All In The Family

[Peter Friedman]

I thought it would be interesting to consider the number of well known jazz musicians that have close blood relatives who are also jazz musicians. Below is a list of those who came to mind where fathers, sons, brothers, sisters or daughters were/are jazz musicians.

I did not include wives and husbands or more distant relatives.

The more I thought about it, the more names I came up with, though I surely have left off many others.

Adderley, Julian & Nat

Ammons, Albert & Gene

Barron, Kenny and Bill

Bryant, Ray & Tommy

Byrd, Charlie & Joe

Clayton, John, Jeff & Gerald

Cohen, Anat & Avishai

Cohn, Al and Joe

Coleman, Ornette & Denardo

Dodds, Johnny & Baby

Dorsey, Tommy & Jimmy

Eldridge, Roy & Joe

Eubanks, Kevin, Robin & Duane

Farmer, Art & Addison

Freeman, Von, Bruz, George & Chico

Goodman, Benny & Harry

Green, Urbie & Jesse

Heath, Jimmy, Percy & Albert

Jackson, Milt & Alvin

Johnson, Budd & Keg

Jones, Hank, Thad & Elvin

Land, Harold & Harold Jr.

Laws, Hubert & Ronnie

Leonhart, Jay & Michael

Marsala, Joe & Marty

Marsalis, Ellis, Wynton, Branford & Jason

Mitchell, Red & Whitey

Monk, Thelonious & T.S.

Montgomery, Wes, Buddy & Monk

Newborn, Phineas & Calvin

Pertuccini, Michel , Tony & Louis

Pizzerreli, Bucky & John

Powell, Bud & Richie

Raney, Jimmy & Doug

Redman, Dewey & Joshua

Rowles, Jimmy & Stacey

Sims, Zoot & Ray

Thigpen, Ben & Ed

Turrentine, Stanley & Tommy

Vache, Warren & Allan

Wiggins, Gerald & J.J.

Wilkins, Ernie & Jimmy

Williamson, Claude & Stu

Wright, Lamar & Elmon

Edited June 9, 2010 by Peter Friedman

[kh1958]

Charles Moffett Sr. and sons (Charnett, Charles Jr., Mondre, and Cody)

[B. Clugston]

One more Heath: Jimmy Heath's son, James Mtume, was a jazz percussionist in the 1970s.

[ghost of miles]

Great topic--next week's Night Lights show works along this theme ("Daddy-O! Father-and-Son Teams in Jazz") and I'm planning a brothers-theme program for broadcast in September.

[Dan Gould]

Kynard, Charles & Ben (and Ben is still around at 90 years old)

[A Lark Ascending]

Stan and Clark Tracey

Henri et Sebastien Texier

The Mondesir brothers

Zoe and Idris Rahman

John and Dave Horler

Wolfgang und Christian Muthspiel

John Taylor and Leo Taylor (or perhaps Norma Winstone and Leo Taylor)

Edited June 9, 2010 by Bev Stapleton

[brownie]

Tina and Bubba Brooks

Gil and

Django and Babik Reinhardt

Hubert and Raymond Fol

Paul and Bibi Rovere

Michel and Christine Legrand

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Jackie and René

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Mor Thiam and Akon

Edited June 9, 2010 by Man with the Golden Arm

[kh1958]

Teddy Wilson and brother Gus Wilson (trombone, played with Alphonso Trent)

[AllenLowe]

Harold Danko and Hal Galper

(not really, but Danko told me people were always confusing them)

[Niko]

Raney, Jimmy, Jon & Doug

Levitt, Al, Stella & Sean (where I wonder why Sean apparently went by the name of Idris Sean O'Rourke later in his life, not his mother's maiden name)

Mangelsdorff, Emil and Albert

Kühn, Rolf and Joachim

Moncur, Grachan II & III

Wright, Lamar Sr, Lamar Jr, Elmon

[A Lark Ascending]

The Boswell Sisters?

[Niko]

Lasha, Prince and Lawsha, Prince

Henderson, Joe and Leon

Henderson, Fletcher and Horace

Massey, Cal and Zane (Bill was a cousin...?)

[Peter Friedman]

Raney, Jimmy, Jon & Doug

Levitt, Al, Stella & Sean (where I wonder why Sean apparently went by the name of Idris Sean O'Rourke later in his life, not his mother's maiden name)

Mangelsdorff, Emil and Albert

Kühn, Rolf and Joachim

Moncur, Grachan II & III

Wright, Lamar Sr, Lamar Jr, Elmon

I am unfamiliar with Jon Raney? Is he Jimmy's son or brother and what does he play?

he is not listed in LORD.

[Stereojack]

Ayler, Albert & Donald

Bley, Carla & Karen Mantler (father Mike Mantler)

Coltrane, John & Ravi

Crosby, Bing & Bob

Ellington, Duke & Mercer

Gibbs, Terry & Gerry

Goldfield, Harry & Don (Goldie)

Hall, Edmond & Herb

LaBarbera, Pat & Joe

Lee, George E. & Julia

Mangelsdorrf, Albert & Emil

Mangione, Chuck & Gap

Massey, Cal & Zane

McCord, Castor & Ted

McPartland, Jimmy & Dick

Moncur, Grachan & Grachan III

Moore, Oscar & Johnny

Most, Sam & Abe

Moten, Bennie & Buster

Napoleon, Phil, Marty & Teddy

Nash, Dick & Ted

Rollini, Adrian & Art

Russin, Babe & Jack

Teagarden, Jack, Charlie, Norma & Cubby

[Cyril]

Van Rooyen, Ack and Jerry

Jacobs, Pim and Ruud

Beets, Alexander, Peter and Marius

Rigter, Bob and Simon

Engels, John and Rob

Reinhardt, Django and Joseph

Candoli, Pete and Conti

Harper, Philip And Winard

Brubeck, Dan, Chris, Darius and Matthew

Metheny, Pat and Mike

Edited June 9, 2010 by Cyril

[Cyril]

Marsalis, Ellis, Wynton, Branford & Jason

...and Delfeayo

Brecker, Michael and Randy

DeParis, Wilbur and Sidney

Dankworth, John, Alec and Jacqui

Edited June 9, 2010 by Cyril

[Joe]

Tommy and Gigi Gryce (brothers)

Ernie, Emilio and Pinero Caceres (brothers)

2 stretches (depending on your ears):

Jack and Ben Wright (father / son)

Peter and Caspar Brotzmann (father / son)

[Cyril]

Butch and Wilbur Morris

[Pete C]

Weston, Randy and Azzedin (Little Niles)

Dizzy Gillespie and Jeanie Bryson

Leonhart, add Carolyn

Cole, Nat, Freddy & Ike

Rodriguez, Roberto & Michael

Coltrane, John & Ravi

Coltrane, Alice & Ravi

Edited June 9, 2010 by Pete C

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Er....

LESTER AND LEE!!!!!

How could you all forget?

Also

Bobby Bryant Sr & Jr (Jr played sax with Les McCann)

Grant Green Sr & Jr (whose real name is Gregory)

Fred Jackson Sr & Jr

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

JOhnson, Buddy & Ella (his sister)

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Adderley, Nat Sr & Jr

Otis, Johnny & Shuggie

MG

[Cyril]

Er....

LESTER AND LEE!!!!!

How could you all forget?

OOPS!

I thought someone had already mentioned the Young brothers...

Wallace and Antoine Roney

[Ted O'Reilly]

LaBarbera, Pat & Joe

...and John! The composer/arranger/trumpeter/bandleader: http://www.johnlabarbera.com/