BIRTHDAYS
1925     Ozzie Bailey, singer, b. New York City, Self taught by singing in clubs, etc. Then Voice studies in 51 - later voice coached by Luther Henderson. Joined Duke Ellignton Band '57
1943     "Boston Blackie" (né: Bennie Joe Houston), guitar, b. Panola, AL, USA.
1949     Rory Block, slide guitarist/singer-songwriter, b. New York (Manhattan), NY, USA. One of America's talented Blueswomen. Today, she's often accompanied by her son Jordan Block who also plays on her albums.
1929     Francy Boland, Piano/Arranger/Composer, b. Namur, Belgium, d. August 12, 2005, Switzerland. Age: 75.
1963     Paul Brindley, Bass. Member: 'The Sundays'
1937     Gordon Brisker, tenor sax/arranger/conductor, b. Cincinnati, OH, USA, d. Sept 10, 2004 While mostly recognised for his saxophone playing, he also has recorded playing piano and flute, and his arrangements may be heard on many recordings. Among the artists with whom he has recorded are Freddy Hubbard, Bobby Shew, Stanley Clarke, Jack DeJonette, Tim Hagens and Mark Murphy. He eventually left Los Angeles upon accepting a position as lecturer in Jazz Studies at The University of Sydney in the Conservatorium of Music, but has continued his career an a performer, composer and clinician. In Spring 1997, Brisker was invited to the Amsterdam Conservatorium for some teaching projects.
1927     Joe Carter, guitar, b. Midland, GA, USA.
1924     Charles Richard "Dick" Cathcart, Trumpet, b. Michigan City, MI, USA. d. Nov. 8, 1993
1941     Roscoe Chenier, (Zydeco) guitar, b. Notleyville, LA, USA.
1941     Guy Clark, singer-songwriter/guitar, b. Monahans, TX, USA. Wrote songs for Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, and others.
1943     Mike Clifford, vocals, b. Los Angeles, CA, USA Perhaps his best recalled release is "Close To Cathy". Not much is known about Mike Clifford. His first gig was as a singer in the early 1960's television series "Toast of the Town". From 1965-1971, Clifford sang in films from "Village of the Giants" to the television show "Dagmar's Hot Pants". As the 1970's began, Clifford set aside his music career and went into acting, which lasted up until 1982, with the film "Jackpot".
1916     Ray Conniff, Trombone/composer/leader/arranger, b. Attleboro, MA, USA. d. Oct. 12, 2002, Escondido, CA, USA
1940     Laila Dalseth, vocals, b. Bergen, Norway. Laila began her professional career in 1960 when she left home and moved to Oslo. Since then, she has recorded with both European and American Jazz artists. Her solo albums on the Gemini label include work with Bucky Pizzarelli, Milt Hinton, Al Cohn, Red Mitchell, Louis Stewart and Phillip Catherine. She has guested on albums with her husband, trumpet player Totti Bergh, as well as with Arne Domnerus, and Bengt Hallberg. During the 1980's and 1990's she appeared at many Jazz events including Playboy's, the Caribbean and Sacramento festivals where she appeared with Flip Phillips, Major Wholley, Roger Kellaway, Frank Capp, Jim Hughart, Nat Pierce and modernist Per Husby among others. Her honors include receiving, on three different occasions, the prestigious Norwegian "Spellenmannprisen" for Jazz performance, and the Norwegian Jazz Society has also honored her with their "Buddy" Award.
1950     Karl Dickinson, guitar, b. Detroit, MI, USA. Member: 'Uncle Bones Band'
1950     David Eyges, cello
1948     Glenn Frey, guitar/vocals, b. Detroit, MI, USA. Member: 'Eagles'
1913     Albert Andrew "Andy" Gibson, Trumpet/Arranger/composer, b. Zanesville,OH, USA. d. Feb. 10, 1961, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Although rarely recalled today, Gibson was one of the great arrangers of the Swing Band era. As a child, he first studied the violin before switching to the trumpet. In 1931, he was a part of the Lew Redman orch., during 1932-'33 with Zach Whyte orch., in 1934-'35 with McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and then with the Blanche Calloway, Willie Bryant and Lucky Millinder orchestras. In 1937, Gibson gave up working as a sideman opting to become a full time arranger. His arranging talents were utilized by such orchestras as Charlie Barnet, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Count Basie, and Harry James, among others. During 1942-'45 (WWII), he served in the U. S. Army where he led his own band. After being demobilzed, he returned to arranging, most notably for Barnet. During 1955-'60, he was the musical director for the King Records label, working mostly within the R&B genre. In 1959, he led four numbers as a leader (on the Camden label). Perhaps his best-known originals are "The Hucklebuck" "I Left My Baby" (with Count Basie Orch., and Jimmy Rushing vocal), and "The Great Lie"
1950     Chris Glen, bass. Member: 'Sensational Alex Harvey Band', 1975 single "Delilah" charted UK No.7.
1964     Corey Glover, vocals, b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA. Member: 'Living Colour'
1902     Juanita Hall, vocals, b. Keyport, NJ, USA, d. Feb. 28, 1968.
1944     Bill Henderson, lead guitar, singer-songwriter, b. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bill grew up in Western Canada and while still in high school began earning a living as a musician. He studied music at the University of British Columbia and in 1966 helped found 'The Collectors', one of Canada's most innovative musical groups. After two albums the group evolved into 'Chilliwack'. Bill's talents as a record producer have been much sought after over the years. In 1982, he was Juno's 'Producer Of The Year'. Won the Juno (1990) award for 'Best Original Movie Song' (for "When I Sing" from "Bye Bye Blues"). During 1989-'95, he was the musical director for Canadian "Sesame Street". Henderson was a member of "The Classics" (formed in Vancouver), and later "The Collectors" (then comprised of Claire Lawrence (tenor sax, organ, recorder, flute), Bill Henderson (lead guitar), Glenn Miller (bass), Howie Vickers (vocals), and Ross Turney (drums) recorded several singles from 1967 to 1970. In 1970, lead singer Howie Vickers left the group and the band changed its name to 'Chilliwack', a Salish term meaning "going back up" and the name of a town near Vancouver, Canada. With lead guitarist Bill Henderson now providing most of the vocals and doing most of the composing, Bill was also the "H" in 'UHF' formed in 1995 with Shari Ulrich and Roy Forbes. He served as president of SOCAN for five years. His daughter Camille Henderson is also a singer, who gained fame in the early 90s as a member of the pop trio West End Girls. She has also appeared as a guest vocalist on albums by Sarah McLachlan and 'Delerium'.
CAUTION: THERE ARE THREE BILL HENDERSONS
** Bill Henderson (1). Blues/Pop singer, is variously credited as b. March 19, 1930 or on August 9, 1926, -both in Chicago, IL, USA.
** Bill Henderson (2). Canadian Folk/Rock singer-songwriter/producer, who is credited as b. Nov. 6, 1944, Vancouver, Canada.
** Bill Henderson (3) aka: Billy Henderson, vocals with the 'Spinners' (aka: 'Detroit Spinners', aka: 'Motown Spinners') is variously credited as b. August 9, 1939, while others claim he was born Sept 8, 1939 - both in Detroit, MI, USA, and also claimed as b. August 9, 1939, Indianapolis, Indiana, d. February 2, 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
1962     Lisa Hindmarsh, vocals, b. Brownsville, PA, USA. Lisa is the daughter of Hammond B3 player Barry Hindmarsh.
1932     Stonewall Jackson, vocals, b. Tabor City, NC, USA. Stonewall Jackson was one of the most popular country stars of the early '60s, scoring a string
1886     Gus Kahn,b. Coblenz, Germany, d. Oct. 8, 1941, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. (Heart Attack). Lyricist and vaudeville man. What a fabulous career.
1923     Don Lusher, (Jazz) Trombonist, b. Peterborough, England, UK, d. July 5, 2006, Cheam, Surrey, England, UK. Jazz was an unlikely career for this child brought up in a Salvation Army family in Peterborough, England, -a family that didn't smoke, drink or swear. At just age 6, he learned to play trombone in order to join his father and grandfather in the Peterborough Salvation Army Band. While serving in the British army during World War II, he determined on a musical career after hearing the British band Geraldo, featuring Ted Heath on trombone. He took part in the D-Day invasion of WWII, and after de-mobilisation, played with the bands of Joe Daniels, Lou Preager, Maurice Winnick, The Squadronaires, Jack Parnell, Geraldo and Ted Heath. In his years with the Ted Heath Orchestra, he made several world tours, including five to the United States. In 1975, he toured Japan as a member of John Barry's orchestra. With Ted Heath, he developed musically, --particularly in the way arrangements would be written to showcase particular musical strengths, and he also learned about 'stage presence'. After Heath's demise in 1969, Lusher went on to lead the Heath Band. During his career, Lusher was a much sought after session player, was twice president of the British Trombone Society, and his Don Lusher Trombone Prize was awarded, for more than 30 years, in BBC Radio 2's National Big Band competition. He was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the British Empire) in the 2003 New Year's Honours List.
1921     James Frederick "Jimmy" Lyon, piano, b. Camden, NJ, USA. US Army 1942-'46; Solo pianist 2 years at Fred Waring Estate (Shawnee on the Delaware); In '48, he, Tal Farlow and Buddy DeFranco came to New York City, formed unsuccessful trio. In Gene William's orch. 1 yr, then 1-1/2yrs as June Christy's Accomp.; has worked w/Connie Haines; Sam Donahue; Bobby Byrne; went to Nova Scotia with Benny Goodman sextet. In '53 led own group at NYC Blue Angel Club.
1966     John Morello, drums, b. Chicago, IL, USA. Member: 'Garry & Moodswingers'
1929     Johnny Parker, Piano, b. Beckenham, England
1979     Trevor Penick, O-Town, winners of US TV show Making The Band, 2001 US No.3 single All Or Nothing, 2001 UK No.3 single Liquid Dreams.
1938     Jim Pike, vocals, best known as part of The Letterman vocal group.
1937     Eugene Pitt, vocals, b. New York (Brooklyn), NY, USA. Member: 'Jive Five'
1932     Joseph Pope, vocals, b. Atlanta, GA, USA. Member: 'The Tams'
1938     P.J. Proby, C&W;/rockabilly vocals, b. Houston, TX, USA. né: James Marcus Smith
1942     Doug Sahm, Guitarist/composer/arranger/songwriter, b. San Antonio, TX, USA. Member: 'Sir Douglas Quintet', and 'Texas Tornados'
1949     Arturo Sandoval, Trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, piano, vocals, percussion, b. Artemesia, Cuba. A blazing, technically flawless trumpeter. At age 12, this son of an auto mechanic began studying the classical trumpet. At age 15, he entered the Cuban National School of the Arts, where he studied with a Russian classical trumpeter. Early in the 1970s, he became one of the founding members of the Orquesta Cubana de Musica Moderna, which by 1973 had become the Afro-Cuban, rock-influenced band "Irakere". In 1977, he met Dizzy Gillespie and played with him in various concerts both in Cuba and in Europe, and later with Dizzy in the United Nation Orchestra. In 1981, after recording an album with David Amram, 'Havana/New York', and a couple of high-profile Irakere albums on Columbia, Sandoval toured Cuba with his own band. The restrictive Castro government occasionally allowed Sandoval to appear outside of Cuba in various international jazz festivals, such as with the BBC Symphony and Leningrad Philharmonic orchestra. Then, in July 1990, when he was finally able to get his wife and son out of Cuba, Sandoval defected (at the American Embassy in Rome), and settled in Florida. He was signed by the GRP label, and in the 1990s, began to tour with his own Afro-Cuban group
1814     Adolphe Antoine Sax, Belgian instrumentalist, and inventor of the saxophone and saxotromba, b. Dinant, Belgium.
1924     Blue Smitty, guitar, b. Marietta, AR, USA.
1854     John Phillip Sousa, composer of Marches/leader, b. Washington, D.C., USA, d. March 6, 1932, Reading, PA, USA.
1903     Lex Van Spall, leader, b. Paramaribo, Surinam.
1912     Arthur "Big Boy" Spires, guitar, b. Yazoo City, MS, USA.
1931     Henry "Tommy" Thomas, (Conga) Drums, b. London, England, UK, d. August 10 2005, London, England, UK. Age: 73. Thomas, spent 30 years playing bongoes and conga drums in London nightclubs, but may perhaps be best recalled for his work on Georgie Fame's classic R&B "At The Flamingo" album He accompanied singers Eartha Kitt and Lena Horne in their cabaret acts at London's "Talk of the Town" nightclub. He joined Woolf Phillips's house band at the Pigalle before forming a long association with Filipino multi-instrumentalist Ido Martin, He had also spent nine months with Edmundo Ros.
1952     Maurice John Vaughn, guitar/sax, b. Chicago, IL, USA. Interestingly, he first played sax with various R&B groups on Chicago's side-side area In 1976, he recorded with 'The Chosen Few' for Chi-Sound Records. Subsequently, he turned more and more to the guitar. In 1979, he toured Canada with Blues guitarist Phil Guy's band. Since then, Vaughn has worked with Luther Allison, Son Seals, Valerie Wellington, and A.C. Reed among others.
1889     Amos White, Cornet, b. Kingstree, SC, USA.
1947     John Wilson, guitar/vocals, Member: 'Them'
1947     George Young, guitar. Member: 'The Easybeats'
          Notable Events on this date include:
1936.    Woody Herman's first recording session. (Decca #1056. "Wintertime Dreams".)
1965.    Clarence Williams, piano/songwriter, died in New York (Jamaica), NY67
1986.    Eddie Thompson, piano, died in London, England, UK.
1989.    Dickie Goodman, vocals, died in Fayetteville, NC55. Member: 'Goodman & Buchanan'
2004.    Pete Jolly, piano, died in Pasadena, California, USA.
          Songs Recorded/Released this date include:
     1942    "Yes Lord, I'm Crippled", Bunk Johnson's Original Superior Band (recording date)
     1942    "Down By The Riverside", Bunk Johnson's Original Superior Band (recording date)
     1942    "Weary Blues", Bunk Johnson's Original Superior Band (recording date)
     1942    "Ballin' The Jack", Bunk Johnson's Original Superior Band (recording date)
     1961    "Crazy", Cline, Patsy
     1961    "Goodbye Cruel World", Darren, James
     1965    "Turn!, Turn!, Turn!", Byrds
     1965    "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away", Silkie
     1971    "Baby I'm A Want You", Bread
     1971    "Rock Steady", Franklin, Aretha
     1971    "Got To Be There", Jackson, Michael
     1976    "Stand Tall", Cummings, Burton
     1976    "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, Sayer, Leo
     1982    "Maneater", Hall & Oates
     1982    "Heartbreaker", Warwick, Dionne