Those WHO left us in the world of jazz in 2009.

[mikeweil]

Quite a long list from the Village Voice website:

Rashied Ali, Charlie Banacos, Gianni Basso, Ray Beckenstein, Louie Bellson, Augie Bloom, Eddie Bo, Ole Brask, Juanita Brooks, Sam Butera, Irving Bush, Ian Carr, Page Cavanaugh, John Cephas, Jim Chapin, Moki Cherry, Buddy Christian, Omar Clay, Jeff Clyne, Chris Connor, Janet Cook, Leroy Cooper, Julie Coryell, Kenny Cox, Hank Crawford, Joe Cuba, Blossom Dearie, Roy DeCarava, Art D'Lugoff, Len Dobbin, Snooks Eaglin, Ray Ellis, Wilby Fletcher, Leonard Gaskin, Johnny Hawksworth, Ola Hanson, Dickie Hawdon, Joel Helleny, Eddie Higgins, Hugh Hopper, Ambrose Jackson, Billy James, Leslie Johnson, Dick Katz, Bob Keane, Charlie Kennedy, Ali Akbar Khan, Eartha Kitt, Paul Lagos, Carmen Leggio, Vic Lewis, Eddie Locke, Huey Long, Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Lawrence Lucie, Joe Maneri, Frankie Manning, Charlie Mariano, Tina Marsh, Arch Martin, John Martyn, Mat Mathews, Shep Meyers, The Mississippi Rag, Whitey Mitchell, Buddy Montgomery, Pee Wee Moore, National Association of Jazz Educators, Morris Nanton, David "Fathead" Newman, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Gerry Niewood, Jack Nimitz, Les Paul, Eddie Preston, Bobby Pring, Manny Oquendo, Jack Quigley, Kenny Rankin, Harrison Ridley Jr., Beverly Roberts, Jack Rose, Stacy Rowles, Fred Rundquist, George Russell, Fats Sadi, Soupy Sales, Jarmo Savolainen, Bud Shank, Sirone (Norris Jones), Hale Smith, Willie "Face" Smith, Henry "Butch" Stone, Luther Thomas, Wayman Tisdale, Donald True Van Deusen, Billy VerPlanck, Robert Ward, Guy Warren, Teddy Washington, Monty Waters, Klaus Weiss, Kitty White, Lyman Woodard, Dave Young, Zach Zachery, Zeke Zarchy, Torrie Zito.

Edited December 30, 2009 by mikeweil

[brownie]

 Quite a long list from the Village Voice website:

Rashied Ali, Charlie Banacos, Gianni Basso, Ray Beckenstein, Louie Bellson, Augie Bloom, Eddie Bo, Ole Brask, Juanita Brooks, Sam Butera, Irving Bush, Ian Carr, Page Cavanaugh, John Cephas, Jim Chapin, Moki Cherry, Buddy Christian, Omar Clay, Jeff Clyne, Chris Connor, Janet Cook, Leroy Cooper, Julie Coryell, Kenny Cox, Hank Crawford, Joe Cuba, Blossom Dearie, Roy DeCarava, Art D'Lugoff, Len Dobbin, Snooks Eaglin, Ray Ellis, Wilby Fletcher, Leonard Gaskin, Johnny Hawksworth, Ola Hanson, Dickie Hawdon, Joel Helleny, Eddie Higgins, Hugh Hopper, Ambrose Jackson, Billy James, Leslie Johnson, Dick Katz, Bob Keane, Charlie Kennedy, Ali Akbar Khan, Eartha Kitt, Paul Lagos, Carmen Leggio, Vic Lewis, Eddie Locke, Huey Long, Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Lawrence Lucie, Joe Maneri, Frankie Manning, Charlie Mariano, Tina Marsh, Arch Martin, John Martyn, Mat Mathews, Shep Meyers, The Mississippi Rag, Whitey Mitchell, Buddy Montgomery, Pee Wee Moore, National Association of Jazz Educators, Morris Nanton, David "Fathead" Newman, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Gerry Niewood, Jack Nimitz, Les Paul, Eddie Preston, Bobby Pring, Manny Oquendo, Jack Quigley, Kenny Rankin, Harrison Ridley Jr., Beverly Roberts, Jack Rose, Stacy Rowles, Fred Rundquist, George Russell, Fats Sadi, Soupy Sales, Jarmo Savolainen, Bud Shank, Sirone (Norris Jones), Hale Smith, Willie "Face" Smith, Henry "Butch" Stone, Luther Thomas, Wayman Tisdale, Donald True Van Deusen, Billy VerPlanck, Robert Ward, Guy Warren, Teddy Washington, Monty Waters, Klaus Weiss, Kitty White, Lyman Woodard, Dave Young, Zach Zachery, Zeke Zarchy, Torrie Zito.

Add Terry Pollard and Bob Willoughby to that much too long list!

[J.A.W.]

Quite a long list from the Village Voice website:

Rashied Ali, Charlie Banacos, Gianni Basso, Ray Beckenstein, Louie Bellson, Augie Bloom, Eddie Bo, Ole Brask, Juanita Brooks, Sam Butera, Irving Bush, Ian Carr, Page Cavanaugh, John Cephas, Jim Chapin, Moki Cherry, Buddy Christian, Omar Clay, Jeff Clyne, Chris Connor, Janet Cook, Leroy Cooper, Julie Coryell, Kenny Cox, Hank Crawford, Joe Cuba, Blossom Dearie, Roy DeCarava, Art D'Lugoff, Len Dobbin, Snooks Eaglin, Ray Ellis, Wilby Fletcher, Leonard Gaskin, Johnny Hawksworth, Ola Hanson, Dickie Hawdon, Joel Helleny, Eddie Higgins, Hugh Hopper, Ambrose Jackson, Billy James, Leslie Johnson, Dick Katz, Bob Keane, Charlie Kennedy, Ali Akbar Khan, Eartha Kitt, Paul Lagos, Carmen Leggio, Vic Lewis, Eddie Locke, Huey Long, Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Lawrence Lucie, Joe Maneri, Frankie Manning, Charlie Mariano, Tina Marsh, Arch Martin, John Martyn, Mat Mathews, Shep Meyers, The Mississippi Rag, Whitey Mitchell, Buddy Montgomery, Pee Wee Moore, National Association of Jazz Educators, Morris Nanton, David "Fathead" Newman, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Gerry Niewood, Jack Nimitz, Les Paul, Eddie Preston, Bobby Pring, Manny Oquendo, Jack Quigley, Kenny Rankin, Harrison Ridley Jr., Beverly Roberts, Jack Rose, Stacy Rowles, Fred Rundquist, George Russell, Fats Sadi, Soupy Sales, Jarmo Savolainen, Bud Shank, Sirone (Norris Jones), Hale Smith, Willie "Face" Smith, Henry "Butch" Stone, Luther Thomas, Wayman Tisdale, Donald True Van Deusen, Billy VerPlanck, Robert Ward, Guy Warren, Teddy Washington, Monty Waters, Klaus Weiss, Kitty White, Lyman Woodard, Dave Young, Zach Zachery, Zeke Zarchy, Torrie Zito.

There's at least one error in that list - Page Cavanaugh died in December 2008, not in 2009.

(edit) Another error: Kenny Cox also died in 2008, not in 2009.

Edited December 31, 2009 by J.A.W.

[Hardbopjazz]

 Quite a long list from the Village Voice website:

Rashied Ali, Charlie Banacos, Gianni Basso, Ray Beckenstein, Louie Bellson, Augie Bloom, Eddie Bo, Ole Brask, Juanita Brooks, Sam Butera, Irving Bush, Ian Carr, Page Cavanaugh, John Cephas, Jim Chapin, Moki Cherry, Buddy Christian, Omar Clay, Jeff Clyne, Chris Connor, Janet Cook, Leroy Cooper, Julie Coryell, Kenny Cox, Hank Crawford, Joe Cuba, Blossom Dearie, Roy DeCarava, Art D'Lugoff, Len Dobbin, Snooks Eaglin, Ray Ellis, Wilby Fletcher, Leonard Gaskin, Johnny Hawksworth, Ola Hanson, Dickie Hawdon, Joel Helleny, Eddie Higgins, Hugh Hopper, Ambrose Jackson, Billy James, Leslie Johnson, Dick Katz, Bob Keane, Charlie Kennedy, Ali Akbar Khan, Eartha Kitt, Paul Lagos, Carmen Leggio, Vic Lewis, Eddie Locke, Huey Long, Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Lawrence Lucie, Joe Maneri, Frankie Manning, Charlie Mariano, Tina Marsh, Arch Martin, John Martyn, Mat Mathews, Shep Meyers, The Mississippi Rag, Whitey Mitchell, Buddy Montgomery, Pee Wee Moore, National Association of Jazz Educators, Morris Nanton, David "Fathead" Newman, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Gerry Niewood, Jack Nimitz, Les Paul, Eddie Preston, Bobby Pring, Manny Oquendo, Jack Quigley, Kenny Rankin, Harrison Ridley Jr., Beverly Roberts, Jack Rose, Stacy Rowles, Fred Rundquist, George Russell, Fats Sadi, Soupy Sales, Jarmo Savolainen, Bud Shank, Sirone (Norris Jones), Hale Smith, Willie "Face" Smith, Henry "Butch" Stone, Luther Thomas, Wayman Tisdale, Donald True Van Deusen, Billy VerPlanck, Robert Ward, Guy Warren, Teddy Washington, Monty Waters, Klaus Weiss, Kitty White, Lyman Woodard, Dave Young, Zach Zachery, Zeke Zarchy, Torrie Zito.

Too many. Every year it is too many.

[Mark Stryker]

These aren't errors -- the list is defined in the paper as covering the last 12 months rather than the calendar year of 2009, which is an editor's trick of building in enough wiggle room to account for the fact that the list is published before the end of the year and is probably put to bed by the middle of the month because of deadlines (no pun intended). Both Cox and Cavanaugh happened to die on Dec. 19, 2008 -- too late for inclusion in last year's roundup.

Edited December 31, 2009 by Mark Stryker

[J.A.W.]

These aren't errors -- the list is defined in the paper as covering the last 12 months rather than the calendar year of 2009, which is an editor's trick of building in enough wiggle room to account for the fact that the list is published before the end of the year and is probably put to bed by the middle of the month because of deadlines (no pun intended). Both Cox and Cavanaugh happened to die on Dec. 19, 2008 -- too late for inclusion in last year's roundup.

I see. So it's essentially a list of people who died between mid-December 2008 and mid-December 2009.

[Big Al]

I didn't realize Waymon Tisdale died. While I'm not a fan of his music, I've always respected the fact that after retiring from his first passion (basketball), he went on to pursue another (music). That's a life well-lived, there. RIP Waymon.

[makpjazz57]

Also lost on Buffalo Flight 3407 along with Gerry Niewood on February 12, 2009 was guitarist Coleman Mellett. Coleman was also a member of Chuck Mangione's working group. Coleman was a talented musician and a beautiful person. For those of you not familiar with his background, I grabbed this from his myspace page:

Guitarist Coleman Mellett grew up in the Washington D.C. area and was first exposed to Jazz while studying with Maryland guitar guru, Paul Wingo. Under Wingo's legendary tutelage, Mellett began listening to the great Jazz guitarists and was active in the Blues Alley Youth Orchestra. Upon receiving the "Emily Remler" Jazz guitar scholarship to Duquesne University, Mellett headed to Pittsburgh where he spent a year learning from the great guitarist Joe Negri. To be closer to the New York Jazz scene, Mellett transferred to the jazz program at William Paterson University where he had the privilege to study with Jazz greats like Rufus Reid, Kenny Burrell, Norman Simmons, Steve Turre, and Harold Mabern.

After graduating from William Paterson, Mellett headed to Manhattan School of Music to pursue a Master's degree in Jazz Performance , which he received in 1998. While living in New York, Mellett had the good fortune of working with musicians like Joe Williams, James Spaulding, Frank Wess, Doug Lawrence, Etta Jones, Christian McBride, and others. At this time, Mellett became a touring member of the quartet backing up the wonderful vocalist Jeanie Bryson. Mellett was also part of a trio with organist Adam Scone and drum legend Ben Dixon, who is known internationally for the Blue Note recordings he made with "Big" John Patton and Grant Green. While performing with this trio in 1999 on a Manhattan Cable T.V. program, Mellett caught the eye of Chuck Mangione who was looking for a guitar player at the time. Mellett was invited to audition for Mangione, and was hired on the spot to be the substitute for Grant Geissman, who had been playing with Chuck since the mid 1970's. After two years of "subbing" for Geissman, Chuck invited Mellett to be a permanent member of the group, and since then Coleman has been touring the world with Chuck Mangione band.

Marla

[mikeweil]

I see. So it's essentially a list of people who died between mid-December 2008 and mid-December 2009.

Correct - German drummer Klaus Weiss already passed in December, 2008, too.