The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 The deaths in the last souple of weeks of Hog Cooper, David Newman and Hank Crawford got me to thinking that my record collection was pretty well a collection of the music of dead people. Well, the various African musics I collect are mostly by living people. And Hip Hop, too. And it's probably irrelevant in Gospel music, where my collection is dominated by choirs. So I looked out the 200 jazz musicians I've played most and, after removing a few bands - Jazz Crusaders; Funk Inc; Organissimo; Blackbyrds; Deep blue organ trio; Three of a kind (and finding room for a few more individuals) - tried to identify whether the individuals were alive or dead. This is what I got BILL HARDMAN NOT SURE BILLY LARKIN NOT SURE CLARE FISCHER NOT SURE CLARENCE WHEELER NOT SURE CLARK TERRY NOT SURE CURTIS FULLER NOT SURE DONALD BYRD NOT SURE HAROLD LAND NOT SURE JACK WILSON NOT SURE JOHN WRIGHT NOT SURE SONNY COX NOT SURE SONNY PHILLIPS NOT SURE AHMAD JAMAL ALIVE ALVIN QUEEN ALIVE BENNY GOLSON ALIVE BERNARD PURDIE ALIVE BILL HEID ALIVE BOB DEVOS ALIVE BOBBY BROOM ALIVE BOBBY HUTCHERSON ALIVE BOOGALOO JOE JONES ALIVE CALVIN NEWBORN ALIVE CECIL BROOKS III ALIVE CHRIS CONNOR ALIVE CORNELL DUPREE ALIVE DR JOHN ALIVE ERIC ALEXANDER ALIVE ERNIE ANDREWS ALIVE FRED WESLEY ALIVE GENE LUDWIG ALIVE GEORGE BENSON ALIVE GEORGE BRAITH ALIVE GEORGE FREEMAN ALIVE GERALD WILSON ALIVE GLORIA COLEMAN ALIVE GLORIA LYNNE ALIVE GRADY TATE ALIVE GRANT GREEN JR ALIVE HAMID DRAKE ALIVE HAROLD OUSLEY ALIVE HORACE SILVER ALIVE HOUSTON PERSON ALIVE IDRIS MUHAMMAD ALIVE IRENE REID ALIVE JACKIE IVORY ALIVE JAMES MOODY ALIVE JIMMY PONDER ALIVE JOEY DEFRANCESCO ALIVE JR MANCE ALIVE KANKAWA ALIVE KARL DENSON ALIVE KENNY BURRELL ALIVE LEON SPENCER ALIVE LES MCCANN ALIVE LONNIE SMITH ALIVE LOU DONALDSON ALIVE MACEO PARKER ALIVE MARK WHITFIELD ALIVE MCCOY TYNER ALIVE MEL RHYNE ALIVE MELVIN SPARKS ALIVE NAT SIMPKINS ALIVE NORMAN SIMMONS ALIVE ODELL BROWN ALIVE ORNETTE COLEMAN ALIVE PAPA JOHN DEFRANCESCO ALIVE PAT MARTINO ALIVE PEE WEE ELLIS ALIVE PHAROAH SANDERS ALIVE PLAS JOHNSON ALIVE RANDY JOHNSTON ALIVE RANDY WESTON ALIVE RED HOLLOWAY ALIVE REUBEN WILSON ALIVE RHODA SCOTT ALIVE RODNEY JONES ALIVE RON CARTER ALIVE RON LEVY ALIVE ROY AYERS ALIVE TURK MAURO ALIVE VINCENT HERRING ALIVE VON FREEMAN ALIVE WINARD HARPER ALIVE XIMO TEBAR ALIVE AL GREY ARNETT COBB ART BLAKEY ART FARMER BEN WEBSTER BENNIE GREEN BENNY CARTER BILL DOGGETT BILL JENNINGS BILLY BUTLER BLUE MITCHELL BOBBY TIMMONS BOOKER ERVIN BUDDY TATE CAB CALLOWAY CANNONBALL ADDERLEY CHARLES EARLAND CHARLES KYNARD CHARLES MINGUS CHARLIE PARKER CLIFFORD SCOTT COLEMAN HAWKINS CURTIS AMY DAVE BAILEY DAVID NEWMAN DEXTER GORDON DIZZY GILLESPIE DON PATTERSON DON WILKERSON DUKE ELLINGTON DUKE PEARSON EDDIE CHAMBLEE EDDIE HARRIS EDDIE 'LOCKJAW' DAVIS ERIC GALE ERSKINE HAWKINS ETTA JONES FRED JACKSON FREDDIE HUBBARD FREDDIE MCCOY FREDDIE ROACH GENE AMMONS GENE HARRIS GRANT GREEN GROVER WASHINGTON JR HAMPTON HAWES HANK CRAWFORD HANK MARR HANK MOBLEY HAROLD MABERN HAROLD VICK HARRY EDISON HERBIE MANN HERMAN FOSTER HORACE PARLAN HOWARD MCGHEE IKE QUEBEC ILLINOIS JACQUET JACK MCDUFF JAMES BROWN JAMES CLAY JIMMIE LUNCEFORD JIMMY FORREST JIMMY MCGRIFF JIMMY SMITH JOE HENDERSON JOHN COLTRANE JOHN HICKS JOHN PATTON JOHNNY DODDS JOHNNY GRIFFIN JOHNNY 'HAMMOND' SMITH JOHNNY HODGES JOHNNY LYTLE KID ORY KING CURTIS LARRY YOUNG LEE MORGAN LEO PARKER LESTER YOUNG LIONEL HAMPTON LOU BENNETT LOU RAWLS LOUIS ARMSTRONG LUCKY MILLINDER MILT BUCKNER MILT JACKSON NAT ADDERLEY NAT 'KING' COLE OLIVER NELSON PAUL BRYANT PHINEAS NEWBORN RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK RAY BRYANT RAY CHARLES RED GARLAND RICHARD 'GROOVE' HOLMES ROOSEVELT 'BABY FACE' WILLETTE ROY ELDRIDGE RUSTY BRYANT SAM LAZAR SHIRLEY SCOTT SONNY CLARK SONNY CRISS SONNY STITT STANLEY TURRENTINE TAB SMITH TEDDY EDWARDS THELONIOUS MONK TINA BROOKS TINY GRIMES WES MONTGOMERY WILD BILL DAVIS WILD BILL MOORE WILLIS JACKSON WYNTON KELLY That's 72 I think are alive and a dozen I'm not sure about (some confirmations from the knowledgeable would be good). I'm quite encouraged to find that so many favourites are still alive. MG Quote
JSngry Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 (edited) CLARE FISCHER NOT SURE ALIVE CLARK TERRY NOT SURE ALIVE CURTIS FULLER NOT SURE ALIVE DONALD BYRD NOT SURE ALIVE HAROLD LAND NOT SURE DEAD Edited February 1, 2009 by JSngry Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 1, 2009 Author Report Posted February 1, 2009 Thank you, folks - so that makes (so far) 76 alive and six I don't know about. Better. I'm really pleased to know Clark Terry is still around. I assume all the ones I think are dead really are... MG Quote
Swinging Swede Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 JACK WILSON NOT SURE DEAD IRENE REID ALIVE DEAD Quote
Shawn Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 Hey, look at it this way...Keith Richards has been dead for at least a decade and he's still recording. Quote
Hoppy T. Frog Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 Is there a jazz version of "Am I dead or not.com"? Quote
porcy62 Posted February 2, 2009 Report Posted February 2, 2009 Hey, what's the matter? I don't even buy a record if the composer is still alive. Otherwise I should trash all my Mahler, Bach, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Pink Floyd... Quote
Shawn Posted February 2, 2009 Report Posted February 2, 2009 On first glance, I was thinking of who holds the record for having the most dead people buried in their backyard.... Quote
BruceH Posted February 2, 2009 Report Posted February 2, 2009 Imagine if you only listened to 18th and 19th century classical music. You wouldn't care, because they'd all be dead. Eventually ALL musicians and composers will be dead, same as everybody else. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted February 2, 2009 Author Report Posted February 2, 2009 JACK WILSON NOT SURE DEAD IRENE REID ALIVE DEAD Oh, I'm sorry to hear that Irene has died. MG Quote
BruceH Posted February 2, 2009 Report Posted February 2, 2009 Let's hope you don't read any dead writers. Quote
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