GA Russell Posted April 16 Report Posted April 16 April 16 Henry Mancini (1924) Herbie Mann (1930) Dusty Springfield (1939) Quote
soulpope Posted April 16 Report Posted April 16 9 minutes ago, GA Russell said: April 16 Henry Mancini (1924) Herbie Mann (1930) Dusty Springfield (1939) Gerry Rafferty (1947) Junko Onishi (1967) Quote
felser Posted April 17 Report Posted April 17 My daughter! (1990). And whatever came of Junko Onishi? I really liked her BN albums from 25-30 years ago. Quote
soulpope Posted April 17 Report Posted April 17 3 hours ago, felser said: My daughter! (1990). And whatever came of Junko Onishi? I really liked her BN albums from 25-30 years ago. After she stopped performing in the later 90's she ended playing at all after her close mentor Jaki Byard died .... following a longer hiatus she came back, but somehow as a different piano player.... Quote
clifford_thornton Posted April 17 Report Posted April 17 (edited) 4/16 Esbjörn Svensson Jukka Tolonen Sabir Mateen Bennie Green 4/17 †Paul Smith 1922 - 2013 †Chris Barber 1930 - 2021 Sam Noto b. 1930 †Joe Romano 1932 - 2008 Warren Chiasson b. 1934 Han Bennink b. 1942 Buster Williams b. 1942 Jan Hammer b. 1948 Mark Sherman b. 1957 Sam Sadigursky b. 1979 Edited April 17 by clifford_thornton Quote
GA Russell Posted April 18 Author Report Posted April 18 April 18 Al Lewis, lyricist (1901) Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (1924) Ken Colyer (1928) Mike Vickers (1940) Quote
GA Russell Posted April 19 Author Report Posted April 19 April 19 Don Barbour - 1927 Alexis Korner - 1928 Genya Ravan - 1940 Alan Price - 1942 Mark Volman - 1947 Quote
clifford_thornton Posted April 22 Report Posted April 22 For April 20, I have these: 20-Apr †Lionel Hampton 1908 - 2002 20-Apr Ran Blake b. 1935 20-Apr “Sonny” Brown b. 1936 20-Apr †Beaver Harris 1936 - 91 20-Apr †Billy James 1936 - 2009 20-Apr †Joe Bonner 1948 - 2014 20-Apr Avishai Cohen b. 1971 20-Apr Matt Brewer b. 1983 And April 21: 21-Apr †Lorenzo Tio 1893 - 1933 21-Apr †Leo Adde 1904 - 42 21-Apr †Johnny Blowers 1911 - 2006 21-Apr †Walter Yoder 1914 - 78 21-Apr †Joe Dixon 1917 - 98 21-Apr †Mundell Lowe 1922 - 2017 21-Apr †Slide Hampton 1932 - 2021 21-Apr †Ian Carr 1933 - 2009 21-Apr Alan Skidmore b. 1942 21-Apr †Peter Kowald 1944 - 2002 21-Apr Mike Holober b. 1957 Quote
GA Russell Posted April 22 Author Report Posted April 22 April 22 Yehudi Menuhin - 1916 Bull Moose Jackson - 1919 Charles Mingus - 1922 Paul Chambers - 1935 Glen Campbell - 1936 Jack Nitzsche - 1937 Mel Carter - 1943 Peter Frampton - 1950 Quite a list! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted April 22 Report Posted April 22 + Buzzy Drootin - 1910 Candido - 1921 Lou Stein - 1922 Tommy Turrentine - 1928 Barry Guy - 1947 Quote
felser Posted April 22 Report Posted April 22 Good day for bass players and truly talented 60's pop icons. Quote
GA Russell Posted April 24 Author Report Posted April 24 (edited) April 24 Rube Bloom - 1902 Johnny Griffin - 1928 Joe Henderson - 1937 Tony Visconti - 1944 Doug Clifford - 1945 Robert Knight - 1945 Steve York - 1948 (Manfred Mann Chapter III !) Edited April 25 by GA Russell Quote
felser Posted April 25 Report Posted April 25 Good day for great tenor players and one-hit wonders who made an everlasting classic to love (Knight). Quote
GA Russell Posted April 25 Author Report Posted April 25 April 25 Guglielmo Marconi - 1874 Earl Bostic - 1913 Ella Fitzgerald - 1917 Albert King - 1923 Jerry Lieber - 1933 Bjorn Ulvaeus - 1945 Stu Cook - 1945 Digby Fairweather -1946 Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 Any notable birthdays falling between April 26th and 30th? Ms. TTK is seeking suggestions for her radio show. Thanks in advance. Quote
GA Russell Posted April 26 Author Report Posted April 26 April 26 Ma Rainey - 1886 Jimmy Giuffre - 1926 Jorgen Ingmann - 1925 Francis Lai - 1932 Duane Eddy - 1938 Maurice Williams - 1938 Bobby Rydell - 1942 Gary Wright - 1943 ***** Also a favorite of mine, radio actor Vic Perrin - 1916 Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 50 minutes ago, GA Russell said: Also a favorite of mine, radio actor Vic Perrin - 1916 Quote
GA Russell Posted April 26 Author Report Posted April 26 10 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: Any notable birthdays falling between April 26th and 30th? Ms. TTK is seeking suggestions for her radio show. Thanks in advance. TTK, is her show's music similar to yours? Maybe these will interest her. April 27 Kirby Stone - 1918 Connie Kay - 1927 Anouk Aimee (A Man and a Woman) - 1932 Jim Keltner - 1942 Sheena Easton - 1959 I'll keep looking. Quote
JSngry Posted April 26 Report Posted April 26 Just got off the phone with Pops Poopadeaux and he says you can make his birthday any day that works for you, just get him to the party. Quote
GA Russell Posted April 27 Author Report Posted April 27 14 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: Any notable birthdays falling between April 26th and 30th? Ms. TTK is seeking suggestions for her radio show. Thanks in advance. April 28 Blossom Dearie - 1924 Ann-Margret - 1941 Willie Colon - 1950 Chuck Leavell - 1952 ***** April 29 Duke Ellington - 1899 Russ Morgan - 1904 Donald Mills (of The Mills Brothers) - 1915 Toots Thielemans - 1922 I remember that Dizzy Gillespie once said, "Toots Thielemans would be the greatest jazz musician in the world if he just threw away that harmonica." Danny Davis - 1925 Big Jay McNeely - 1925 Carl Gardner (The Coasters) - 1928 April Stevens - 1928 I learned to my surprise not long ago that she had a big hit on her own about 1952. Ray Baretto - 1929 Joe Porcaro - 1930 He might be on a Lalo Schifrin album of Ms. TTK's. Lonnie Donegan - 1931 Rod McKuen - 1933 Willie Nelson - 1933 Zubin Mehta - 1936 Klaus Voorman - 1938 (Manfred Mann Chapter Two!, Revolver album cover, post-Beatles Lennon and Harrison, Nilsson) George Adams - 1940 Duane Allen (Oak Ridge Boys) - 1943 Hugh Hopper - 1945 Tammi Terrell - 1945 Tommy James - 1947 That's quite a selection! Quote
soulpope Posted April 27 Report Posted April 27 6 hours ago, GA Russell said: April 27 Jim Keltner - 1942 🎂🥳🎂🥳🎂 .... Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted April 27 Report Posted April 27 14 hours ago, GA Russell said: TTK, is her show's music similar to yours? Wide range of musical interests, as with me. Good thing I found her. I would have stayed single otherwise! Quote
felser Posted April 27 Report Posted April 27 47 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said: Wide range of musical interests, as with me. Good thing I found her. I would have stayed single otherwise! Is her show available online? Quote
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