Billie Holiday

    Billie Holiday
                                                                               Billie Holiday at two years old, in 1917
Birth Name: Eleanore Fagan
Also known as: "Lady Day"
Born: April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Origin: Harlem, New York, US
Died: July 17, 1959, age 44, New York City, New York, US
Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz Blues, Torch Songs, Swing, Blues
Occupations: Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Instruments: Vocals, Piano
Years Active: 1933 to 1959
Labels: Brunswick, Vocalion, OKeh, Bluebird, Commodore, Capitol, Decca, Aladdin, Verve, Columbia, MGM
Associated Acts: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Lena Horn, Carmen McRae

 

Bille  Holiday NYC, ca February 1947

Billie Holiday and her dog Mister, NYC ca June 1946
   

Billie Holiday in court in late 1949, She was brought into court over a contract dispute.

 

 

Cannonball Adderley

  

____________________________________________________________________________________Birth Name: Julian Edwin Adderley

Born: September15, 1928; Tampa, Florida, US

Died: August 8, 1975, age 46, Gary Indiana

Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz

Occupations: Teacher, Musician

Instruments: Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Years Active: 1955 to 1975

Labels: Blue Note, Fantasy, Capitol, Prestige, Riverside

Associated Acts: Art Adderley, Miles Davis, George Duke, Yusef Lateef, Sam Jones, Joe Zawinul, Louis Hayes

Bobby Timmons, Bill Evans

Joshua Redman

 

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Born February 1, 1969, age 42, Berkeley, California, US

Genre: Jazz

Occupation: Musician, Composer

Instruments: Saxophone

Labels: Warner Bros, Nonesuch

Associated Acts: Joshua Redman Quartet, Yaya3, James Farm

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Oscar Peterson

 

Joe Pass and Oscar Peterson at Easterman Theater Rochester in  N.Y.

____________________________________________________________________________________Birth Name: Oscar Emmanuel Peterson
Born: August 15, 1925
Origin: Montreal Quebec, Canada
Died: December 23, 2007; age 82; Mississauga, Ontario, Canada;
Genre: Jazz
Occupations: Pianist, Composer
Instrument: Piano
Years Active: 1945 to 2007
Labels: Mercury, MPS, Pablo, Telarc, Verve

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Sonny Rollins

 

Birth Name: Theodore Walter Rollins

Also known as Newk Colossus, uncle Don

Born: September 7, 1930, age 81

Origin: New York, New York, US

Genre: Jazz

Occupation: Saxophonist

Instruments: Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone

Lables: Prestige, Blue Note, Contemporary, RCA Victor, Impulse, milestone

Associated Actes: Jackie McLean, Max Roach, Cliffard Brown, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk

Dave Koz

  

Birth Name: Dave Koz

Born: March 27, 1963; age 48

Origin: Encino, California

Genre: Smooth Jazz

Occupation: Musician, Radio Host

Instruments: Saxophone, Piano, Drums, EWI

Years Active: 1990 - Present

Lables: Capitol Records (1990 to 2008), EMI, Rendezvous Entertainment, Concord Records (2009 - Present)

AssociatedActs: Bobby Caldwell