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2021: The Year in Jazz
Tony Bennett
vocals1926 - 2023
Irvin Mayfield
trumpetb.1977
The pandemic, year two
Year two of the COVID-19 pandemic found many jazz clubs and festivals re-opening their doors and gates after more than a year off in many cases. Some clubs closed again late in the year due to the omicron variant's emergence and rapid spread. Live-streaming continued to grow, becoming a fine supplement to reach larger club audiences, as well as those who still feel leery of gathering in confined spaces. Pianist
Emmet Cohen
pianob.1990
Venue adjustments, social distancing, mandates or suggestions for masking became a norm. For example: The Newport Jazz Festival resumed in 2021. It required proof of vaccination or a recent negative test before allowing gate entrance July 30-August 1, reduced its staging from four to two, and cut its daily capacity to about half the crowds from prior editions. The Montreal International Jazz Festival, normally attracting hundreds of thousands of fans to hear from bands around the world, moved from June to September and limited its on-site presentations to two large outdoor stages featuring only Canadian musicians. Two downtown clubs that were affiliated with the festival did present a couple of U.S.-based groups.
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and French Quarter Festival, huge draws and economic boons for Louisiana, moved their usual spring dates from to fall, then canceled those, too, for a second year as COVID's Delta variant raged in the region. The 2021 edition of New York City's Winterfest opted for a live-streamed edition with talks, panel discussions and concerts running from January to March.
The local health department shut down the Bird's Eye Jazz Club in Basel, Switzerland, in September for exceeding pandemic capacity limits. With no live music at the venue for the near future, management said it would continue to pay fees to all previously-booked bands and would make the club available to bands on request for rehearsals and for recording. Denver's Dazzle Jazz Club, which started a Bread & Jam food pantry for struggling musicians in late 2020, turned the donor-supported program into a weekly Wednesday night funk jam session that guarantees a fair wage to the house band. Club openings with new health protocols ramped up in August and September. They included New York's Village Vanguard and Dizzy's Club, as well as Blues Alley in Washington DC. Some venues, including Preservation Hall in New Orleans—which reopened June 10, were closing down again late in the year because of the omicron spread.
COVID-19-related deaths in the global jazz community continued. The total rose to at least 120 since the pandemic began, with 64 in 2020 and at least 57 in 2021. Precise numbers are difficult to ascertain as some death notices, particularly in Europe, didn't list a cause. The 2021 high-profile losses included pianist, educator and NEA Jazz Master
Barry Harris
piano1929 - 2021
Andy Fusco
saxophone, altoInternational Jazz Day, Take Ten...
2021's International Jazz Day was the 10th edition of the UNESCO-sponsored global celebration of jazz. The April 30 event included performances, educational workshops, community service projects, panel discussions, jam sessions, radio and television broadcasts, virtual gatherings in all 50 U.S. states and more than 190 countries on all seven continents. Its annual All-Star Global Concert, hosted by actor Michael Douglas, was broadcast from United Nations Headquarters in New York, Los Angeles, UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, Cape Town, Moscow, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro. Artistic Director
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Melissa Aldana
saxophone
Igor Butman
saxophone, tenorb.1961
Kenny Garrett
saxophone, altob.1960
Joe Lovano
drumsb.1952
Rudresh Mahanthappa
saxophone, altob.1971
John Beasley
pianoA Bu
piano
Cyrus Chestnut
pianob.1963
Gerald Clayton
piano
Amina Figarova
pianob.1966
Junko Onishi
pianob.1967
Alex Acuña
percussionb.1944
Antonio Sanchez
drumsb.1971
Massimo Biolcati
bassb.1972
James Genus
bassb.1966
Marcus Miller
bassb.1959
Ben Williams
bass, electric
Jacob Collier
vocalsb.1994
James Morrison
multi-instrumentalistb.1962
Ingrid Jensen
trumpetb.1966
Romero Lubambo
guitarb.1955
John McLaughlin
guitarb.1942
Stefon Harris
vibraphoneb.1973
Dee Dee Bridgewater
vocalsb.1950
Andra Day
vocals
Roberta Gambarini
vocalsb.1972
Angelique Kidjo
vocalsb.1960
Dianne Reeves
vocalsb.1956
Veronica Swift
vocalsJazzy Centennials...
More than a dozen jazz musicians marked their 100th birthdays posthumously during 2021. They included bandleader
Nelson Riddle
arranger1921 - 1985
Astor Piazzolla
bandoneon1921 - 1992
Eddie Calhoun
bass, acousticb.1921
Bob Merrill
trumpetGeorge Barnes
guitar1921 - 1977
Tal Farlow
guitar1921 - 1998
Candido Camero
congas1921 - 2020
John Bunch
piano1921 - 2010
Billy Taylor
piano1921 - 2010
Jimmy Giuffre
clarinet1921 - 2008
Connie Haines
vocals1922 - 2008
Jon Hendricks
vocals1921 - 2017
Humphrey Lyttelton
trumpet1921 - 2008
Freddy Randall
b.1921Andre Hodeir
b.1921The year of Tony Bennett
This will be remembered as a career-climaxing year for singerTony Bennett
vocals1926 - 2023
Bennett's final recording, another collaboration with Lady Gaga, Love For Sale (Columbia/Interscope, 2021), was released on September 30 in cassette format, a day later in LP and CD. It was nominated for six 2022 Grammy Awards, including album of the year, record of the year, best pop duo/group performance, best traditional pop vocal album, best music video, and best engineered album, non-classical. That 61st and likely final recording also earned Bennett a Guinness World Record. At age 95, he became the oldest person to release an album of new material. The session with Gaga is a
Cole Porter
composer / conductor1891 - 1964
The Irvin Mayfield saga: prison awaits
New Orleans musicians and business partnersIrvin Mayfield
trumpetb.1977
Mayfield and Markham pleaded guilty in November 2020 to funneling Library Foundation monies to help fund the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and support their own lavish lifestyles when Grammy-winning Mayfield was the big band's artistic director. The crimes were committed between August 2011 to November 2013, and the pair's effort to cover it up lasted for several more years. U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey called their crimes "fraud based on greed and arrogance." Once released from prison, the two must also give 500 hours of free music lessons to Crescent City youth. "I allowed my ego to focus on the winning by any means necessary," Mayfield told a packed federal courtroom. "I put a lot of people's good work in vain."
Jazz Meets Opera
SHORTER'S OPERATIC DREAM: It only took 70 years. Saxophonist and composer
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
Esperanza Spalding
bassb.1984
Danilo Pérez
pianob.1966
John Patitucci
bassb.1959
Jeff Tain Watts
drumsb.1960
OVERCOMING TRAGEDY: Belgian lawyer, jazz pianist and Holocaust survivor Simon Gronowski marked his 90th birthday a week early by performing October 3 in an opera inspired by his life. The opera "PUSH," written by British composer Howard Moody, explores love, faith and forgiveness overcoming the darkest tragedy. It previously was staged in East Sussex UK and London and Brussels. The special performance took place in an old factory building in Boortmeerbeek, the town where Gronowski jumped off a train bound for Auschwitz in 1943. He survived the Holocaust in hiding after losing his family in the infamous death camp. Mixing arias with jazz inserts, the opera "PUSH"was based on Gronowski's memoir and his brotherly friendship with Koenraad Tinel, a sculptor who was the son of Flemish Nazis. Tinel's brother had served as the prison guard for Gronowski's family. When they first met in 2012, Tinel asked for forgiveness but Grownowski told him: "The children of the Nazis are not guilty." Both men appeared as themselves in the special performance.
Awards and honors of note...
NEA JAZZ MASTERS: The 2021 National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Masters inductees were honored with an online event on April 22, streamed in collaboration with SFJAZZ. The newest members are drummers
Terri Lyne Carrington
drumsb.1965
Albert Tootie Heath
drums1935 - 2024
Henry Threadgill
woodwindsb.1944
Stanley Clarke
bassb.1951
Billy Hart
drumsb.1940
Cassandra Wilson
vocalsb.1955
JJA AWARDS: The Jazz Journalists Association's 25th annual JJA Jazz Awards program was bountiful for
Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
Ron Carter
bassb.1937
Terri Lyne Carrington
drumsb.1965
Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
Kurt Elling
vocalsb.1967
Cecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsb.1989
Longtime jazz critic author and educator Kevin Whitehead, a regular on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross since 1987, was honored with JJA's Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism award. DownBeat was voted publication of the year. Pianist
Ethan Iverson
pianob.1973
Billie Holiday
vocals1915 - 1959
Phil Woods
saxophone, alto1931 - 2015
Marian McPartland
piano1918 - 2013
GRAMMY AWARDS: There was a wide range of jazz-related winners at the 2021 (63rd annual) Grammy Awards. The event was held March 14 after a six-week COVID-19-related postponement. Pianist
Chick Corea
piano1941 - 2021
Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
Christian McBride
bassb.1972
Brian Blade
drumsb.1970
Snarky Puppy
band / ensemble / orchestraKurt Elling
vocalsb.1967
Danilo Pérez
pianob.1966
John Beasley
pianoJacob Collier
vocalsb.1994
2022 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS HAUL: Jazz singer-pianist and multi-genre performer
Jon Batiste
pianob.1986
LATIN GRAMMY AWARDS:
Rubén Blades
vocalsb.1948
Caetano Veloso
guitarb.1942
Rubén Blades
vocalsb.1948
Roberto Delgado
composer / conductor
Toquinho
guitarb.1946
Yamandu Costa
guitarJUNO AWARDS: Canada's Juno Awards, the dominion's version of the Grammy Awards, marked their 50th anniversary on June 4 and 6. It was televised from scattered locations due to COVID-19 restrictions after two postponements. The jazz-related winners were:
Jocelyn Gould
guitar
Andy Milne
pianob.1967
AT THE MOVIES:
Jon Batiste
pianob.1986
Andra Day
vocalsDOCUMENTARY HONORS: Director Stanley Nelson's?
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
SASSY AWARDS TIMES TWO: There were two editions of the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition in 2021, both held at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The ninth edition on June 6, twice postponed from 2020 because of the pandemic, resulted in the Sassy Awards' first tie. San Diego native
Gabrielle Cavassa
vocalsb.1994
Benny Benack III
trumpet and vocals
G. Thomas Allen
vocals
April May Webb
vocals
Arta Jekabsone
vocalsb.1995
ELLA AWARDS: Kansas City native
Lucy Wijnands
vocalsb.1997
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals1917 - 1996
Bram Wijnands
pianoINTERNATIONAL GUITAR COMPETITION: Norway's Iver Cardas won first prize at the fourth annual International Jarek ?mietana Jazz Guitar Competition in Krakow, Poland on November 20.
Carl Morgan
guitar
Jarek Smietana
guitarGERMAN JAZZ AWARDS: Concert producer and tour organizer Karsten Jahnke received the lifetime achievement award at 2021's inaugural German Jazz Awards on June 3. The event, broadcast from four different cities, honored national and international artists in 28 different categories.
Christian Lillinger
drumsb.1984
Tigran Hamasyan
piano
Julia Hulsmann
pianob.1968
Carla Bley
piano1938 - 2023
LIVING LEGACY: Pianist, organist, singer and composer
Amina Claudine Myers
pianob.1942
PRESTIGIOUS BANJO PRIZE: On October 6, New Orleans banjoist and guitarist
Don Vappie
banjob.1956
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
band / ensemble / orchestra
Wynton Marsalis
trumpetb.1961
EARLY INFLUENCER: Singer-songwriter and poet
Gil Scott-Heron
vocals1949 - 2011
BOOGIE WOOGIE HALL: Cincinnati-based Arches Piano Stage inducted French pianist and historian John-Paul Amouroux and the late
Meade Lux Lewis
piano1905 - 1964
GUGGENHEIM FELLOWS: Guitarist
Rez Abbasi
guitar, acousticb.1965
Helen Sung
piano
Elio Villafranca
pianoDORIS DUKE ARTIST AWARDS: Saxophonist
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
Kris Davis
pianob.1980
Danilo Pérez
pianob.1966
JAZZ MEDIA LAB: In late January, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation announced this initiative to support a consortium of five nonprofit jazz radio stations across the United States. KMHD in Portland OR, KNKX in Tacoma WA, WBGO in Newark NJ and WRTI in Philadelphia PA each will receive a $225,000 general operating support grant over three years. The program is designed to help increase the stations' organizational capacity and financial resilience; strengthen their ability to broaden audiences for jazz; and reinforce their role as a connector of jazz artists, audiences and community organizations. In addition to more than $1 million in funding, the Jazz Media Lab will provide its stations with executive coaching, professional development training, financial assessments and enhanced peer exchange.
ARTISTS USA FELLOWS: Saxophonist
Kidd Jordan
saxophone1935 - 2023
Wadada Leo Smith
trumpetb.1941
Tomeka Reid
celloHAMLYN AWARDS: Saxophonists
Tim Garland
clarinet, bassb.1966
Cassie Kinoshi
saxophoneb.1993
Soweto Kinch
saxophoneJazz venue ups and downs...
HELP FUND US: Jazz clubs near and far launched online Go Fund Me or similar crowdfunding campaigns during the year in efforts to remain in business despite the economic effects of the pandemic. They included Birdland in :New York, Keystone Korner in Baltimore, Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, and Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia. In addition to a Go Fund Me initiative, musicians organized an 11-night concert fundraiser from September 22 to October 2 to help keep New York's 55 Bar afloat.A NEW NYC SUPPER CLUB: Chelsea Table & Stage joined the list of upscale Big Apple performance venues in September, offering an array of talents from jazz, soul, country and pop genres. The initial jazz lineup included saxophonists
Don Braden
saxophone, tenorb.1963
Grace Kelly
saxophoneb.1992
Bobby Sanabria
congasSHAPESHIFTER IS SITE SHIFTING: Brooklyn NY's ShapeShifter Lab, which presented hundreds of emerging and established artists over 10 years, is shopping for a new home. An October 28 farewell party was the final event at its original location on Whitwell Place. The venue doubled as a live recording studio. Co-founders
Matthew Garrison
bass, electricb.1970
THE JAZZ CHURCH: Saint Peter's Church, the midtown Manhattan Lutheran parish known as "the jazz church" for its close relationship with the New York jazz community, suffered major damage from a city water main break on January 4. It caused significant flooding in the church's sanctuary and basement level rooms, with water levels in the church two to three feet high, ruining its organ and piano. Senior pastor Jared Stahler said that the church's archives, including artifacts of
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Billy Strayhorn
piano1915 - 1967
TRUMPETS: The prominent Montclair NJ jazz club was sold to area developers for $1.2 million. The historic two-story building facing the Walnut Street train station will become a restaurant with outdoor dining and a separate café. The Hanini Group said it would bring back some historical features of the 1880 building, but continuing live music was not in their plan. Trumpets opened in 1988 and was owned and operated by guitarist Enrico Granafei and his wife, Kristine Massari, since 1999.
JIMMY'S JAZZ: A posh new jazz room opened Thursday, September 30 in downtown Portsmouth NH. Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club is housed in a century-old, restored, state-of-the-art venue that once was a YMCA. Brothers Michael and Peter Labrie invested an estimated $20 million in the project, naming the club after their late father and late brother. B-3 player
Joey DeFrancesco
organ, Hammond B31971 - 2022
Christian McBride
bassb.1972
THERE IT WAS, GONE: Buffalo NY's Hotel Henry Urban Resort Conference Center, the site of numerous jazz concerts in its ballroom and outside on its lawn since it opened in 2017, shut its doors in late February because of the lagging economy. The center was housed in an iconic 1800s building that was once the centerpiece of a 200-acre mental hospital. The hotel is scheduled to reopen in April 2022 as Hotel Henry Buffalo, Curio Collection by Hilton.
DOUBLE THE SOUL: The owners of Con Alma, a two-year-old popular restaurant and jazz bar in Pittsburgh PA's Shadyside neighborhood, opened a larger, second location on July 1. The newer Con Alma restaurant is located on Penn Avenue across from Heinz Hall in the city's Downtown Cultural District.
NEW LIFE FOR HISTORIC CLUB?: Pro football Hall of Famer Franco Harris is leading an effort to restore, expand and reopen the Crawford Grill No. 2, a historic Pittsburgh PA jazz venue that closed in 2003. The former Pittsburgh Steelers running back, now a local businessman, said he doesn't have a project timetable yet, but his team is working on drawings and designs. The Wylie Avenue building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Crawford Grill's headliners in ts heyday included
Art Blakey
drums1919 - 1990
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals1917 - 1996
Oscar Peterson
piano1925 - 2007
THE PRIME EXAMPLE: This New Orleans, club, which featured progressive jazz, announced permanent closure in early January, though its last gig was on March 18, 2020 because of the pandemic. Owner Julius Kimbrough Sr. blamed his decision on the pandemic, finances and his age.
MORE JAZZ IN MILWAUKEE: Local drummer Sam Belton opened a new jazz-themed restaurant/club venue, Sam's Place Jazz Café, in Milwaukee WI's Harambee neighborhood in February. Belton also owns the City Net Jazz Café in downtown Milwaukee.
OKLAHOMA JAZZ HALL: A federal bankruptcy judge approved the sale of the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in June to a firm established by Tulsa businessman James Moore. Revenue from the $200,000 sale was used to pay off debts owed under the Jazz Hall's lease with the Tulsa County Industrial Authority. The Moore group also committed $2 million in improvements and to help ensure the Jazz Hall of Fame's financial sustainability. The nonprofit venue is now called the Jazz Depot. "Celebrating the artists and industry of jazz and gospel in Oklahoma will continue to be a cornerstone of the Jazz Depot," said Moore CEO Gretchen Littlefield. "We envision expanding the venue to host music festivals, a broadcast site for live made-for-television events, and a rooftop restaurant that features this amazing city as its backdrop The hall of fame's more than 100 inductees include
Chet Baker
trumpet and vocals1929 - 1988
Earl Bostic
saxophone, alto1913 - 1965
Don Cherry
trumpet1936 - 1995
Wardell Gray
saxophone, tenor1921 - 1955
Barney Kessel
guitar, electric1923 - 2004
Cecil McBee
bassb.1935
Howard McGhee
trumpet1918 - 1987
Jay McShann
piano1909 - 2006
Pee Wee Russell
clarinet1906 - 1969
Lynn Seaton
bassb.1957
Wayman Tisdale
bass, electric1964 - 2009
Lee Wiley
vocals1915 - 1975
WOODS BAR & BREWERY: This live jazz and brass band destination, a nightlife fixture in uptown Oakland CA, closed for good at the end of 2020. Owner Jim Woods said he was unable to reach an agreement with their landlord on renewing the Telegraph Avenue venue's seven-year lease.
On the record...
RELIEF PACKAGE: Six major jazz labels joined together to release a compilation of previously unreleased music to benefit Jazz Foundation of America's efforts to aid musicians impacted by pandemic-related club closures and concert cancellations. Relief (Mack Avenue, 2021) released on September 24, included tracks by Esperanza Spalding,Christian McBride
bassb.1972
Cecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsb.1989
Jon Batiste
pianob.1986
Charles Lloyd
saxophoneb.1938
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Wallace Roney
trumpet1960 - 2020
Jimmy Heath
saxophone, tenor1926 - 2020
Buster Williams
bass, acousticb.1942
Albert Tootie Heath
drums1935 - 2024
IT TOOK 56 YEARS: Saxophonist
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Ravi Coltrane
saxophone, tenorb.1965
Alice Coltrane
piano1937 - 2007
LIVE VERSION SURFACES: Another live recording of
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
McCoy Tyner
piano1938 - 2020
Jimmy Garrison
bass, acoustic1934 - 1976
Elvin Jones
drums1927 - 2004
Pharoah Sanders
saxophone, tenor1940 - 2022
Carlos Ward
saxophone, altob.1940
Donald Garrett
bass, acousticIMPULSE! TURNS SIXTY: Impulse! Records released its first recording in 1961-60 years ago. The storied jazz label, now a subsidiary of Universal Music Group, marked that milestone with a year-long campaign tied to new releases, reissues, boxed sets and other initiatives. A new four-CD boxed set, Impulse Records: Music, Message and the Moment (Impulse!, 2021), is the centerpiece of the campaign. The Great Kai and JJ by trombonists
Kai Winding
trombone1922 - 1983
Janice "Ms. JJ" Johnson
vocalsb.1953
LIVE AT VIENNE: A recording of trumpeter
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Jazz on film and TV...
SIX IN THE SPOTLIGHT: PBS television's award-winning series American Masters explored how six Black female actors and singers challenged an entertainment industry that perpetuated racist stereotypes. Premiering on January 18, "How it Feels to be Free" showed how singers
Lena Horne
vocals1917 - 2010
Abbey Lincoln
vocals1930 - 2010
Nina Simone
piano and vocals1933 - 2003
A MAN AND HIS TRUMPET: The music documentary A Man And His Trumpet: The
Leroy Jones
trumpetb.1958
Harry Connick, Jr.
pianob.1967
JAZZ RADIO DOC: The WBGO Story ... Bright Moments from Newark to the World, opened the spring 2021 edition of the New Jersey Film Festival. Filmmaker Chris Daniels spent two years on the project exploring the power, personalities and legacy of public radio station WBGO, which since 1979 has brought the sound of jazz to the people of Newark and beyond.
BOUNCING BILLIE: Lee Daniels' film The United States vs.
Billie Holiday
vocals1915 - 1959
Andra Day
vocals
Kris Bowers
keyboardsb.1989
CREATIVITY AT HOME: Saxophonist
Charles Lloyd
saxophoneb.1938
IS A MONK BIOPIC IN THE WORKS?: Good question. On July 21, Jupiter Rising Film announced plans for a biopic titled Thelonious, with actor Yasiin Bay portraying
Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
T.S. Monk
drumsb.1949
Jazz in the classroom...
NEXT JAZZ LEGACY: TheTerri Lyne Carrington
drumsb.1965
PRESERVATION HALL MUSIC ED: The Preservation Hall Foundation has unveiled an education program to provide music educators with a free series of online of music lessons for K-12 students. Preservation Hall Lessons, launched in February with 22 lesson plans that can be used in the classroom or online, is focused on introductory and advanced techniques for the range of instruments in a traditional jazz band, stylistic tips, as well as the cultural and historical context of New Orleans. "Preservation Hall is committed to celebrating the wisdom of the musicians who perform here for generations to learn and benefit from," says
Ben Jaffe
tubab.1971
Historic preservation ups and downs...
HURRICANE IDA'S IMPACT: Two historic sites for jazz in New Orleans took big hits when category 4 Hurricane Ida roared through the Crescent City on August 29. The former Karnofsky Tailor Shop, where a Jewish immigrant family employed young
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
Buddy Bolden
cornet1877 - 1931
Ida took the rear of another jazz landmark, Perseverance Society Hall, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. The structure, at 1644 North Villere Street in the Seventh Ward, was one of the few surviving venues where the earliest jazz was played. The former dance hall was home base for Isadore Barbarin, a young
Sidney Bechet
saxophone, soprano1897 - 1959
Buddy Bolden
cornet1877 - 1931
Johnny Dodds
clarinet1892 - 1940
Freddie Keppard
cornet1890 - 1933
KID ORY HOUSE: The 1811 Kid Ory Historic House, one of the oldest structures in St. John the Baptist parish near New Orleans, opened to the public in February. The museum honors the 1811 German Coast slave uprising, the largest rebellion of enslaved people in U.S. history, as well as the life of jazz early jazz star Kid Ory. The trombonist, bandleader and composer was born on the site, the former Woodland Plantation, in 1886. It is located in Laplace LA.
OFF THE ENDANGERED LIST: The Blue Bird Inn, a storied Detroit jazz mecca since the early days of bebop until its abandonment in the early 2000s, was designated a Historic District by the city. The classification clears the way for a planned restoration by the Detroit Sound Conservancy, which bought the property in the spring of 2019. DSC hopes to redevelop the dilapidated site into a community center and music nightspot. The Blue Bird Inn, located at 5021 Tireman Ave., was the city's hotbed of bebop In the 1940s and '50s.
SUN RA HOUSE: The three-story Philadelphia rowhouse where members of the
Sun Ra
piano1914 - 1993
Marshall Allen
saxophone, altob.1924
ART TATUM ZONE: Two grants totaling $400,000 will help revitalize late pianist
Art Tatum
piano1909 - 1956
Crime log...
HARROLD CASE: A California woman who falsely accused trumpeter
Keyon Harrold
trumpetBIG 6 BRASS BAND: In early March, Big 6 Brass Band lead trombonist Lamar Heard Sr. was carjacked while gassing up his car in New Orleans. The thief/thieves also got his trombone, a band mate's tuba and some percussion gear. A Go Fund Me effort to replace the gear raised $6,000, but was closed after local billionaire Gayle Benson, owner of the New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Pelicans and the Faubourg Brewing Company, replaced the instruments.
Jazz and art...
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Miscellaneous...
THE BAD PLUS: Four years after founding pianist and co-founderEthan Iverson
pianob.1973
Orrin Evans
pianob.1975
Chris Speed
saxophone
Ben Monder
guitarb.1962
Reid Anderson
bassb.1970
Dave King
drumsb.1970
JAZZASCONA: Switzerland's JazzAscona festival named drummer
Adonis Rose
drumsTHE SOUL OF JAZZ: "The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure" debuted on February 1 at The American Adventure inside Walt Disney World's EPCOT theme park in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The exhibit features Joe Gardner, the pianist and music teacher from the Pixar movie "Soul," as he shares the rich history of jazz from several influential cities. Beginning in late October, it began traveling to the New Orleans Jazz Museum, the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Walt Disney Imagineering partnered with each local museum to also illustrating the specific contributions each region made to jazz's dynamic history.
JAZZ AT CONGO SQUARE: A new free festival, Jazz at Congo Square, was held August 8 in New Orleans' Armstrong Park. The inaugural event featured trombonist
Delfeayo Marsalis
tromboneb.1965
Kyle Roussel
pianoTHE JAZZ COOKER: Before his musical talents were discovered, award-winning singer-songwriter
Gregory Porter
vocalsb.1971
HOUSE OF BETHEL: Justin Bethel, now in his 10th pro football season, is a cornerback and special teams player with the New England Patriots. Off-season and when his schedule allows, the South Carolina native is also the drummer in the family jazz band, House of Bethel. He and his brothers, pianist Dione and trumpeter Gabriel, formed the band in 2014. Their father Chris manages the band.
NEW POPS CONDUCTOR: Jazz trumpeter and singer
Byron Stripling
trumpetb.1961
Nicki Parrott
bass
Bobby Floyd
organ, Hammond B3Jim Rupp
drums
Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984
OLYMPICS: The electrifying pianist
Hiromi
pianob.1979
GREAT PLACE IN HARLEM: On the 63rd anniversary of Art Kane's iconic August 12, 1958 photograph, "Harlem 1958"—better known as "A Great Day in Harlem," the block of East 126th Street was co-named "Art Kane Harlem 1958 Place" by the city. The photo, published to illustrate an Esquire magazine essay, featured 57 jazz greats on the steps and sidewalk of a brownstone. They only surviving musicians from the image are
Benny Golson
saxophone, tenor1929 - 2024
Sonny Rollins
saxophoneb.1930
HONORING ELLIS AND FATS: The New Orleans City Council voted on July 1 to honor two Crescent City musical heroes as part of its effort to rechristen city landmarks that were named after Confederates, slave owners and segregationists. Palmer Park in the Carrollton neighborhood, named for a Presbyterian minister who was a vocal proponent of Louisiana's secession at the start of the Civil War, is now named Marsalis Harmony Park in honor of pianist
Ellis Marsalis
piano1934 - 2020
Fats Domino
piano1928 - 2017
WOODY SHAW HONOR: A street corner at Brad and Williams Streets in {Newark NJ was named
Woody Shaw
trumpet1944 - 1989
Earl May
bass1927 - 2008
HOT CLUB OF FRANCE: The City of Paris unveiled a commemorative plaque on September 5 to commemorate 14 rue Chaptal in the city's 9th arrondissement as the first home of the Hot Club of France and "Jazz Hot" magazine. They moved in sometime in 1938, and
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Django Reinhardt
guitar1910 - 1953
OSCAR HONORS: Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced August 31 that the city will name a new downtown plaza after late pianist
Oscar Peterson
piano1925 - 2007
2021 Final Bars
The jazz world lost hundreds of musicians and industry-related people during 2021, including seven of its NEA Jazz Masters: pianistsChick Corea
piano1941 - 2021
Barry Harris
piano1929 - 2021
Dr. Lonnie Smith
organ, Hammond B31942 - 2021
Curtis Fuller
trombone1934 - 2021
Slide Hampton
trombone1932 - 2021
George Wein
piano1925 - 2021
Here's a full list:
Arranger and orchestrator Bob Holloway.
Bandleader, guitarist and singer Beto Leal. Bandoneonist and composer Raul Jaurena.
Banjoists Bo Bryant, J.D. Crowe, John Martin; banjoist, guitarist and singer Pawel Tartanus; banjoist and guitarist Ken Salvo; banjoist and actor George Segal.
Bassists Juini Booth, Baron Browne, Al Doane, Isla Eckinger, Mike Fiore, John Heard, Spike Heatley, Gerry Hughes, Miles Jackson, Hakim Jami, Mladen Barakovi? Lima, Stephen Maskaleris, Carl McVicker, Claude Mouton, Vic Pitt, Robbie Shakespeare, Len Skeat, Mike Van De Mark; composer, arranger and singer Alfonso "El Paname?o" Joseph; bassist, cellist, singer, composer and arranger Luis Duarte; bassist, saxophonist and composer George Mraz; bassist and pocket trumpeter Dean Reilly; bassist, composer and educator Antti Hytti; bassists, composers and producers Sergio Brand?o, Pedro Gon?alves; bassist, bandleader, composer and label owner (Alacra) Mario Pavone; bassist, composer, filmmaker, inventor and educator Bob Danziger; bassist and bandleader Bob Moore; bassists and composers Fran?ois Grillot, Teppo Hauta-aho, Leonard Hubbard, Paul Jackson, Sammy Kasule, James Leary, Joey Pearlman; bassist, producer, label owner (Wave), club owner (London's Bass Clef), educator and writer Peter Ind; bassist, synthesizer pioneer and record producer Malcolm Cecil; bassist and singer Joe Long; bassist and photographer Rick Laird; bassist, educator and jazz club co-founder (Lyon, France's La Clef de Vo?te) Stéphane Rivero; bassists and educators Jeff Chambers, John Johnson, Jim Stinnett, Eliot Wadopian, Jim Widner; bassist, composer and writer Rainer Lewalter; bassist and audio equipment developer Mario Suraci. Bassoonist and reed player Ray Pizzi.
Cellists, composers and educators Leo Crandall, David Darling.
Clarinetists Norbert Hanf, Leslaw Lic, Tapani Renkonen, Joseph "Toot" Smith; clarinetist and bandleader Billy Gorlt; clarinetist and singer Bob Schroeder; clarinetist, composer and educator Béla Kovács; clarinetist, composer and broadcaster Klaus Schneider; clarinetist and educator Peter Pane; clarinetist, Jazz India former president, Indian jurist and human rights advocate Soli Sorabjee.
Composer Mikis Theodorakis; composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim; composer, lyricist and playwright Leslie Bricusse; composer, arranger, educator and trombonist Sammy Nestico; composers, pianists and educators Louis Andriessen, Klaus Wüsthoff; composer and educator Alvin Lucier; composer, trumpeter and "Fourth World" music conceptualist Jon Hassell; composer, arranger, pianist, producer and singer Jeremy Lubbock; composer, bandleader, multi-instrumentalist and singer Ladislav ?taidl; composer and pianist Frederic Rzewski; composer and electronic music pioneer Joel Chadabe; composer and British synth pioneer Peter Zinovieff.
Conductor and longtime board member of Oakland CA's Oaktown Jazz Workshops Michael Morgan.
Cornetist Dave Holo.
Drummers Brian Allee, Colin Bowden, Enzo Carpentieri, Charles Connor, Billy Conway, Howard Dicus Sr., Graeme Edge, Frank Gant, Jim Gwin, Al Hartland, Duffy Jackson, Fred Jacquemin, Dick Karner, Mamady Ke?ita, Scott Laningham, David Lee Jr., James Martin, Spike McKendry, Tom Morey, Shuichi "Ponta" Murakami, Benny Mustafa, Don Pentleton, Dee Pop, Bosse Skoglund, Mike Stamm, Ken Swinkin, Mabi Thobejane, Jack Warner, Charlie Watts; drummers, bandleaders and educators George McGowan, Ralph Peterson; drummer, conductor and educator Durul Gence; drummer, bandleader and composer Jerry Granelli; drummer, guitarist and bandleader Zen Sawchuk; drummer, pianist, composer and educator Chuck Fertal; drummer and bandleader Howard "KingFish" Franklin Jr.; drummer and composer Everett Morton; drummer and singer Dottie Dodgion; drummer, singer and songwriter LeRoy White; drummer, thereminist and composer Michael Evans; drummers and trumpeters Tino Contreras, Fredy Bühler; drummer, bandleader and curator of Germany's Jazz am Rhein festival Christian Scheuber; drummer, percussionist and concert organizer Peter Hollinger; drummer and club owner (Philadelphia's Cadillac Club and Warmdaddy's) Ben Bynum; drummers and educators Colin Bailey, Baba David Coleman, Leonard Cuddy, Buddy Deppenschmidt, Nicky Gebhard; Milford Graves, Kenny Malone, Mike Shapiro, Kozo Suganuma, Brian Weber; drummer, educator and broadcaster Carlton Jackson; drummer and sound editor Joe Siracusa; drummer and civil rights leader Ernest "Rip" Patton; drummer, festival founder (Brussels, Belgium's Saint-Jazz-Tenode) and venue founder (The Jazz Station) Jean Demannez.
Duduk player, composer and educator Djivan Gasparyan.
Educator Lawrence Eisman.
Electronic/computer music creator and (Editions Mego) label founder Peter Rehberg.
Flutist Lloyd McNeill; flutist, composer, arranger, bandleader, producer and Fania Records co-founder Johnny Pacheco; flutist, saxophonist, singer, composer and bandleader Kathryn Moses; flutist, bassist, composer and educator John Starr; flutist and educator Larry Aversano; quena flutist and composer Jorge Cumbo.
Guitarists Barthélémy Attisso, Daniel Temaeva Benoit, Giulio Camarca, Franco Cerri, Bruce Conte, Joan Eloi Vila de Paz, John Goodsall, John Hutchinson, James Mac Gaw, Beben Jazz, Derek Julien, Rohn Lawrence, Bopol Mansiamina, John Russell, Akira Wada, Sunao Wada, Anthony Weller; guitarist, composer, arranger and producer Lawrence Matshiza; guitarists, composers and bandleaders Nana Ampadu, Pat Martino; guitarists and composers Lubo? Andr?t, Paolo Giordano, Oscar López Ruiz, Michel Robidoux, Sebasti?o Tapajós; guitarist and banjoist Tony Pitt; guitarist and bassist Lulama Gawulana; guitarist, singer and producer Jacob Desvarieux; guitarists and singers Ron Anthony, Roy Gaines, Wambali Mkandawire, Beb Papasian; guitarist and (Chapman Stick) instrument inventor Emmet Chapman; guitarist, sound engineer, producer and educator Michael Bruun; guitarist, sound engineer and producer, Momir Cvetkovi?; guitarist and festival co-founder (Switzerland's Jazzfestival Schaffhausen) Urs V?geli; guitarist and jazz co-op club (Vancouver, Canada's The Cellar Musicians & Artists Society) president Jim Kilburn.
Harpist Sheila Bromberg.
Jazz poet, writer and anglo-saxophonist Michael Horovitz; spoken word artist Calvin Gantt. Kora player Tata Dindin.
Multi-instrumentalists Howard Johnson, Isaac Mkukupa, Keith Nichols, Mac Rae, Tom Wouters; multi-instrumentalist and composer Melih Gürel; multi-instrumentalist, singer, instrument inventor, bandleader, educator and visual artist Victor Uwaifo; multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator Jef Sicard; multi-instrumentalist, educator and writer Conrad Cork; multi-instrumentalist and singer Claude "Didi" Pattirane; multi-instrumentalist, instrument maker (best known for his steel cello), and visual artist Bob Rutman; multi-instrumentalist, sound designer and conductor Dino Deane; multi-instrumentalist and singer Georgie Dann; multi-instrumentalist and recording engineer Oscar Anderson; multi-instrumentalist, educator and broadcaster Dan Zeilinger; multi-instrumentalist and educator Gus Mancuso.
Organists Pat Giraud, Klaus G?bel; organist, bandleader, composer and NEA Jazz Master Dr. Lonnie Smith; organist, pianist, composer and arranger Wojciech Karolak; organist, pianist and bandleader Everette DeVan; organist and singer Hubert Powell.
Percussionists Ray Armando, Abdelmadjid "Guem" Guemguem, Tony Menjivar, Luis Miranda, Jimmie Morales, Ramón "Papi" Pacheco; percussionists and bandleaders Doc Gibbs, Ralph Irizarry, Roberto Roena; percussionist, composer, writer and filmmaker Hartmut Geerken. Performance artist (Fluxus), composer, homemade instrument maker and saxophonist Yoshi Wada.
Pianists Arthur Baum, Dick Benton, Nic Cottis, Rennie Crain, Hubert Degex, Friedbert Diels, Tom Finlay, Ebe Gilkes, Byron "Doc Goldfinger" Goldberg, Mark Allen Jones, Walter Lang, Tracy Love, Joe Mancini, Frank O'Brien, Achim Pils, Idang Rasjidi, Vadim Sakun, Gene Taylor, Frank Toms, Deems Tsutakawa, Adriano Urso; pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, educator and NEA Jazz Master Chick Corea; pianist, composer, educator and NEA Jazz Master Barry Harris; pianists, composers and educators Antonin Bil?, Pavel Blatn?, Matt Bokulic, Burt Eckoff, János Gonda, Bill Kinghorn, Junior Mance, Andre Petersen, Uli Rennert, Gary Schunk, Ayako Shirasaki, Norman Simmons, James Tatum, Amedeo Tommasi; pianist, singer, composer and lyricist Dave Frishberg; pianist, composer, arranger and musical director Mike Renzi; pianist, composer, conductor, orchestra and educator John Ashton Thomas; pianist, composer, and conductor Leif Strand; pianist, trumpeter and arranger John Alaimo; pianist, vibraphonist and composer Francesc Burrull; pianist, composer and musical instrument executive Cecil Ramirez; pianist and bassist Richard Daugherty; pianist, violinist and big-band leader Paul Garein; pianist, broadcaster, writer, producer, Duke Ellington specialist and former Academy of Jazz president Claude Carrière; pianist, educator, and festival founder and artistic director (Saint Cannat, France's Jazz à Beaupré, Festival de Jazz Roger Mennillo) Roger Mennillo; pianist, composer, singer and bandleader Adalberto ?lvarez; pianists, composers and bandleaders Florentín Giménez, Sam Marabella; pianists, composers, arrangers and producers Peter Fish, Clarence McDonald; pianist, composer, singer and educator Courtney Isaiah Smith; pianists, singers, bandleaders and artists George Frayne (Commander Cody), Patrick McNeese; pianist, arranger and conductor Howard Danziger; pianists and composers Bunny Beck, Brian Buchanan, David Durrah, Burton Greene, Bob Hammer, Alan Hawkshaw, Sanja Ili?, Hirotaka Izumi, Stephen Lawrence, Roy Meriwether, Freddie Redd, Karl Heinz Wahren, Julien-Fran?ois Zbinden; pianist, composer, bandleader and producer (Fania) Larry Harlow; pianists, composers and conductors Elliot Lawrence, Donald York; pianist, arranger and singer John Sheridan; pianist, singer and educator Martez Rucker; pianist, singer and comedian Rusty Warren; pianists and singers Bobby Few, Bob Ringwald; pianist, harpsichordist and musicologist Kenneth Cooper; pianist, composer, actress, and playwright Micki Grant; pianist and poet Per Aage Brandt; pianist, guitarist, singer, and concert producer and promoter Yul Anderson.
Saxophonists Carlton Ayles, Charles Brackeen, Doug Cassens, Art Daniels, Dave DePalma, Jimmy Ellis, John Firmin, Rob Haigler, Makoto Hirahara, Nils Jansen, Wally Kane, Steve Main, Hans Malbach, Aaron Martin Jr., Joey Mileti, Charlie Millard, Gay McIntyre, Erik Nilsson, Richie Perez, Barney Rachabane, Sam Reed, Ron Reinhardt Sr., Gerry Rice, Joe Robinson, Nisse Sandstr?m, Alex Scorier, Sonny Simmons, Sal Spicola, Stefan von Dobrzynski, Mark Whitecage, Bill Wimmer, Alexei Zoubov; saxophonists, composers and arrangers Pee Wee Ellis, Hidefumi Toki; saxophonist and film composer Jerzy Matuszkiewicz; saxophonists, composers, arrangers and educators Lennart ?berg, Dave DePalma, Letieres Leite, Roger Pemberton; saxophonist, composer, educator and jazz historian Frank Tirro; saxophonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Ellis; saxophonist, composer and playwright Randy Ross; saxophonist, bandleader, arranger, educator and concert producer Phil DiRe, saxophonist, bandleader and educator Bob Sands; saxophonists and bandleaders Perry Fotos, Willie Garnett, Nobuo Hara, Stan McDonald, Jemeel Moondoc; saxophonists and educators Erez Barnoy, Christian Brewer, Carmelo Bustos, Roz Cron, Andy Fusco, Bernie Lewis, Don Palmer, Thomas Tallarico; saxophonist and poet Michael Stillman; saxophonist and singer Sheila Cooper; saxophonist and writer Ingmar Glanzelius; saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and producer Eulalio Cervantes Galarza; saxophonist, pianist, educator and Charlotte County (FL) Jazz Society board member and concert producer Mike Parmelee; saxophonist, harmonica player and trad jazz expert Edward "Jazzman Joe" Lynch; saxophonist, arranger, lyricist and artist Brian Travers; saxophonist and broadcaster Bernard Stepien; saxophonist, writer and Montreux Jazz Festival co-founder René Langel.
Singers Yolande Bruce, Olgierd Buczek, Ela Calvo, Ally Couch, Alèmayèhu Eshété, Joyce Prima Ford, Carol Fredette, Petru Guelfucci, Mary Kehl, Kamal Keila, Sibongile Khumalo, Maria Koterbsk, Mirka K?ivánková, Michel Louvain, Hélène Martin, Monarco, Ruth Olay, Denise Perrier, Marion Petric, Kurt Reichenbach, Jimmy Sapienza, Thione Seck, Judi Singh-Hughes, Gail Wynters; singers and educators Vladana Markovi?, Janet Lawson; singer, Society of Singers founder and philanthropist Ginny Mancini (the widow of composer Henry Mancini); singer, pianist and B-3 player Sedatrius Brown; singer, pianist, writer and concert series founder (Oxford UK's Jazz at St. Giles) Jean Darke; singer, guitarist, bandleader, composer and actor Raoul Casadei; singers, guitarists and composers Oddie Agam, Freddy Birset, Angélique Ionatos, Jon Mark (John Michael Burchell), Luís Vagner; singer, composer, arranger and producer Patti Wyss; singers and composers Miguel "Me?ique" Barcasnegras, Dominguinhos do Estácio, Mario Gare?a, Margo Guryan, Steve Kekana, Josky Kiambukuta, Raymond Pande, Tsepo Tshola; singer, composer, bassist and educator Jewlia Eisenberg; singer, drummer and educator Friday Mbirimi; singers and educators Vladana Markovi?, Reinette van Zijtveld-Lustig; singer, composer and arranger Barbara Moore; singer and pianist Jo Thompson; singer, producer and artist manager Ruth Cameron Haden (the widow of bassist Charlie Haden); singer singer, actor, guitarist and bandleader Johnny Crawford; singer, saxophonist and educator Gábor Winand; singer, songwriter (samba icon), actor and writer Nelson Sargento; singer, composer and samba dancer Firmino de Itapo?; singer and producer Lee "Scratch" Perry; singers and actors Lisa Banes, Karla Burns, Gipsy Bonafina, Lorrae Desmond, Jerry Fujio, Sheila Khumalo, Milva, Julia Nixon, Erin O'Brien, Sunni Welles; singer, songwriter and politician Agnaldo Timóteo; singer, songwriter and movie director Paolo Pietrangeli; singer and painter Ilona Royce Smithkin; singer, broadcaster and actor Bill Ramsey.
Spoken-word artist, composer, filmmaker, playwright, actor, novelist and painter Melvin Van Peebles.
Steel panist, composer, arranger and bandleader Alston Jack; steel pans innovator, drummer, bandleader and composer Anthony "Muff-Man"" Williams.
Trombonists Keith "Wolf" Anderson, Hill Jordan, Raul de Souza, Dave Donohoe, Malcolm Griffiths, Sonny Helmer, Kenny Rupp; trombonist, composer, arranger, educator and NEA Jazz Master Slide Hampton; trombonist, educator and NEA Jazz Master Curtis Fuller; trombonist, composer, producer and activist Jonas Gwangwa; trombonist, bassist and bandleader Chris Barber; trombonist, pianist and educator Bill Hanna; trombonist, singer, bandleader and writer Burt Wilson; trombonist and singer Norman Hogue; trombonist, composer, arranger, bandleader and educator Ben Elkins; trombonist, composer and arranger Garnett Brown; trombonist and bandleader Alexander Katz; trombonists and educators David Abt, Julius "Beans" Rubin; trombonist and writer Mike Pointon; trombonist and (Monument Records) marketing executive/promoter Bob Rudolph.
Trumpeters Fred Antonowich, Stuart Brooks, Louis Cioci, José Miguel Credo ("El Greco"), Jack Fine, Terry Gibson Jr., Cortez Harmon, Shin Kazuhara, Joey Morant, Elton Reyes, Al Stanwyck, Roy Tate Jr., Bobby Tessitore, Gerd Wolff; trumpeter and alphornist Hans Kennel; trumpeter, singer, guitarist and bandleader Tim Gill; trumpeter, singer and educator Dominic Spera; trumpeter and trombonist Otto Andrae; trumpeters, composers, arrangers, bandleaders and educators Denny Christianson, Burgess Gardner, Jim Knapp; trumpeter, composer and arranger Matt McCarthy; trumpeter, bandleader, composer, producer and festival producer (Los Angeles' Sweet & Hot Jazz Festival) Wally Holmes; trumpeter, festival producer (Santiago, Chile's Las Condes Jazz Festival) and club owner (The Jazz Corner and Boliche Jazz) Cristián Cuturrufo; trumpeter and former Hot Club of Rennes director Hervé Le Lann; trumpeter, bandleader and educator Vitín' Paz (Victor Nicolás Paz); trumpeter, bandleader, musicologist and International Society for Jazz Research founding president Friedrich K?rner; trumpeters and bandleaders Pauly Cohen, Abbi Hübner, Johnny Trudell; trumpeter and composer Renald Richard; trumpeter and Studio WE jazz loft founder James DuBoise; trumpeters and educators Jim Anastasi, Manassés Arag?o, Jo Jo Bennett, Pierre Dutot, Bob Ransom, Steve Robinett, Mike Spengler, Ack van Rooyen; trumpeter and transcriber Ken Slone; trumpeter and broadcaster Keith Johnson; trumpeter and brass instrument museum founder Franz Streitwieser.
Tuba players David "Red" Lehr, Bennie Pete; tuba player, trumpeter and singer Mike Walbridge; tuba player, educator and former International Tuba Euphonium Association president Dennis AsKew; tuba player, educator and brass instrument repairman Bob Pallansch; tuba player and educator Toby Hanks.
Vibraphonist Frank Wright, vibraphonist, percussionist and pianist George Devens.
Violinist Stu Gordon, Maciej Strzelczyk; violinist, composer and bandleader Elektra Kurtis; violinist, singer, arranger and educator Zoran D?orlev; violinist and pianist Dorothy Brown; violinist and educator Hugh Brown; violinist and label owner (Village Life) Sonia Slany.
Artist manager, Jazz at Kitano artistic director and pianist Gino Moratti; trad jazz artist manager Arnie Koch; concert promoter, tour manager and DJ Erich Zawinul (the son of late jazz great Joe Zawinul); artist manager and producer Harry Colomby; recording industry executives (CBS) Walter Yetnikoff, (Capitol Records/ EMI Music Worldwide) Bhaskar Menon; record producer (RCA) and trombonist Ethel Gabriel; record producer (Prestige, Atlantic and Savoy), label co-founder (Phoenix Jazz), broadcaster (WBGO) and writer Bob Porter; label owner (Mapleshade Records), producer and chief engineer Pierre Sprey; label founder (Amha Records) and night club owner (Washington DC's Blue Nile) Amha Eshèté; record label founder (Music Minus One) and drummer Irv Kratka; producer, Jazz Record Mart owner and Delmark Records founder Bob Koester; label executive (Warner Bros.) and record company owner (Rattlesby Records) Barney Kilpatrick; label founder (Spotlite Records) and discographer Tony Williams; promoter, author, jazz historian and writer Alexey Batashev; jazz promoter, manager, writer and long-time Finnish Jazz Union leader Timo V?h?silta; producer and broadcaster Jan Borkowski; studio and label owner(Sound of New Orleans), and record shop owner Gary Edwards; improvised music promoter magazine publisher ("The Wire: Jazz, Improvised Music and...") and (CAW) record label co-founder Anthony Wood; jazz booking agent and producer Andy Kaufman.
Newport Jazz Festival founding producer, concert and festival producer, club operator (Boston's Storyville and Mahogany Hall), label owner, pianist and NEA Jazz Master George Wein; festival founder (Morristown NJ Jazz and Blues Festival) Linda Smith; festival founder (Monte Carlo Jazz Festival and Monte Carlo Summer Festival), and artistic director (Antibes, France's Jazz á Juan) Jean-René Palacio; Portland Jazz Festival founder and writer Bill Royston; festival co-founder (France's Jazz Nancy Pulsations) Roland Grünberg; concert producer, consultant, and Jazz Institute of Chicago co-founder and past president Penny Tyler; concert producer and Orange (France) Hot Club founder Pierre Charvolin; concert and festival (Charleston SC's Low Country Jazz Festival) promoter and producer Tammy Greene; club founder and owner (Marlboro NY's The Falcon) Tony Falco; club co-founder (New Morning—in Geneva, Switzerland and then Paris, France) and documentary film director Daniel Farhi; club owner (Madison WI's The Jazz Workshop/The Dangle Lounge) Al Reichenberger; club founder (Krems, Austria's Thürnthal Jazz Club) and (Glatt & Verkehrt) Festival founder Josef Aichinger; Preservation Hall co-founder Sandra Jaffe; jazz funeral and second-line parade grand marshal, and brass band venues founder (New Orleans' Trombone Shorty's and The Shop) Lois Andrews; club owner (New Orleans' Chickie Wah Wah) Dale Triguero; jazz club director (Tours, France's Le Petit Faucheux) and cultural activist Fran?oise Dupas; promoter and club owner (Brighton UK's Chinese Jazz Club) Bonny Manzi; music venue (Lierre, Belgium's Ripspiqué) co-founder and presenter Theo de Vos; host and cabaret/jazz talent manager (at the Oak Room in New York City's Algonquin Hotel) Arthur Pomposello; Milwaukee WI jazz scene promoter and benefactor Augie Ray; jazz producer (Portugal's Allgarve Jazz, Cascais Jazz, Estoril Jazz, Jazz Num Dia de Ver?o, Galp Jazz, and Women in Jazz festivals), concert promoter and educator Duarte Mendon?a; music editor and publicist Judy Bell; restaurateur and chef (Minnesota's Dakota Jazz Club) Jack Riebel.
Musicologist Thomas Owens; musicologist and educator Jürgen Hunkem?ller' musicologist and sheet music collector Janice Cleary; archivist and promoter Rebecca Hope Edwards; Ellington scholar Ted Hudson; musical heritage advocate David Mallette; oral historian, jazz advocate and Jazz Institute of Chicago board member Timuel Black; ethnomusicologist Robert Farris Thompson; jazz advocate Edie Rothman.
Recording engineer Marshall Kent; recording engineer and producer Al Schmitt; recording engineer and equipment manufacturer Rupert Neve; recording engineer and inventor Ed Wolfrum; sound engineer and systems designer Stephen Tolve; sound engineers Carlos Melero, Brian "Griper" Nugent.
Dancer Slim Dance (Slim Abbad).
Broadcasters Paul Conley, Suzanne Corley, Jill Ditmire, George Jolly, Herbert Uhlir; broadcaster, archivist, educator, historian, producer, writer and NEA Jazz Master Phil Schaap; broadcaster, record company executive and producer (Verve, Island, Atlantic), and artist manager Eulis Cathey; broadcasters, producers and radio programmers Jan Borkowski, Thurston Briscoe; broadcaster, photographer and jazz historian Dennis Owsley; broadcaster, vibraphonist and Pittsburgh Jazz Society founder Tony Mowod; broadcaster and Swing music advocate Uwe Storjohann; broadcaster, cornetist, historian and International Society of Jazz Record Collectors former president Andy "Jazzman" Smith; broadcaster, photographer and writer Bill Cottman.
Film director and writer Bertrand Tavernier; documentary filmmaker Burrill Chron; documentary film editor Lewis Erskine; television director and screenwriter Guus van Waveren.
Illustrator Halu Iwasaki. Painter Daniel Schinasi.
Photographers Jean Germain, Louis Grivot (aka Horace), Guy Schoukroun, Bob Weaver, Sabine Weisss, Sepp Werkmeister; photographer, writer, road manager, booking agent, nightclub manager, broadcaster, concert producer, New York Jazz Museum founder and Cape Cod Jazz Society co-founder Jack Bradley.
Playwright Ed Bullins.
Writers Kay Bourne, Marek Boym, Leif Domnérus, Carol Easton, Pamela Espeland, Christian Gauffre, bell hooks, Michael Hopkins, Michel Le Bris, Segawa Masahisa, José Ramos Tinorh?o, Patrick Williams; writer, editor, broadcaster and historian W. Royal Stokes; writer and painter Jacques Chesnel; writers and bassists Fradley Garner, Hugh Wyatt; writer, guitarist and Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber founder Greg Tate; writer and trumpeter Oswald Wiener; writer and poet Al Young; writer, broadcaster, jazz historian and event producer Bill Brower; writer, broadcaster and record dealer Graeme Osborne; writers and producers Ulrich Kurth, Manfred Miller; writer, editor and cartoonist Bunny Matthews; writer and historian Alain Antonietto; writers and broadcasters Christian Broecking, Matthias Spindler; writer, photographer and artist Rob Mariani; writer and photographer Klaus Mümpfer; publisher (The American Rag) Don Jones; writer, historian and New Orleans Jazz Museum curator Don Marquis; writer and editor Patricia Kennealy-Morrison; writer and former Down Beat editor Don Gold.
Jazz record auctioneer and discographer Warren Hicks; music shop owner Henry Goldrich.
Blues, gospel and R&B artists, and industry figures Carl Bean, Jimi Bellmartin, Evette Benton, Tim Bogert, Jerry Brandt, Margo Bruynoghe, James Burke, Mark "Bubba" Bynam, Tony Cheeseborough, Willie Cobbs, Harry Coombs, Sarah Dash, Governor Davis, Morris "B.B." Dickerson, James Dukes Jr., Melvin Dunlap, Gary Eckstein, Margie Evans, Mike Finnigan, Jasper Fitzgeralad, Michael Fonfara, Carol Fran, Denny Freeman, Grady Gaines, Wally Gonzales, Doug Grigsby, Regi Hargis, James Harman, Bruce Hawes, Dusty Hill, John Dee Holeman, Roger Hawkins, Melvin Jackson, Walter L. Jones, Tutu Jumper, Al Kent, David Lasley, Irm?o Lázaro, Dick Lee, Kuipiio Livingston, Ken Lyon, Tony Markellis, Andrea Martin, Count M'Butu, Ellen McIlwaine, Shawn McLemore, Marilyn McLeod, Paul Mitchell, Robert "Bip" Neal, Juan Nelson, Cla Nett, Sipokazi Nxumalo, Paul Oscher, Duranice Pace, Dean Parrish, Winfield Parker, Jim Pembroke, Peps Persson, Edgar "Gemini" Porter, George Phillips Jr., Nolan Porter, Lloyd Price, James Purify, Danny Ray, Sam Salter, Gil Saunders, Willie Schofield, William Shelby, Joe Simon, Pervis Staples, Warren Storm, Ralph Tavares, Dennis Thomas, Chucky Thompson, Lou Ulrich, Jan Vering, Reggie Warren, Chuck E. Weiss, Lee Williams, Warner Williams, Lou Wilson, Mary Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Willie Winfield, Wanda Young.
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