Phil Woods

Phil Woods

male, 78 years old
Bandleader, hard bop, Stephane Grappelli, Louis Bellson, Hard-bop saxophonist, American jazz alto saxophonist…Juilliard School of Music alumni, manhattanschoolofmusic, the juilliard school
Philip Wells Woods (born November 2 1931) is an American jazz bebop alto saxophonist, clarinetist, bandleader and composer. He also performed in...
Chris Potter

Chris Potter

male, 38 years old
Steely Dan member, alto, vertigo, American, ray brown, New School University…University of South Carolina, new school, manhattanschoolofmusic
Chris Potter (born January 1, 1971) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Potter spent...
Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd

male, 76 years old
Jazz-funk trumpeter, Jazz fusion trumpeter, Crossover jazz trumpeter, Hard-bop trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter, funk musician…Cass technical High School, manhattanschoolofmusic
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan. He...
Dick Oatts

Dick Oatts

male
saxophone, alto saxophone, selmer, jazz, Minneapolis, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band…manhattanschoolofmusic
Richard "Dick" Oatts is a jazz saxophonist from Iowa. He became interested in saxophone due to his father Jack Oatts. To this day he still plays on...
Leonard Slatkin

Leonard Slatkin

male, 65 years old (SAINT LOUIS, Missouri, United States)
Frederick Zlotkin, St. Louis Cardinal, Juilliard School of Music alumni, New Orleans Symphony, New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra, digital stereo…United States National Medal of Arts recipient, St. Louis music, juilliard school, director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, has emerged as one of the world's great conductors
Leonard Slatkin (born September 1 1944) is an American conductor. His father was the violinist, conductor and founder of the Hollywood String...
Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen

male, 71 years old
Trinity School, The Group for Contemporary Music, New York Times, American, gay, fractal geometry…Pulitzer Prize for Music winner, Pulitzer Prize for Music, American Academy of Arts, Professor of Composition at Rutgers University, University of Iowa, University
Charles Wuorinen is an American composer. Co-founder of The Group for Contemporary Music, Wuorinen writes serial instrumental music. Some of his...
Jason Moran

Jason Moran

male, 34 years old
Avant-garde jazz musician, musician, bassist, Black Star, European classical music, drum kit…classical music, manhattanschoolofmusic
Jason Moran (born January 21, 1975) is a jazz pianist. Growing up in Houston, Texas, he began playing the piano when he was six, though he had no...
Steve Turre

Steve Turre

male, 61 years old
musician, From Omaha, Nebraska, great barrier reef, American jazz trombonist, middle C, caribbean…manhattanschoolofmusic, university of north texas
Steve Turre (born September 12, 1948 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an internationally renowned trombonist, recording artist, arranger, and educator. In...
Jane Monheit

Jane Monheit

female, 32 years old
Peter Eldridge, Thelonious Monk Institute, Women in jazz, Connetquot School District, Connetquot High School, rko…manhattanschoolofmusic
Jane Monheit (born November 3, 1977) is considered by some to be one of the most promising American jazz vocalists of her generation, and by others...
Lukas Foss

Lukas Foss

male, deceased (1922) (Berlin)
Jewish, Julius Goldstein, Improvisation Chamber Ensemble, Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Louis Moyse, Classical musician…university of california at los angeles, Curtis Institute of Music, Berkshire Music Center, Santa Cecilia Orchestra of Rome, new york music
BPO Music Director: 1963-71 As a fifteen-year-old prodigy Lukas Foss arrived in America in 1937 where he enrolled at Philadelphia's Curtis...