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Some Dead Vintage Jazz and Swing Musicians

#1 Post by Eyeball » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:35 pm

Name-----------------Age--------cause of death
Sonny Berman------------22----------heroin overdose
Jimmy Blanton------------23----------tuberculosis
Charlie Christian---------25----------pneumonia, tuberculosis
Ake 'Stan' Hasselgard--26----------car accident
Bix Beiderbecke----------28-----------pneumonia, alcoholism
Bubber Miley--------------29------------tuberculosis, alcoholism
Eddie Lang----------------30------------botched operation on a tonsillectomy
Chick Webb---------------30------------pneumonia
Jimmy Blythe--------------30------------meningitis
Freddie Webster---------30------------heroin overdose
Chu Berry------------------31------------car crash
Bunny Berigan-----------33------------massive hemorrhage, alcoholism
Charlie Parker -----------34------------drugs
Wardell Gray--------------34------------found in desert
Oscar Pettiford------------37-----------head injuries from bicycle accident
Dinah Washington------39-------------accidental overdose of diet pills mixed with alcohol
Fats Waller----------------39-------------pneumonia, alcoholism
Glenn Miller---------------40-------------air crash
Bennie Moten------------40--------------botched operation on a tonsillectomy
Sid Catlett-----------------41--------------heart attack, pneumonia
John Kirby-----------------43--------------diabetes
Tiny Parham--------------43--------------heart attack
Django Reinhardt--------43--------------stroke
Freddie Keppard---------43--------------tuberculosis, alcoholism
Ike Quebec----------------44--------------cancer
Billie Holiday--------------44-------------drugs
Mildred Bailey------------44--------------heart attack, diabetes
Garland Wilson----------44--------------(no information)
Jimmie Lunceford-------45--------------cardiac arrest, rumours that he was poisoned
Nat 'King' Cole-----------45---------------lung cancer
Hot Lips Page------------46---------------(no information)
Art Tatum-------------------47---------------uremia / kidney failure
Johnny Dodds-------------47---------------(no information)
Lester Young--------------49----------------alcoholism
Dave Lambert-------------49---------------road accident
Jelly Roll Morton----------50---------------heart disease, asthma
Tommy Dorsey------------51----------------suffocation / sleeping pills
Billy Strayhorn-------------52---------------- cancer
King Oliver------------------52---------------heart failure

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#2 Post by Campus Five » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:40 pm

Eddie Lang------------30----------sudden hemorrhage following a tonsillectomy
"I don''t dig that two beat jive the New Orleans cats play.
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
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#3 Post by Eyeball » Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:10 pm

Lang is in there.

It would be interesting to break the list down by instrument.

No one wants to play a 'death ax'.

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#4 Post by Campus Five » Fri Oct 06, 2006 8:47 pm

I scanned the list and didn't see it, but there it is.
Word to the wise, forget the tonsilectomy.
"I don''t dig that two beat jive the New Orleans cats play.
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
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#5 Post by Eyeball » Fri Oct 06, 2006 10:15 pm

Trombones seem pretty safe on this list...only 2 early deaths.

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#6 Post by la musette » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:05 pm

Eyeball wrote:Trombones seem pretty safe on this list...only 2 early deaths.
ah that's just because the names aren't famous - people rarely care about the trombonists. :( bugger all

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#7 Post by Eyeball » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:43 pm

What do you call a trombonist without a wife, girlfriend or mother?

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#8 Post by Campus Five » Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:59 pm

homeless
"I don''t dig that two beat jive the New Orleans cats play.
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
--Count Basie
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#9 Post by Eyeball » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:39 pm

That's just cruel, man.

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#10 Post by la musette » Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:01 am

Well, what do you call him? Horny?


While we're on the subject of trombone players, I'll put in a shameless plug for a FANTASTIC female trombonist in Paris who I know because she comes from good old Cbus, Ohio. She makes trombone seem a lot hotter! (not usually very danceable, but awesome nonetheless) She is, I believe, the only female musician to ever join Ray Charles' band. Her concerts are fun because she often involves her audience in call and response.
http://www.sarahmorrow.com

I once saw Steve Turre perform in a restaurant and he was so jaw-dropping good everyone had no choice but to drop their food and jump up for a standing ovation. He played jazz concha shells. Dear god it was amazing. (he used to be in the SNL band so you *might* recognize him.... okay probably not. You'd know that stupid blond cheezy guitar guy instead :roll: )

I love trombone! :oops:

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