Shelly Manne

Shelly Manne

male, deceased (1984)
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
Richie Kamuca (July 23 1930-July 22 1977), was an American jazz tenor saxophonist born in Philadelphia. Like many players associated with West...