Shelly Manne

Shelly Manne

male, deceased (1984)
American jazz drummer, Cool jazz drummer, Third Stream drummer, jazz, drummer, jazz drummer…jazz musician, Westcoastjazz
Shelly Manne (June 11 1920-September 26 1984), born Sheldon Manne in New York, New York, was an American jazz drummer. He was frequently associated...
Art Pepper

Art Pepper

male, deceased (1982)
Hard-bop saxophonist, Post-bop saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist, Mainstream jazz saxophonist…cool jazz, American jazz alto saxophonist, Jazz alto saxophonist, Westcoastjazz, jazz
Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr. (September 1 1925-June 15, 1982) was an American cool jazz alto saxophonist. He began his musical career in the 1940s...
Bud Shank

Bud Shank

male, 83 years old
Hard-bop saxophonist, improvisations, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist, saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist…Westcoastjazz, Jazz alto saxophonist
Bud Shank (born May 27, 1926) is an American alto saxophonist. He also played flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra, The...
Paul Desmond

Paul Desmond

male, deceased (1977)
cool jazz, American military personnel of World War II, alto saxophone, west coast, Cool jazz saxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist…Mainstream jazz saxophonist, American jazz alto saxophonist, Westcoastjazz, Jazz alto saxophonist, Modern Jazz Quartet
Paul Desmond (25 November 1924 - 30 May 1977), born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best...
Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre

male, 88 years old
American jazz clarinetist, Cool jazz saxophonist, Cool jazz clarinetist, American jazz saxophonist, Four Brother, James Peter Giuffre…Jazz clarinetist, jazz, newport jazz festival, Jazz saxophonist, jazz musician
James Peter Giuffre (born in Dallas, Texas, April 26, 1921) is an American jazz composer, arranger and saxophone and clarinet player. Giuffre first...

Bob Cooper

male, deceased (1993)
musician, oboe, From Pittsburgh, Westcoastjazz, West Coast jazz saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist…American jazz tenor saxophonist, American jazz oboist, West Coast jazz oboist, Cool jazz oboist
Bob Cooper (born December 6, 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; died August 5, 1993) was a West Coast jazz musician known primarily for playing...

Bill Perkins

male, deceased (2003)
Flautist, The Tonight Show, saxophonist, Westcoastjazz, cool jazz, tenor saxophonist…West Coast jazz saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist, American jazz flautist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Cool jazz flautist
Bill Perkins (22 July, 1924-9 August, 2003) was a cool jazz saxophonist and flautist popular on the West Coast jazz scene, known primarily as a...
Red Mitchell

Red Mitchell

male, deceased (1992)
Cool jazz double-bassist, double-bassist, American, andre previn, composer, Jazz composer…jazz, jazz musician, Westcoastjazz
Keith Moore Mitchell (September 20 1927, New York City - November 8 1992, Salem, Oregon), better known as Red Mitchell, was an American jazz...
Jack Sheldon

Jack Sheldon

male, 77 years old
singer, West Coast jazz trumpeter, Bebop trumpeter, Bebop singer, West Coast jazz singer, trumpeter…Westcoastjazz, jazz, Jazz trumpeter
Jack Sheldon (born November 30, 1931) is an American bebop and West Coast jazz trumpeter, singer, and actor. Sheldon was born in Jacksonville,...
Richie Kamuca

Richie Kamuca

male, deceased (1977)
jazz musician, bebop, west coast, jazz, Pennsylvania musician, tenor saxophone…Westcoastjazz, Jazz tenor saxophonist, West Coast jazz saxophonist, Cool jazz saxophonist
Richie Kamuca (July 23 1930-July 22 1977), was an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Philadelphia. Like many players associated with West...