Tuesday, October 21, 2008

WCOM-FM DOCUMENTARY

http://current.com/items/88959360_low_power_high_volume

Saturday, October 11, 2008

North Carolina Native Jazz Personalities

A. NATIVE NORTH CAROLINA JAZZ PERSONALITIES
1. Frankie Alexander--vocalist--b. Shelby, N. C.
2. Alvin Atkinson--drummer--b. Dudley, N. C., 1/20/1972.
3. Stanley Baird--saxophonist--b. Asheville, N. C.
4. Ron Baxter--saxophonist--b. Raleigh, N. C.
5. Clyde Bernhardt--vocalist--b. Gold Hill, N. C., 7/11/1905--d. 5/20/1966.
6. Johnny Best--trumpeter--b. Shelby, N.C., 10/20/1913.
7. Skeeter Best--guitarist--b. Kinston, N.C., 11/20/1914--5/27/1985.
8. Joe Bonner--pianist--b. Rocky Mount, NC, 4/20/1948.
9. Beverly Botsford--percussionist--b. Charlotte, NC
10 Hugh Brodie--saxophonist--b. Henderson, NC--2/7/1933.
11. David "Bubba" Brooks-- saxophonist--b. Fayetteville, N.C., 5/29/1922-
4/11/2002.
12. Tina Brooks--saxophonist--b. Fayeteville, N.C., 6/7/1932--8/13/1974.
13. John V. Brown--bassist--b. Fayetteville, N.C., 8/14/1970.
14. Ike Carpenter--pianist--b. Durham, NC, b. 3/11/1920--11/17/1998.
15. Ray Codrington--trumpeter--b. Dunn, NC.
16. John Coltrane--saxophonist--b. Hamlet, NC, 9/23/1926--7/17/1967.
17. Chris Columbus--drummer--b. Greenville, NC, 6/17/1902.
18. Albert "Chip" Crawford--pianist--b. Raleigh, NC.
19. Lois Deloatch--vocalist--b. Margarettsville, NC.
20. Lou Donaldson--saxophonist--b. Badin, NC, 11/1/1926.
21. Tal Farlow--guitarist--b. Greensboro, NC, 6/7/1921--7/25/1998.
22. Roberta Flack, vocalist--b. Black Mountain, NC.
23. Linton Garner--pianist--b. Greensboro, NC, 3/25/1915.
24. Kathy Gelb--vocalist--b. Raleigh, NC.
25. Rufus Harley--bagpiper--b. Raleigh, NC, 5/20/1936--2003.
26. Percy Heath--bassist--b. Wilmington, NC, 4/30/1923--2005.
27. Steve Hobbs--vibraphonist/ marimba player--b. Raleigh, NC, 4/7/1956.
28. Laurence Hobgood--pianist--b. Raleigh, NC, 12/23/1923.
29. Ernie Hood--guitarist--b. Charlotte, NC, 6/2/1923.
30. Brian Horton--saxophonist--b. Kinston, NC.
31. Billy Kaye--drummer--b. Wilson, NC, 1932.
32. Matt Kendricks--bassist--b. Greenville, NC, 4/1/1957.
33. Frank Kimbrough--pianist--b. Roxboro, NC, 11/2/1956
34. Aidia Ledbetter--vocalist--b. Durham, NC.
35. Freeman Ledbetter--bassist--b. Dunn, NC.
36. Charles "Chuck" Leonard--drummer--b. Raleigh, NC.
37. Sabby Lewis--pianist--b. Middleburg, NC, 11/1/1914--7/9/1994
38. Wilbur Little--bassist--b. Parmele, NC, 3/5/1928--5/4/1987.
39. John Malachi--pianist--b. Red Springs, NC, 9/16/1919--2/11/1987
40. Andrew McGhee--saxophonist--b. Wilmington, NC.
41. Loonis McGlohon--pianist--b. Ayden, NC, 9/29/1921--1/26/2002.
42. Josie Miles--vocalist--b. Sommerville, NC. 1900?
43. Thelonious Monk--pianist--b. Rocky Mount, NC, 10/10/1917--2/17/1982.
44. Freddie Moore--vocalist--b. Washington, NC, 8/20/1900--11/3/1992.
45. Numa Pee Wee Moore--saxophonist--b. Raleigh, NC, 3/5/1928.
46. Helen Morgan--wife-- Lee Morgan--b. Shallotte, NC--d. 3/1996.
47. Chris Murrell--vocalist--b. Winston-Salem, NC.
48. Alvin Neese--trumpeter--b. Greensboro, NC.
49. Maceo Parker--saxophonist--b. Kinston, NC, 2/14/1943.
50. Larry Price--saxophonist--b. Wilmington, NC.
51. Red Prysock--saxophonist--b. Pomona, NC, 2/25/1925--7/19/1993.
52. Waymon Reed--trumpeter--b. Fayetteville, NC, 1/10/1940--11/25/1983.
53. Max Roach--drummer--b. New Land, NC, 1/10/1924--8/16/2007.
54. Gregory Royal--trombonist--b. Greensboro, NC, 10/10/1961.
55. Malachi Sharpe--vibraphonist--b. Cumberland County, NC.
56. Woody Shaw--trumpeter--b. Laurinburg, NC, 12/24/1944--5/10/1989.
57. Nina Simone--vocalist--b. Tryon, NC, 2/21/1933--4/21/2003.
58. Tab Smith--saxophonist--b. Kinston, NC, 1/11/1909--8/17/1971.
59. Tom Smith--trombonist--b. Greenville, NC, 5/10/1957.
60. Sonny Stokes--trumpeter--b. Greensboro, NC, 11/11/1926.
61. Bob Tapp--guitarist--b. Roxboro, NC.
62. Grady Tate--drummer--b. Durham, NC, 1/14/1932.
63. Billy Taylor--pianist--b. Greenville, NC, 7/24/1921.
64. Thomas Taylor, Jr.--drummer--b. Elizabeth City, NC.
65. Mickey Tucker--pianist--b. Durham, NC, 4/28/1941.
66. Cynthia Tyson--vocalist--b. Wilmington, NC--d. Kenya.
67. Rudy Tyson--pianist--b. Greenville, NC--d. Wilmington, Delaware.
68. Harold Vick--saxophonist--b. Rocky Mount, NC--4/3/1946--11/13/1987.
69. Ira Wiggins--saxophonist--b. Kinston, NC.
70. Eddie Wilcox--pianist--b. Method, NC, 12/27/1907--9/29/1968.
71. Whit Williams--saxophonist--b. Macon, NC.
72. Dennis Wilson--trombonist--b. Greensboro, NC, 7/22/1952.
73. Lena Wilson--vocalist--b. Charlotte, NC. 1898.
74. Bill Wood--bassist--b. Wilkesboro, NC, 11/7/1937
75. Lewis Worrell--bassist--b. Charlotte, NC, 11/7/1934.