Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor

male, 88 years old
Billy Taylor was born in Greenville, North Carolina on July 24, 1921. Dr. Taylor, one of jazz's most influential African-American pianists,...
Carla Bley

Carla Bley

female, 71 years old
Carla Bley, née Borg is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and band leader. An important figure in the Free Jazz movement of the 1960s, s...
Symphony Sid

Symphony Sid

male, deceased (1984)
Sid Torin (born Sidney Tarnopol on December 14,1909- died September 14, 1984) was a long-time jazz disk jockey in the United States. Born on New...
Pee Wee Marquette

Pee Wee Marquette

male
Pee Wee Marquette (born William Crayton Marquette in Montgomery, Alabama) was the master of ceremonies at New York City's Birdland (jazz club)....
Morris Levy

Morris Levy

male, deceased (1990)
Morris Levy (August 27,1927 - May 21,1990) was an American music industry executive, who is best known as the owner of the record label Roulette...
Beryl Booker

Beryl Booker

female, deceased (1978)
Beryl Booker (June 7, 1922-September 30, 1978) was a swing pianist of the 1950s. Born in 1922 in Philadelphia, she played with Slam Stewart's trio...

Marcy Heisler

female
Marcy Heisler is a musical theater writer who was born in Deerfield, Illinois. As a performer, she has performed at Carnegie Hall, Birdland, and...
Satoshi Inoue

Satoshi Inoue

male
Satoshi Inoue is a jazz guitarist. Jim Hall calls his former protege, "an excellent jazz guitarist with a keen musical imagination." The two...

Walter F. Parkes

male
Walter F. Parkes, born Walter Fishman, is a film producer. After graduating from Yale, he made the documentary "The California Reich" with partner...

James Gordon Williams

male, 39 years old
James Gordon Williams (1970-present) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Jazz pianist and composer James Gordon Williams was born to a...