Billy May

Billy May

male, deceased (2004)
William E. May, better known as Billy May was an American composer, arranger and musician. He died of heart failure at the age of 87 in his home in...
Hal Mooney

Hal Mooney

male, deceased (1995)
Hal Mooney was an American composer and arranger, born Harold Mooney (under which name he was occasionally credited professionally) on 4 February...
Benny Carter

Benny Carter

male, deceased (2003)
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8 1907 - July 12 2003) was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and...
Don Costa

Don Costa

male, deceased (1983)
Don Costa was an American pop music arranger and record producer best known for his work with Frank Sinatra. Costa was born Dominick P. Costa in...
Thad Jones

Thad Jones

male, deceased (1986)
Thaddeus Joseph Jones was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan to a musical family of ten (an...
Sammy Nestico

Sammy Nestico

male, 85 years old
Samuel "Sammy" Lewis Nestico (born February 6, 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a prolific and well known composer and arranger of big band...
Paul Weston

Paul Weston

male, deceased (1996)
Paul Weston (real name Wetstein) (March 12, 1912 - September 20, 1996) was a US pianist, arranger, composer and conductor. Weston was born in...
Robert Farnon

Robert Farnon

male, deceased (2005)
Robert Joseph Farnon (July 24, 1917 - April 22, 2005) was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player.

Bob James

male, 69 years old
Bob James (born December 25 1939) is a two-time Grammy Award-winning smooth jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer. During the 1970s, Bob James...
J.J. Johnson

J.J. Johnson

male, deceased (2001)
J.J. Johnson (born James Louis Johnson) in Indianapolis, Indiana, (January 22, 1924 - February 4, 2001), was a United States jazz trombonist,...