Mel Lewis

Mel Lewis

male, deceased (1990)
jazz musician, William Patterson State College, Live in Munich, Grammy Awards of 1979, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, VillageVanguard
Mel Lewis (May 10, 1929 - February 2, 1990) was a drummer, jazz musician and band leader. He was born in Buffalo, New York to Russian immigrant...
Chris Potter

Chris Potter

male, 38 years old
Steely Dan member, alto, vertigo, American, ray brown, New School University…VillageVanguard
Chris Potter (born January 1, 1971) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Potter spent...
Bill Charlap

Bill Charlap

male, 43 years old (Santa Cruz, California, United States)
VillageVanguard, State University of New York at Purchase alumni, William Morrison Charlap, from New York City, jazz pianist, American
William Morrison Charlap is a jazz pianist born October 15, 1966 in New York City. He comes from a musical background: his mother, Sandy Stewart,...
Fred Hersch

Fred Hersch

male, 54 years old
Karin Oberlin, Nancy King, VillageVanguard, HIV-positive, AIDS, homosexual
Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a contemporary American jazz pianist who has become a consistent and highly demanded...

Max Gordon

male, deceased (1989)
folk music, Greenwich Village Scene, Reed College alumni, jazz, Reed College, VillageVanguard…village vanguard founder
Max Gordon was the founder of the jazz club the Village Vanguard. Born in Lithuania, Max eventually settled with his family in Portland, Oregon,...
Adolph Green

Adolph Green

male, deceased (2002)
Jewish, metro goldwyn mayer, American, the bronx, greenwich village, Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee…VillageVanguard
Adolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of...
Betty Comden

Betty Comden

female, deceased (2006)
Basya Cohen, death by myocardial infarction, mgm, New York University, musician, Jewish American…greenwich village, VillageVanguard
Betty Comden (May 3 1917 - November 23 2006) was born Basya Cohen in New York City on May 3 1917 (see ,,) although many sources cited 1915, 1918...
Satoshi Inoue

Satoshi Inoue

male
James Williams, The Village Gate, VillageVanguard, James Moody, The New School University, kobe
Satoshi Inoue is a jazz guitarist. Jim Hall calls his former protege, "an excellent jazz guitarist with a keen musical imagination." The two...
Wally Cox

Wally Cox

male, deceased (1973)
New York University, voice actor, television actor, motion picture, actor, American…VillageVanguard
Wallace Maynard Cox was a television and motion picture actor.

James Gordon Williams

male, 39 years old
Harlem, Lenox Lounge, All About Jazz, Winthrop Bedford, Unrepeatable Life, VillageVanguard
James Gordon Williams (1970-present) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Jazz pianist and composer James Gordon Williams was born to a...