Celebrating Birthdays In The Month of June...

Ray Bauduc (June 18, 1906) drums/composer. Charter member of Bob Crosby's Bob Cats. Co-composer of "South Rampart Street Parade"

Louis Thomas "Lou" Black (June 8, 1901) banjo, with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings (1921-1923)

Tom Brown (June 3, 1888) trombone/string bass, performed with Papa Jack Laine's Reliance Brass Band, and led own Ragtime Band (1910-1915)

Adolphus Anthony "Doc" Cheatham, (June 13, 1905), trumpet, with Albert Wynn (1926), Wilbur DeParis (1927-1928, 1957, 1960), McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1931-1932), Cab Calloway (1933-1939), Teddy Wilson (1939), Benny Carter (1940) Fletcher Henderson (1941), Benny Goodman (1966-1967)

Lester Rallingston "Shad" Collins (June 27, 1910) trumpet, with Chick Webb (1931), Benny Carter (1933), Teddy Hill (1936-1937), Count Basie (1938-1940), Lester Young (1941), Cab Calloway (1941-1943, 1944-1946)

Edward Emerson "Ed" Cuffee (June 7, 1902), trombone, with McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1930-1934), Fletcher Henderson (1936-1939), Bunk Johnson (1947)

Charles A. "Charlie" Elgar (June 13, 1885) violin/saxes/clarinet/leader, performed with Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra, led own orchestra

Glen Gray (Knoblaugh) (June 7, 1906), leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra

"Captain" John Handy (June 24, 1900) alto sax/clarinet, performed with local New Orleans orchestras, among them Kid Rena, Amos Riley, John Casimir, Kid Howard, Kid Sheik, etc. Led the Louisiana Shakers.

Emmett Louis Hardy (June 12, 1903) cornet, performed with Papa Jack Laine (1917), influenced many cornet players

Clarence Behrens Hutchenrider (June 13, 1906) clarinet/saxes/flute, with the Casa Loma Orchestra (1931-1943)

Dewey Jackson (June 21, 1900) trumpet, performed with Charlie Creath (1919, 1927, 1934, 1936), led own bands (1920-1923, 1927-1929, 1930-1932), Fate Marable (1924, 1926, 1929-1930, 1936), Andrew Preer at the Cotton Club (1926), led own Musical Ambassadors (1937) on riverboats - a favored venue for the trumpeter.

Anthony "Tony" Jackson (June 5, 1876) piano/vocals, legendary Storyville entertainer who had a profound influence on Jelly Roll Morton, and Clarence Williams

Richard M. Jones (June 13, 1889) piano/composer, with the Eureka Brass Band (early 1900s), John Robichaux, Armand Piron (mid-1910's), led the Jazz Wizards (1920s-early 1930s), "race" recording manager for Okeh records, talent scout for various record companies

Don Kirkpatrick (June 17, 1905) piano/arranger, performed with Chick Webb (late 1920s - 1932), Don Redman (1933-1938), arranged for many bands, including Benny Goodman, Alvino Rey, etc. Occasionally performed with Zutty Singleton, Mezz Mezzrow and Bunk Johnson (late 1930s-mid 1940s)

Hilton Napoleon "Nappy" Lamare (June 14, 1907), guitar/banjo/vocals, with Ben Pollack (1930-1934), founder member of the Bob Crosby Band (1935-1942), Eddie Miller (1943)

Ted Lewis (Theodore Leopold Friedman) (June 6, 1892) clarinet/vocals, led popular orchestra which on occasion featured Jazz musicians like Fats Waller, Muggsy Spanier, Benny Goodman and Georg Brunis

Jimmie Lunceford (June 6, 1902) bandleader, leader of a popular big band in the 1930s which favored the two-beat Dixieland style of Jazz as opposed to the four-beat Swing style embraced by other big bands of the time.

Paul Mares (June 15, 1900) trumpet/composer, organized (along with Leon Rappolo) the New Orleans Rhythm Kings

Charles "Charlie" Margulis (June 24, 1903) trumpet, performed with Jean Goldkette (1924-1925), Paul Whiteman (1927-1930), Dorsey Brothers (early 1930s), Glenn Miller (1938)

Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall, (June 11, 1899), drums, performed with Fletcher Henderson (1924-1930), McKinney's Cotton Pickers (early 1930s), Edgar Hayes (1939), Wild Bill Davison (1943), Art Hodes (1943-1947), Garvin Bushell (1944), Sidney Bechet (1945, 1947), Bunk Johnson (1946)

Raymond Frederick "Ray" McKinley (June 18, 1910) drums/vocals, with the Dorsey Brothers (1934-1935), Jimmy Dorsey (1935-1939), co-led band with trombonist Will Bradley (1939-1942), led Glenn Miller's Army-Air Force Orchestra after the leader's death (1944-1945)

Eddie Miller (June 23, 1911) tenor sax and clarinet, with Ben Pollack (1930-1934), Wingy Manone (1935), founder-member of Bob Crosby band (1935-1942)

Ernest "Punch" Miller (Ernest Burden) (June 14, 1894) trumpet/vocals, toured with Jelly Roll Morton (1927), Al Wynn, Tiny Parham, Erskine Tate and Freddie Keppard (1927-1928) Frankie Franko (Francois Moseley) and his Louisianians (1929-1933, 1934, 1935), led own bands (early 1920s, 1933, early 1940s)

James "Jimmy" Mundy (June 28, 1907) arranger, with Earl Hines (1932-1936), Benny Goodman (1936-1939), arranged for many big bands including: Count Basie, Paul Whiteman, Gene Krupa, Bob Crosby, Glen Gray

Don Murray (June 7, 1904) clarinet/saxes/violin, with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings (1923), Jean Goldkette (1924-1927), Bix Beiderbecke (recordings 1927-1928), Adrian Rollini (1927),
Ted Lewis (1928-1929)

Ben Pollack (June 22, 1903) drums, leader of a popular orchestra during the 1920s-early 1930s which, at various times, boasted the talents of top flight Jazz musicians. Appeared in the films, The Glenn Miller Story and The Benny Goodman Story

Irving "Mouse" Randolph (June 22, 1909) trumpet, with Fate Marable (late 1920s), Andy Kirk (1931-1933), Fletcher Henderson (1934), Cab Calloway (1935-1939)

Bill Rank (June 8, 1904) trombone, performed with Jean Goldkette (1923-1927), Bix Beiderbecke (recordings 1927-1928), Adrian Rollini (1927), Paul Whiteman (1927-1938)

Allan Reuss (June 15, 1915) guitar, performed with Benny Goodman (1935-1938, 1943-1944), Jack Teagarden (1939), Harry James (1944-1945)

Prince Robinson (June 7, 1902) clarinet / tenor sax, with McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1928-1931, 1932-1935), Blanche Calloway (1935-1937), Roy Eldridge (1938-1940), Louis Armstrong (1940-1942)

Adrian Rollini (June 28, 1904) bass sax/vibraphone/"hot fountain pen"/"goofus" performed with Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, Eddie Lang, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman among others on many freelance recordings during the 1920s-early 1930s

Irving "Babe" Russin (June 18, 1911) tenor sax/clarinet, with the California Ramblers (1926), Red Nichols (1928-1929, 1930-1932), Ben Pollack (1930), Benny Goodman (late 1937-early 1938 - appeared with band at Carnegie Hall concert), Tommy Dorsey (1938-1940), Jimmy Dorsey (1942-1944), appeared in the film, The Benny Goodman Story.

Eugene P. "Honey Bear" Sedric (June 17, 1907) tenor sax/clarinet, with Fats Waller (1934-1942)

Clarence "Pinetop" Smith (June 11, 1904), piano/vocals, one of the early contributors of the Boogie Woogie style

Tony Spargo (Antonio Sbarboro) (June 27, 1897) drums/kazoo, charter member of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Harry Alexander "Father" White (June 1, 1898) trombone/saxes/cornet/arranger/composer, with Luis Russell (1927-1928, 1935), Duke Ellington (1929), Cab Calloway (1931, 1932-1935), Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1931-1932), Louis Armtrong (1935-1936), Hot Lips Page (1938), Bud Freeman (1940)