On December 25, 2016, Alphonse Lee Mouzon died aged 68. He was musician (drums), composer, arranger, producer and actor, and the owner of Tenacious Records. He has recorded and performed with many famous musicians and music acts including Arild Andersen, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Bobbi Humphrey, Joachim Kühn, Les McCann, McCoy Tyner, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Eugene McDaniels, Betty Davis, Infinity, Doug Carn, Norman Connors, Willie Colon, Poussez, Al Di Meola, Torsten de Winkel, Hellmut Hattler, Miles Davis, Gil Evans, Fania All-Stars, Carlos Garnett, George Gruntz, Tim Hardin, Miki Howard, Paul Jackson, Paul Jackson Jr., Alphonso Johnson and Patrick Moraz.
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Shirley Horn
On October 20, 2005, Shirley Valerie Horn died aged 71. She was singer and musician (piano), became one of the best known and most successful female singers in the jazz history. Horn performed and recorded with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis, Stuff Smith, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Charlie Haden, Oscar Peterson, Joe Williams, Jeffery Smith, Clark Terry, Bill Charlap and others. For her work she had received many awards including: “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance”; “National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award”, and “Honorary Doctor of Music Degree” from the “Berklee College of Music”.
Miles Davis
On September 28, 1991, Miles Dewey Davis III aka Miles Davis died aged 65. He was musician (trumpet), bandleader, and composer, one of the most influential and respected figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. In his five decades-long career, Davis has changed several times the course of jazz music and has created and recorded some of the most important albums of modern music. For his work, he has been awarded the highest awards including:
- Winner; Down BeatReader’s Poll Best Trumpet Player 1955
- Winner; Down Beat Reader’s Poll Best Trumpet Player 1957
- Winner; Down Beat Reader’s Poll Best Trumpet Player 1961
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Composition Of More Than Five Minutes Duration for Sketches of Spain (1960)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance, Large Group Or Soloist With Large Group for Bitches Brew (1970)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist for We Want Miles (1982)
- Sonning Award for Lifetime Achievement In Music (1984; Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Doctor of Music, honoris causa(1986; New England Conservatory)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist for Tutu (1986)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist for Aura(1989)
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band for Aura (1989)
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award(1990)
- Louis Walk of Fame(May 20, 1990)[83]
- Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score for Dingo, shared with Michel Legrand (1991)
- Knight of the Legion of Honor (July 16, 1991; Paris)
- Grammy Award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance for Doo-Bop (1992)
- Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance for Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux (1993)
- Hollywood Walk of FameStar (February 19, 1998)
- Rock and Roll Hall of FameInduction (March 13, 2006)
- Hollywood’s RockwalkInduction (September 28, 2006)
- RIAAQuadruple Platinum for Kind of Blue (October 7, 2008)
Joe Sample
On September 12, 2014, Joseph Leslie “Joe” Sample died aged 75. He was musician (piano, keyboards) and composer, one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders (Crusaders from 1971), and has performed with some of the biggest names of the contemporary music, including Miles Davis, The Supremes, George Benson, B.B King, Jimmy Witherspoon, Eric Clapton and Steely Dan.
Miles Davis: In A Silent Way
On July 30, 1969, “Columbia” label released “In a Silent Way”, the 44th Miles Davis album. It was recorded in one session on February 18, 1969, at “CBS 30th Street Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Teo Macero. The album is regarded by fans and critics as one of Davis’s greatest and most influential works.
Personnel:
- Miles Davis– trumpet
- Wayne Shorter– soprano saxophone
- John McLaughlin– electric guitar
- Chick Corea– electric piano
- Herbie Hancock– electric piano
- Joe Zawinul– organ
- Dave Holland– double bass
- Tony Williams– drums
- Stan Tonkel – engineer
- Lee Friedlander – cover photography
- John G. Walter – back cover photofraphy
- Frank Glenn – back cover notes
Track listing:
- Shhh/Peaceful – Miles Davis
- Shhh
- Peaceful
- Shhh
- In a Silent Way/It’s About That Time – Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis
- In a Silent Way
- It’s About That Time
- In a Silent Way
Miles Davis: Miles in the Sky
On July 22, 1968, “Columbia” label released “Miles in the Sky”, studio album by Miles Davis. It was recorded January 16 and May 15-17, 1968, at “Columbia Studio B” in New York, and was produced by Teo Marcero. It was first Miles album to include electric bass and electric piano.
Personnel:
- Miles Davis– trumpet, cornet
- Wayne Shorter– tenor saxophone
- Herbie Hancock– piano, electric piano
- George Benson– electric guitar
- Ron Carter– bass, electric bass
- Tony Williams– drums
Track listing:
- Stuff – Miles Davis
- Paraphernalia – Wayne Shorter
- Black Comedy – Tony Williams
- Country Son – Miles Davis
Miles Davis: Big Fun
On April 19, 1974, “Columbia” label released “Big Fun” a double album by Miles Davis. It was recorded November 1969; February and March 1970, and June 1972, at “Columbia Studios B and E”, and was produced by Teo Macero.
Personnel:
- Miles Davis– trumpet, electric trumpet with wah wah
- John McLaughlin– guitar
- Khalil Balakrishna– electric sitar
- Bihari Sharima– tamboura
- Lonnie Liston Smith– piano
- Harold I. Williams, Jr. –piano
- Joe Zawinul– electric piano
- Chick Corea– electric piano
- Herbie Hancock– electric piano
- Larry Young– organ, celeste
- Sonny Fortune– soprano saxophone, flute
- Carlos Garnett– soprano saxophone
- Steve Grossman– soprano saxophone
- Wayne Shorter– soprano saxophone
- Bennie Maupin– clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
- Dave Holland– electric bass guitar, double bass
- Harvey Brooks– electric bass guitar
- Michael Henderson– electric bass
- Billy Cobham– triangle, drums
- Jack DeJohnette– drums
- Al Foster– drums
- Billy Hart– drums
- Airto Moreira– cuíca, percussion, berimbau, Indian instruments
- James Mtume– African percussion
- Badal Roy– tabla
- Seth Rothstein – project director
- Frank Laico, Stan Tonkel – engineer
- Russ Payne, Stan Weiss, John Guerriere – mixing
- Corky McCoy– cover art
Track listing:
- Great Expectations – Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul
- Great Expectations – Miles Davis, Joe Zawinul
- Orange Lady – Joe Zawinul
- Ife – Miles Davis
- Recollections – Joe Zawinul
- Trevere – Miles Davis
- Go Ahead John – Miles Davis
- Lonely Fire – Miles Davis
- The Little Blue Frog – Miles Davis
- Yaphet – Miles Davis
Cassandra Wilson: Travelling Miles
On March 23, 1999, “Blue Note” label released “Traveling Miles”, the thirteenth Cassandra Wilson album. It was recorded in December 1997, at “The Hit Factory” in New York City, May & September 1998, at “Bearsville Studios” in Bearsville, and was produced by Cassandra Wilson.The album is a tribute to Miles Davis.
Personnel:
- Cassandra Wilson – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Doug Wamble– acoustic guitar
- Eric Lewis– piano
- Jeffrey Haynes, Kevin Breit– acoustic, electric, resophonic & e-bow guitars, electric mandolin, mandocello, bazouki
- Lonnie Plaxico– acoustic bass
- Marcus Baylor– drums, percussion
- Marvin Sewell– acoustic, classical & electric guitars, bazouki
- Mino Cinelu– percussion
- Perry Wilson– drums
- Vincent Henry– harmonica
- Dave Holland– bass
- Olu Dara– cornet
- Steve Coleman– alto sax
- Pat Metheny– classical guitar
- Angelique Kidjo– vocals
- Regina Carter– violin
- Stefon Harris– vibraphone
Track listing:
- Run the Voodoo Down – Miles Davis, Cassandra Wilson
- Traveling Miles – Cassandra Wilson
- Right Here Right Now – Marvin Sewell and Cassandra Wilson
- Time After Time – Rob Hyman and Cyndi Lauper
- When The Sun Goes Down – Cassandra Wilson
- Seven Steps – Victor Feldman and Miles Davis
- Someday My Prince Will Come – Frank Churchill and Larry Morey
- Never Broken – Wayne Shorter and Cassandra Wilson
- Resurrection Blues – Marcus Miller and Cassandra Wilson
- Sky & Sea (Blue in Green) – Miles Davis and Cassandra Wilson
- Piper – Cassandra Wilson
- Voodoo Reprise – Miles Davis, Cassandra Wilson and Angelique Kidjo
Gil Evans
On March 20, 1988, Ian Ernest Gilmore “Gil” Evans died aged 75. He was musician (piano), arranger, composer and bandleader, had important role in the development of free jazz, cool jazz, modal jazz and jazz fusion. Evans performed and recorded with many important jazz musicians including: Miles Davis, Lee Konitz, Glen Hall, Steve Lacy, Claude Thornhill, Johnny Mathis, Hal McKusick, Marcy Lutes, Helen Merill, Don Elliot, Astrud Gilberto and Kenny Burrell. In 1986, Evans was inducted into the “Down Beat” “Jazz Hall of Fame”. He won two “Grammy Awards” – in1960: “Sketches of Spain”, “Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition” with Miles Davis; in 1986: “Bud and Bird”, “Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Big Band”.
Tony Williams
On February 23, 1997, Anthony Tillmon “Tony” Williams died aged 51. He was musician (drums), regarded as one of the most important and influential jazz drummers ever. In his career he has performed and recorded with some of the biggest names in the jazz history, including: Miles Davis, Geri Allen, Arcana, Chet Baker, George Cables, Ron Carter, Stanley Clarke, Eric Dolphy, Kenny Dorham, Gil Evans, Tommy Flanagan, Hal Galper, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Wallace Roney, Jonas Hellborg, Joe Henderson, Andrew Hill, Terumasa Hino, Allan Holdsworth, Hank Jones, Charles Lloyd, Michael Mantler, Ray Manzarek, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, John McLaughlin, Jackie McLean, Marcus Miller, Mulgrew Miller, Grachan Moncur III, Jaco Pastorius, Michel Petrucciani, Pop Workshop, Public Image Limited, Don Pullen, Sam Rivers, Sonny Rollins, Wallace Roney, Travis Shook, McCoy Tyner, Sadao Watanabe and Weather Report. In 1969, Tony Williams formed a trio, the Tony Williams Lifetime, with John McLaughlin on guitar and Larry Young on organ.
