Obituaries for musicians in 2002

Last Update: 28/08/2017 - Total (up to now): 187. If you can contribute with more data, please write to: molympus1@gmail.com

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December/2002:

• Kevin Scott MacMichael (guitar) (Death: 31/December/2002 - Birth: 07/November/1951)
Played in: Cutting Crew / Fast Forward / Spice
Appears in albums along with: Robbie Blunt


• Jake Thackray (vocals / guitar) (Death: 26/December/2002 - Birth: 1938)


• Billy Brooks (trumpet) (Death: 24/December/2002 - Birth: 1926)
Appears in albums along with: Dick Berk, Rudy Van Gelder


• Joe Strummer (guitar) (Death: 22/December/2002 - Birth: 21/August/1952)
Played in: The Clash / The 101ers
Appears in albums along with: Dave Caswell, John ´Irish´ Earle


• Roger Webb (arranger) (Death: 18/December/2002)


• Zal Yanovsky (guitar) (Death: 14/December/2002 - Birth: 19/December/1943)
My short comment: Real name, Zalman Yanovsky. He was a member of Lovin' Spoonful.
Played in: Lovin´ Spoonful / Kris Kristofferson Band
Appears in albums along with: Eddie Hoh


• Lou Stein (keyboards) (Death: 11/December/2002 - Birth: 22/April/1922)
Played in: Ray McKinley Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Bob Brookmeyer
Appears in albums along with: Hank Jones, Al Caiola, Nat Peck, Al Porcino, Rudy Van Gelder, Bill Eyden, Frank Foster, Sonny Igoe, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Bud Shank, Ed Shaughnessy, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young


• Mary Hansen (***lv*ke*gu***) (Death: 09/December/2002 - Birth: 01/November/1966)
Played in: Stereolab


• Bob Berg (sax) (Death: 05/December/2002 - Birth: 07/April/1951)
Played in: Miles Davis Group / Randy Brecker Group / Steps Ahead / Chick Corea Group / Mike Stern Group / Horace Silver Group / Bob Berg Group / Cedar Walton Group / Eastern Rebellion
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Hank Jones, Buddy Montgomery, James Moody, Paul Motian, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Ricky Wellman, Mike Zwerin
Appears in albums along with: Cedar Walton, Horace Silver, Lew Soloff, George Gruntz, Gerry Niewood, Ricky Wellman, Joe Ascione, Allan Holdsworth, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones, Rudy Van Gelder


• Arvell Shaw (bass) (Death: 05/December/2002 - Birth: 15/September/1923)
Played in: Louis Armstrong Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Buddy Catlett
Appears in albums along with: Buddy Catlett, Hank Jones, Joe Wilder, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Morello, Nat Peck, Al Porcino, Albert Aarons, Nat Adderley, Monty Budwig, Larry Bunker, Al Caiola, Tom Dowd, Cornell Dupree, Herb Ellis, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, George Gruntz, Chico Hamilton, Pete Jolly, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Phil Ramone, Bud Shank, Horace Silver, Lew Soloff, Tony Terran, Rudy Van Gelder, Cedar Walton, Jimmy Wyble, Snooky Young


• George Gaffney (keyboards / trombone) (Death: 04/December/2002 - Birth: 1940)
Played in: Sarah Vaughan Group / Buddy Childers Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Joel DiBartolo, Frank Foster
Appears in albums along with: Enzo Todesco, Milt Bernhart, Monty Budwig, Pete Jolly, Joe Morello, Howard Rumsey, Bud Shank


• Rich Dangel (guitar) (Death: 03/December/2002 - Birth: 01/December/1942)
Played in: The Fabulous Wailers


• Mal Waldron (keyboards) (Death: 02/December/2002 - Birth: 16/August/1925)
Played in: Joe Henderson Group / Charlie Mingus Band / Billie Holiday Group / Archie Shepp Group / Mal Waldron Group / Roy Burrowes Group / Eric Dolphy Group / Gene Ammons Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Harry Beckett, Dick Berk, Chris Biscoe, Frank Foster, Chico Hamilton, Lew Soloff, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young
Appears in albums along with: Ed Shaughnessy, Rudy Van Gelder, Harry Beckett, Hank Jones, Ed Thigpen, Marcus Belgrave, Cedar Walton, Al Caiola, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Igoe, Buddy Montgomery, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Mickey Roker, John Schroeder, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Jim McReynolds, Betty Boyd, Valerie Parks Brown, Brian Sinclair, Meri Wilson Edgemon, Jacob Nemerow, Herb Ritts, Armand Zildjian, Klyde Kock, John McMahon, Mark Wilkinson, Syd Wagner, Gloria Van, Uncle Paul, Big Lucky Carter, Tita Merello, Chuck Levin, Richard Sannito, Alex Watkins, Edward Louis Rainbow, Novella Sweet Briar, Master Henry Gibson, Carroll Skinner, Charles Smiley Jr, Hazel Collier, Dennis Moorman, Philip Powell, James O Bradley, Kurt Vavra, Stella Brooks, Marvin Herzog, Dolly Dawn, Al Tinney, Peter Tanner, Bill Miller, Lee Walker, Wilburn Hielscher, William Holaday, Clare Deniz, Chris Hayes, John Maxwell Cooke, Alan Rosenfeld, Arnold Platt, Billy Knight, Al Tedesco, Glenn Quinn, H Michael Sarkissian, Phil Lind, Michael Oliver, Gerry Parish, David Baroh, Onyango Oregorego, James Adwera Okello.

November/2002:

• Dennis Correll (vocals) (Death: 30/November/2002)
Played in: Blues Image
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Joe Lala
Appears in albums along with: Joe Lala


• Stanley Black (keyboards) (Death: 26/November/2002 - Birth: 14/June/1913)
Appears in albums along with: Hank Jones, Nat Peck, Joe Wilder


• Bobby Forrester (keyboards) (Death: 23/November/2002 - Birth: 27/November/1947)
Appears in albums along with: J J Cale, Tommy Eyre, Linda Taylor


• Hadda Brooks (vocals / keyboards) (Death: 21/November/2002 - Birth: 29/October/1916)


• Webster Lewis (keyboards / arranger) (Death: 20/November/2002 - Birth: 01/September/1943)
Played in: Wayne Hancock Band / Lifetime
Appears in albums along with: Herb Geller, Peter Herbolzheimer, Derek Watkins, Snooky Young


• Michael Stewart (producer / guitar) (Death: 13/November/2002 - Birth: 19/April/1945)
Played in: We Five / West / John Stewart Band
Appears in albums along with: Buddy Emmons, Kenny Buttrey, Duane Jarvis, Bob Johnston, Bobby Keys


• Roland Hanna (keyboards) (Death: 13/November/2002 - Birth: 10/February/1932)
Played in: The Mingus Dinasty Band / Roland Hanna Group / Freddie Hubbard Group / Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra / Jim Schapperoew Group / Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra / Aurex Jazz Festival All Stars / New York Jazz Quartet / Charlie Mingus Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Harry Beckett, Steve Berrios, Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, Dwayne Burno, Joel DiBartolo, Tommy Eyre, Frank Foster, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Al Porcino, Mickey Roker, Lew Soloff, Cedar Walton, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Mike Zwerin
Appears in albums along with: Snooky Young, Frank Foster, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Wilder, Marcus Belgrave, Jim Hall, Lew Soloff, Bob Brookmeyer, Hank Jones, Al Porcino, Rudy Van Gelder, Monty Budwig, Herb Geller, Pete Jolly, James Moody, Joe Morello, Hugo Rasmussen, Horace Silver, Tony Terran, Ed Thigpen, Donald Bailey, Cornell Dupree, Herb Ellis, George Gruntz, Chico Hamilton, Jake Hanna, Hal McKusick, Phil Ramone, Cedar Walton, Butch Warren, Jimmy Wyble


• Bill Berry (trumpet) (Death: 13/November/2002 - Birth: 14/September/1930)
Played in: Maynard Ferguson Orchestra / Jake Hanna Group / Duke Ellington Orchestra / Bill Berry Orchestra / Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra / The Ellington Legacy Orchestra / Monterey Jazz Festival All-Star Band / Woody Herman Orchestra / Gary McFarland Orchestra / Bill Evans Trio / Merv Griffin Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Nat Adderley, Bob Brookmeyer, Monty Budwig, Larry Bunker, Joyce Collins, Joel DiBartolo, Herb Ellis, Med Flory, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, Jim Hall, Jake Hanna, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, Paul Motian, Al Porcino, Ed Shaughnessy, Lew Soloff, Derek Watkins, Snooky Young, Mike Zwerin
Appears in albums along with: Snooky Young, Jake Hanna, Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, Hank Jones, Albert Aarons, Monty Budwig, Buddy Catlett, Sonny Igoe, Al Porcino, Bud Shank, Milt Bernhart, Cornell Dupree, Herb Ellis, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, Jim Hall, Hugh McCracken, Hal McKusick, Nat Peck, Phil Ramone, Ed Shaughnessy, Lew Soloff, Derek Watkins


• Johnny Griffith (keyboards) (Death: 10/November/2002 - Birth: 10/July/1936)
Played in: The Funk Brothers / Aretha Franklin Band / Sarah Vaughan Group / Dinah Washington Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Bob Babbitt
Appears in albums along with: Bob Babbitt, Marcus Belgrave, Bobby Keys, Lew Soloff, Jerry Steinholtz, Snooky Young


• Billy Guy (vocals) (Death: 05/November/2002 - Birth: 20/June/1936)
Played in: The Coasters / Bip And Bop
Appears in albums along with: Al Caiola, Tom Dowd, Phil Ramone


• Lonnie Donnegan (Death: 03/November/2002)


• Lonnie Donegan (vocals / banjo) (Death: 03/November/2002 - Birth: 29/April/1931)
Played in: Van Morrison & Chris Barber & Lonnie Donegan Band / All Star Band / The Barber-Colyer Jazzmen / Chris Barber Group / Lonnie Donegan Band / Geoff Kemp Jazz Band / Van Morrison Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Doreen Chanter, Martin Drover, Colin Hodgkinson, Bernie Holland, Mike Paice, Big Jim Sullivan, Pete York
Appears in albums along with: Rod De´Ath, Big Jim Sullivan, Peter Banks, Dave Bronze, John ´Irish´ Earle, Bert Jansch, Phil Ramone, Pete York


• Matt Betton (drums) (Death: 03/November/2002 - Birth: 14/May/1913)
Played in: Loretta Lynn Band / Matt Betton Orchestra / Jimmy Buffett Band / One O´Clock Lab Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Kenny Buttrey, Andrew Love
Appears in albums along with: Kenny Edwards


• Christian Boule (guitar) (Death: 03/November/2002 - Birth: 1951)
Played in: Steve Hillage Band


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Hans Hartz, Marie Reynolds, Happy Goodman, John Van Horn Sr, Dan Pawson, Dave Ray, Sue Okabe, Polo Montañez, Steve Takenaga, Peter Whitaker, Noel Regney, Jackie Gayle, Mose Vinson Jr, Lillian Dunn Perry, Jane Thompson Hyde, Taswell Baird Jr, Gary Snow, Wally Kinnan, Eldridge Fox, Buddy Kaye, Ernie Hatfield, Margaret Williams Flournoy, Mark Pluchinsky, Philip Socci, Bill Brunskill, Ray Avery, George Barrie, Cecil Fletcher, Johannes Kerkorrel, Gordon Cruickshank, George Rios, Dean Jensen, Merlin Santana, Judy Trejo, Chris Fuller, Tracy Coley, Roland Fretz, Jerry Goodis, Billy Mitchell, Vinnette Carroll, Buddy Walker, Surya Booty, Georgie Cook, Vanessa Cavanagh, Kenneth Walker, Edward L Kensik Sr, Billy Burke, Terry Hill, John Sidney, Nancie Banks.

October/2002:

• Don Gooch (engineer) (Death: 30/October/2002 - Birth: 01/February/1939)
Appears in albums along with: Joe Lala, Conrad Isidore, Andy Johns


• Jim Roberts (guitar) (Death: 29/October/2002)
Played in: Seatrain


• Tom Dowd (producer / engineer) (Death: 27/October/2002 - Birth: 20/October/1925)


• Cheryl Smith (drums) (Death: 25/October/2002 - Birth: 06/June/1955)
Appears in albums along with: John ´Irish´ Earle


• Richard Harris (vocals) (Death: 25/October/2002 - Birth: 01/October/1930)
Appears in albums along with: Graham Bell, Joe Cocker, Cornell Dupree, Joe Moretti


• Adolph Green (Death: 23/October/2002 - Birth: 02/December/1914)
Appears in albums along with: Bob Babbitt, Marcus Belgrave, Joel DiBartolo, Lew Soloff, Jerry Steinholtz


• Chuck Domanico / Charles Domanico (bass) (Death: 17/October/2002 - Birth: 20/January/1944)
My short comment: Excelent bassist, he mostly did studio work,
Played in: Don Ellis Orchestra / Carmen McRae Group / Victor Feldman Group / Shelly Manne Group / Chet Baker Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Donald Bailey, Monty Budwig, Joel DiBartolo, Herb Geller, John Guerin, Al Harewood, Mickey Roker, Stan Tracey, Cedar Walton
Appears in albums along with: John Guerin, Larry Bunker, Bud Shank, Carlos Vega, Frank Marocco, Pete Jolly, Bob Brookmeyer, Phil Ramone, Tony Terran, Lew Soloff, Snooky Young, Albert Aarons, Tom Brumley, Monty Budwig, Jake Hanna, Hank Jones, Caleb Quaye, Lyle Ritz, Robbie Blunt, Al Caiola, Joyce Collins, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Cornell Dupree, Kenny Edwards, Herb Ellis, Buddy Emmons, Med Flory, John Gustafson, Freddie Hubbard, Phil Kenzie, George Marino, Roy Markowitz, Hugh McCracken, Ian McLagan, Ollie Mitchell, James Moody, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Nat Peck, Wayne Pedzwater, Mickey Roker, Derek Smith, Rudy Van Gelder, Joe Wilder, Johnny Winter, Jimmy Wyble


• Paul Owens (vocals) (Death: 17/October/2002 - Birth: 27/July/1924)
Played in: Dixie Hummingbirds / The Swan Silvertones
Appears in albums along with: Roy Markowitz


• Henri Renaud (keyboards) (Death: 17/October/2002 - Birth: 20/April/1925)
Played in: Henri Renaud Orchestra
Appears in albums along with: Buddy Catlett, Nat Peck, Bob Brookmeyer, Frank Foster, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Al Porcino, Joe Wilder


• Sonny Seals (sax) (Death: 17/October/2002 - Birth: 24/July/1941)
My short comment: Not to confuse with guitarist Son Seals. He was a sax player (real name; Steele Seals).
Appears in albums along with: Cedar Walton


• Ramon Loper (vocals) (Death: 16/October/2002 - Birth: 25/November/1935)
Played in: The Five Keys


• Derek Bell (Death: 15/October/2002 - Birth: 21/October/1935)
My short comment: Complete name, George Derek Fleetwood Bell. He was a member of the famed Chieftains.
Played in: The Chieftains
Appears in albums along with: Tommy Igoe, Kenny Edwards, Jeff Golub, Hugh McCracken, Phil Ramone, Ray Russell, Lew Soloff, Big Jim Sullivan, Carlos Vega, Tom T-Bone Wolk


• Steve Hopgood (drums) (Death: 14/October/2002)
Played in: The Masters Apprentices


• Ray Conniff (trombone / arranger) (Death: 12/October/2002 - Birth: 06/November/1916)
Played in: Ray Conniff Orchestra / Alvino Rey Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Hal McKusick, Ollie Mitchell
Appears in albums along with: Pete Jolly, Al Caiola, Herb Ellis, Frank Foster, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, Ed Shaughnessy, Snooky Young


• Abe Most (sax / clarinet) (Death: 10/October/2002 - Birth: 27/February/1920)
Played in: Henry Mancini Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Derek Watkins
Appears in albums along with: Bud Shank, Tony Terran, Larry Bunker, John Guerin, Al Porcino, Milt Bernhart, Albert Aarons, Lyle Ritz, Snooky Young, Peter Banks, Herb Ellis, Pete Jolly, Frank Marocco, Ollie Mitchell, Gary Moore, Caleb Quaye, Jerry Stevenson, Carlos Vega


• Darryl DeLoach (guitar) (Death: 03/October/2002 - Birth: 12/September/1947)
My short comment: Complete name, Darryl James DeLoach. He was a member of Iron Butterfly.
Played in: Iron Butterfly / Flintwhistle


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Claude Johnson, Bill Robbins, DJ Jam Master Jay, Merritt Mortensen, Calvin L Wills, Melea Danae McNair Walker, Donald H Janicek, Aaron Christiano, Ade Bashorun, Murphy Mahar, Marian Bergeron, Ronnie Foret, Anna King, D Antoinette Handy-Miller, Gina Lee, Ragtime Bob, Pasquale Rocco, Joseph Sombers, Teddy Layton, Alec Ramsdell, Donn Hecht, Steve MacDonald, Roman Tam, Beecher Ray Kirby, Tommy Loy, Carolee Caposella, Jack Dorner, Ken Aitken, Seymour Rexite, Norbert Schultze, Horace Logan, Louis Williams Jr, Eileen Southern, Nozomi Momoi, Joseph Ricardel, Chuck Swan, Steven Webster, Eric Behling, Larry Capone, Herbert N Johnston Sr, Guadalupe DeLeon Sr, Ralph Carlson, Teresa Graves, Louis Topper, Randy Atcher, Dominique Laboubee, Pierangelo Bertoli, Don Varner, Giuseppe Codeluppi, Tops Cardone, Danny Vannelli, Julius Victor Tupa, Hap Mendelson, Marilyn J Miller Gerold, Dalvanius Prime, Ruth M Schubel Boysen, Mauro Bruno, Money Ray, Kaare Evensen Jr, Tex Grimsley, Laura Ani Gavoor, Steve Darling, Ron Wills, Thomas Phale, Leon Sekur, Hank Smith.

September/2002:

• Ellis Larkins (keyboards) (Death: 29/September/2002 - Birth: 15/May/1923)
Played in: Joe Williams Group / Ellis Larkins Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Joel DiBartolo, Mickey Roker
Appears in albums along with: Hank Jones, Nat Peck, Joe Wilder, Mickey Roker


• Mickey Newbury (vocals) (Death: 28/September/2002 - Birth: 19/May/1940)
Played in: Mickey Newbury Band
Appears in albums along with: Kenny Buttrey, Buddy Emmons


• Tim Rose (vocals) (Death: 24/September/2002 - Birth: 23/September/1940)
My short comment: Great singer and composer, he was the author of rock classics such as 'Hey Joe' (covered by Jimi Hendrix and many others) or 'Morning Dew' (covered by Jeff Beck Group or Led Zeppelin). His albums contain great musicians, such as Tommy Eyre and many others.
Played in: Tim Rose Band / The Singing Strings
Appears in albums along with: Tommy Eyre, Theodore Thunder, Bert Jansch, Hugh McCracken, Raphael Ravenscroft


• Peter Kowald (bass / tuba) (Death: 21/September/2002 - Birth: 21/April/1944)
Played in: Spontaneous Music Ensemble / The London Jazz Composers Orchestra / Globe Unity Orchestra / Peter Brotzmann Group / Peter Kowald Group / John McLaughlin Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Harry Beckett
Appears in albums along with: Harry Beckett, Stan Tracey


• Dodo Marmarosa (keyboards) (Death: 17/September/2002 - Birth: 06/December/1925)
Played in: Gene Krupa Group / Charlie Barnet Orchestra / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Artie Shaw Orchestra / Boyd Raeburn Orchestra / Dodo Marmarosa Group / Tom Talbert Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Milt Bernhart, Chico Hamilton, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, Ollie Mitchell, Al Porcino, Bud Shank, Ed Shaughnessy
Appears in albums along with: Howard Rumsey, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Milt Bernhart, Sonny Clark, Bill Eyden, Herb Geller, Al Harewood, Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Al Porcino, Bud Shank, Rudy Van Gelder, Butch Warren


• Paul Williams (sax) (Death: 14/September/2002 - Birth: 13/July/1915)
Appears in albums along with: Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Cornell Dupree, Andrew Love


• Juvenal Gomez (drums) (Death: 12/September/2002)


• Erma Franklin (vocals) (Death: 07/September/2002 - Birth: 13/March/1938)
Played in: The Cleo-Patretts / Erma Franklin Band
Appears in albums along with: Tom Dowd, Cornell Dupree, Andrew Love, Hugh McCracken


• Peter Tetteroo (vocals) (Death: 05/September/2002 - Birth: 07/August/1947)
Played in: Tee Set


• Charles McGhee (trumpet) (Death: 05/September/2002 - Birth: 10/October/1942)
Played in: Roland Kirk Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Stan Tracey
Appears in albums along with: Cornell Dupree, Joe Lee Wilson, Hank Jones, Hugh McCracken


• Ted Ross (vocals) (Death: 03/September/2002 - Birth: 1934)
Appears in albums along with: Hugh McCracken, Derek Smith, Lew Soloff, Joe Wilder


• Bob Helm (sax) (Death: 01/September/2002 - Birth: 18/July/1914)


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Ronnie Giles, Kerry Murray, Daniel Lenzini, Norma Dugas Minyard, Ray Flerlage, Gabriel Julian, Ronald Buckley, Morne Van Biljon, J A Balthrop, Bud Shaffer, Gene Beecher, Sid Hoff, Harriet Joslyn, Donald Nielsen, Rosa Lee Smooth, Dick Merley, Jimmy Stoneman, Betty Lane Harris, Slim Slaughter, Idris Mazali, Nils Stevenson, Gao Feng, Dave Holladay, Victor L Soward, Philip Mruk, Tony Martinez, Doug Clark, Loranzy Leger, Lolita Torres, Charlie Gibney, Thermon Ruth, L J Foret, Homer Callahan, Raymond Thompson, Marilyn Doty-Sorci, Dick Hiorns, Kevin Glenn Schafer, Eddie Bush, Tanjore Viswanathan, Ken Rosene, Pearlee Toliver, Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler, Murray Lauder, Bob Price, Ike Burke, Arthur Olsen, Chris Rice, Alan Brandt, Frank Hewitt, Miss Inez, Austin Lowe, Pee Wee Parham, Ivan Kalhe, Nicolae Neacsu, James Stinson, Christopher M Danchisko, Lenell Glass, Ricky Jago.

August/2002:

• Gordie Fleming (keyboards / accordion) (Death: 31/August/2002 - Birth: 03/August/1931)
Appears in albums along with: Bruce Lynch, Hugh McCracken, Bobby Keys, George Marino


• Lionel Hampton (keyboards) (Death: 31/August/2002 - Birth: 12/April/1909)
Played in: Lionel Hampton Group / Benny Goodman Group / Les Hite Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Nat Adderley, Milt Bernhart, Monty Budwig, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, Chico Hamilton, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Nat Peck, Ed Shaughnessy, Derek Watkins, Joe Wilder, Jimmy Wyble, Snooky Young
Appears in albums along with: Snooky Young, Frank Foster, Joe Wilder, Herb Ellis, Jim Hall, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, Cornell Dupree, Joe Morello, Nat Peck, Al Porcino, Bud Shank, Lew Soloff, Albert Aarons, Nat Adderley, Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, Buddy Catlett, Herb Geller, Freddie Hubbard, Phil Ramone, Mickey Roker, Ed Shaughnessy, Horace Silver, Ed Thigpen, Cedar Walton, Derek Watkins, Milt Bernhart, Monty Budwig, Leroy Cooper, Hank Crawford, Tom Dowd, George Gruntz, Chico Hamilton, Sonny Igoe, Pete Jolly, Ollie Mitchell, James Moody, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Tony Terran, Rudy Van Gelder


• Phil Thomas (drums) (Death: 23/August/2002 - Birth: 23/August/2002)
Appears in albums along with: Albert Aarons, Buddy Catlett, Tom Dowd, Frank Foster, Andrew Love, Ian McLagan


• Denny Purcell (engineer) (Death: 21/August/2002 - Birth: 02/November/1950)
Appears in albums along with: Kenny Buttrey, Buddy Emmons, Levon Helm, J J Cale, Bob Johnston, Carlos Vega, Tom Brumley, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Martin Drover, Tommy Eyre, Duane Jarvis, Gerry Rafferty, Joanne Williams, Steve York


• Chris Columbo (drums) (Death: 20/August/2002 - Birth: 17/June/1902)
Played in: Bill ´Wild´ Davis Group / Louis Jordan Orchestra / Chris Columbo Group / Fletcher Henderson Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Albert Aarons


• Michael Robinson (keyboards) (Death: 17/August/2002 - Birth: 08/March/1972)
Appears in albums along with: Andrew Love, Marva Wright, Mike Zwerin


• Peter Matz (arranger) (Death: 09/August/2002 - Birth: 1929)
Appears in albums along with: Bob Babbitt, Monty Budwig, J J Cale, Tom Dowd, John Guerin, Jake Hanna, Jimmy Horowitz, Frank Marocco, Wayne Pedzwater, Carlos Vega


• Paul Samson (guitar) (Death: 09/August/2002 - Birth: 04/June/1953)
My short comment: More sad losses for rock community. Paul Samson, leader of Samson, died yesterday, ill from cancer. He was in my Olympus list but I still hadn't made my pages on him. He's already mentioned in my pages about Ian Ellis, Neil Murray and Don Airey.
Played in: Samson / Metallic Blue / Scrapyard / Ric Lee Band / The Reluctant Stereotypes / Trigon / Bung / McCoy
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Clive Burr
Appears in albums along with: Chris Sharley, Jim Copley, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, Pip Williams


• Ronnie Stephenson (drums) (Death: 08/August/2002 - Birth: 26/January/1937)
Played in: Johnny Dankworth Orchestra / Stan Tracey Orchestra / Tubby Hayes Group / Tom Jones Band / Clarke-Boland Big Band / Shirley Bassey Band / Rhythm Combination & Brass / Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra / Ronnie Scott Group / Jack Parnell Orchestra / Ted Heath Orchestra / Wes Montgomery Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Speedy Acquaye, Harry Beckett, Bill Eyden, Kay Garner, Mickey Gee, Herb Geller, Peter Herbolzheimer, Joe Moretti, Nat Peck, Tim Renwick, Lew Soloff, Big Jim Sullivan, Stan Tracey, Ray Warleigh, Derek Watkins, Tommy Whittle, Snooky Young
Appears in albums along with: Stan Tracey, Derek Watkins, Ray Warleigh, Herb Geller, Nat Peck, Bill Eyden, Peter Herbolzheimer, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Tommy Whittle, Harry Beckett, Gary Boyle, Chris Parren, Big Jim Sullivan


• Wilber Morris (bass) (Death: 08/August/2002 - Birth: 27/November/1937)
Played in: David Murray Group / Wilber Morris Group


• Mauricio Smith (flute) (Death: 03/August/2002 - Birth: 11/July/1931)
Played in: Saturday Night Live Band / Mongo Santamaria Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Steve Berrios, Tom T-Bone Wolk
Appears in albums along with: Steve Berrios


• Jerry Underwood (sax) (Death: 03/August/2002 - Birth: 14/August/1956)
Played in: Carla Bley Band / Klaunstance / Spirit Level / Bullitt / Out Loud / Pentangle / Andy Sheppard Group / John Martyn Band / Tao / Dave Gordon Group / Mervyn Africa Group / Geoff Williams Group / Gary Husband Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Speedy Acquaye, Chris Biscoe, Tommy Eyre, Bert Jansch, Paul Motian, Mike Piggott, Lew Soloff
Appears in albums along with: Gary Boyle, Joe Cocker, Mark Griffiths, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Binky McKenzie, Mike Piggott, Cozy Powell, Lew Soloff, Roger Swallow


• Roy Kral (vocals / keyboards) (Death: 02/August/2002 - Birth: 10/October/1921)
Played in: Jackie And Roy / Charlie Ventura Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Sonny Igoe, Ed Shaughnessy
Appears in albums along with: Ed Shaughnessy, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Tony DiTullio, John C Hammell, Henry Knowles, Bill G Chambers, Tommy Yetta, John Wilson, George Mitchell, Frankie Brent, Wesley Naylor, Vanessa Campbell, John Seng, William Warfield, Raymond Schelonka, Kurt W Geisler, Deborah Levi, Mark Bucci, Alfred Schweitzman, Frederick Selch, Bob Dixon, Christopher Columbus, Melvin Omancia Stevens, Alberta Bell Willis, Jackie Raven, Robert Margulis, Jonnie Barnett, Syble Prince, Don Winters, Jesse Martinez, Olla Belle Reed, Vince Maloy, Dave Williams, Joan Duprey, J T Wise, Larry Rivers, Anneline Malebo, Phillip Tyrone Griffin, James Alexander Norris, Ruth Allyn Anderson, Louis Bibbs, Robert Pope, Bob Bell, Mikey Houser, Roger Adams, Aline B Shader, Myrtle A Forcey-Southall, Kenneth Wayne Carlson Jr, Anthony DiPasquale, Jerre Peterson, Lee Ivory Jr, Vernon L Welsh, Myrtle Jones, Joe Delaney, Ronald McCroby, Dan Kelly, Mary Jefferson, Daphne Hellman, Joe Allison, Nathan Maddox, Joe Bendzsa, Jack Holley, Kenny Leighton.

July/2002:

• Bobby Rodriguez (bass) (Death: 28/July/2002)
Played in: Tito Puente Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Lew Soloff
Appears in albums along with: Nat Adderley, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Hall, Hank Jones, Buddy Montgomery


• Roscoe Shelton (vocals) (Death: 27/July/2002 - Birth: 22/August/1931)


• Pico Payne (vocals) (Death: 26/July/2002 - Birth: 28/July/1925)
Appears in albums along with: Dick Hanson, Nat Adderley, John ´Irish´ Earle, Andrew Love, Ian McLagan, Mike Paice, Ray Warleigh, Derek Watkins


• Buddy Baker (arranger) (Death: 26/July/2002 - Birth: 04/January/1918)
Appears in albums along with: Harry Beckett, Milt Bernhart, Hugo Rasmussen, Howard Rumsey


• Joe Derise (***lv*gu*ke***) (Death: 24/July/2002 - Birth: 02/December/1926)
Played in: The Diamonds / Joe Derise Group / Tommy Dorsey Orchestra / Claude Thornhill Orchestra / Four Jacks And A Jill
Appears in albums along with: Med Flory, Chico Hamilton, Hal McKusick, Al Porcino


• Idrees Sulieman (trumpet) (Death: 23/July/2002 - Birth: 27/August/1923)
Played in: Clarke-Boland Big Band / Gerry Mulligan Group / Eric Dolphy Group / Idrees Sulieman Group / Sabby Lewis Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Donald Bailey, Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, Herb Geller, Jim Hall, Chico Hamilton, Hank Jones, Gerry Niewood, Nat Peck, Mickey Roker, Bud Shank, Cedar Walton, Derek Watkins, Snooky Young
Appears in albums along with: Nat Peck, Joe Wilder, Hank Jones, Derek Watkins, Hal McKusick, Ed Thigpen, Rudy Van Gelder, Marcus Belgrave, Herb Geller, George Gruntz, Freddie Hubbard, Lew Soloff, Nat Adderley, Larry Bunker, Lesley Duncan, Frank Foster, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Hugo Rasmussen, Ed Shaughnessy, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Pete York


• Lelan Rogers (producer) (Death: 22/July/2002 - Birth: 09/June/1928)


• Gus Dudgeon (producer) (Death: 21/July/2002)
My short comment: Again, very sad news. Producer and engineer Gus Dudgeon died yesterday in a car crash. His wife Sheila also died. What a tragedy! He was so talented. I grew up listening to many of the albums where he worked, especially the Elton John classic albums, as well as the John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers albums with Eric Clapton and Peter Green; also David Bowie's Space Oddity, Ten Years After debut album, and many more. All these musicians from my site appear in albums where Gus worked: Peter Green, Aynsley Dunbar, Clem Clempson, Keef Hartley, Chris Mercer, Morris Pert, Keith Gemmell, BJ Cole, Katie Kissoon, Nick Pentelow, Caleb Quaye, John Gustafson, John Cambridge, Tim Renwick, Mick Wayne, Geoff Whitehorn, Tony Visconti, Doreen Chanter, Pat Donaldson, Henry Spinetti, Mick Weaver, Stevie Lange.
Appears in albums along with: Caleb Quaye, Roger Pope, Tim Renwick, Martin Jenner, Lesley Duncan, Kay Garner, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Madeline Bell, Keef Hartley, Chris Mercer, Davy Graham, Graham Jarvis, Bobby Keys, Jo Partridge, Geoff Whitehorn, Miller Anderson, Bob Babbitt, Trevor Bolder, Andy Brown, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Rod Coombes, Bert Jansch, Bob Jenkins, Nick Judd, Nick Newell, Richard Brunton, Dave Caswell, Joe Cocker, Dennis Cowan, Martin Drover, Tommy Eyre, Jeff Golub, Phil Grande, John Gustafson, Pete Haycock, Les Hurdle, Mike Kellie, Alvin Lee, Jon Lord, Ian McLagan, Chris Parren, Morris Pert, Mike Piggott, Phil Ramone, Ray Russell, Jerry Stevenson, Ray Warleigh, Derek Watkins, Bob Weston, Pip Williams, Tom T-Bone Wolk


• Jimmy Maxwell (trumpet) (Death: 20/July/2002 - Birth: 09/January/1917)
Played in: Quincy Jones Orchestra / The Tonight Show Band / Benny Goodman Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Milt Bernhart, Monty Budwig, Buddy Catlett, Joel DiBartolo, Herb Ellis, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, Nat Peck, Ed Shaughnessy, Derek Watkins, Joe Wilder, Jimmy Wyble, Snooky Young
Appears in albums along with: Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Hank Jones, Ed Shaughnessy, Jim Hall, Hal McKusick, Bob Brookmeyer, Buddy Catlett, Al Caiola, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, Sonny Igoe, Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Nat Adderley, Milt Bernhart, Monty Budwig, Larry Bunker, Herb Ellis, George Gruntz, Jake Hanna, Pete Jolly, Al Porcino, Bud Shank, Tony Terran, Rudy Van Gelder, Jimmy Wyble, Albert Aarons, Marcus Belgrave, Tom Dowd, Cornell Dupree, Med Flory, Joe Morello, Gerry Niewood, Nat Peck, Phil Ramone, Horace Silver, Lew Soloff, Ed Thigpen, Derek Watkins


• Jerry Fuller (drums) (Death: 13/July/2002 - Birth: 05/April/1939)
Played in: Paul Desmond Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Jim Hall
Appears in albums along with: Pete Jolly


• Rosco Gordon (vocals / keyboards) (Death: 11/July/2002 - Birth: 10/April/1928)


• Alan Shulman (cello) (Death: 10/July/2002 - Birth: 04/June/1915)
Played in: The Haydn Quartet / The New Friends of Rhyhtm / The Philharmonia Trio / NBC Symphony Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Ollie Mitchell
Appears in albums along with: Rudy Van Gelder, Al Caiola, Lew Soloff, Hugh McCracken, Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, Joe Wilder, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Ed Shaughnessy, Cedar Walton, Snooky Young, Bob Babbitt, Marcus Belgrave, Larry Bunker, Leroy Cooper, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, John Guerin, Peter Herbolzheimer, Allan Holdsworth, Sonny Igoe, George Marino, Gerry Niewood, Mickey Roker, Bud Shank, Derek Smith, Derek Watkins


• Bobby Peterson (keyboards) (Death: 08/July/2002 - Birth: 16/February/1950)
Played in: Buddy Rich Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Joel DiBartolo, Frank Foster, Hal McKusick, Ollie Mitchell, Wayne Pedzwater, Al Porcino, Derek Watkins


• Ray Foxley (Death: 06/July/2002 - Birth: 28/December/1929)


• Jimmie Lee Robinson (Death: 06/July/2002 - Birth: 30/April/1931)
Appears in albums along with: Pete York


• Jean-Pierre Arnoux (percussion) (Death: 04/July/2002)
Played in: Malicorne


• Ray Brown (bass) (Death: 02/July/2002 - Birth: 13/October/1926)
Played in: Ulf Wakenius Group / LA Four / Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra / Count Basie Orchestra / Oscar Peterson Group / Milt Jackson Group / Bob Wilber Group / Herb Ellis Group / Ross Tompkins Group / Joe Venuti Group / Tal Farlow Group / Ernestine Anderson Group / Cal Collins Group / Jazz At The Philharmonic / Ray Brown Group / Aurex Jazz Festival All Stars / Henry Mancini Orchestra / Gerry Mulligan Group / Modern Jazz Quartet / Ella Fitzgerald Group / Nelson Riddle Orchestra / Eddie ´Lockjaw´ Davis Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Albert Aarons, Donald Bailey, Dick Berk, Steve Berrios, Bob Brookmeyer, Monty Budwig, Larry Bunker, Buddy Catlett, Herb Ellis, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, Jim Hall, Chico Hamilton, Jake Hanna, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Gerry Niewood, Al Porcino, Mickey Roker, Bud Shank, Ed Shaughnessy, Ed Thigpen, Cedar Walton, Derek Watkins, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young
Appears in albums along with: Herb Ellis, Hank Jones, Jake Hanna, Bud Shank, Larry Bunker, Snooky Young, Ed Thigpen, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, Al Porcino, John Guerin, Albert Aarons, Pete Jolly, James Moody, Bob Brookmeyer, Tony Terran, Cedar Walton, Ed Shaughnessy, Joe Wilder, Frank Foster, Ollie Mitchell, Mickey Roker, Hal McKusick, Phil Ramone, Buddy Catlett, Milt Bernhart, Buddy Emmons, Herb Geller, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Lyle Ritz, Rudy Van Gelder, Nat Adderley, Donald Bailey, Marcus Belgrave, Dick Berk, Hank Crawford, Med Flory, Chico Hamilton, Nat Peck, Monty Budwig, Cornell Dupree, George Gruntz, Buddy Montgomery, Horace Silver, Lew Soloff, Carlos Vega, Joe Ascione, Joyce Collins, Leroy Cooper, Joel DiBartolo, Tom Dowd, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Bill Eyden, Al Harewood, Sonny Igoe, Bobby Keys, Andrew Love, Roy Markowitz, Hugh McCracken, Joe Morello, Derek Smith, Jerry Steinholtz, Enzo Todesco, Derek Watkins, Tom T-Bone Wolk, Marva Wright, Mike Zwerin


• Earle Brown (trumpet / keyboards) (Death: 02/July/2002 - Birth: 26/December/1926)
Played in: Earle Brown Group
Appears in albums along with: Tom Dowd, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Wilder, Marcus Belgrave, Al Caiola, Hank Crawford, George Gruntz, Sonny Igoe, Pete Jolly, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Horace Silver, Snooky Young, Mike Zwerin


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Dennis J Greene, Fred Jordan, Mark Hurwitz, Leonard Litman, Phillip Osterman, Allan Haberman, Fred Rice, Virginia Jensen Schweitzer, Eddy Marouani, Tommy Floyd, Barry Thornton, Bobby Calderon, Kenny Gardner, Lucia Pamela, Dick Kress, Leonard Smith, Clark Gesner, Bob Pine, Marion Montgomery, Howard Bowie, Laurence Smigel, Little Jimmy King, Evelyn Simms, Santiago Garcia, Dave Carter, Alan Lomax, Seymour Solomon, Godoy Colbert, Mark Matthews, Howard Rose, Royden Magee, Arthur Lee Maye, Bobby Worth, Otis Leavill, Larry Willey, Orestes Santos, Russell Page, Carey Blyton, Claude Rodrigues De Mattos, Milton Adams, Paula De Vita, Bob McKinney, Carlton Reese, Ward Kimball, Phyllis Litoff, Jim Cherry, Victor English, Louise Elian, Grant Cunningham, Al Greenberg, George White, Duke Dejan, Barbara Randolph, Soondry Dwarika, Tim Logan.

June/2002:

• Pistol Allen (drums) (Death: 30/June/2002 - Birth: 12/August/1932)
Played in: The Funk Brothers / Esther Phillips Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Bob Babbitt, Donald Bailey, Cornell Dupree
Appears in albums along with: Bob Babbitt, Marcus Belgrave, Lew Soloff, Jerry Steinholtz, Snooky Young


• Rosemary Clooney (vocals) (Death: 29/June/2002 - Birth: 23/May/1928)
Played in: Rosemary Clooney Band / The Clooney Sisters
Appears in albums along with: Jake Hanna, Monty Budwig, John Guerin, Pete Jolly, Joe Ascione, Milt Bernhart, Larry Bunker, Barry De Souza, Tommy Igoe, Frank Marocco, Bud Shank


• Russ Freeman (keyboards) (Death: 27/June/2002 - Birth: 28/May/1926)
Played in: Shelly Manne Group / The Lighthouse All-Stars / Dawn / Benny Goodman Group / The Tonight Show Band / Chet Baker Group / Teddy Charles Group / Russ Freeman Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Milt Bernhart, Bob Brookmeyer, Monty Budwig, Sonny Clark, Joel DiBartolo, Herb Ellis, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, Sonny Igoe, Pete Jolly, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, Nat Peck, Howard Rumsey, Bud Shank, Ed Shaughnessy, Derek Watkins, Joe Wilder, Jimmy Wyble, Snooky Young
Appears in albums along with: Bud Shank, Monty Budwig, Al Porcino, Milt Bernhart, Larry Bunker, Herb Geller, Pete Jolly, Bob Brookmeyer, Hank Jones, Med Flory, Jim Hall, Howard Rumsey, Tony Terran, Jimmy Wyble, Ollie Mitchell, Joe Morello, Herb Ellis, Frank Foster, Chico Hamilton, Sonny Igoe, Ed Shaughnessy, Horace Silver, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young, Donald Bailey, Buddy Catlett, Tom Dowd, Martin Drover, Kenny Edwards, Bill Eyden, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Nat Peck, Lyle Ritz, Ed Thigpen, Derek Watkins


• John Entwistle (bass) (Death: 27/June/2002 - Birth: 09/October/1944)
My short comment: John Entwistle (complete name: John Alec Entwistle), bass player for The Who, has died from a heart attack. A great player. While I still haven't a page about him, he appears mentioned in all these pages in my site, as he played with all these guys: bands with: Jon Carin, Dave Caswell, Don Airey, David Gilmour, Tim Gorman, Geoff Whitehorn, Michael Kamen, Dick Parry, Raf Ravenscroft, Denny Laine, Cozy Powell. As well as sessions with: Jim Dewar, Paul Gurvitz, Tony Stevens, Jim Frank, Jimmy McCulloch, Mick Grabham, Caleb Quaye, Jimmy Jewell, Charlie Hart, Pat Donaldson, Dave Arbus, Doreen Chanter, Tim Hinkley. Rest in peace.
Played in: The Who / Ox / Rigor Mortis / Gogmagog / John Entwistle Band / Roger Daltrey Band / Ringo Starr Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Mark Brzezicki, Clive Burr, Dave Caswell, Mick Clarke, Gary Moore, Neil Murray, Nick Newell, Cozy Powell, Geoff Whitehorn
Appears in albums along with: Dave Caswell, Alvin Lee, Doreen Chanter, Phil Kenzie, Jo Partridge, Mark Brzezicki, Irene Chanter, Rod Coombes, Cozy Powell, Joe Cocker, Mick Grabham, Jon Lord, Neil Murray, Caleb Quaye, Pete York, Bob Babbitt, Graham Bell, Jim Dewar, Lesley Duncan, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Kenny Edwards, Kay Garner, Robin Gibb, Jeff Golub, Phil Grande, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Mike Kellie, Joe Lala, Andrew Love, Eric Lowen, Sheila McKinley, Micky Moody, Phil Ramone, Raphael Ravenscroft, Jerry Stevenson, Carlos Vega, Geoff Whitehorn, Tom T-Bone Wolk


• Duane West (vocals) (Death: 23/June/2002 - Birth: 28/April/1941)
Played in: Jordanaires / The Southern Gentlemen
Appears in albums along with: Buddy Emmons, Kenny Buttrey, Andrew Love, Andy Bown, Delaney Bramlett, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Levon Helm, Mike Kellie, Alvin Lee


• Matt Dennis (vocals) (Death: 21/June/2002 - Birth: 11/February/1914)
Appears in albums along with: Larry Bunker


• Carlo Savina (arranger) (Death: 20/June/2002 - Birth: 02/August/1919)
Appears in albums along with: Nat Peck, Barry Reynolds


• Jeff Naideau (keyboards) (Death: 17/June/2002 - Birth: 1954)
Played in: Eric Burdon Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Rob Burns, Brian Chatton, Brian Godding, Pete York


• Pat White (Death: 16/June/2002 - Birth: 02/May/1934)


• Paul Furey (accordion) (Death: 16/June/2002 - Birth: 06/May/1948)


• Mark Richardson (engineer) (Death: 07/June/2002 - Birth: 1953)
Appears in albums along with: Allan Holdsworth, Joe Lala, Bob Welch


• Tony Rose (vocals / guitar) (Death: 06/June/2002 - Birth: 01/May/1941)
Played in: The Bandoggs


• Robbin Crosby (guitar) (Death: 06/June/2002 - Birth: 04/August/1960)
Played in: Ratt / Metropolis / Xcalibur / Phenomenon / Secret Service / Mac Meda


• Truck Parham (bass) (Death: 05/June/2002 - Birth: 25/January/1911)
Appears in albums along with: Bill Eyden, Hank Jones, James Moody, Bud Shank, Snooky Young


• Dee Dee Ramone (bass) (Death: 05/June/2002 - Birth: 18/September/1952)
Played in: Dee Dee Ramone Band / Ramones
Appears in albums along with: Robin Gibb


• Curtis Amy (sax) (Death: 05/June/2002 - Birth: 11/October/1929)
Played in: Curtis Amy Group / Ray Charles Band / Onzy Matthews Orchestra
Appears in albums along with: Albert Aarons, Marcus Belgrave, Ollie Mitchell, Al Porcino, Bob Brookmeyer, Hank Crawford, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Cornell Dupree, Buddy Emmons, Frank Foster, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, Andrew Love, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Bud Shank, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young


• Carlos Berlanga (vocals / guitar) (Death: 05/June/2002 - Birth: 1960)
Played in: Alaska Y Los Pegamoides / Carlos Berlanga Band


• Randy Hardison (drums) (Death: 04/June/2002 - Birth: 11/March/1961)


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Patrick Brogan, Greg Futch, Edmund Anderson, Terry Graves, Richard Paul Dennis Jr, William Dufty, Ellis Comfort, Rusty Rutherford, Jim McGovern, Timothy White, Johnny Physical, Dolores Gray, Hans Fleischer, Randy Jones, Mary Frances Polk, Slick Lawson, Johnny Morrow, Daniel K Greenfield, James Wayne Boyer, Robert M Millsap, Fred Drake, Frank Candelori, Joe Birchfield, Raymond Lubow, Big Mello, E Merrill Dunlop, George Walton, Marvin Paymer, Laurie Allen, Phil Cordle, Jordan Wodehouse, Eric Torain, Margaret E Lynn, Walter Lewis Jr, Rick Montgomery, Elena Burke, Ray Alexander, Sara Weaver, Bill Heard, Gwen Cleveland, Boo Duckworth, Joe Stanco, Betty Barlia, Hurricane Bob, Anna Mae Lewis, Boyd Bennett, Boo Creepy.

May/2002:

• Kenny Craddock (keyboards) (Death: 30/May/2002 - Birth: 18/April/1950)
My short comment: Fantastic keyboardist Kenny Craddock (real name Kenneth Craddock) has died in a car crash in Portugal. He was in my Olympus list but I still hadn't made my pages on him. Meanwhile, you can find him mentioned in all these pages in my site, as he played with all these guys: bands with: Colin Gibson, Doreen Chanter, Bruce Thomas, Graham Bell, John Turnbull, Aliki Ashman, Speedy Acquaye, Nana Tsiboe. As well as sessions with: Rob Tait, Brian Chatton, Ric Grech, Denny Laine, Ed Spevock, Richard Brunton, Tommy Eyre. Rest in peace.
Played in: Griffin / Airforce / Mark-Almond / Bell & Arc / Radiator / Paul Brady Band / Van Morrison Band / Lindisfarne / John Wesley Harding Band / Happy Magazine / The Elcort / New Religion / Simpson´s Pure Oxygen / Stotts / Alan Price Band / John Pearson Band / Pete Kirtley Band / Gerry Rafferty Band / The Heatwaves / Kenny Craddock Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Speedy Acquaye, Aliki Ashman, Cliff Barton, Harry Beckett, Graham Bell, Richard Brunton, Doreen Chanter, Martin Drover, Tommy Eyre, Ric Grech, Bernie Holland, Gerry Rafferty, Raphael Ravenscroft, Big Jim Sullivan, Rob Tait, Theodore Thunder
Appears in albums along with: Gerry Rafferty, Richard Brunton, Ric Grech, Speedy Acquaye, Aliki Ashman, Graham Bell, Lesley Duncan, Tommy Eyre, Micky Moody, Morris Pert, Madeline Bell, Brian Chatton, Bert Jansch, Bob Johnston, Bobby Keys, Felix Krish, Stevie Lange, Jon Lord, Andrew Love, Raphael Ravenscroft, Ed Spevock, Rob Tait, Linda Taylor, Joanne Williams, Pip Williams


• George Hanson (producer) (Death: 27/May/2002 - Birth: 1947)


• Oscar Tellez (bass) (Death: 26/May/2002 - Birth: 1946)
Played in: Texas Tornados
Appears in albums along with: Tom Brumley, Duane Jarvis


• David Lazar (Death: 19/May/2002 - Birth: 1929)


• Jim Dewar (bass / vocals) (Death: 16/May/2002 - Birth: 12/October/1942)


• Rudy Calzado (vocals) (Death: 11/May/2002 - Birth: 1929)
Played in: Mario Bauza Orchestra


• Roland Chambers (guitar) (Death: 08/May/2002 - Birth: 09/March/1944)
Played in: MFSB
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Bob Babbitt
Appears in albums along with: Andrew Love, Tom Dowd, Albert Aarons, Bob Babbitt, Jimmy Horowitz, Hank Crawford, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Les Hurdle, Bobby Keys, Hugh McCracken, Gary Moore, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Snooky Young, Martin Drover, Cornell Dupree, Tommy Eyre, Al Porcino, Phil Ramone, Jerry Steinholtz, Linda Taylor


• Otis Blackwell (keyboards) (Death: 06/May/2002)
Appears in albums along with: Donald ´Duck´ Dunn


• Bjorn Johansen (sax / flute) (Death: 06/May/2002 - Birth: 23/May/1940)
Played in: Kjell Karlsen Group / Egil Kapstad Group


• Mike Stone (producer / engineer) (Death: May/2002 - Birth: 1951)
Appears in albums along with: Rod Coombes, Barry De Souza, Chris Hughes, Jon Lord, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, Cozy Powell, Miller Anderson, Bob Babbitt, Junior Campbell, Terry ´Tex´ Comer, Ronnie James Dio, Tommy Eyre, Robin Gibb, Andy Johns, Felix Krish, George Marino, Francis Monkman, Gary Moore, Phil Ramone, Raphael Ravenscroft, Tim Renwick, Robert Rozelle, Tom T-Bone Wolk


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Joe Duncan, Billy J Babineaux Sr, Mario Lago, John Robert Blay, Walter Engel, Ray Mattson, David H Rankin, Rose Gold, Catherine Carlson, Charlie Lennon, Eunice Levy, Orville Couch, Tony Bono, Jimmy Rancho, William H Connelly III, Geraldine Marrin, Randy Garibay, Umberto Bindi, Sidney Fine, Selma Doyle, Anthony E Caselli, Lionel Delmore, Danny O´Neil, Bill Johnson, Clarence Samuels Sr, Bernie Milton, Fred Whiteface, Norman Vaughan, Sharon Sheeley, Little Johnny Taylor, Joseph A Kopco, Nellie Shabalala, Pete Pedersen, Wayne Brooks, Verlon Bourn, Debbie Austin, Michael Antonelli, Marc Bonel, Patrick Fyffe, Clare Hounsell, George Cates, Big Al Johnson, Robert Garner, Xavier Montsalvatge, John R Zeidler, Edward Goehringer, Nathan Barfield, George Sidney, Kinmen King, Professor John Hasted, Ron Kaiser, Snooks Riley, Salvatore Fransosi, Thom Foley, Harold Arnold, Gwen Sales, Juliette Williamson.

April/2002:

• Pete Jacobsen (keyboards) (Death: 29/April/2002 - Birth: 16/May/1950)
Played in: Worlds In Collision / Pete Jacobsen Group / Chris Biscoe Group / Bobby Wellins Group / Tim Whitehead Group / The Blurters / Morrissey-Mullen / Carmina / Bret Kean Group / Gary Boyle Band / Robin Kenyatta Group / Alan Skidmore Group / Eberhard Weber Group / Jimmy Knepper Group / Chris Fletcher Band / Torus
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Chris Biscoe, Gary Boyle, Rob Burns, Sergio Castillo, Bill Eyden, Bruce Lynch, Jeff Seopardie, Rob Van Den Broeck
Appears in albums along with: Laurence Cottle, Dave Bronze, Chris Biscoe, Gary Boyle, Les Davidson, Gary Moore


• Gene Moles (guitar) (Death: 28/April/2002 - Birth: 16/June/1928)


• Marshall Sosson (violin) (Death: 28/April/2002 - Birth: 18/August/1910)
Played in: Marshall Sosson And The Chicagoans
Appears in albums along with: Bud Shank, Larry Bunker, Pete Jolly, Al Porcino, Frank Foster, Tony Terran, Milt Bernhart, Ollie Mitchell, Lyle Ritz, Snooky Young, Albert Aarons, Herb Ellis, John Guerin, Frank Marocco, Hal McKusick, Joe Wilder, Marcus Belgrave, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Caiola, Buddy Catlett, Hank Crawford, Cornell Dupree, Med Flory, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Carlos Vega, Nat Adderley, Leroy Cooper, Tom Dowd, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Buddy Emmons, George Gruntz, Les Hurdle, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Andrew Love, James Moody, Gary Moore, Caleb Quaye, Phil Ramone, Ed Shaughnessy, Lew Soloff, Jerry Stevenson, Big Jim Sullivan, Ed Thigpen, Rudy Van Gelder


• Frank Floyd (backing vocals) (Death: 27/April/2002 - Birth: 25/September/1943)
My short comment: Session singer, he appears in many great albums.
Appears in albums along with: Hugh McCracken, Lew Soloff, Phil Ramone, Hank Crawford, Rudy Van Gelder, Larry Bunker, Barry De Souza, Cornell Dupree, John Guerin, Freddie Hubbard, Hank Jones, Bobby Keys, Bruce Lynch, Wayne Pedzwater, Tom T-Bone Wolk, Steve Berrios, Joe Cocker, Allan Holdsworth, Les Hurdle, Andrew Love, George Marino, Roy Markowitz, Ian McLagan, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Bud Shank, Horace Silver, Derek Smith, Carlos Vega, Joe Wilder


• Hillous Butrum (producer / bass) (Death: 27/April/2002 - Birth: 21/April/1928)
Played in: The Drifting Cowboys


• Cesar Diaz (guitar) (Death: 26/April/2002 - Birth: 13/July/1951)
Played in: Bob Dylan Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Kenny Buttrey, Levon Helm, Ian McLagan


• Larry Blackshere (producer) (Death: 20/April/2002 - Birth: 1949)
Played in: The Durocs
Appears in albums along with: Jim Rothermel


• Layne Staley (vocals) (Death: 19/April/2002 - Birth: 22/August/1967)
Played in: Alice In Chains


• Claudio Slon (drums) (Death: 16/April/2002 - Birth: 12/November/1943)
Played in: Joao Donato Trio / Dori Caymmi Group / Paulinho Da Costa Group / Nana Caymmi Group
Appears in albums along with: Bob Brookmeyer, Monty Budwig, Joyce Collins, Herb Ellis, Lew Soloff, Jerry Steinholtz, Tony Terran, Rudy Van Gelder


• Alex Baroni (backing vocals) (Death: 13/April/2002 - Birth: 1966)


• Bernie Dwyer (drums) (Death: 12/April/2002 - Birth: 11/September/1940)
My short comment: He was a member of Freddie & The Dreamers.
Played in: Freddie & The Dreamers


• Thomas Dinger (drums) (Death: 09/April/2002 - Birth: 28/October/1952)
Played in: Neu


• Juno Lewis (drums) (Death: 09/April/2002 - Birth: 06/July/1931)
Appears in albums along with: Freddie Hubbard


• Kevin Kelley (drums) (Death: 06/April/2002 - Birth: 25/March/1943)
My short comment: Kevin Daniel Kelley was a member of The Byrds.
Played in: Rising Sons / The Byrds / Jesse Wolff & Whings / Fusion / Fever Tree / Phil Ochs Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: John Guerin, Joe Lala
Appears in albums along with: Buddy Emmons, Ric Grech, John Guerin, Eddie Hoh, Bob Johnston


• B J Baker (vocals) (Death: 02/April/2002 - Birth: 06/May/1927)
Appears in albums along with: Lyle Ritz, Milt Bernhart, Herb Ellis, Ollie Mitchell, Phil Ramone, Tony Terran


• Rico Reyes (percussion) (Death: April/2002 - Birth: 1945)
Played in: Santana
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Ricky Wellman


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Noel Da Costa, Tim Vega, Norman Racusin, Lenny Stabile, Jose C Alba, Robert C Skaf, Al Lobre, Jack Cullen, Edward Cohen, Dale Solly, Del Sharbutt, Dick Campbell, Lisa Lopes, Mrs Gibson-Smith, David Grillier, Lori T Wilson, Tony D´Aquila Sr, Floyd Hall, Art Amadon, Terry Bailey, Alan Dale, Francis Lemarque, Bill Czerniak, Cy Laurie, Ridley Watts, Tak Shindo, Delbert DeVore, Moe Keale, Dave King, Wilbert Wellington, Katherine Peterson, Baggy Latiolais, Chris Burleigh, Bubba Brooks, Weldon Irvine Jr, Dorothy Love Coates, Helen Noga, Ron Burns, David I Kenner, Philip Seibel, Dave Karcich, Jan Siegel, Alan Reid Schuessler, Michael Clark, Big Bad Smitty, Fat Gadget, Edward Levy, John Robinson Pierce, Levi Celerio, John Watermann, Debra Walker.

March/2002:

• Dudley Moore (keyboards) (Death: 27/March/2002 - Birth: 19/April/1935)
Played in: Johnny Dankworth Orchestra / Dudley Moore Group / Vic Lewis Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Harry Beckett, Jake Hanna, Bud Shank, Derek Watkins, Tommy Whittle
Appears in albums along with: Barry De Souza, Joel DiBartolo, Bud Shank


• Joe Schermie (bass) (Death: 26/March/2002 - Birth: 12/February/1946)
Played in: Three Dog Night / S S Fools / Cory Wells Band
Appears in albums along with: Eddie Hoh


• Randy Castillo (drums) (Death: 26/March/2002 - Birth: 18/December/1950)
My short comment: Powerful drummer, he sadly lost the battle with cancer. He was a member of Lita Ford Band, Ozzy Osbourne Band, his latest band being Motley Crue.
Played in: Lita Ford Band / Ozzy Osbourne Band / Motley Crue / Stone Fury / Wumblies
Appears in albums along with: Ronnie James Dio, Andy Johns, Jon Lord, George Marino, Cozy Powell, Bob Welch


• John B Spencer (vocals) (Death: 25/March/2002 - Birth: 05/June/1944)
Appears in albums along with: Micky Moody, Dick Heckstall-Smith


• Eileen Farrell (vocals) (Death: 23/March/2002 - Birth: 13/February/1920)
Played in: Eileen Farrell Group
Appears in albums along with: Joe Wilder


• Tommy Hill (drums / guitar) (Death: 21/March/2002 - Birth: 27/April/1929)
Appears in albums along with: Kenny Buttrey, Bob Johnston


• Big John Patton (keyboards) (Death: 19/March/2002 - Birth: 12/July/1935)
Played in: Big John Patton Group
Appears in albums along with: Rudy Van Gelder, Donald Bailey, Sonny Clark, Tom Dowd, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Butch Warren


• Harry Hayes (sax / clarinet) (Death: 18/March/2002 - Birth: 23/March/1909)
Played in: George Evans Group


• Paul Buskirk (***ma*bj***) (Death: 16/March/2002 - Birth: 08/April/1923)


• Marc Moreland (guitar) (Death: 13/March/2002 - Birth: 1958)
Played in: Wall Of Voodoo


• Abe Mulkey (vocals / guitar) (Death: 10/March/2002 - Birth: 28/August/1926)
Appears in albums along with: Buddy Emmons


• Shirley Scott (keyboards) (Death: 10/March/2002 - Birth: 14/March/1934)
Played in: Eddie ´Lockjaw´ Davis Group / Shirley Scott Group / Hi-Tones / Arthur Harper Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Buddy Catlett, Bill Eyden, Al Harewood, Mickey Roker
Appears in albums along with: Mickey Roker, Rudy Van Gelder, Al Harewood, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Ed Shaughnessy, Hank Crawford, Hank Jones, Buddy Montgomery, John Schroeder, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young


• Roy Hollingworth (guitar) (Death: 09/March/2002 - Birth: 12/April/1949)
Appears in albums along with: Peter Banks, Dennis Cowan


• Malcolm Pinson (drums) (Death: 07/March/2002 - Birth: 28/December/1941)
Played in: Billy Harper Group


• Mack Pitt (sax) (Death: 04/March/2002 - Birth: 01/September/1920)
Appears in albums along with: Marcus Belgrave


• Mark Vann (banjo) (Death: 04/March/2002)
Played in: Leftover Salmon


• John ´Speedy´ Keen / ´Speedy´ (vocals / drums) (Death: March/2002 - Birth: 29/March/1945)
My short comment: Real name, John Keen. He was a member of Thunderclap Newman, later releasing a couple of solo albums with help from his friends like Jimmy McCulloch.
Played in: The Tomcats / Thunderclap Newman / The Muggers / The Krewsaders / Cat / The Second Thoughts / Terry Rayt Band / The Thoughts / John ´Speedy´ Keen Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Mark Brzezicki, Tex Makins, Jack McCulloch


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Anand Bakshi, Rodg Fraser, Norman Thue, Robert Baum, Milton Berle, Geneva Frances Perry, Jose Noel Feliciano, Lori Schmidt, Bob Talmage, Frank Edwards, Marvin T Bunton, King Sweets Dogan, Marco Fiume, Bob Boone, Charles P Heavens, Bruce Dunnet, Jerry Purcell, Gosta Winbergh, Rosetta LeNoire, Ray Doggett, Big Willie Higgins, Edmonia Jarrett, Marshall Leib, Mad Marc Rude, Doug Willson, Ralph A Catullo, John Beyer III, Abe Areno, Jay Schroeder, Michael Perelstein, Jim Clark, Billy Krechmer, Armando Romeu, Stephen Cummings, Leonard Gershe, Bob Arlow, Hamish Henderson, Gene Wisniewski, Oliver Johnson, Kaye Waldo, Art Roberts, Mati Klarwein, Charles R McKenzie, Eric Flynn, Harlan Howard, Big Bo McGee, Guenter Hensler, Calvin Carriere, Ivan Khunt, Dave Mann, Jason McCullough, Do´Reen, Harold Hugh Ehrmann.

February/2002:

• Karl Chambers (drums) (Death: 24/February/2002 - Birth: 09/September/1946)
Played in: MFSB / Toomorrow
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Bob Babbitt


• Huey Davis (guitar) (Death: 23/February/2002 - Birth: 17/August/1938)
Played in: The Contours


• Ronnie Verrell (drums) (Death: 22/February/2002 - Birth: 21/February/1926)
Played in: The Best Of British Jazz / Ted Heath Orchestra / Tom Jones Band / Ronnie Verrell Group / Pizza Express All Stars / Syd Lawrence Orchestra / The Skinnerettes / Sounds Orchestral / Les Reed Orchestra
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Mickey Gee, Joe Moretti, Tim Renwick, John Schroeder, Big Jim Sullivan, Stan Tracey, Derek Watkins, Tommy Whittle
Appears in albums along with: Big Jim Sullivan, Tommy Whittle, Derek Watkins, Miller Anderson, Madeline Bell, John Schroeder, Rod Coombes, Kay Garner, Les Hurdle, Stan Tracey, Ray Warleigh, Harry Beckett, Barry De Souza, Martin Drover, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Tommy Eyre, Frank Foster, Robin Gibb, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Bernie Holland, Bob Jenkins, James Moody, Joe Moretti, Chris Parren, Nat Peck, Bud Shank, Theodore Thunder, Mac Tontoh, Joanne Williams, Pip Williams, Snooky Young


• Rudy Robinson (keyboards / arranger) (Death: 18/February/2002 - Birth: 21/December/1940)
Appears in albums along with: Marcus Belgrave, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Andrew Love, Bob Babbitt


• James Ward (guitar) (Death: 16/February/2002 - Birth: 01/July/1936)


• Mick Tucker (drums) (Death: 14/February/2002 - Birth: 17/July/1949)
My short comment: He was the superb drummer in The Sweet. His complete name was Michael Thomas Tucker. He will be missed.
Played in: Wainwright´s Gentlemen / The Sweet
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Gary Moberley
Appears in albums along with: Stevie Lange, Gary Moberley, Martin Drover, Graham Jarvis, Pip Williams


• Waylon Jennings (vocals) (Death: 13/February/2002)
My short comment: Complete name, Waylon Arnold Jennings. He was a great country singer. He was supposedly to travel in the plane where Buddy Holly died, but he finally gave up his seat. He was married to another country singer, Jessi Colter.
Played in: The Waylors / The Highwaymen / Waylon Jennings Band / Buddy Holly Band
Appears in albums along with: Kenny Buttrey, John Guerin, Levon Helm, Albert Aarons, Nat Adderley, Tom Brumley, Larry Bunker, J J Cale, Buddy Catlett, Tom Dowd, Cornell Dupree, Kenny Edwards, Buddy Emmons, Frank Foster, George Gruntz, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Keys, Alvin Lee, Andrew Love, Hal McKusick, James Moody, Al Porcino, Phil Ramone, Bud Shank, Lew Soloff, Rudy Van Gelder, Donna Washburn, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young


• Dave Van Ronk (vocals) (Death: 10/February/2002 - Birth: 30/June/1936)
Appears in albums along with: Dave Bronze, Kenny Buttrey, Levon Helm, Bob Johnston, Phil Ramone


• Bill McElhiney (trumpet) (Death: 09/February/2002 - Birth: 20/May/1915)
Appears in albums along with: Buddy Emmons, Marcus Belgrave, Hank Crawford, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Joe Wilder, Bob Brookmeyer, Kenny Buttrey, Al Caiola, Leroy Cooper, Frank Foster, Jim Hall, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Johnston, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Cornell Dupree, Levon Helm, Joe Lala, Andrew Love, Hugh McCracken, Al Porcino, Tim Renwick, Big Jim Sullivan, Snooky Young


• Willis Draffen Jr (vocals / guitar) (Death: 08/February/2002 - Birth: 18/March/1945)
Played in: The Sinceres / Bloodstone
Appears in albums along with: Pip Williams, Martin Drover, Chris Mercer, Morris Pert


• Nick Brignola (sax) (Death: 08/February/2002 - Birth: 17/June/1936)
Played in: Endangered Species / The Mingus Dinasty Band / Jazz Adoption Agency / Nick Brignola Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Dick Berk, Tommy Eyre, Ollie Mitchell, Mike Zwerin
Appears in albums along with: Dick Berk, Marcus Belgrave, Bob Brookmeyer, Dwayne Burno, Jim Hall, Jake Hanna, Ed Thigpen, Rudy Van Gelder, Snooky Young, Mike Zwerin


• Walter Bolden (drums) (Death: 07/February/2002 - Birth: 17/December/1925)
Played in: Tony Scott Group / George Coleman Group / Walter Bolden Group / Harold Mabern Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Bill Eyden, Frank Foster, Paul Motian, Horace Silver, Ed Thigpen
Appears in albums along with: Nat Adderley, Bill Eyden, Chico Hamilton, Hank Jones, Buddy Montgomery, James Moody, Al Porcino, Bud Shank, Horace Silver


• Wendell Marshall (bass) (Death: 06/February/2002 - Birth: 24/October/1920)
Played in: Jerome Richardson Group / Duke Ellington Orchestra / Mary Lou Williams Orchestra / Gerry Mulligan Group / Champion Jack Dupree Band / Gigi Gryce Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Donald Bailey, Bob Brookmeyer, Larry Bunker, Jim Hall, Chico Hamilton, Jake Hanna, Hank Jones, Gerry Niewood, Mickey Roker, Bud Shank, Ed Shaughnessy, Cedar Walton
Appears in albums along with: Hank Jones, Joe Wilder, Rudy Van Gelder, Tom Dowd, Al Harewood, Ed Shaughnessy, Frank Foster, Marcus Belgrave, Bob Brookmeyer, Al Caiola, Hank Crawford, Jim Hall, James Moody, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Al Porcino, Ed Thigpen, Larry Bunker, Leroy Cooper, Hal McKusick, Nat Peck, Horace Silver, Nat Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Igoe, Phil Ramone, Snooky Young, Sonny Clark, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Cornell Dupree, Herb Ellis, Buddy Emmons, Bill Eyden, George Gruntz, Andrew Love, Joe Morello, Paul Motian, Bud Shank, Butch Warren


• Remo Palmier (guitar) (Death: 03/February/2002 - Birth: 29/March/1923)
Appears in albums along with: Albert Aarons, Jake Hanna, Pete Jolly, Hank Jones, Mickey Roker, Lew Soloff, Joe Wilder


• James Blackwood (vocals) (Death: 03/February/2002 - Birth: 23/October/1921)
Played in: The Masters V
Appears in albums along with: Tom Brumley


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Helmut Zacharias, Mary Stuart, Spike Milligan, William Humbird, Oskar Sala, Maurice Gardner, Mai Cramer, Mel Stewart, Arthur Lyman, Tex Stephens, Brendan O´Dowda, C K Web, Doug Ferguson, Tom Bert, Patty Jump, Donnie Bowser, Hamlet Lima Quintana, Charlie Dee, Daniel Pearl, Stephen Longstreet, Amarin Jo Luangboribun, Emory Cook, Kevin Smith, Billy Ward, Peggy Taylor, Charles Puffenbarger, Mattie D Baker, Louis Ouzer, Dick Kleiner, Jenna Coy Huddleston, Percy Dickins, Mildred Buller, Bobby Walters, George Housey Jr, Walter Heebner, Art Franklin, Walter E Broderick, Bob Wooler, Dennis Dale Soffar, Cliff Roquemore, David Stetler, Bob Clayton, Abie Ames, Paul Baloff, Rich Soul, Harold Hoyt Stilson Sr, John Richard Ewing, Hildegard Knef, Keith Pendlebury, Mama Grace.

January/2002:

• Tony Waite (bass) (Death: 29/January/2002 - Birth: 31/March/1953)
Played in: Doll By Doll


• Andy Kulberg (bass / flute) (Death: 28/January/2002)
Played in: Blues Project / Seatrain / Danny Kalb Quartet / Al Kooper Band
Appears in albums along with: Madeline Bell, Kenny Buttrey, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Eddie Hoh, Andrew Love, Roy Markowitz, Roger Pope, Caleb Quaye, Jim Rothermel


• Steve Caldwell (vocals) (Death: 28/January/2002 - Birth: 22/November/1947)
Played in: Orlons


• Hank Cosby (sax / producer) (Death: 22/January/2002 - Birth: 12/May/1928)
Appears in albums along with: Marcus Belgrave, Bob Babbitt, Albert Aarons, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Lew Soloff, Jerry Steinholtz, Snooky Young


• Peter Bardens (keyboards) (Death: 22/January/2002)
My short comment: Keyboardist Peter Bardens has left us, after a hard fight against cancer. He is included in my Olympus list from the very beginning. Meanwhile, you can find him mentioned in all these pages in my site, as he played with all these guys: bands with: Peter Green, Bobby Tench, Herbie Armstrong, Katie Kissoon, Laura Creamer, Jim Cregan, Morgan Fisher, Bruce Thomas. As well as sessions with: Pat Donaldson, Francis Monkman, Kenny Young.
Played in: Peter B´s Looners / Shotgun Express / Love Affair / Camel / Van Morrison Band / Them / The Cheynes / Village / Peter Bardens Band / Mirage / The Famous Bluesblasters / Peter Green Band / Julian Covey & The Machine / Mike Cotton Sound / Steve Tilston Band / On
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Cliff Barton, Doreen Chanter, Martin Drover, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Bernie Holland, Chris Mercer, Micky Moody, Neil Murray, Nick Newell, Cozy Powell, Jerry Stevenson, Big Jim Sullivan
Appears in albums along with: Gary Boyle, Martin Drover, Bernie Holland, Morris Pert, Roy Shipston, Cliff Barton, Graham Jarvis, Mike Kellie, James Lascelles, Ian McLagan, Francis Monkman, Joe Moretti, Raphael Ravenscroft


• Peggy Lee (vocals) (Death: 21/January/2002 - Birth: 26/May/1920)
Played in: Peggy Lee Band / Benny Goodman Group
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Milt Bernhart, Monty Budwig, Larry Bunker, Frank Foster, Herb Geller, Sonny Igoe, Hank Jones, Hal McKusick, Nat Peck, Ed Shaughnessy, Ed Thigpen, Derek Watkins, Joe Wilder, Jimmy Wyble
Appears in albums along with: Milt Bernhart, Larry Bunker, Bud Shank, Joel DiBartolo, John Guerin, Sonny Igoe, Bert Jansch, Pete Jolly, George Marino, Al Porcino, Ed Shaughnessy, Tony Terran, Snooky Young


• John Jackson (guitar) (Death: 20/January/2002 - Birth: 25/February/1924)
Played in: Bob Dylan Band / Lucinda Williams Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Kenny Buttrey, Levon Helm, Duane Jarvis, Ian McLagan
Appears in albums along with: Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Andrew Love


• Loonis McGlohon (keyboards) (Death: 19/January/2002 - Birth: 29/September/1921)
Appears in albums along with: Joe Wilder


• Bob Neely (sax) (Death: 15/January/2002 - Birth: 20/November/1931)
Appears in albums along with: Tom Dowd, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Andrew Love, Ian McLagan


• George Jinda (percussion) (Death: 11/January/2002 - Birth: 04/June/1941)
Played in: Special EFX / World News
Appears in albums along with: Carlos Vega, Wayne Pedzwater


• David McWilliams (vocals) (Death: 08/January/2002 - Birth: 04/July/1945)
Played in: David McWilliams Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Miller Anderson
Appears in albums along with: Barry De Souza, Tommy Eyre, Martin Jenner, Bruce Lynch


• Tyrone Green (drums) (Death: 08/January/2002 - Birth: 30/October/1944)
Played in: Wilson Pickett Band / Midnight Movers
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Gary Moberley, Charles Pitts


• Bobby Austin (vocals / bass) (Death: 06/January/2002 - Birth: 04/May/1933)
My short comment: Country artist, he released several singles in the period between 1960 and 1973.
Appears in albums along with: Tom Brumley


• Tim Buckley (guitar) (Death: 06/January/2002 - Birth: 22/August/1955)


• Little Bo Savich (drums) (Death: 04/January/2002 - Birth: 02/August/1939)


• Other musicians that passed away this month, but I probably won´t cover them here: Papa Joe Bernard, Henry Kloss, Carlo Karges, Steve Salem, Scot White, Ed Watt, Thomas Bird Hoskins, Vic Angelillo, Joyce Carr, Bill Barber, Bob Marrone, Earl K Humphreys, Mick Finn, Lord Pretender, Sheldon Allman, Carla S Buchanan, Carrie Hamilton, Jack Maier, Darrell Reynolds, Jeff Astle, George Henry Mansfield, Dave Gray, Dennis Pavao, Bertha J Lyles, Lawrence K Harris, Queenie Leonard, Eddie Meduza, Ron Taylor, Leon McTee Fulton, Van der Ploeg, Red River Dave, Eddie Jackson, Nacio Herb Brown Jr, Ted Demme, Mike Marmer, Hoagy Lands, Stanley Unwin, Phil Givant, Amparo Montes, Keith Clark, Rudy Bullacher, Joe Jackson, Richard Brown, Neil Kelly, Eddie Zack, Nauman Scott, J P Doyle, Don Keranen, Jon Lee, Zachary Zazueta, Arlene L Dayton, Rob Lumbre, Ramiro Puerta, Bob Vaughn, Esquivel, Zac Foley, Robert Caffrey, Frank Hardwick, Jimmy Warzee.

2002:

• Walt Weidler (sax) (Death: 2002 - Birth: 1923)
Played in: Charlie Barnet Orchestra / Weidler Brothers Orchestra


• Randy Palmer (guitar) (Death: 2002)
Played in: Pentagram


• Svend Erik Norregard (drums) (Death: 2002 - Birth: 1941)
Played in: Frank Marocco Group / Jesper Thilo Group / Duke Jordan Group
Appears in albums along with: Hugo Rasmussen


• Tele Palacios (drums) (Death: 2002)
Played in: Triana / Gong


• Graham Moores (guitar) (Death: 2002 - Birth: 1945)
Played in: Grisby Dyke / The Admirals / The Impact


• Jo Ment (sax / flute) (Death: 2002 - Birth: 1923)
Played in: James Last Orchestra / NDR Big Band / George Gruntz Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Harry Beckett, Marcus Belgrave, Madeline Bell, Irene Chanter, Kay Garner, Herb Geller, George Gruntz, Peter Herbolzheimer, Stevie Lange, Paul Motian, Lew Soloff, Big Jim Sullivan, Derek Watkins, Joanne Williams, Mike Zwerin
Appears in albums along with: Herb Geller, Derek Watkins, Irene Chanter, George Gruntz


• John Dawson (bass) (Death: 2002)
Played in: The Poets / Dave Whiffin Band


• Ron Carthy (trumpet) (Death: 2002)
Played in: Gonzalez / Chris Farlowe Band / Cayenne / Herbie Goins & The Night Timers / Gerry McAvoy Band / Doris Troy Band / The Blue Aces / Wynder K Frog
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Speedy Acquaye, Miller Anderson, Harry Beckett, Madeline Bell, Dave Bronze, Hugh Bullen, Rob Burns, Sergio Castillo, Doreen Chanter, Irene Chanter, Terry ´Tex´ Comer, Rod De´Ath, Martin Drover, Colin Hodgkinson, Gordon Hunte, Chris Mercer, Micky Moody, Nick Newell, Chris Parren, Bobby Stignac, Linda Taylor, Joanne Williams, Pete York
Appears in albums along with: Chris Mercer, Gordon Hunte, Bobby Stignac, Martin Drover, Linda Taylor, Tom Dowd, David ´Fathead´ Newman, Ed Spevock, Madeline Bell, Hugh Bullen, Sergio Castillo, Rod De´Ath, Donald ´Duck´ Dunn, Cornell Dupree, Clive Edwards, Bernie Holland, Conrad Isidore, Phil Kenzie, Stevie Lange, Jeff Seopardie, Big Jim Sullivan, Ray Warleigh, Geoff Whitehorn, Joanne Williams, Viola Wills


• Gordon Edwards (keyboards) (Death: 2002 - Birth: 29/December/1946)
Played in: Pretty Things / The Kinks / John Coghlan´s Diesel Band / Sunshine
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Andy Bown, Mick Grabham, John Gustafson, Micky Moody, Nick Newell, Chris Parren, Victor Unitt
Appears in albums along with: Victor Unitt, Mike Kellie


• Brian Knight (vocals) (Death: 2002)
My short comment: Veteran from the British r&b scene of early 60s. His solo album from the early 80s featured Peter Green, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Charlie Watts, among others.
Played in: Blues By Six / Original All Stars / Ronnie Lane Band / Brian Knight Band
Other members of these same bands already covered here: Cliff Barton, Cal Batchelor, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Ian McLagan
Appears in albums along with: Dick Heckstall-Smith, Bert Jansch, Dana Gillespie, Colin Hodgkinson, Micky Moody, Ray Warleigh


• Other musicians that passed away this year (month unknown to me), but I probably won´t cover them here: Keith Ball, Patrick Tembo, Finbar O´Leary.

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