Shelly Manne

Shelly Manne

male, deceased (1984)
American jazz drummer Cool jazz drummer Third Stream drummer jazz drummer jazz drummer … West coast jazz
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... More
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 … West coast 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... More
Bud Shank

Bud Shank

male, 82 years old
Hard-bop saxophonist improvisations Mainstream jazz saxophonist West Coast jazz saxophonist saxophonist Cool jazz saxophonist … West coast jazz
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... More
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 … West coast jazz
Paul Desmond (25 November 1924 - 30 May 1977), born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, was a jazz alto saxophonist and composer born in San Francisco, best... More
Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre

male, 87 years old
American jazz clarinetist Cool jazz saxophonist Cool jazz clarinetist American jazz saxophonist Four Brother James Peter Giuffre … West coast jazz
James Peter Giuffre (born in Dallas, Texas, April 26, 1921) is an American jazz composer, arranger and saxophone and clarinet player. Giuffre first... More

Bob Cooper

male, deceased (1993)
musician oboe From Pittsburgh West coast jazz West Coast jazz saxophonist Cool jazz saxophonist … West Coast 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... More

Bill Perkins

male, deceased (2003)
Flautist The Tonight Show saxophonist West coast jazz cool jazz tenor saxophonist … West Coast jazz saxophonist West Coast 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... More
Red Mitchell

Red Mitchell

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

Jack Sheldon

male, 76 years old
singer West Coast jazz trumpeter Bebop trumpeter Bebop singer West Coast jazz singer trumpeter … West coast jazz
Jack Sheldon (born November 30, 1931) is an American bebop and West Coast jazz trumpeter, singer, and actor. Sheldon was born in Jacksonville,... More
Richie Kamuca

Richie Kamuca

male, deceased (1977)
jazz musician bebop west coast jazz Pennsylvania musician tenor saxophone … West coast jazz West Coast 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... More