Happy Birthday ... http://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb7bf3_bedb2828569d4dcebf37889ef2547db5.jpg_srz_979_1324_85_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srz Hoagy Carmichael November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981 http://www.kwjazzroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Ron-McClure.png Ron McClure November 22, 1941 http:/...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.janperssoncollection.dk/musicians/ghi/hawkins_files/warehouse_4d6219c4e370649ae77c72ad9f2b296f/images/Coleman%20Hawkins%2010.jpg Coleman Hawkins November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969 https://origin.img.fotocommunity.com/rainer-brueninghaus-94136181-2e37-48fa-8357-804fe8eeb5...

Happy Birthday ... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/June_Christy_and_Red_Rodney_at_Club_Troubadour%2C_New_York%2C_ca._Sept._1947%2C_by_William_Gottlieb_%28LOC_gottlieb.01251%29.jpg June Christy November 20, 1925 – June 21, 1990 http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oUzEUVJPcgM/VCnHEYWfdEI/AA...

http://media.npr.org/chrome/news/npr-home.png Soul Singer Sharon Jones, 60, Dies November 18, 2016 | 9:49 PM ET Christopher Dean Hopkins http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/11/18/gettyimages-538964854_custom-1c57b40f2e7df4dd6bf82f3dcfb23f7de01624f7-s800-c85.jpg Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings perfo...

Happy Birthday ... https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/fd/40/c0/fd40c0fc870b21b4eff7104515285865.jpg Tommy Dorsey November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956 https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/06/06/kenny-barron-npr-edits_20-6fa125101cb4b8a3b2584047f9b27390439d035d-s800-c15.jpg Vincent Herring N...

Happy Birthday ... http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/ui/custom/default/collection/default/images/music.jpg Johnny Mercer November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976 http://www.jazz-vision.de/90cherry0607.jpg Don Cherry November 18, 1936 – October 19, 1995 http://www.drummercafe.com/images/stories/art...

Very sad news. What a lady. http://wellesleyhacks.org/img/sponsor-logos/nytimes.png Gwen Ifill, Political Reporter and Co-Anchor of ‘PBS NewsHour,’ Dies at 61 By SAM ROBERTS | NOV. 14, 2016 https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/11/14/obituaries/15IFILL-obit/15IFILL-obit-blog427.jpg Ms. Ifill reporte...

Mose Allison was one of my very favorite singers/songwriters ... of all time. My college roommate, Alex, and I spent hours listening to, smiling about and thoroughly enjoying Mose's relaxing, honest, hip take and delivery. Later on, I was lucky enough to experience Mose with Patti, my wife, in a ve...

Another reason I've been a fan of Spike and Smalls for so many years. What an eloquent, elegant statement. From Spike Wilner's Smalls/Mezzrow newsletter: "Challenging times, to say the least. As citizens we're asked to make impossible choices and, in some cases, to compromise our convictions. W...

Happy Birthday ... https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/1/6/7/c44db0deeecd1c6479d98f75d69ba.jpg George Cables November 14, 1944 http://img2.10bestmedia.com/Images/Photos/322973/Ellis-Marsalis1_55_660x440.jpg Ellis Marsalis November 14, 1934

Happy Birthday ... http://hamptonhawes.jazzgiants.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Hampton_Hawes.jpg Hampton Hawes November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977 http://image.nola.com/home/nola-media/width960/img/tpphotos/photo/2014/07/30/-2368ba0683ec9b94.jpg Idris Muhammad November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014

Damn, this one really surprises and hurts. Enough, already! http://www.nytreprints.com/wp-content/uploads/nytlogo.png Leon Russell, Hit Maker and Musicians’ Musician, Dies at 74 By JON PARELES | NOV. 13, 2016 https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/11/14/arts/14RUSSELL-OBIT2/14RUSSELL-OBIT2-master768....

What a damn shame! http://jazztimes.com/images/ui/logo_jt.gif 11/12/16 Bassist Victor Bailey Dies at 56 Virtuoso followed Jaco Pastorius in Weather Report By JazzTimes Victor Bailey, the virtuoso electric bassist and educator best known as the final bass player in Weather Report, following Jaco Pas...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.jazzarium.pl/sites/default/files/styles/maxi_image_article/public/mariano.jpg?itok=REEdPOA7 Charlie Mariano November 12, 1923 – June 16, 2009 http://www.ipfinance.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Buck-Clayton.jpg Buck Clayton November 12, 1911 – December 8, 1991 https://...

http://cdn.rollingstone.com/feature/belly-of-the-beast/img/misc/logo-hi.png Leonard Cohen Dead at 82 Hugely influential singer and songwriter's work spanned nearly 50 years By Richard Gehr http://img.wennermedia.com/featured/leonard-cohen-essential-song-list-225fa8fa-d261-4ac8-863a-18e1fee79df1.jpg...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.pascalbichain.com/accueil_jazz_1_files/photos/jazz_002.jpg Hannibal Marvin Peterson November 11, 1948 http://images.popmatters.com/news_art/m/mose_allison-promo-650.jpg Mose Allison November 11, 1927 http://chicagocrusader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/kahil-3.jpg Kah...

Happy Birthday ... http://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f08834017ee49c4660970d-600wi Billy May November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004 http://njjs.org/jazzfest2009/Person/DSC_0338.JPG Houston Person November 10, 1934 https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/01/06/arts/06bley-obit-1/06bley-obit-1-ma...

Happy Birthday ... https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/8/8/8/43350bdbdfe1b19aab38d66f6229e.jpg Jesse Davis November 9, 1965 https://stageinrfotofolio.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/1006977a.jpg?w=621&h=703&crop=1 Muggsy Spanier November 9, 1906 – February 12, 1967 https://si.wsj.net/publi...

Happy Birthday ... https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/66/d3/6a/66d36a919934403f7435eb205537d53a.jpg Chris Connor November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009 http://jazztimes.com/images/content/articles/0004/6617/russell176_span9.jpg?1240770408 Russell Malone November 8, 1963 http://arts.mit.edu/wp-co...

http://wellesleyhacks.org/img/sponsor-logos/nytimes.png Janet Reno, First Woman to Serve as U.S. Attorney General, Dies at 78 https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/11/08/us/08RENO-OBIT1/08RENO-OBIT1-master675-v2.jpg Janet Reno in May 1993, . Credit David Burnett/Contact Press Images By CARL HULSE | ...

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David S. Ware
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Alvin Batiste
November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007