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2022: The Year in Jazz
The Pandemic, Year Three...
While it is not gone, the easing of the coronavirus pandemic restarted or reinvigorated live performances across the jazz landscape for most of the year. It was a much-needed rebound for the many clubs, concerts and festivals that had pretty much gone into hibernation. That wasn't the case in January, when New York City's Winter JazzFest canceled all live events, reverting to virtual streamed performances. The Jazz Cruise canceled its sailings (mainstream jazz, Blue Note at Sea and the Smooth Jazz Cruise) for the second consecutive year, but was set to resume its events in January 2023.The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the French Quarter Festival returned to the Crescent City after two-year pauses. JazzFest experienced a triumphant return, with 475,000 festival-goers attending over seven days in late April and early May. It matched attendance for pre-pandemic festivals, but fell short of the all-time record of 650,000 fans set in 2001.
The Montreal International Jazz Festival was back at full strength in late June and early July, with acts from across North America and around the globe. In 2021, a slimmed-down version featured fewer acts, almost all of them from Canada. European festivals were also back in force.
Music Rising, a charitable organization created after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, awarded direct grant relief to 1,474 New Orleans-area musicians and industry workers who struggled financially due to the pandemic and after Hurricane Ida. The funds are administered by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. More than $2 million was raised through a Guitar and Music Memorabilia auction in December 2021 that featured guitars and personal items from some of the world's most prominent musicians.
While there were 123 jazz-related coronavirus deaths in the prior two years combined, 2022 saw only 16 known fatal cases in the jazz community. They included tabla player
Badal Roy
tablasSy Johnson
composer / conductorb.1930
One positive emerging from the pandemic's isolation was the extensive livestreaming of events. The technology appears here to stay as another way for musicians and presenters to expand their viewing base.
Russia's war on Ukraine
The jazz world was touched by—and responded to—Russia's February 24 invasion of Ukraine, where the continuing war has impacted musicians but didn't silence the music. In cities around the globe, bands and jazz organizations held concerts to benefit humanitarian efforts to help Ukraine and its refugees. There was a wide range of developments.While some musicians joined Ukraine's defense effort as civilian soldiers, others kept the music playing at venues, including 32 Jazz Club in Kyviv and Perron 7 in Odessa. Over the summer, Jazz Foundation of America visionary Wendy Oxenhorn went to Ukraine to deliver food to children in orphanages, and medical supplies to hospitals and civilian soldiers through the Backroads Foundation. While in Kyiv, she also located more than100 Ukrainian jazz musicians and connected them to the JFA. That effort resulted in paid gigs allowing them to keep the music alive and feed their families for six months.
The war also brought an exodus from members of the arts communities—in both countries. Days after Russia invaded Ukraine, jazz record producer Evgenii Petrushanskii moved from St. Petersburg to Tel Aviv, claiming Israeli citizenship based on his father's Jewish roots. "It's impossible to release a record in Russia so it goes to the foreign audience," Petrushanskii told NPR. "A majority of music aggregators who release music toward the platforms like Apple Music, Spotify—they're not working. They're not presenting in Russia anymore." He re-registered his Rainy Days Records label in Israel, hoping to release new records of Russian artists in 2023. Petrushanskii is one of more than 100 Russian and Ukrainian artists in film, music, art and dance who emigrated to rebuild their careers in Israel.
Ukraine-born pianist, composer and educator
Vadim Neselovskyi
pianob.1977
Arts for Art, the nonprofit organization that produces New York City's annual Vision Festival, and three other arts organizations—Deep Tones for Peace, The Clemente Cultural Center and CenterPoint Arts—presented a five-hour concert March 18 to benefit and express their solidarity with the people of Ukraine. More than 90 musicians, dancers, and poets took part. The "10,000 Tones for Peace" event raised $7,500 to assist Doctors Without Borders' efforts in Ukraine. The many jazz performers included
Mark Dresser
bass, acousticb.1952
Marty Ehrlich
woodwindsb.1955
Melvin Gibbs
bass
Jason Kao Hwang
composer / conductorb.1957
D.D. Jackson
pianob.1967
Oliver Lake
saxophoneb.1942
Ingrid Laubrock
saxophoneb.1970
Joe Morris
bass, acousticb.1955
William Parker
bassb.1952
Matthew Shipp
pianob.1960
Fay Victor
vocalsJazz and social justice...
Initiatives to ensure greater equity in jazz, for female musicians when it comes to club, concert and festival programming, as well as gender and racial equity in the classroom for non-male, non-white musicians, took seed in significant ways during the year. They are long overdue. That said, those efforts will take time to fully expand into the industry consciousness.In one new initiative, seven emerging artists—women and/or non-binary performers—were selected for apprenticeships and mentorships in the Next Jazz Legacy program. New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice started the three-year program, with major funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, to increase opportunities for musicians most under-represented in the art form. The first recipients are drummer
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data-original-title="" title="">Ivanna Cuesta Gonzalez, singer and trombonist Lexi Hamner, guitarists Keyanna Hutchinson and Loke Risberg, pianist Alexis Lombre, pianist and organist Anastassiya Petrova, and trombonist Kalia Vandever. In addition to the performance apprenticeships and creative mentorships, the seven Next Jazz Legacy artists will participate in business mentorships with experts in the field, quarterly learning cohorts led by Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice founder
Terri Lyne Carrington
drumsb.1965
Drummer, educator, activist andNEA Jazz Master Carrington is the most-visible advocate for the jazz equity movement through the Institute for Jazz and Gender Justice Boston. She also is artistic director at The Carr Center, a multi-disciplinary arts organization and performance space in downtown Detroit, which, like Berklee, was also at the heart of her significant 2022 projects. Her 11th album as a leader, New Standards Vol. 1 (Candid, 2022) on September 16, was released on September 16, as was her book—"New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers" (Hal Leonard and Berklee Press). The book features a century of music, including works by
Lil Hardin Armstrong
piano1898 - 1971
Mary Lou Williams
piano1910 - 1981
Alice Coltrane
piano1937 - 2007
Dorothy Ashby
harp1932 - 1996
Maria Schneider
composer / conductor
Dianne Reeves
vocalsb.1956
Geri Allen
piano1957 - 2017
Esperanza Spalding
bassb.1984
Cassandra Wilson
vocalsb.1955
Nubya Garcia
saxophone
Mary Halvorson
guitar
Nicole Mitchell
fluteb.1967
Jaimie Branch
trumpet1983 - 2022
Carrington also published a nonfiction children's book called Three of a Kind: The Allen Carrington Spalding Trio (Author House, 2022). The poem explores the musical partnership she shared with pianist Geri Allen and bassist Esparanza Spalding before Allen's death in 2017 at age 60. It is designed to inspire young women globally to play instruments. "There were many reasons I decided to write 'Three of a Kind.' Like 'New Standards 101 Lead Sheets,' it is important to continue to deliver the message about challenging the perceptions of gender roles in jazz and education," Carrington said. " It's a message for all seasons."
A Carrington-conceived and curated multimedia installation premiered at The Carr Center from October 14 and ran through November 27. Through live performances, film, new pieces of art, symposiums and workshops, "New Standards, part one of Shifting The Narrative: Jazz and Gender Justice" explored the intersection of history, gender, race and innovation. The art included works created by singers
Cecile McLorin Salvant
vocalsb.1989
Carmen Lundy
vocalsb.1954
Jazzmeia Horn
vocals
Lizz Wright
vocalsb.1980
Mutual Mentorship for Musicians partnered with NYC Winter Jazzfest to hold an in-person festival presenting music from 19 woman and non-binary bandleaders. The five-day event, held in June at Greenwich House Music School, followed two years of virtual festivals. It included performances of six new duo commissions. M? co-founders
Sara Serpa
vocalsb.1979
Jen Shyu
vocalsb.1978
Esparanza Spalding announced in November that she is moving on from Harvard after fulfilling her five-year contract to teach music and musical activism courses at the Ivy League university. The bassist, singer and composer said her proposal to implement a "decolonial education" curriculum didn't get a positive response. She said a Black Artist-Educators Decolonizing and Placemaking program would help institutions and instructors to "move beyond metaphorical commitments to decolonial education, Black and Native solidarity and reparations." Spalding said she will continue to work on a similar program in her Portland, Oregon hometown, where she is creating a "sanctuary space" for artists of color.
International Jazz Day, Take Eleven...
2022's International Jazz Day was the 11th edition of the UNESCO-sponsored global celebration of jazz. The April 30 event, co-produced by the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, included performances, educational workshops, community-service projects, panel discussions, jam sessions, and radio and TV broadcasts and streamed events hosted in all 50 U.S. states and more than 190 countries on all seven continents. Its all-star Global Concert was held at United Nations headquarters in New York City. Earlier plans for Cape Town, South Africa to be the Global Host City for 2022 were postponed because of the pandemic.Participating musicians in the virtual concert streamed from the UN's General Assembly Hall included pianists
Joey Alexander
pianob.2003
Helio Alves
pianob.1966
John Beasley
pianoLaurent de Wilde
piano
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Hiromi
pianob.1979
Tarek Yamani
piano
James Genus
bassb.1966
Marcus Miller
bassb.1959
Linda May Han Oh
bass, acousticb.1984
Brian Blade
drumsb.1970
Ravi Coltrane
saxophone, tenorb.1965
David Sanborn
saxophone1945 - 2024
Erena Terakubo
saxophone, alto
Randy Brecker
trumpetb.1945
Jeremy Pelt
trumpetb.1976
Shemekia Copeland
vocalsb.1979
José James
vocalsb.1978
Youn Sun Nah
vocals
Gregory Porter
vocalsb.1971
Lizz Wright
vocalsb.1980
Mark Whitfield
guitarb.1966
Gregoire Maret
harmonicab.1975
Edmar Castaneda
harpb.1978
Zakir Hussain
tablas1951 - 2024
Pedrito Martinez
percussion
Kinan Azmeh
clarinetTwo hours earlier, UNESCO and Morocco's Anya Music broadcast the second annual JazzWomenAfrica concert. It was the culmination of a residency project bringing together women jazz musicians from across Africa. They included percussionist Abigail Narkie Teye (Ghana), singers Laura Prince (Togo) and Mariaa Siga (Senegal), bassist Maah Keita (Senegal), guitarists Mounaissa (Mali) and Nelida Karr (Equatorial Guinea), and kora player Senny Camara (Senegal).
Centennial Notes...
More than 80 jazz musicians marked their 100th birthdays posthumously during 2022. Notables included bandleader
Larry Elgart
woodwinds1922 - 2017
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic1922 - 1979
Oscar Pettiford
bass1922 - 1960
Specs Powell
b.1922
Mundell Lowe
guitar1922 - 2017
Johnny Smith
guitar1922 - 2013
Beryl Booker
piano1922 - 1978
Jaki Byard
piano1922 - 1999
Dorothy Donegan
piano1924 - 1998
Duke Jordan
piano1922 - 2006
Paul Smith
piano1922 - 2013
Ralph Sutton
pianob.1922
Gerald Wiggins
piano1922 - 2008
Toots Thielemans
harmonica1922 - 2016
Manny Albam
arranger1922 - 2001
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
saxophone, tenor1922 - 1986
Von Freeman
saxophone, tenor1922 - 2012
Illinois Jacquet
saxophone, tenor1922 - 2004
Jackie Kelso
saxophone, altob.1922
Cecil Payne
saxophone, baritone1922 - 2007
Frank Wess
saxophone, tenor1922 - 2013
Ernie Wilkins
arranger1922 - 1999
Eddie Bert
trombone1922 - 2012
Kai Winding
trombone1922 - 1983
John Carisi
trumpet1922 - 1992
Neal Hefti
trumpet1922 - 2008
Al Hirt
trumpet1922 - 1999
Joe Newman
trumpet1922 - 1992
Joe Wilder
trumpet1922 - 2014
Carmen McRae
vocals1920 - 1994
King Pleasure
vocals1922 - 1982
Kay Starr
vocals1922 - 2016
Ray Anthony
trumpetb.1922
Singer and club co-owner
Louise Tobin
vocals1918 - 2022
Gloria Parker
percussionAwards and honors of note...
NEA JAZZ MASTERS: The National Endowment for the Arts' 2022 Jazz Masters, bassist
Stanley Clarke
bassb.1951
Billy Hart
drumsb.1940
Cassandra Wilson
vocalsb.1955
The 2023 class of NEA Jazz Masters, to be honored on April 1 at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, will include violinist
Regina Carter
violinb.1966
Kenny Garrett
saxophone, altob.1960
Louis Hayes
drumsb.1937
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic1922 - 1979
CANADIAN JAZZ MASTERS: Saxophonist
Pat LaBarbera
saxophone, tenor
Paul Bley
piano1932 - 2016
Ed Bickert
guitar1932 - 2019
Rob McConnell
trombone1935 - 2010
Oscar Peterson
piano1925 - 2007
Phil Nimmons
clarinetb.1923
Kenny Wheeler
flugelhorn1930 - 2014
Don Thompson
bassb.1940
Jerry Fuller
drums1939 - 2002
Sonny Greenwich
guitarb.1936
Gil Evans
composer / conductor1912 - 1988
Sheila Jordan
vocals1928 - 2025
Jon Batiste
pianob.1986
Melissa Aldana
saxophone
Kurt Elling
vocalsb.1967
Kenny Garrett
saxophone, altob.1960
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
In the journalism categories, Ted Gioia won two awards: the Robert Palmer-Helen Oakley Dance Award for Excellence in Writing in 2021 and blog of the year ("The Honest Broker"), and Rusty Hassan of WPFW in Washington, DC won the Marian McPartland-Willis Conover Award for Career Achievement in Broadcasting. Carol Friedman won the Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award for Career Achievement in Photography, while Downbeat magazine took publication/web site of the year honors.
Greg Bryant and Nate Chinen of WBGO won podcast of the year honors for "Jazz United." Pianist
Emmet Cohen
pianob.1990
Deanna Witkowski
pianob.1972
Mary Lou Williams
piano1910 - 1981
Lakecia Benjamin
saxophone, altoGRAMMY AWARDS: There was a wide range of jazz-related winners at the 2022 Grammy Awards on April 3. The 64th annual event had been postponed from January 31 from Los Angeles to the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas because of the spike in COVID infections from the omicron phase of the pandemic. The program honored music released between September 1, 2020 and September 30, 2021.
Jon Batiste
pianob.1986
The winners by category were: Jon Batiste, We Are (Verve, 2021)—album of the year;
Ron Carter
bassb.1937
Jack DeJohnette
drumsb.1942
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
pianob.1963
Chick Corea
piano1941 - 2021
Christian McBride
bassb.1972
Esperanza Spalding
bassb.1984
Tony Bennett
vocals1926 - 2023
Also,
Eliane Elias
piano and vocalsb.1960
Chucho Valdes
pianob.1941
Rubén Blades
vocalsb.1948
Roberto Delgado
composer / conductor
Taylor Eigsti
piano
Lyle Mays
keyboards1953 - 2020
Andra Day
vocals
Billie Holiday
vocals1915 - 1959
Also, Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composers, Soul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney, 2020)—best score soundtrack for visual media (tie with Carlos Rafael Rivera, The Queen's Gambit); Jon Batiste, "Cry" from We Are (Verve, 2021)—best American roots performance; Jon Batiste and Steve McEwan, songwriters, "Cry" from We Are (Verve, 2021)—best American roots song;
Vince Mendoza
composer / conductorb.1961
Also, Dae Bennett, Josh Coleman, Billy Cumella, Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone, Love For Sale (Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga) (Streamline, Columbia, Interscope, 2021)—best engineered album, non-classical; Ricky Riccardi, The Complete
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
Vince Mendoza
composer / conductorb.1961
LATIN GRAMMYS: There were several jazz-related winners at the 2022 Latin Grammy Awards on November 17 in Las Vegas. The winners by category were:
Eliane Elias
piano and vocalsb.1960
Chick Corea
piano1941 - 2021
Chucho Valdes
pianob.1941
Hamilton de Holanda
mandolinb.1976
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
pianob.1963
Aymée Nuviola
vocals
Paquito D'Rivera
clarinetb.1948
Abraham Laboriel
bass, electricb.1947
JAZZ MUSIC AWARDS: The inaugural edition of the Jazz Music Awards was held October 22 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta , Georgia. It included tributes to jazz influencers and innovators, competitive awards in eight categories, and live performances. Late pianist
McCoy Tyner
piano1938 - 2020
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
Christian McBride
bassb.1972
Ragan Whiteside
flute
Bob Baldwin
piano
Norman Brown
guitar
Stacey Kent
vocalsb.1968
Somi
vocals
Orrin Evans
pianob.1975
Kenny Garrett
saxophone, altob.1960
Dianne Reeves
vocalsb.1956
Lizz Wright
vocalsb.1980
Dee Dee Bridgewater
vocalsb.1950
Jazzmeia Horn
vocals
Ledisi
vocalsb.1972
JUNO AWARDS: The 2022 edition of Canada's Juno Awards, the dominion's version of the Grammy Awards, were held May 15 in Toronto. The winners by category were:
Will Bonness
pianob.1985
Caity Gyorgy
vocalsb.1998
" data-original-title="" title="">Charlotte Cardin, a pop, electro and jazz singer-songwriter-pianist from Montreal, dominated the night with four Juno wins. They were artist of the year, album of the year and pop album of the year for Phoenix (Atlantic, 2021) and single of the year {"Meaningless") from that debut album. The outdoor setting at the Budweiser Stage was the Juno's first in-person gala in three years because of the pandemic.
CREATIVE INFLECTIONS AWARDS: The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awarded nearly $1 million to seven jazz artists to collaborate with five arts presenters through its new Creative Inflections program. These awards, up to $200,000, involve experimental, multi-disciplinary work exploring social justice themes and expanding audiences for jazz. The foundation said the projects push jazz beyond its current limits and "allow artists the flexibility to expand their creative exploration in ways that have great potential to resonate with younger audiences that are increasingly drawn to hybrid artistic work."
The selected projects included "The Healing Project," a multi-disciplinary abolitionist project by pianist
Samora Pinderhughes
vocalsJen Shyu
vocalsb.1978
Sumi Tonooka
pianob.1956
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
GUGGENHEIM FELLOWS: Four jazz-related recipients are among the 180 individuals receiving Guggenheim Fellowships in 2022. They are flugabonist and educator
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data-original-title="" title="">David Dominique, guitarist 
Rafael Rosa
guitarb.1985
Marlon Simon
drumsb.1961
SASSY AWARDS: Lucía Gutiérrez Rebolloso, a 21-year-old singer from Veracruz, Mexico, took first place in the 11th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition. It was held on November 20 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark as the final event of the TD James Moody Jazz Festival. Singer-songwriter Ekep Nkwelle of :Washington, DC, a past member of Howard University's vocal jazz ensemble Afro Blue, finished second. Harlem-based jazz veteran
Allan Harris
vocalsELLA AWARDS:
Julia Danielle
vocals
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals1917 - 1996
Tierney Sutton
vocalsb.1963
ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON: The Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, Florida took top honors in Jazz at Lincoln Center's 27th annual Essentially Ellington High School Band Competition on May 7. Foxboro High School from Massachusetts and the Orange County School for the Arts from Santa Ana, California finished second and third respectively, among the 15 finalists invited to the week-long competition and festival. The 2020 and 2021 editions were held virtually because of the pandemic. Skylar Tang from Crystal Springs Uplands School in Hillsborough, California won Essentially Ellington's 10th annual J. Douglas White Student Composition and Arranging Contest. The trumpeter's piece, "Kaleisoscope," was recorded by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra at its May 4 festival-related recording session.
SPARTANS WIN JACK RUDIN YEAR TWO: The Michigan State University jazz band won the second annual Jack Rudin Jazz Championship on April 20 at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Top honors for the band, directed by Rodney Whitaker, included a $10,000 prize. Temple University's jazz band won second place and $7,500. North Carolina Central University took third and a $5,000 award. Ten university jazz programs competed in the two-day invitational.
BMI JAZZ COMPOSERS WORKSHOP: Pianist
Helen Sung
pianoManny Albam
arranger1922 - 2001
ROYAL HONOURS: Pianist and composer
Nikki Iles
piano- 2012
Bill Geldard
tromboneb.1929
Ted Heath
b.1900
John Dankworth
saxophone1927 - 2010
LETTERONE RISING STARS: Paris-based pianist " data-original-title="" title="">Yessa? Karapetian and American guitarist
Dan Wilson
guitar, electricLUMINARTS FELLOWS: The Chicago-based Luminarts Cultural Foundation named its 2022 class of Jazz Fellows in April. The four recipients, saxophonist Isaiah Collier, trumpeter Andrew Egizio, flutist Kenthaney Redmond and guitarist Kenny Riechert were given $10,000 awards, as well as access to professional and creative resources and additional project grants for 10 years," The winners were chosen from a pool of eight finalists who performed live in February at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago.
SWR JAZZ PRIZE: Swedish-born bassist
Petter Eldh
bassb.1983
GERMAN JAZZ PRIZE: Saxophonist
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky
saxophone, altob.1933
Charlotte Greve
saxophone, alto
Michael Mayo
vocalsBassist Sebastian Gramss' international collective Hard Boiled Wonderland and its album Music Resistance (rent a dog, 2021), featuring Ukrainian singer Tamara Lukasheva, received a special award for critically examining current political, social and ecological issues. The 31-category German Jazz Prize program is sponsored by the Commissioner for Culture & Media and Initiative Musik, the federal government's central funding institution for the German music industry.
ERTEGUN JAZZ HALL OF FAME: Trumpeter
Freddie Hubbard
trumpet1938 - 2008
Paul Chambers
bass, acoustic1935 - 1969
LIVING LEGACY: Drummer
Roger Humphries
drumsb.1944
Horace Silver
piano1928 - 2014
Dizzy Gillespie
trumpet1917 - 1993
Woody Shaw
trumpet1944 - 1989
Nancy Wilson
vocals1937 - 2018
Stanley Turrentine
saxophone, tenor1934 - 2000
Freddie Hubbard
trumpet1938 - 2008
NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOW: New Orleans drummer and stilt dancer Shaka Zulu, the Big Chief of the Golden Feather Hunters, was named one of 10 National Heritage Fellows by the National Endowment for the Arts. The $25,000 fellowships are the highest honor in folk and traditional arts awarded in the U.S. Zulu has toured internationally with saxophonist Donald Harrison Jr. as a masking performing artist and percussionist in Harrison's band Congo Nation.
GILMORE ADDS JAZZ: The Kalamazoo, Michigan-based Gilmore organization has added a jazz component to its long-running programs that previously just focused on classical pianists through its Gilmore International Piano Festival and Gilmore Artist Awards. Through an $8 million gift, the organization will award $300,000 to a jazz pianist every four years.
The Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award includes a $50,000 cash grant to be used at the artist's discretion plus $250,000 disbursed over four years for projects that will enhance the recipient's musicianship and career. The first recipient will be announced in 2026.The award is named after the president of the Gilmore Piano Festival's board of trustees and founder of Bell's Brewery. In addition, the Gilmore will award two emerging jazz pianists a Gilmore Young Jazz Artist Award of $25,000 every two years. Gilmore jazz award recipients will be chosen by an anonymous panel of judges who will tour the world for four years listening to pianists playing in concert.
Jazz venue ups and downs...
CLASSIC JAZZ DIVE SHUTTERED: New York City's 55 Bar closed its doors for good on May 23 after a final performance by the
Paul Jost
vocalsWHEN THERE"S SMOKE: There's musical fire again on stage at Smoke. The Upper West Side jazz venue in New York City was closed to audiences for more than two years because of the pandemic. It reopened July 21 with four nights of performances by saxophonist
George Coleman
saxophone, tenorb.1935
ARTHUR'S IS BACK: Arthur's Tavern, a former speakeasy jazz bar founded in 1937 in New York City's West Village, reopened after a two-year pandemic closure and a renovation to retain its vintage look with modern touches. Blue Note Entertainment had owned the small club since the 1980s but let others operate it. With the grand reopening in July featuring
Kermit Ruffins
vocalsb.1964
MUSIC FLIES WITH ROYALTIES: New York City's Birdland Jazz Club announced a virtual streaming partnership with Flymachine. It livestreams Thursday night main stage performances and
Frank Vignola
guitarb.1965
BLUES ALLEY: Washington, DC's historic jazz club Blues Alley closed after an October 25 fire in its attic caused some water damage in the venue. The club, housed in an 18th century red brick carriage house in Georgetown, reopened on November 1 with performers Dave Kline and Jon Carroll after what club owner Harry Schnipper called "this bump in the jazz road."
OUT WITH PANDEMIC, IN WITH NEW NAME: The Playboy Jazz Festival, which was held annually in Los Angeles from 1979 until its 2020 pandemic cancellation, got a new name in 2022. The Hollywood Bowl Jazz Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, was held June 25-26 with a lineup featuring The Roots,
Gregory Porter
vocalsb.1971
Cory Wong
guitarb.1985
Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah
trumpetb.1983
José James
vocalsb.1978
Gordon Goodwin
composer / conductorb.1954
Azar Lawrence
saxophoneb.1952
Gerald Clayton
pianoNORTH BEACH UPLIFT: Pianist and educator Simon Rowe opened a new venue, Keys Jazz Bistro in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood. The November 10 gala opening featured singers
Clairdee
vocals
Mary Stallings
vocalsb.1939
TAC JAZZ FEST: Jazz in the Neighborhood, a local nonprofit fighting for fair wages for musicians in Oakland, California teamed with the Temescal Art Center to sponsor a TAC Jazz Fest in April. It featured two concerts a night and a free afternoon jam session on three successive Saturdays. The event is programmed to turn TAC into a showcase for the East Bay jazz scene. The event opened with tenor saxophonist Raffi Garabedian's octet and singer
Clairdee
vocalsJAZZ ON THE MENU: Emma Rue's cafe in downtown Spokane, Washington opened its doors in early January and by early June featured live jazz three nights a week. Local jazz singer and consultant Heather Villa helped owners Aaron Hein and Alyssa Agee expand the live jazz concept. It includes a Tuesday program featuring college student and faculty musicians. It also hosts once-a-month Saturday jazz nights. Emma Rue's is located in the former Observatory and Blue Spark space at 17 S. Howard St.
BIRD'S EYE UPHEAVAL: Basel, Switzerland's iconic Bird's Eye jazz club resumed operations and performances in March after a six-month closure and the departure of founding artistic director Stephan Kurmann and artistic director René Pilloud. Pharmaceutical family heiress Beatrice Oeri, the downtown basement club's patron since its 1994 founding, remains at the helm witih fresh faces among the programming and management team. The club was in hot water with the city in 2021 for resisting coronavirus control measures. It had to repay some of its substantial government subsidy funds.
NO MORE JUNCTION: The Junction, a jazz venue in South London's Brixton district, closed its doors for good on August 31, after the landlord refused to extend its lease unless it paid a 70 percent increase in rent. The landlord, Manlon Properties Ltd., is linked to Asif Aziz, a multi-millionaire landlord with a reputation for closing pubs and redeveloping the buildings into luxury housing. The Junction, an independent venue, offered live jazz six to seven nights a week.
GYPSY JAZZ VENUE GONE: Le QuecumBar, a London brasserie featuring gypsy swing jazz for 19 years, locked its doors in April. Owner Sylvia Rushbrooke attributed the closure to administrative, judicial and financial hassles, including a new landlord doubling the rent for the 42-44 Battersea High Street building.
SYDNEY LOSES 505: After a 15-year run at three different locations, one of Australia's most important jazz clubs shut down on March 18. The small jazz club 505 in Sydney was a creative space named for its original street number. Pianist
Steve Barry
piano
Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
FLEMISH JAZZ: City officials in Antwerp, Belgium announced in December that Jazz and Music, the non-profit group that has staged the Jazz Middleheim festival since 1969, had liquidated because of heavy debts. Antwerp's Deputy Mayor Nabilla Ait Daoud, who also serves as alderman of culture, said she would do everything possible to ensure that the next edition of Jazz Middleheim takes place next August in collaboration with VRT, the public service broadcaster for Belgium's Flemish community.
On the record...
BLUE NOTE AFRICA: Blue Note Records and Universal Music Group Africa created a new imprint to focus on African jazz artists. Blue Note Africa's first release, on May 27, was pianist
Nduduzo Makhathini
keyboardsb.1982
Don Was
bassb.1952
CENTENNIAL FOR A NOTABLE FIRST: In May 1922,
Kid Ory
trombone1886 - 1973
Jazz on film and TV...
HARGROVE: A documentary about late trumpeter
Roy Hargrove
trumpet1969 - 2018
JAZZ FEST AT 50: The documentary Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story (Sony Pictures Classics, 2022) premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas on March 16. The Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern-directed film used live performances and interviews to explore the festival's 50-year legacy and the rich culture of the Crescent City. It included performances by Bruce Springsteen, Al Green,
Herbie Hancock
pianob.1940
Aaron Neville
vocals
Trombone Shorty
tromboneb.1986
Irma Thomas
vocalsb.1941
NOLA FOCUS: Martin Shore's documentary Take Me to the River: New Orleans< (360 Distribution Inc., 2022), celebrating the musical history of New Orleans and Louisiana, premiered April 22 at the Crescent City's Broad Theater. Actor John Goodman narrates the film, which features a wide range of area musicians. Jazz-related performers included the
Neville Brothers
various
Dr. John
piano1940 - 2019
Jon Cleary
guitar and vocals
Davell Crawford
piano and vocals
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
band / ensemble / orchestrab.1977
New Breed Brass Band
band / ensemble / orchestraMUSIC PICTURES: The documentary Music Pictures: New Orleans premiered June 12 at the Tribeca Film Festival, streaming globally two days later. The project directed by Ben Chace explores the lives and craft of four Crescent City music legends: singer Irma Thomas, blues man
Little Freddie King
vocalsBLACK & BLUES:Director Sacha Jenkins' documentary Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues premiered September 8 at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released October 28 by Apple Original Films. Drawing on
Louis Armstrong
trumpet and vocals1901 - 1971
Terence Blanchard
trumpetb.1962
ELLIS HITS THE SCREEN: Filmmaker Sascha Just premiered her long-awaited documentary ELLIS, chronicling the life and music of pianist
Ellis Marsalis
piano1934 - 2020
SKIN TO SKIN: A documentary celebrating the life and work of conguero, educator, historian and San Francisco Bay-area community activist
John Santos
percussionb.1955
CANADIAN OSCAR: Barry Avrich's 81-minute film
Oscar Peterson
piano1925 - 2007
OMARA SOSA'S PIANO MAGIC: Filmmaker Sioren Sorensen's documentary
Omar Sosa
pianob.1965
DIGGING AN ENIGMA: Greg Mallozzi's 55-minute documentary The Key Man:
Dave McKenna
piano1930 - 2008
RONNIE SCOTT'S LEGACY: Oliver Murray's documentary Ronnie's (Greenwich Entertainment, 2021) opened in North American select theaters and for on-demand streaming on February 11. The film track's the history of London's iconic jazz club
Ronnie Scott
saxophone, tenor1927 - 1996
Ella Fitzgerald
vocals1917 - 1996
Miles Davis
trumpet1926 - 1991
Nina Simone
piano and vocals1933 - 2003
Dizzy Gillespie
trumpet1917 - 1993
Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982
Chet Baker
trumpet and vocals1929 - 1988
Sarah Vaughan
vocals1924 - 1990
GETTING HIS DUE: Ethiopian jazz keyboardist
Hailu Mergia
keyboardsBATISTE COLORING PURPLE: Fresh off his five Grammy wins, Jon Batiste was cast as the sweet-talking pianist Grady, in the Warner Bros. remake of the musical The Color Purple. Batiste's character is the husband of blues singer Shug Avery, who is played by Taraji P. Henson. The Blitz Bazawule-directed film, produced by Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and
Quincy Jones
arranger1933 - 2024
Jazz in the classroom...
ON THE MOVE: Canadian jazz saxophonist, composer and big bandleader
Christine Jensen
saxophoneFREE JAZZ RESIDENCY: The 577 Records label and Berklee College of Music started a new residency program---"Sounds of Freedom"---that is focused on experimental music, or free jazz. Five musicians worked with drummer
Francisco Mela
drums
Jeff Pearring
saxophone, alto
Hidemi Akaiwa
pianoHistoric preservation ups and downs...
SUN RA HOUSE: The three-story building that has been a cradle for late bandleader
Sun Ra
piano1914 - 1993
Marshall Allen
saxophone, altob.1924
BUDDY BOLDEN HOUSE: A dilapidated shotgun house where cornetist
Buddy Bolden
cornet1877 - 1931
LANDMARK COLLAPSES: The bygone New Orleans jazz venue Perseverance Hall, damaged in 2021 by Hurricane Ida, collapsed into rubble after two days of heavy rain in August. was all that was left intact of the bygone jazz venue on Wednesday afternoon. Preservationists had warned that the wooden building at 1644 N. Villere St. in New Orleans' 7th Ward was at risk. Members of the Perseverance Benevolent Mutual Aid Association built hall in 1880 as a meeting place and concert venue. Historian and architectural preservation advocate Frederick Starr said it was a "home base for a Who's Who of early jazz musicians," including Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Johnny Dodds and others.
CUSTOMS BACK ON PARADE: The House of Dance and Feathers, a New Orleans Black cultural site and museum, reopened Tuesday, December 6. The Ninth Ward space had closed as one of the first New Orleans casualties of the pandemic after the March 2020 death of founder Ronald W. Lewis. He had documented parading customs like Mardi Gras Indians, Social Aid & Pleasure Clubs and Skull & Bone gangs. Lewis had been involved with Mardi Gras Indians since age 13, and was a member of the Krewe du Jieux since its formation in 1996. His wife, Charlotte "Minnie" Lewis, and anthropologist Rachel Breulin's Neighborhood Story Project, restored the museum.
OWNERSHIP CHALLENGE:
John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967
Ravi Coltrane
saxophone, tenorb.1965
The lawsuit contends that Gadson "allegedly paid a third party for a sham deed to the Coltrane House." The sons allege Alexander did not have the right to sell the property because she only held a "lifetime estate" interest in the house, meaning she had a legal right to live there until her death, but not to sell it. The document noted that the 2004 deed that Gadson filed contains misspellings of the Coltrane name.
Significant commemorations...
MINTING A LEGEND: A $1 coin commemorating piano greatOscar Peterson
piano1925 - 2007
STAMP OF APPROVAL: Singer, actress and television host
Eleanor Collins
vocals1919 - 2024
THEATER HONOR: Singer, actress and civil rights activist
Lena Horne
vocals1917 - 2010
SQUARE FOR SEKELES: A city square in Frankfurt, Germany was renamed in honor of composer and educator Bernhard Sekles, who founded Europe's first jazz class in 1928 at Dr. Hoch's Conservatory. He became conservatory director in 1924, serving until the Nazis relieved Sekles of his office shortly after they seized power in 1933. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis in a Jewish retirement home in Frankfurt a year later.
WAY TO GO, WAYNE: Newark, New Jersey has renamed part of the city's Park Place as
Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
HONOR BLOOMS IN INDIANA: The Indiana University Board of Trustees voted to rename the university-owned portion of Jordan Avenue in Bloomington between 17th Street and North Fee Lane, commonly known as the Jordan Avenue extension, as
David Baker
trombone1931 - 2016
IRA'S WAY: The Miami-Dade County Commissioners renamed a section of Southwest 76th Avenue in Miami as
Ira Sullivan
multi-instrumentalist1931 - 2020
Red Rodney
trumpet1927 - 1994
JIMMY'S WAY: Late saxophonist
Jimmy Heath
saxophone, tenor1926 - 2020
ONAJE'S WAY: Late pianist, composer and educator
Onaje Allan Gumbs
piano1949 - 2020
Norman Connors
drumsb.1947
Phyllis Hyman
vocals1941 - 1995
Kenny Burrell
guitar, electricb.1931
Betty Carter
vocals1929 - 1998
Woody Shaw
trumpet1944 - 1989
FIVE MILES FOR LOU: A five-mile stretch of State Highway 740, which runs through Badin, North Carolina, was renamed
Lou Donaldson
saxophone1926 - 2024
MORE NOLA RECHRISTENINGS: The New Orleans City Council voted January 6 to honor two more local musical heroes as part of its effort to rechristen landmarks originally named for Confederates, slave owners and segregationists. A boulevard in the Lakeview neighborhood named in honor of Gen. Robert E. Lee was renamed for late rhythm-and-blues icon
Allen Toussaint
piano and vocals1938 - 2015
Jazz and art...
SCULPTING SOUND: The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas brought in a dozen jazz players over six nights in February to interact with some of artist Harry Bertoia's sounding sculptures. Bertoia (1915-1978) created hundreds of pieces consisting of metal rods of different sizes and materials that can be manipulated to produce tonal sounds and vibrations. Each instrument-themed concert featured a duo plus the Bertoia sounding sculptures. The series included guitarists
Nels Cline
guitar, electricb.1956
Ben Monder
guitarb.1962
Ambrose Akinmusire
trumpetb.1982
Nate Wooley
trumpetb.1974
Ingrid Laubrock
saxophoneb.1970
JD Allen
saxophone, tenorb.1972
Brandon Seabrook
guitarb.1984
Marcus Gilmore
drumsb.1986
Dan Weiss
drums
Kris Davis
pianob.1980
Craig Taborn
pianob.1970
ARMSTRONG'S ART: The Red Wall Art Gallery in Resorts World Casino in Queens, New York opened an exhibit of trumpeter Louis Armstrong's collage collection. The Louis Armstrong House Museum in nearby Corona curated the June exhibit. Museum executive director Regina Bain said the entertainer's collages, created on the covers of 500 reel-to-reel tape boxes, "reveal the trumpeter's whimsical nature as well as his unique social commentary."
Crime log...
MOURNING MURRAY: New Orleans trumpeter and educator Brian Murray, 60, was shot and killed on January 31 inside his home during the attempted kidnapping of his grandson in a domestic violence dispute. Edmond Ramee Sr. surrendered to police that night after fleeing the scene with his 1-year-old son. The child was released unharmed. Ramee was charged with second-degree murder. Murray led the Brian Murray Traditional Jazz Band and The New Orleans Horns, and worked with singer Deacon John Moore for more than 10 years.SENSELESS ATTACK: Renowned Broadway vocal coach Barbara Maier Gustern died of a traumatic brain injury March 15, five days after the 87-year-old grandmother was pushed to the ground from behind just steps from her apartment building in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood. The singer and sought-after vocal coach was rushing to Joe's Pub at the Public Theater to watch one of her students perform when the attack occurred. Suspect Lauren Pazienza, 26, was charged with manslaughter after surrendering to police on March 22. Gustern once coached rock singer Debbie Harry and the cast of the 2019 Broadway revival of the musical Oklahoma!
JOPLIN SITE DAMAGED: A 38-year-old man was charged with causing tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage done to the Scott Joplin House State Historic Site in St. Louis, Missouri on October 2. Police said Kevin Daley-Bey was charged with second-degree burglary and first-degree property damage for allegedly breaking windows and damaging furniture and historic artifacts. Investigators said he also wrote several suicide notes and briefly barricaded himself inside the historic home. Joplin, known as "The King of Ragtime," lived in a flat at 2658 Delmar Boulevard from 1901 to 1903. The site includes museum exhibits of his life.
Miscellaneous...
THE BASS PLACE: BassistRon Carter
bassb.1937
Stanley Clarke
bassb.1951
Buster Williams
bass, acousticb.1942
JAZZY ARIAS ABOUND: Singer
Kat Edmonson
vocalsb.1983
J. Walter Hawkes
tromboneJonathan Beshay
saxophone, tenor
Jessica Lurie
saxophoneLisa Parrott
saxophoneONE TO CALL ITS OWN: The Canadian National Jazz Orchestra premiered April 28 in Calgary, where it was conceived by the collaborative JazzYYC. The Christine Jensen-led orchestra showcases jazz musicians, composers and arrangers hailing from throughout Canada. The CNJO performed new works inspired by the Canadian experience from Jensen and fellow composers
Marianne Trudel
piano
Philippe Cote
composer / conductorb.1979
Brian Dickinson
piano
Darcy James Argue
composer / conductorb.1975
Derrick Gardner
trumpetTWO TWISTS ON THE NUTCRACKER: A reimagining of "The Nutcracker" based on
Duke Ellington
piano1899 - 1974
Billy Strayhorn
piano1915 - 1967
Drummer and bandleader
Joe McCarthy
drumsVince Norman
composer / conductorFREDA HONORS ELLA: Singer and actress
Freda Payne
vocalsElla Fitzgerald
vocals1917 - 1996
JAZZED TO BE SISTER CITIES: Mayors LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans and Jean Leonetti of Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France, signed a sister city agreement July 14 to formalize the musical bond between the Cresecent City and the Mediterranean resort community. It occurred during the 61st annual International Jazz à Juan Festival. The event has featured French and New Orleans-based bands over the years. "With this new sister city agreement, Mayor Leonetti and I look forward to increased possibilities for cultural, educational and economic exchanges between us," Cantrell said. New Orleans musician
Sidney Bechet
saxophone, soprano1897 - 1959
FINAL ROUNDUP: Trumpeter
Doc Severinsen
trumpetb.1927
WHITE HOUSE TO N'AWLINS: Pianist and bandleader Jon Batiste performed at the White House on December 2 for President Joe Biden's first state dinner, which welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron. It was the first time a New Orleans artist has played in the White House since George W. Bush invited the
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
band / ensemble / orchestraSTREET KINGS: Kings of Brass bested three other New Orleans brass bands on September 24 to win the third Red Bull Street Kings competition. It defeated Sporty's Brass Band, Big 6 Brass Band and Young Pinstripe Brass Band in a lively event scored on stage appearance, material, energy, musicality, and innovation. After the head-to-head third round, Sporty's Brass Band and Kings of Brass took to the stage one last time in an unanticipated throwdown for the crown. The event was held at Music Box Village in Bywater. Red Bull Street Kings began in 2010 under the Claiborne Avenue bridge in 201 and was held there again in 2013, with sponsorship by the energy drink maker Red Bull.
Tragic losses
Five of the many deaths of jazz musicians during 2022 were tragedies, four of them highway deaths. The other involved a SWAT standoff in a small mountain town near Albuquerque, New Mexico.Two German jazz musicians, guitarist J?rg Teichert and drummer Christian Huber, were on the way to studio rehearsals in Stuttgart on February 28 when car transporter pushed their car into the braking semi-trailer in front of them. They died instantly. Both were members of the Black Project jazz band and taught at Mannheim's Pop Academy Baden-Württemberg.
Trumpeter, guitarist, singer, songwriter, music therapist and educator Sara Rogers died June 17 in Buffalo, New York after she was struck by a car while bicycling. She was 29. Rogers was one of three cyclists struck near the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino. The other two women were seriously injured. Police said the driver may have suffered a medical emergency. On August 26, the day Rogers' band Girl Crush+ had been scheduled to perform at the Northwest Jazz Festival in nearby Lewiston, the festival's Peace Garden Stage was renamed as the Sara Rogers Peace Garden Stage.
Saxophonist and educator
Andrew Speight
saxophone, alto1964 - 2022
Trumpeter
Tony Lujan
trumpet
Clark Terry
trumpet1920 - 2015
2022 Final Bars
The jazz world lost many musicians and industry-related people during 2022, including three of its NEA Jazz Masters:Here's a comprehensive compilation:
Accordionist Mario DeLeon;
B-3 player, trumpeter, saxophonist, singer, composer and broadcaster Joey DeFrancesco; B-3 player, pianist, composer, bandleader, conductor and educator Braňo Hronec; B-3 player, pianist and composer Benon Hardy;
Bandoneonist and educator Juan-José Mosalini;
Banjoists Mike Currao, Stan Huddleston;
Bassists Hank Bartels, Eddie de Haas, Reggie Dennis, Yvan Desouter, Ntwa Dulema (Anthony Chatman), Bill Fairbanks, Wolfgang Fernow, Hans Hartmann, Charnett Moffett, Nick Poveromo, Georg Smelik, Isao Suzuki, Mibbit Threats, Paul Warburton; bassist and singer Michael Henderson; bassist and trombonist Joe Santiago; bassist, tubaist and educator Ike Harris; bassist, conductor and educator Jorma Katrama; bassist, saxophonist, educator and tambura maker Roy Kudrin; bassist, filmmaker, photographer, poet and educator Maurice Martinez; bassists, composers and educators Mickey Bass, Miguel ?ngel Chastang, Perry Lind, Adelhard Roidinger, Kelly Sill; bassist and composer Ruslan Khain; bassist and Hot Club of Portugal former director Bernardo Moreira; bassist, educator and music store owner Bob Petteruti; bassists and educators Don Coffman, Chuck Deardorf, Wolfgang Güttler, Michael Pfeuti; bassist and instrument repairman Silvio "Mike Z" Zavarella;
Bassoonist and pianist Rino Vernizzi;
Cellist and composer Abdul Wadud;
Clarinetist Tom Owen; clarinetists, composers and bandleaders Rolf Kühn, Pavel Smetá?ek; clarinetist and bandleader Skip Parsons; clarinetist, saxophonist and harmonica player Max Geller;
Composers Hans-Joaquim Hespos, Chumei Watanabe; composer, arranger, pianist and trombonist Dave Wolpe; composer and singer José Enrique "Chelique" Sarabia; composer, pianist and educator Angelo Badalamenti; composers and educators Volker Br?utigam, Michael Cunningham;
Conductor Eric Knight; conductor, composer, arranger, pianist and producer Bill Walker;
Cornetist, Night Blooming Jazzmen founder and Society for the Preservation of Dixieland Jazz founding member and past president Chet Jaeger; cornetist and Cornet Chop Suey co-founder Tom Tucker; cornetist, educator and historian Charlie DeVore; cornetist and cartoonist Lee Lorenz; cornetist, bandleader and club owner (Bayard's Jazz Alley in New Orleans) Eddie Bayard;
Drummers Poumy Arnaud, Lawrence Batiste, Allen Blairman, Oscar Bol?o, Montez Coleman, Dino Danelli, George Davidson, Bob Demeo, Clifton "Fou Fou" Eddie, Phil Faieta, Anton Fier, Oliver Gattringer, Dane Hassan, Hempo Hildén, Christian Huber, Marvin Jones, John Kessell, Sandy Nelson, Philip Paul, Fredy Studer, Eddie Taylor, Peter Turrre, Leroy Williams; drummer and composer Wolfgang Reisinger; drummer, composer, arranger and bandleader Gaston Bogaert; drummer and bassist Marty Roberts; drummer and percussionist Christos Yermenoglou; drummer, pianist and singer Len Bryant; drummers and singers Carlo Nuccio, George English Greene; drummer, trumpeter and educator Chuck Wackerman; drummer, educator and Malta Jazz Festival founder & longtime artistic director Charles "ic-City" Gatt; drummer, educator and studio engineer Reid Jorgensen; drummer, composer and educator Ralph "Yohuru" Williams; drummers and educators Emmanuel Abdul-Rahim, Clarence Becton, Bill Bianchi, Wolfram Dix, Frank Katz, Billy Kaye, Jeremy Noller, Gary Rissmiller, Trevor Tomkins, Tom Walling; drummer, jazz advocate and diplomat Madeleine Albright; drummers and writers Kevin O'Day, Dago V?tter; drummer and record collector Dominic Parisi; drummer, promoter, writer, broadcaster composer, artistic director (Portugal's Seixal Jazz Festival) and longtime jazz club board member (Lisbon's Hot Club) Paulo Gil; drummer, educator, union executive and drum shop owner Russ Moore;
Educator Bud Rhymes; educator, author, musicologist and flutist Jane Bowers;
Electronic music composer, inventor and educator Herb Deutsch;
Flutist Brian Dunning; flutist, composer and bandleader José Luis Cortés (El Tosco); flutist, singer, educator and broadcaster John Oberbrunner; flutist, guitarist and singer Osayomore Joseph; flutist and singer Shelly Torman;
French hornists Dale Clevenger, Vince DeRosa, Dave Piecka;
Guitarists Mark Anderson, Dennis Cahill, Darrell Crooks, Albert Cubero, Capriel Dedeian, Bill De Kuiper, Judson Franklin, René Mailhes, Clyde McPhatter Jr., Joe Messina, Bill Pittman, Keith Stoddart; guitarist and producer Ramon Stagnaro; guitarist, singer and educator Nick Colionne; guitarist, singer, composer, producer, writer and former pro hockey player W?di Gysi; guitarists, singers and composers Monty Norman, Monnette Sudler; guitarist, composer and big band leader Tony Carpio; guitarists and composers Aquiles Báez, Ilkka Niemel?inen, John P. Varkey; guitarist and bassist Mike Tanaka; guitarist, singer and educator Michael Marx; guitarist and singer Leo Boni; guitarist, educator, and former director of Barcelona, Spain's Association of Jazz Musicians and Modern Music of Catalonia Joan Vinyals; guitarists and educators Carlos Barbosa-Lima, Joe Diorio, Marvin Falcon, Mick Goodrick, Woody Mann, Hans Ottsen, Roy Sainsbury, Manolo Sanlúcar, Donny Suhendra, J?rg Teichert, Kenneth Tucker; guitarist, arranger and producer Evariste Yacé; guitarist and producer Guayo Cede?o; guitarist and record store owner (Record Town in Fort Worth, Texas) Sumter Bruton;
Keyboardist and singer Bernard Wright; keyboardist and guitarist Tyrone Downie; keyboardist, electronic music pioneer and educator Don Lewis;
Lyricist Marilyn Bergman.
Multi-instrumentalist Fritz Mo?hammer; multi-instrumentalist, producer and educator David Ornette Cherry; multi-instrumentalist, musical glasses player, composer and bandleader Gloria Parker; multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer and broadcaster James Mtume; multi-instrumentalists, composers and educators Roberto Lecaros, Yuri Markin; multi-instrumentalist, singer, electronics engineer and educator Don Lewis; multi-instrumentalists and composers Dick Halligan, Klaus Schulze; multi-instrumentalists and singers Dave Bergman, Della Griffin; multi-instrumentalist, poet and storyteller Madosini;
Organist, producer and engineer Jens-Peter Abele;
Oud player, guitarist and composer Roman Bunka;
Percussionists Djalma Corrêa, Pepe ?bano, Ernesto Tito Garcia, Zaharis Kalaitzis, Humberto "Pupi" Menes; percussionist, vibraphonist, composer and conductor Guillermo Rifo; percussionist and bandleader Henry "Pucho" Brown; percussionists, composers and educators Rubén Alavarez, Eli Fountain, William Kraft; percussionist and educator Tito Matos;
Pianists Tom Andrews, Piero "Peter" Angela, Eddie Baccus Sr., Vernell Brown Jr., Allan Chapple, Junior Gomes, Polo de Haas, Frank Hailey, Paul Hefner, Sidney Kirk, Tony Kovach, Romy Posadas, Frank Puzzollo, ?tienne Richard, David Rumpler, Terry Shannon, Willie Sotelo, Butch Thompson, Grace Valdez, Jean-Lou Vanderborght, Dave Venn, Gustavo Villegas, Alan Watson; pianist, composer, producer, curator (Jazz at Ravinia), broadcaster and NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis; pianist, composer, arranger, trombonist and educator Mark Levine; pianists, composers, arrangers and producers Sonny Burke, Kenny Clayton, Yves Roche; pianists, composers and arrangers Warren Bernhardt, Nils Lindberg, César "Pupy" Pedroso, Muziki Duane Roberson, Jordi Sabatés, Atilio Stampone; pianists, composers and conductors Artur Grigoryan, Eric Knight; pianist, accordionist, software developer and educator George Mancini; pianist, bassist and cellist Betty Green Ajces; pianist, drummer singer and TD Niagara Jazz Festival co-founder Peter Shea; pianist and drummer Ollie Soden; pianist and reed player Pete Sokolow; pianist and trumpeter Henry "Thins" Francis; pianist, vibraphonist and co-founder of Vancouver, Canada's New Orchestra Workshop Society Paul Plimley; pianist, vibraphonist, composer and broadcaster Jure Robe?nik; pianist, writer, producer and archivist Al Sutton; pianist and producer George Newall; pianist, composer, arranger and broadcaster Andrzej Korzyński; pianist, composer, arranger, writer and photographer Sy Johnson; pianists, composers and educators Beegie Adair, Joe Baque, Doug Caldwell, Neal Chandek, Giuseppe Finocchiaro, Donato Fornuto, Jim Odrich, John Petrone, Tobias Reinsch, Paris Rutherford, Alan Swain, Fred Van Hove, Jack van Poll; pianist, composer, educator and writer Oleg Molokojedov; pianists and composers Johannes Bjerregaard, Joseph Horovitz, Artie Kane, Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Mike Lang, Pierre Papadiamandis, Jessica Williams; pianist, arranger and conductor Bernard Arcadio; pianists, singers, songwriters and producers John Barnes, Timmy Thomas; pianist, songwriter, producer and educator Reggie Andrews; pianist, singer and bandleader Mal Fitch; pianist, singer, educator and Seattle Jazz Society co-founder Joni Metcalf; pianists and singers Sandy Dillon, Danny Long, Ellyn Rucker, Donald Smith; pianist, bandleader and kaiso jazz originator Clive "Zanda" Alexander; pianist and steamboat calliopist Dan Forman; pianist, historian, writer, broadcaster and educator Rhodes Spedale; pianist, historian, writer, broadcaster and educator Dave Jasen; pianist, broadcaster and Boogie-Woogie International Festival of La Roquebrou creator and programmer Jean-Paul Amouroux; pianist, educator and broadcaster Tony Gulizia; pianists and educators Melanie Latzko Bradley, Charles Eubanks III, Nat Phipps, Rudi Wilfer; pianists and writers Robert Merlin Davis, Khalid Moss;
Saxophonists Bob Abramo, Julio Arnedo, Gabe Baltazar, Johnny Barnes, Ben's Berlenga, Billy Briggs, Ray Carless, Gene Cipriano, Ronnie Cuber, Gerd Dudek, Tuffy Epstein; W?ge Finér, Pete Gallio, Steve Giarratano, Mack Goldsbury, Terry Harrington, Uncle Willis Hickerson, Emil Mangelsdorff, Gilbert Mirande, Rune Nicolaysen, Andre Paganelli, Don Patiris, Chuck Peterson, Charlie Reedy, Byron Romanowitz, Martin Rur, Rene Sandoval, Andy Shreeves, Ben Stowers, Vitaly Vanchugov, Dick Vennik, Jabbo Ware, Andrew Woolfolk; saxophonist, composer and NEA Jazz Master Pharoah Sanders; saxophonists, composers, arrangers, bandleaders and educators Wendell Hobbs, Zbigniew Jaremko, Zbigniew Namys?owski; saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader Barbara Thompson; saxophonist, composer and singer Nik Turner; saxophonist, arranger and bandleader Gunter Stotz; saxophonist, pianist, singer and composer Ray Gaskins; saxophonist and big band leader Joel Kaye; saxophonist, composer, producer and (?ditions Vévé International) label founder Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta; saxophonist, pianist, composer and educator Colin Tully; saxophonists, composers and educators Jean-Louis Chautemps, Brian Horton, Jim Langabeer, Tim Price; saxophonist, composer and arranger Frank Piscatella Jr.; saxophonist, singer, songwriter and bandleader Orlando Julius; saxophonist and bandleader Don Krekel; saxophonist and music contractor Red Press; saxophonists and educators Bob Ackerman, Lou Caputo, Milton Cooper, Roger Eckers, Arnold George, Mack Goldsbury, Jerry Greene, Ken Hitchcock, Thom Mason, Ryan Muncy, Bill Nittler, Anthony Ortega, Dan Patiris, Joel Press, Andrew Speight; saxophonist, educator and writer John Murphy; saxophonist and record producer Pat Britt; saxophonist and broadcaster Byron Morris;
Singers Ernie Andrews, Sweet Georgia Brown, Teresa Carroll, Lainie Cooke, Roz Corral, Gal Costa, Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch, Fionna Duncan, Judith Durham, Victor Evans, Maria Ewing, Núria Feliu, Ay?e Gencer, Helen Golden, Betty Johnson Gray, Lee Harold, "Big Rude Jake" Hiebert, Tennie Leonard, Marna Martin (The Last Lady of Song), Diane McNaron, Maria Mérida, Edana Minghella, Osvaldo Peredo, Willi Restarits, Lalo Rodríguez, Dorothy Rose, Elza Soares, Bébé Suong, JoAnne Tardy, Daniel Taubkin, Janet Thurlow, Joseph Zolile Tshiyembe, Yvonne Washington, Jeanette Williams, Pat Yankee; singer, songwriter and former BMI executive Bobby Weinstein; singer and songwriter Ginny Redington Dawes; singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Shirley Eikhard; singer, bassist and composer Henny Vrienten; singers, guitarists and composers Erasmo Carlos, A.B. Crentsil, Marco Mattoli, Pablo Milanés, Zelito Miranda; singer, guitarist, flutist and arranger Paulo Jobim; singer, pianist and organist Al Farrell; singers, percussionists and composers Rudy Gomis, Carlos Negreiros; singer, educator and venue founder (Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center and the California Jazz & Blues Museum) Barbara Morrison; singers and educators Janiece Jaffe, Tina May; singer, conductor, choirmaster, composer and arranger Ji?í Linha; singer, arts administrator and writer Sandra Turner-Barnes; singer and writer Paul Ryan; singer and vocal coach Sandra Maier Gustern; singers and actors Ana Bejerano, Helen Grayco, Linda Lawson, Lars L?nndahl, Nichelle Nichols, Lia Origoni, Jeanne Trevor, Hana Zagarová, Wiktor Zatwarski; singer, actor and nightclub owner Régine Zylberberg; singer, songwriter, French hornist and actor Julee Cruise; singer, songwriter and actor Rolando Boldrin; singer, dancer and civil rights activist Joyce Bryant; singer and club co-owner (Navarre in Denver) Louise Tobin; singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger and conductor Alan Copeland;
Tabla player and percussionist Badal Roy.
Timple player, composer, bandleader and educator Totoyo Millares;
Trombonists Steve Caminer, Larry Crawford, Jack Gale, Claude Gousset, Paul Haag, Alvin Walker; trombonist and composer Grachan Moncur III; trombonist, arranger, librarian, copyist, conductor and record producer Terry Woodson; trombonists and educators Joe Dallas, Bill Hartman; trombonist, actor and gallery owner Conrad Janis;
Trumpeters Thomas Banholzer, Bob Barnard, Maffy Falay, Larry Getz, Red Lennox, Daniel Levine, Meinhard Lüning, Roger Middleton, Tom Singer, Václav T?fa, Ronnie Waters; trumpeter, composer and educator Ron Miles; trumpeter, singer, composer and record label founder (Pionic) Jaimie Branch; trumpeter, bandleader, educator and historian Dan Miller; trumpeter, guitarist and bandleader Ted Butterman; trumpeter, saxophonist and educator Bob Meeks; trumpeters and arrangers Mike Lamparello, Marty Sheller; trumpeter, educator, visual artist and broadcaster Dennis Gonzalez; trumpeter, guitarist, singer, songwriter, music therapist and educator Sara Rogers; trumpeter, broadcaster, comedian, painter and writer J? Soares; trumpeter and singer Rich Armstrong; trumpeters and educators J?rn Anders, Kirby Jolly, Larry Jones, Tony Lujan, Brian Murray, Jarritt Sheel, Johnny Shook, Norm Sodomka, Martin Zielinski; trumpeter, educator and writer Jarritt Sheel; trumpeter and jazz festival founder (Lausanne, Switzerland's JazzOnze+) Serge Wintsch; trumpeter and mouthpiece maker Bob Reeves;
Tubaist Jim Maihack;
Vibraphonists Józef Gawrych, Khan Jamal, Harry Sheppard; vibraphonist, pianist and composer Bobby Naughton; vibraphonist and educator Gary Iseminger;
Violinists Lucas Atkinsmith, Yves Teicher; violinist and composer Toni Stricker;
Concert producer Gérard Drouot; concert producer (London's Park Lane Group) and violinist John Woolf; festival founder (Vail Jazz) and artistic director Howard Stone; festival directors I?aki A?ua (Spain's Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival), Charlie Herschbach (Corpus Christi, Texas Jazz Festival), Paul Kanitzer (France's Mulhouse Jazz Festival); Dixieland jazz events co-director (Ontario, Canada's Kitchener-Waterloo Dixieland Jazz Club and upstate New York's Alexandria Bay Ragtime/Jasstime Festival) Nancy Pauli; festival producer (Racine, Wisconsin's Tribute to Bix) Phil Pospychala jazz promoter, consultant and publisher (Spotlight News) Jim Harrison; jazz vespers producer (Philadelphia, San Francisco, Danville, California) and drummer Ed Klitsch; concert promoter (the UK's Music Now) and writer Victor Schonfield; festival founder (the UK's Lowestoft Jazz Weekend), Parliamentary Jazz Awards founder, National Youth Jazz Collective trustee, jazz advocate and politician Bob Blizzard; co-producer (Hugh and Marion's Eltham Jazz Club, London UK) Marion Ockendon; promoter Mary Ann Trainor; promoter (Frankfurt, Germany's Romanfabrik) Michael Hohmann;
Band manager, record producer, writer, publisher and NEA Jazz Master Sue Mingus; artist and band manager, and composer Keiko Jones; Detroit Jazz Festival savior and philanthropist Gretchen Valade; producer and promoter (founder, president and CEO, Revive Music Group), record label executive (Blue Note), guitarist and singer Meghan Stabile; promoter, producer and record store owner (London's Chris Wellard Records) Chris Wellard; producer and photographer Jean-Pierre Tahmazian;
Record label owners and producers B?rje Ekberg (Metronome), Mark Feldman (Reservoir Music and Uptown Records), Jim Stewart (Stax), Matthias Winckelmann (enja); record label founder (Impulse! and CTI), producer and trumpeter Creed Taylor; recording industry executives Charles Koppelman (CBS, EMI Music), Tomás Mu?oz (CBS International), Mo Ostin (Verve, Warner-Reprise); record label owner (Philology), jazz festival organizer (Macerata, Italy's International Jazz Festival at Sferisterio Arena and Ascona Jazz), and saxophonist Paolo Piangiarelli; record label co-founder, (Black & Blue), artist manager and photographer Jean-Pierre Tahmazian; record label co-owner Dick Rippey (Triangle Jazz LTD.); record producer (Argo, Dee Gee) Birmingham MI Jazz Festival producer and Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation supporter Dave Usher; record producer (France Musique), musicologist and broadcaster Daniel Nevers; UK record label (ECM) publicist David Fraser; recording engineers Fred Catero, Joe Tarsia; record store owners Ezrell Cooper (Coop's in Chicago), Jerry Weber (Jerry's Records in Pittsburgh); Duke Ellington Society president and record collector Morris Hodara;
Club owner (San Francisco's Jazz at Pearl's) Pearl Wong; club owner (The Matador, One Eyed Jacks and Pal's Lounge in New Orleans) and actor Rio Del Valle Hackford; club owner (Lorraine, France's Cat 4), promoter, record store owner, instrument dealer and broadcaster Jean Bémer; club owner (Berlin's Eden Saloon, New Eden, Eden Playboy Club, Keyhole and Big Eden), saxophonist and actor Rolf Eden; jazz club manager (Warsaw, Poland's Aquarium), record label executive and producer (Helicon), and Warsaw Jazz Jamboree organizing team member Henryk Górski; jazz club (Scullers in Boston) production manager Matt Hayes; jam session host and primary sponsor (London's long-running Sunday afternoon series The Jazz at the King's Head) and trumpeter Peter Jodoin;
Nonprofit board members Jerome Chazen (Louis Armstrong House and Newport Festivals Foundation), JJA Hometown Hero Tom Pierce (Schenectady NY's A Place for Jazz), Frank Gooch (Jazz Club of Sarasota), Bob Weitz (Jazz Club of Sarasota);
Anthropologist, ethnologist, educator and writer Jean Jamin; record collector, producer (Fonotone Records), roots music historian and broadcaster Joe Bussard;
Broadcasters Eric Alan, Marc Danval, George Geiger, Rosetta Hines, Sid Mark, Bill McLaurin, Jesús Quintero, Eric Alan Wannenburg; broadcaster and concert producer Brian Barlow; broadcasters and writers Michael Bourne, Michael G. Nastos, Askia Muhammad; broadcaster and educator Eric Jackson; broadcaster and recording engineer Dave Subkleve;
Cartoonist and graphic novelist Jean-Jacques Sempé;
Instrument inventor and sound engineer Dave Smith; instrument maker Hub van Laar;
Musicologists Stephan Richter, Roberta Singer, Viktor ?mega?;
Music researcher Joel Whitburn;
New Orleans brass band grand marshal Darreil Johnson;
Photographers J?rg Becker, Foster Garvin, Fred Lyon, Roberto Masotti, Giuseppe Pino, Steve Schapiro, Susanne Schapowalow, Herb Snitzer; photographer and magazine (Jazzlive) founder/longtime editor Rainer Rygalyk;
Publicist Bob Cohen (Dr. Jazz);
Writers Mark Barnett, Mary Ellin Barrett, Alexander Belyaev, Jean-Louis Comolli, Franco Fayenz, Agustín Gurza, Gene Santoro, Bob Weir; writer, publisher, broadcaster, educator and saxophonist Richard Hadlock; writer and editor John Swenson; writer and playwright Terry Teachout; writer, editor, publicist, producer and educator Arnold Jay Smith; writer, promoter and programmer Brian Blain; writers and broadcasters Marc Danval, Jean-Fran?ois Picaut; magazine publisher (Black Radio Exclusive), promoter and trumpeter Sidney Miller; jazz book publisher Walter Lachenmann;
Blues, gospel and R&B artists, and industry figures Patrick Adams, Ahmed Alshaiba, Endo Anaconda, SiMan Baby, Billy Bannister, Bertha Barbee-McNeal, J.J. Barnes, Thom Bell, Bernard Belle, Ali Birra, Bill Bourne, Traci Braxton, Harpdog Brown, Johnny Brown, Vernon Burch, Jewell Caples, Irene Cara, Roderick "Pooh" Clark, Zuri Craig, Don Craine, Bettye Crutcher, Jesse Lee Daniels, Betty Davis, Chris DeProperty, Phlenoid "Jay Dee" Dismuke, Povl Dissing, Lamont Dozier, Shonka Dukureh, Alexander Dumble, Margriet Eshuijs, Inez Foxx, Deborah Fraser, Janis Hunter Gaye, Donny Gerrard, Vadim Golutvin, Sam Gooden, Robert Gordy, Manuel G?ttsching, Charlie Gracie, Howard Grimes, Guitar Shorty, Lola Gulley, Cecil Harold, William "Poogie" Hart, Rosa Hawkins, Marva Hicks, Marvin Holmes, Freddie Hughes, Ivy Joe Hunter, Sam Hutchins, Mable John, James Johnson, Jimmy Johnson, Keith "Wonderboy" Johnson, Ken Johnson, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Syl Johnson, Wilko Johnson, Danny Kalb, Lew Kirton, Paul Kwami, Art Laboe, Michael Lang, Sam Lay, Kwvin Lemons, Peter Lowry, Keith Martin, Tommy McConnell, Charles McCormick, Deborah McCrary, Noel McKoy, Eric Mercury, Big James Montgomery, Ben Moore, Nicky Moore, Steve Morrell, Don Newkirk, Bobby O'Jay, Sammie Okposo, Chris Owens, LaShun Pace, Fred Parris, Kelly Joe Phelps, Anita Pointer, Greg Poulos, Jesse Powell, Richard Pratt, Del Puschert, Jürgen Queissner, David Raskin (Kal David), Archie Roach, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Art Rosenbaum, Freddie Roulette, Art Rupe, Steve Salas, Marty Sammon, Jim Schwall, Ken Shane, Tabby Shaw, Ken Simmonds, Calvin Simon, Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson, Joyce Sims, Grandpa Elliott Small, Pervis Spann, Ronnie Spector, Willie Spence, Patrinell Staten, Sonny Turner, David Tyson, Adam Wade, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Lewis Watson, Greg Webster, John Whitehill, Ken Williams, Ron "Tubby" Zeigler.
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