| Frank Trumbauer born 1901 in Carbondale, IL. Benny Goodman born 1909 in Chicago, IL. Sidney DeParis born 1905 in Crawfordsville, IN. Recordings George Benson - Bad Benson (1974) Kalaparush Maurice McIntyre & The Light - South Eastern (2001) Hamid Drake & Assif Tsahar - Soul Bodies, Vol. 1 (2001) |
| Woody Herman's Woodchoppers record Pam featuring trumpeter Sonny Berman, 1946. Mills Blue Rhythm Band records St. Louis Wiggle Rhythm with trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen, 1935. Milt Jackson Quartet (1955) Grant Green - Matador (1964) Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970) Steve Lacy - Momentum (1987) Artist of the Day  |
Reedman/bandleader Woody Herman born 1913 in Milwaukee, WI. Vocalist Betty Carter born 1930 in Flint, MI.  Recordings Jimmie Noone records Four or Five Times (1928) with/ Earl Hines. Charlie Parker - One Night in Birdland (1950) Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (1960) Roy Haynes - Out of the Afternoon (1962) The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Sheriff (1963) Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman (1969) Freddie Hubbard - The Black Angel (1969) Andrew Hill - Lift Every Voice (1969) Oscar Peterson/Joe Pass/Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen - The Trio (1973) Yusef Lateef - Part of the Search (1973) |
| Pianist Ellis Larkins born 1923 in Baltimore, MD. Multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk born 1936 in Columbus, OH.  Recordings Charlie Parker - One Night in Birdland (1950) The Quintet - Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Barry Harris at the Jazz Workshop (1960) Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Rahsaan Rahsaan (1970) Philip Wilson Quartet - Live at Moers Festival (1978) Marilyn Crispell - Spirit Music (1981) |
 Read the review at allaboutjazz.com and listen to KEWU to hear tracks form this great new release. |
| Red Garland born 1923 in Dallas, TX. Gil Evans born 1912 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and records Priestess, 1977 Maxine Sullivan b. 1911 |
| Pianist Keith Jarrett born 1945 in Allentown, PA. Pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams born 1910 in Atlanta, GA. Recordings Fats Waller records I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter, 1936. Charlie Parker - Bird/The Savoy Recordings Vol. 1 (1947) Horace Silver Quintet - Silver's Serenade (1963) The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Antonio Carlos Jobim - Stone Flower (1970) |
Vocalist/pianist Shirley Horn born 1934 in Washington, D.C.
Recordings Bud Powell - Night in Tunisia (1951) | |||
