1894 - 1937
HONORING RICHARD DAVIS: A new street on Madison, WI's east side was unveiled on July 20 and named after bassist Richard Davis, a retired music professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was lauded for his successful career and his work toward ending racism in the community. A plaque on Richard Davis Lane will give the public more information about his life, career and contributions to the community.
HONORING A TRUMPET GREAT: The city of Detroit renamed Randolph Street at Madison on August 29 as

Marcus Belgrave
trumpet1936 - 2015
BLUE BIRD INN: Efforts are underway to preserve the former Blue Bird Inn, a popular jazz bar on Detroit's West Side, which has stood empty for more than a decade since its owner's death. The nonprofit Detroit Sound Conservancy wants to transform the building as its new home, as well as a depository for its archives of Detroit music history, and a live music venue. In late spring, more than a dozen volunteers met at the Blue Bird to get the project going by shoveling debris, pulling weeds and cutting the overgrown backyard. The Detroit Sound Conservancy salvaged and restored the stage from the Blue Bird several years ago.
Crime log...
LAWRENCE LEATHERS DEATH: Grammy-winning drummer
Lawrence Leathers
drums1981 - 2019

Cecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsb.1989

Aaron Diehl
pianoGLEN DAVID ANDREWS: New Orleans trombonist and singer

Glen David Andrews
tromboneBUSKING ARREST: A well-known local trumpet player was arrested July 8, following a call from a New Orleans bookstore owner who said a brass band was blocking the entrance to his store. A furor erupted because of a live-streamed Facebook video. It showed Eugene Grant, known locally as "Little Eugene," pinned to the ground by a Taser-wielding police officer. The 27-year-old black musician, who is autistic and has developmental delays, was arrested for obstructing a public passage and resisting an officer. He had been performing with the Young Fellaz Brass Band. The charges against Grant were dropped the next day. The incident happened on Frenchmen Street, a bustling corridor of jazz clubs and live music venues where sidewalk concerts by brass bands draw enthusiastic crowds.
Jazz and art...
THREE-STORY SATCHMO: Renowned Brazilian street artist Eduardo Kobra painted a 45-foot-tall close-up painting of wide-eyed trumpeter
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
THE JAZZ MAILMAN: A new mural in Washington, DC honors late tenor saxophonist

Buck Hill
saxophone, tenorb.1927
GRAPHIC JAZZ: The nonprofit Philadelphia Jazz Project in late November began a new tactic to win over new ears to jazz. It published a graphic novel. Philadelphia Jazz Stories Illustrated: Volume One is a colorful book based on interviews and personal essays about the city's jazz scene. It vividly relates the emotional impact of the music and what it felt like to be in the room when the masters played long lost Philly clubs including Pep's on South Broad and The Earle at 11th and Market. Jazz Project founder and director Homer Jackson said the graphics underscore that no simple words can describe how a listener felt at a live performance. Many of the book's central subjects

Sun Ra
piano1914 - 1993

John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967

Rufus Harley
woodwinds1936 - 2006

Byard Lancaster
saxophone1942 - 2012

McCoy Tyner
piano1938 - 2020
Miscellaneous...
BLANCHARD GOES OPERA: Trumpeter
Terence Blanchard
trumpetb.1962
BROTHER THELONIOUS: North Coast Brewing Company's Brother Thelonious Belgian-style abbey ale returned to the market in February after halting production in 2018 while a lawsuit played out.

Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982

T.S. Monk
drumsb.1949
WINE AND JAZZ: German trumpeter Nils Wülker signed on in September as the first partner for L'?dition Musique, a new sparkling wine issue for which he will write a specific piece that will be attached to each bottle on a USB stick. Under the new concept "L'?dition Culturelle de Geldermann," the winery in Breisach am Rhein, Germany has committed to using it's a special vintage of its sparkling wine to highlight various facets of culture in the next few years. Jazz was the first stage.
QWEST TV TURNS TWO: Two years ago, producer

Quincy Jones
arranger1933 - 2024
CAVE DIVING TRAGEDY: Munich-based jazz singer Marina Trost disappeared in a cave-diving accident in the South Pacific when she was exploring a cave on the tip of a small island in Tonga on August 11. The singer was traveling with film-maker Sebastian Jobst and a crew to make a film called Ama'ara, the Song of the Whales, in which her singing was to be combined with that of humpback whales. Trost, 40, had been exploring a cave called the Cathedral on the northern tip of 'Eua. She had dived from a whale-watching boat with another woman and a dive-guide, who returned to report that Trost had left them and ascended some time earlier. She never surfaced. Her weight belt and a fin were found on the floor of the cave.
POP(S) GOES THE TRUMPETER: The Philly Pops Orchestra has appointed trumpeter

Terell Stafford
trumpetb.1966
SINATRA'S CAR: A 1985 Chrysler Le Baron Town & Country Turbo "Woody," the last car owned by singer

Frank Sinatra
vocals1915 - 1998
JAZZ AS MARKETING TOOL: The NBA's Utah Jazz kicked off 7-foot-1-inch center Rudy Gobert's successful 2019 Defensive Player of the Year campaign with the April 5 release of Gobert/Encore 2019. The decorative vinyl record-themed package was reminiscent of

John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
2019 Final Bars
The jazz world lost many musicians and industry-related people during 2019, including one of its NEA Jazz Masters: writer, editor, historian, producer and educator
Ira Gitler
producerb.1928
Here's a comprehensive compilation.
Accordionists Marcel Azzola, Mihály Tabányi; accordionist, pianist and saxophonist Al Warner.
Bandleader, composer, arranger and pianist Ib Glindemann; bandleader, trombonist and educator Jean-Marc Lemaire.
Banjo players Gavin Belton, Bobby Day; banjo player, guitarist and singer Bud Black; banjo player and bandleader (Jelly Roll Jazz Band) Ted Shafer.
Bassists Jeff Andrews, Skip Beckwith, Frank de la Rosa, Bira do J? (Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis), Bill Folwell, Michel Gaudry, Fred Hunter, Donald Jackson, Doug Lubahn, Clifford Murphy, Billy Pillucere, Eddie Piper, Frank Pullara, Tetsu Saitō, Frank Savarese, William Slapin, Bruce Yaw; bassist and educator Lisle Atkinson; bassist, guitarist, tuba player and broadcaster Harry Harman; bassist and producer Ruud Jacobs; bassists and singers Bob Damon, Wilen Tokarew; bassist, arts administrator and jazz programmer (Smithsonian, Louis Armstrong House) Julian Euell; bassist, promoter, Polish Jazz Federation president, club co-operator (Krakow's Helikon Club) and publicist Jan Byrczek; bassist and photographer Ellen Powell.
Bassoonist, bassist and educator James L. Mason.
Cellist, conductor and educator Peter Brown.
Clarinetists Jim Beatty, Frank Casty, Tom Duncan, Jerry Fuller, Tony Palumbo, Roy Pellett, Jerry Senfluk, Sol Yaged; clarinetist, composer, musicologist and educator Gino Stefani; clarinetist and record executive (Capitol, Decca) Tippy Morgan; clarinetist, instrument maker and writer Gustav Arne Kramer.
Composers Jonathan Goldstein, Jerry Herman, Gershon Kingsley; composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator and pianist Stanley Applebaum; composer and percussionist Michael Colgrass; composer and orchestrator Sid Ramin.
Cornetist Allan Kennedy Colter; cornetist and bandleader Jim Cullum Jr.; cornetist, educator and French Quarter Festival co-founder Connie Jones; cornetist and Uptown Lowdown trad jazz band founder Bert Barr.
Dancer Norma Miller (a lindy hopper).
Drummers Jose Anahory, Ginger Baker, Hal Blaine, Jerry Carrigan, Chris Criscitiello, Bob Dekker, Atilla Engin, Alvin Fielder, Walther Gro?rubatscher, Lawrence Leathers, Zezé Ngambi, Sergei Ostroumov, Cleve Pozar, Robbie Scott, Horst Seidelmann, "Farmer Bill" Thayer, Paolo Vinaccia; drummer and percussionist Ramon Banda, Raul Padro; drummer, composer, record label founder (Dreambox Media), jazz advocate and writer Jim Miller; drummer, saxophonist and educator Chris Johnson; drummer, photographer and jazz producer (Halifax, Canada, Jazz Festival) Artie Irwin; drummer and photographer Tito Villalba; drummer, big band leader, filmmaker, photographer, producer and jazz club co-owner (Munich, Germany's Spectacle) Peter Wortmann; drummer, club founder (London's East Side Jazz Club) and educator Clive Fenner; drummer, talent agent, artist manager, producer and club owner (Los Angeles' Strip City, Jazz City, The Crescendo and Avant-Garde) Maynard Sloate; drummers and educators Fred Buda, Kenny Reed, Dave Wickins.
Educator Tom Beckwith; educator, composer and arranger Allan M. Wright.
French hornist Brooks Tillotson.
Guitarists John Anthony, Vinnie Bell, Paul Carey, Ed Bickert, Harold Bradley, Todd Duke, Eddie Duran, Boon Gould, George Hanepen, Ji?í Jirmal, Vic Juris, Johnny Lambizzi, Oliver Mtukudzi, Christoph Oeding, Reggie Young; guitarist and bandleader Mose Se Sengo (aka Mose Fan Fan); guitarist and composer Martin B?ttcher; guitarist and pianist Justin Haynes; guitarist and saxophonist Ralf Benesch; guitarist, singer, songwriter and bossa nova pioneer Jo?o Gilberto; guitarist and singer Jean van den Berg; guitarist and educator Peter Prisco; guitarist and producer Bob Aves; guitarist and writer Davey Williams; guitarist, producer and photographer Romek Hanzlik; guitarist and sound engineer Jan Erik Kongshaug.
Harmonica player and magician Johnny Thompson.
Jazz poet and writer Jules Deelder.
Keyboard players Edwin Birdsong, Ingo Bischof; keyboard player and singer Art Neville.
Kora player Solo Cissokho.
Lyricist, playwright and educator Herbert Martin. Multi-instrumentalist Mike Cohen; multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Clive Stevens (aka Mystery Man).
Musicologist, composer and educator J.H. Kwabena Nketia; musicologist and harpist Vivian Perlis.
Percussionists Arnold Goldberg, Jack Jennings, Eryk Kulm; percussionist, pianist, composer and arranger Dave Carey; percussionist, bandleader and producer Djaduk Ferianto (Indonesia's Ngayog Jazz Festival); percussionist and producer Hossam Ramzy.
Pianists Claes Andersson, Randy Cannon, Barbara Sutton Curtis, Maurice Drouin, Eddy Frankie, Einar Iversen, Greg Kogan, Gianni Lenoci, Mike Markaverich, Tony Monserrat, Christoph Mudrich, Zeke Mu;;ins, Jack Phelan, Harly Rajaobelina, Paul Reid, Lee Russo, Janusz Skowron, Richard Wyands; pianist, composer and conductor Andre Previn; pianists and composers Bob Kaye, Michel Legrand, Armen Merabov, Ellis Pough, Bob Szajner, Alona Turel, Daniel Wayenberg, Larry Willis; pianists and arrangers Jacques Loussier, Phil Mattson; pianist, singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer Dr. John (Mac Rebennack); pianist, singer and saxophonist Hugh "Peanuts" Whalum; pianist and bandleader John Hughes; pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator, musicologist and writer James Dapogny; pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader Les Reed; pianists, composers, arrangers and musical directors Tex Arnold, Milcho Leviev, John Oddo; pianist, composer and writer Andre Asriel; pianist and flutist Jo?l Vandroogenbroeck; pianist, saxophonist, bandleader and educator Bob Macar; pianist, saxophonist, composer and musical director Geoff Harvey; pianist, trombonist, big band leader, composer and arranger Vic Vogel; pianist, composer and actor Grenoldo Frazier; pianist, trumpeter, musical director and educator Darius Smith; pianist and artist Cal Massey; pianists and singers Ruby Bishop, Frantz "Fanfan" Courtois, Sunny Raye; pianists, composers and educators Harold Mabern, Stepan Shaqaryan; pianist, singer and educator Debra Mann; pianists and educators Bobby Cardillo, Frank Caruso, Marjorie Crenshaw, Paul Faure, Gary Williamson; pianist, concert producer, historian and writer John Worsley; pianist and broadcaster Willi Bischof.
Saxophonists Spot Barnett, Carlos Barruso, Jimmy Cavallo, Issa Cissokho, Jim Coile, Brooks Coleman, Molly Duncan, Kadri Golpanath, Steve Hooks, Gene Jefferson, Jerry Jumonville, Gary Klein, Rod Kokolj, Ray Kopczyk, Connie Lester, Arno Marsh, Turk Mauro, Joe McQueen, Mike Migliore, Fritz Novotny, Max Pierre, Joe Rigby, Brian Sjoerdinga, Kenny Soderblom, Sy Suchman, Ray Swinfield, Buddy Terry, Eric Traub, Bob Wilber, Ralph Wilcox, Roy Willox; saxophonist, percussionist and AACM founding member Joseph Jarman; saxophonist, percussionist, singer and educator George Delgrosso; saxophonist, pianist and composer Andy Scherrer; saxophonist and trumpeter Chuck Kercher; saxophonists composers and arrangers Roland Keijser, Duncan Lamont; saxophonist, bandleader and educator Roger Hewitt; saxophonist, composer, educator and Boston's John Coltrane Memorial Concert co-founder Leonard Brown; saxophonist, arranger and educator Ray Santos; saxophonists and educators George Benson, Bob Dranasite, Fred Foss, Mickey Golomb, Karlheinz Miklin, Chris Vadala, Irv Williams; saxophonist and painter Robert Ryman; saxophonists and writers Don Albert, Julius Heikkil?.
Singers Ed Battle, José Mário Branco, Annie Brazil, Beth Carvalho, Baby Jane Dexter, Leigh "Little Queenie" Harris, Nancy Holloway, Joe Longthorne, Jacqui Magno, Toni Manieson, Dorothy Masuka, Celia Mur, Carlos Fernando Nogueira, Astrid North, Janet Pagliuca, Shunna Pillay, Reinaldo (Reinaldo Gon?alves Zacarias), Maria Rivas, Mansur Scott, Marina Trost, Mayra Caridad Valdés, Wanda Warska, Saalik Ziyad; singer, songwriter, alto saxophonist, keyboardist and music director Katreese Barnes; singer, bandleader, producer and record executive (EMI, World Records) Chris Ellis; singer and bass guitarist Delores Robinson; singer, songwriter and guitarist Leon Redbone; singer, guitarist and writer Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi; singer and saxophonist Harry Woodward; singer and trumpeter John Amoroso; singers and actors Diahann Carroll, Carol Channing, Doris Day; singer and jazz club owner (Ethel's Place in Baltimore) Ethel Ennis; singer and educator Faith Winthrop; singer and broadcaster Elton Medeiros.
Songwriter, artist and art director Allee Willis.
Trombonists Roy Brewer Jr., Ken Hunsley, Christian Kellens, Joe Lentino, Garrett List, Paul Munnery, Leopoldo Pineda, Danny Repole, John Sanders, Jack Schnupp, Daldumar Roberto Vieira (Mazinho do Trombone); trombonist and bassist Bill Evans; trombonist, vibraphonist, composer, arranger, bandleader and educator George Masso; trombonist and violinist Lewis Kahn; trombonists, arrangers and educators Reppard Stone, Jim Wyckoff; trombonist, broadcaster and writer Erling Wicklund.
Trumpeters Danny Barber, Julio Barbosa, James Benford, Ado Broodboom, Clora Bryant, Clifford Buggs, Mike Canonico, Brian Clarke, Sal Furman, Ike Iacometta, Herbert Joos, German Lukianov, Tom Pletcher, Murray Rothstein, Tony Speranza, Pete Wood; trumpeter, producer, composer and arranger Dave Bartholomew; trumpeter, singer and actor Jack Sheldon; trumpeter, bandleader, composer and arranger Paul Lopez; trumpeter and bandleader Bert Barr; trumpeter, composer and vibraphonist Geoff Nichols; trumpeters, composers and educators Gary Barone, Dexter Morrill; trumpeter and composer Urban Koder; trumpeter, recording engineer and educator Joe Hostetter; trumpeter, educator and writer Willie Thomas; trumpeters and educators Larry Harrison, Steve Madaio, Sy Platt, Marcos Antonio Urbay.
Tuba player Bill Taggart; tuba player and singer Earl Mckee; tuba player and educator Sam Pilafian.
Vibraphonists Dave Samuels, Joe Venuto; vibraphonist and percussionist Emil Richards.
Violinist Julai Tan; violinist and composer Ramsey Ameen.
Jazz club co-owner (New York's Sweet Basil and Lush Life), label owner (44 Records), producer, promoter and painter Horst Liepolt; jazz club owner (New Orleans' Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro) and Storyville Stompers brass band grand marshal Wesley Schmidt; jazz club owner (Braunschweig, Germany's Jazz-Kneipe Ba?geige) Norbert "Bolle" Bolz; jazz club founder and director (Paris's New Morning) Eglal Farhi; jazz club co-owner (Paul's Mall and The Jazz Workshop in Boston), artistic director (Tanglewood Jazz Festival and Scullers Jazz Club), concert producer and promoter Fred Taylor; producer, broadcaster and writer Kiyoshi Koyama; producer and photographer Ralph Jungheim; concert producer, John W. Coltrane Society co-founder and "Cousin Mary" inspiration Mary Lyerly Alexander; Brownsville TX Latin Jazz Festival founder, performing arts champion and broadcaster George Ramirez; promoters Nathaniel Holmes Morrison III, Roy Brewer Jr., Wolfgang Orth, Anders Stefanson; vintage film preservationist Ron Hutchinson.
Record company founder and producer (DRG) and writer Hugh Fordin; record producer, label founder (SRI), promoter, writer, personal manager and guitarist Shelly Liebowitz; record label owner (Criss Cross Jazz) and drummer Gerry Teekens; record label head (Warner Bros, Elektra, Capitol) and writer Joe Smith; record producer, promoter and historian Jacques Morgantini; record producer (Tempo) and writer Tony Hall; recording executive (Capitol Records in Brazil and Warner Latin America) and producer André Midani; recording engineer, label co-founder (Telarc), trumpeter and educator Jack Renner; record executive (Warner Bros.), artistmanager and bassist Gary LeMel; publicist and record executive (Concord, Monarch Records), concert producer and artist manager Merrilee Trost; San Francisco Bay-area record store owner (Berigan's Records and Vagabond Jazz LPs) Berigan Taylor; artist manager, producer and educator Mary Ann Topper; artist manager and producer Lupe De Leon; concert producer Al Qui?ones; producer and discographer Manfred Scheffner; artistic director (Halkidiki, Greece's Sani Festival) Olga Tabouris-Babalis.
Album cover designer, illustrator and photographer Roslaw Szaybo.
Broadcasters John Bohannon, Chuck Cecil, Mike Dawson, Jeff Duperon, Harold Ehlers, Bob Houlihan, Bo Leibowitz, Mesh Mapetla, Yves Prefontaine, Gary Shivers, Bob Slade, Tony Soley, Radames "Mike" Villafa?e; broadcaster and Word Jazz originator Ken Nordine; broadcaster, jazz archivist, record collector and dealer (G's Jazz) Gary Alderman; broadcaster, congressman and jazz advocate John Conyers.
Music licensing executive (SESAC) Stephen Swid.
Photographers Lenny Bernstein, Robert Freeman, David Sinclair, Guy Webster.
Writers Chris Albertson, Ray Comiskey, Barbara Gardner, Reiner Kobe, Rainer K?hl, Scott Timberg, Nick Tosches; writer, editor, historian, producer, educator and NEA Jazz Master Ira Gitler; writer, editor and publisher (New York Latino) Alfredo Alvarado; writer, broadcaster and producer André Francis; writer and broadcaster Larry Englund; writer and lyricist Jane Lankes Vollmer; writer and jazz poet Steve Dalachinsky; writer, broadcaster, promoter and producer Nonito Pereira Revuelta; writer and photographer Paul Howard Nelson.
Blues, gospel and R&B artists, and industry figures Earl Bernhardt, Spencer Bohren, Earl "Good Rockin'" Brown, Kofi Burbridge, George "Pops" Chambers, Tony Glover, Henry "Blues Boy" Hubbard, James Ingram, Lisa Kindred, Clydie King, Sleepy LaBeef, Jerry Lawson, Mike Ledbetter, Clancy "Blues Boy" Lewis, Cash McCall, Quintus McCormick, Clay McMurray, Willie Murphy, Ronnie Peterson, Julian Piper, Gary Sappier, Jackie Shane, Bill Sims, Paul "Lil Buck" Sinegal, Eddie Taylor Jr., Beverly Watkins, Marva Whitney, Andre Williams.
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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