SwingDJs

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

Eddie Lang------------30----------sudden hemorrhage following a tonsillectomy

Lang is in there.

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

No one wants to play a 'death ax'.

I scanned the list and didn't see it, but there it is.
Word to the wise, forget the tonsilectomy.

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

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

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

homeless

That's just cruel, man.

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 )

I love trombone!