History of New York &
"B" and "D" of Jazz Artists in New York (and partly New Jersey)

Partial reference: Eyewitness of Dorink Kindersley

Algonquian-speaking Indians
The First New Yorkers, The First inhabitants of Manhattan

1524	Giovanni da Verrazano sails into New York harbour
1609	Henry Hudson sails up the Hudson River in search of the Northwest Passage
1624	Dutch established first permanent trading post
1625	First black slaves brought from Africa
1626	Peter Minute buys Manhattan from the Indians
1643-45	Indian skirmisches end with temporary peace treaty
1647	Peter Stuyvesant becomes colonial governor
1653	Wall is built for protection from Indians; adjacent street is called Wall Street
1654	First Jewish settlers arrive
1660	First city hospital established
1664	British forces oust Dutch without a fight and change name to New York
1676	Great Dock built on East River
1680s	Bolting Laws give New York exclusive right to process and ship grain
1683	First New Yirk city charter established
1689	Merchant Jacob Leisler leads revolt against taxes and takes over the city for two years
1691	Leisler sentenced to death for treason
1693	Ninety-two cannons installed for protection; area becomes known as the Battery
1698	Trinity Church dedicated
1702	Lord Cornbury appointed colonial governor; he often wore women's clothes
1710	Iroquois chief Hendrick visits England
1711	Slave market set up at the foot of Wall Street
1720	First shipyard opens
1725	New York Gazette, city's first newspaper, is established
1732	First city theater opens
1733	Bowling Green becomes first city park; First ferries to Brooklyn
1734	John Peter Zenger's libel trial upholds freedm of the press
1741	Slave uprising creates hysteria; 31 slaves are executed, 150 imprisoned
1754	French and Indian War begins; King's college (now Columbia University) founded
1759	First jail built
1762	First paid police force
1763	War ends; British gain control of North America
1765	British pass Stamp Act; New Yorkers protest; Sons of Liberty formed
1766	St Paul's Chapel completed; Stamp Act repealed; Statue of George III erected on Bowling Green
1767	New duties imposed with Townshend Act; after protests, the Act is repealed
1770	Sons of Liberty fight British in the "Battle of Golden Hill"
1774	Robels dump tea in New York harbour to protest taxes
1776	War begins; 500 ships under General Howe assemble in New York harbour
1783	Treaty of Paris signed, US wins independence; British evacuate New York
1784	Bank of New York chartered
1785	New York named US capital
1789	George Washington inaugurated as first president at Federal Hall
1790	US capital is moved to Philadelphia
1791	New York Hospital, city's oldest, opens
1792	Tontine Coffee House built - first home of the Stock Excgange
1794	Bellevue Hospital opens on the East River
1801	New York Post founded by Alexander Hamilton
1804	Vice President Aaron Burr kills political rival Alexander Hamilton in a dual
1805	First free state schools established in New York
1807	Robert Fulton launches first steamboat, on the Hudson River
1811	Randel Plan devides Manahattan into grid pattern above 14th Street
1812-14	War of 1812; British blockade New York harbour
1822	Yellow fever epidemic; people evacuate to Greenwich Village
1823	New York surpasses Boston and Philadelphia to become nation's largest city
1827	New York abolishes slavery
1835	Much of old New York razed in city's worst fire
1837	New Yorker Samuel Morse sends first telegraph messsage
1842	Croton Reservoir built
1845	New York Knickerbockers, first organized baseball team, chartered
1849	Astor Place riots; ships set sail for California Gold Rush
1851	New York Times first published
1853	New York hosts first World's Fair
1857	Financial panic and depression
1858	Vaux and Olmsted design Central Park; Macy's founded
1861	Civil War begins
1863	Draft riots last four days, many die
1865	Abraham Lincoln lies in state in City Hall
1867	Brooklyn's Prospect Park completed
1868	First elevated railroad built on Greenwich Street
1869	First apartment house built on 18th Street; Black Friday financial crisis hits Wall Street
1870	J D Rockfeller founds Standard Oil
1871	The first Grand Central Deposit opens on 42nd St.; "Boss" Tweed is arrested and imprisoned
1872	Bloomingdale's opens
1873	Banks fail: Stock Exchange panics
1877	A G Bell demonstrates the telephone in New York
1879	St. Patrick's Cathedral completed; Frst city telephone exchange opened on Nassau Street
1880	Canned fruits and meals first appear in store; Metropolitan Museum of Art opens; Streets lit by electricity
1883	Metroplolitan Operaopens on Broadway; Brooklyn Bridge completed
1886	Statue of Liberty unveiled
1888	Great blizzard dumps 22 in. of snow
1890	First moving picture shows appear in New York
1891	Carnegie Hall opens
1892	Cathedral of St. John Divine begun; Ellis Island opens
1895	Olympia Theater is first to open in the Broadway area
1896	First bagel served in a Clinton Street bakery
1897	Waldorf-Astoria Hotel opens: the largest hotel in the world Pianist, Willie "The Lion" Smith born in Goschen, NY, November 23
1898	ive boroughs merge to form world's second largest city
1900	Mayor Robert Van Wyck breaks ground on city's first subway with silver shovel
1901	Macy's opens Broadway department store Pianist, Frank Signorelli born in New York, May 24
1903	Lyceum Theater opens - oldest Broadway house still in use; Williamsburgh Bridge completed
1904	Trombonist, Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton born in New York, February 1 Pianist, Fats Waller born in New York, May 21 Band Leader & Pianist, Count Basie born in Redbank, NJ, August21, he died in Florida, April 26, 1984
1905	First sailing of the Staten Island Ferry
1906	Architect Stanford White shot at Madison Square Garden, which he had built in 1890
1907	First metered taxi cabs; First Ziegfield Follies Trombonist, Benny Morton born in New York, January 31 Alto Saxophonist, Benny Carter born in New York, August 8 Guitarist, Carl Kress born in Newark, NJ, October 20
1908	Queensborough Bridge completed Pianist, Lennie Hayton born in New York, February 13 Alto Saxist, Russel Procope born in New York, August 11
1909	Wilbur Wright flies first plane over New York; Manhattan Bridge completed Alto Saxist, Hymie Shertzer born in New York, April 2
1910	Pennsylvania Station opens Clarinet Player, Artie Shaw born in New York, May 23
1911	Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 sweatshop workers; New York Public Library completed
1912	Guitarist, Dave Barbour born in New York, May 28 Alto Saxophonist, Jerry Jerome born in New York, June 19
1913	Woolworth Building is world's tallest; New Grand Central Terminal opens; Harlem's Apollo Theater opens For more detailed history, click HERE Alto & Tenor Saxist, Charlie Barnet born in New York, June 16
1915	Tenor Saxist, Flip Phillips born in Brooklyn, February 26 Guitarist, Billy Bauer born in New York, November 14
1916	Pianist, Joe Bushkin born in New York, November 7
1917	Pianist, Johnny Guarnieri born in New York, March 23 Composer & Ragtime King, Scott Joplin died in New York, April 17 Trombonist, Si Zentner born in New York, June 13 Vocalist, Lena Horne born in Brooklyn, June 30 Tenor Saxist, Ike Quebec born in Newark, NJ, August 17
1918	End of World War I Trumpeter, Rusty Dedrick born in New York, July 12 Tenor Saxist, Eddie Shu born in Brooklyn, August 18
1919	18th Amendment bans alcohol, launches Prohibition Era Pianist, Herbie Nichols born in New York, January 3 Trumpeter, "Little" Benny Harris born in New York, April 23 Guitarist, Al Viola born in Brooklyn, June 16 Vocalist, Sylvia Syms born in New York, December 3
1920	American women get the vote Alto Saxophonist, Abe Most born in New York, February 17
1921	Tenor Saxophonist, Eddie Lockjaw Davis born in New York, March 2 Pianist, Martin Napoleon born in Brooklyn, June 2
1922	Pianist, Duke Jordan born in Brooklyn, April 1 Great Vocalist, CARMEN McRAE born in New York, April 8 (died in Hollywood, November 10, 1994) Pianist, Gerald Wiggins born in New York, May 12 Baritone Saxist, Cecil Payne born in Brooklyn, December 14
1923	Pianist, Mel Powell born in New York, February 12 Guitarist, Chuck Wayne born in New York, February 27 Guitarist, Remo Palmieri born in New York, March 29 Pianist, Elmo Hope born in New York, June 27 Tenor Sax & Clarinet Player, Aaron Sachs born in Bronx, July 4 Tenor Saxophonist, Frank Socolow born in Brooklyn, September 18 Alto Saxophonist, Lenny Hambro born in New York, October 16 Pianist, Al Haig born in Newark, NJ, date unknown, he died in November 18, 1982 Yankee Stadium opened, April 18
1924	Pianist, Joe Albany born in Atlantic City, NJ, January 24 Great Vocalist, SARAH VAUGHAN born in Newark, NJ, March 27 Father of Modern Jazz Pianists, BUD POWELL born in New York, September 24 Novelist James Baldwin born in Harlem
1925	The New Yorker magazine is launched Alto Saxist, Dave Schildkraut born in New York, January 7 Tenor Saxist, Dave Pell born in Brooklyn, February 26 Tenor Saxist, Al Cohn born in Brooklyn, March 14 Tenor Saxist, Mike Cuozzo born in Newark, NJ
1926	Jimmy Walker becomes mayor Pianist, Randy Weston born in Brooklyn, April 6 Trombonist, Frank Rehak born in New York, July 7 Pianist, Mal Waldron born in New York, August 16 Baritone Saxist, Sol Schlinger born in New York, September 6 Trumpeter, John Windhurst born in Bronx, November 5
1927	Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic; First talking movie "The Jazz Singer" opens; Holland Tunnnel opened Alto Saxophonist, Allen Eager born in New York, January 10 Pianist, Dick Hyman born in New York, March 8 Bariton Saxist, Gerry Mulligan born in New York, Apirl 6 Pianist, Walter Bishop, Jr. born in New York, April 10 Drummer, Connie Kay born in New York, Apirl 27 Guitarist, Joe Puma born in New York, August 13 Tenor Saxist, Carmen Leggio born in New York, September 30 Pianist, Walter Bishop, Jr. born in New York, October 4
1928	Helmsley Building (formerly the New York Central Building and the New York General Building) erected at 230 Park Avenue (between 45th and 46th Streets, Vanderbilt Avenue and DePeuw Place) Drummer, Bruno Carr born in Bronx, February 9 Tenor Sax & Clarinet Player, Bob Wilber born in New York, March 15 Pianist, Freddie Redd born in New York, May 28 Pianist, Gil Coggins born in New York, August 23 Great Pianist, Kenny Drew born in New York, August 28
1929	Stock market crash, great depression begins Guitarist, Joe Pass born in New Brunswick, NJ, January 13 Pianist, Gildo Mahones born in New York, June 2 Pianist, Cy Coleman born in New York, June 14 Vocalist, Helen Merrill born in New York, June 21 Great Tenor Saxist, SONNY ROLLINS born in New York, September 7
1930-31	1930: Alto Saxophonist, Paul Horn born in New York, March 17 1930: Flutist, Herbie Mann born in Brooklyn, April 16 1930: Trombonist, Mike Zwerin born in New York, May 18 1930: Trumpeter, Johnny Glasel born in New York, June 11 1930: Chrysler Building completed. Tommy's Chrysler Building (in Japanese) 1931: Empire State Building becomes world's tallest. Tommy's Empire State Building (in Japanese) George Washington Bridge (upper deck) opened 1931: Guitarist, Dick Garcia born in New York, May 11 1931: Trombonist, Jimmy Harrison died in New York, July 23 1931: Cornet Player, Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke died in Queens, NY, August 6 1931: Pianist, brother of Bud, Richie Powell born in September 5, Richie died on June 26, 1956 with Clifford Brown. 1931: Vocalist, Gloria Lynne born in New York, November 23
1932	Alto Saxophonist, Jackie McLean born in New York, May 17
1933	Pianist, Cecil Taylor born in New York, March 15 Guitarist, Eddie Lang died in New York, March 26 Tenor Saxist, Paul Jeffrey born in New York, April 8 Vocalist, Eydie Gorme born in Bronx, August 16 Very Great Tenor & Soprano Saxist, WAYNE SHORTER born in Newark, NJ, August 25
1934	Prohibition ends; Fiorello Henry LaGuardia becoms the 99th Mayor Pianist, Bernie Nerow (=Peter Nero) born in New York, May 24 Clarinet Player, Steve Lacy born in New York, July 23
1935	Vocalist, Diahann Carroll born in New York, July 17 Pianist, Ronnie Mathews born in Brooklyn, NY, Deccember 2 Pianist, Johnny Varro born in Brooklyn, NY, date unknown
1936	Parks Department headed by Robert Moses, new parks created; The Triborough Bridge opened Bassist, Larry Gales born in New York, March 25 Baritone Saxist, Nick Brignola born in Troy, New York, July 17
1937	Pianist, Bobby Scott born in Bronx, NY, January 24 Pianist, Don Randy born in New York, February 25 Guitarist, Gene Bertoncini born in New York, April 6 Trombonist, Grachan Moncur III born in New York, June 3 Trumpeter, Joe Smith died in New York, December 2 Lincoln Tunnel (center tube) opens
1938	Pianist, John Coates, Jr. born in Trenton, NJ, February 17 Pianist, Steve Kuhn born in Brooklyn, NY, March 24 Clarinet Player, Perry Robinson born in New York, August 17
1939	Rockfeller Center completed Vocalist, Jeanne Lee born in New York, January 29 Tenor Saxophonist, Herschel Evans died in New York, February 9 Tommy Ladnier died in New York, June 4 Tenor Saxist, George Braith born in Bronx, June 27 Tenor Saxist, Steve Marcus born in New York, September 18 Alto Saxophonist, Arnie Lawrence born in Brooklyn Pianist, Richard Teitelbaum born in New York, date unknown
1940	Queens-Midtown Tunnel opens; Tuba Player, Ray Draper born in New York, August 3 Trumpeter, Eddie Henderson born in New York, October 26
1941	US enters World War II Tenor Saxophonist, Eddie Daniels born in New York, Ocotber 19 Tenor Saxophonist, Dick Wilson died in New York, November 24 Baritone Saxophonist, Ronnie Cuber born in New York, December 25
1942	Times Square blacked out during World War II; Idlewild Internationa Airport (now JFK) opens Jazz Guitar Legend, CHARLIE CHRISTIAN died in New York, March 2 Vocalist, Barbra Streisand born in Brooklyn, April 24 Trumpeter, Bunny Berigan died in New York, June 2 Flutist, Jeremy Steig born in New York, September 23 Pianist, Larry Willis born in New York State, December 20 Vocalist, Carole King born in Brooklyn
1943	Pianist, Richard Tee born in Brooklyn, NY, November 24 Trumpeter, Jimmy Owens born in New York, December 9
1944	Black leader Adam Clayton Powell elected to Congress Trumpeter, Lew Soloff born in New York, February 20 Guitarist, Jack Wilkins born in Brooklyn, June 3 Trumpeter, John Clark born in New York, September 21 Trumpeter, Charles Sullivan born in New York, November 8 Pianist, George Cables born in Brooklyn, NY, November 14
1945	End of World War II Alto Saxophonist, Danny Davis born in New York, March 17
1946	William O'Dwyer becomes the 100th Mayor UN Headquarters established in New York Guitarist, John Tropea born in New York, January 7 Tenor Saxophonist, Vinny Golia born in Bronx, March 1 Soprano Saxophonist, Dave Liebman born in Brooklyn, September 4 Alto Saxophonist, Rene Mclean - Son of Jackie - born in New York, December 16
1947	Jackie Robinson, first black baseball player in the major leagues, signs with Brooklyn Dodgers Trumpeter, Sonny Berman died in New York, Jauary 16 Pianist, Art Landy born in Great Neck, NY, February 5 Pianist, Barry Miles born in Newark, NJ, March 27 Pianist, RICHIE BEIRACH born in Brooklyn, May 23 Pianist, Andy Laverne born in New York State, December 4
1948	Tenor Saxist, Davis Schnitter born in Newark, NJ
1949	Guitarist, David Spinozza born in New York, August 8
1950	Trumpeter, Fats Navarro died in New York, July 7 Vocalist, Patti Austin born in New York, August 10 Vincent Richard Impellitteri becomes the 101st Mayor Brooklyn Battery Tunnel opens
1951	Tenor Saxophonist, Steve Grossman born in Brooklyn, January 18 Tenor Saxophonist, Bob Berg born in Brooklyn, April 7 Alto Saxophonist, Jay Beckenstein born in Brooklyn, May 14 Vocalist, Mildred Bailey died in New York, December 12
1952	Flutist, Dave Valentine born in South Bronx, April 29
1953	Merce Cunningham founds dance company Tenor Saxist, Bob Mintzer born in New York, January 27 Guitarist, Reggie Lucas born in New York, February 25 Alto Saxist, John Zorn born in New York, September 2
1954	Ellis Island closes Robert Ferdinand Wagner becomes the 102nd Mayor Trumpeter, Frankie Newton died in New York, March 11 Trumpeter, Tom Browne born in New York, October 30 Trumpeter, Hot Lips Page died in New York, November 5
1955	Alto Saxophonist, King of Be-bop and Modern Jazz Sax Virtuoso, CHARLIE YARDBIRD PARKER died in New York, March 12 Guitarist, Chuck Loeb born in New York, July 12 Pianist, KENNY KIRKLAND born in Brooklyn, NY, September 28 Pianist, Barry Kiener born in Rochester, NY, November 24 Father of stride piano, James P. Johnson died in New York, date unknown
1956	Keyboarder, Mitchell Forman born in Brooklyn, NY, January 24 Guitarist, Doug Raney born in New York, August 29
1957	Alto Saxophonist, Jimmy Dorsey died in New York, June 12 Guitarist, Emily Remler born in New York, September 18 Alto Saxophonist, Ernie Henry died in New York, December 29
1958	Pianist, Kenny Drew, Jr. born in New York, June 14
1959	Guggenheim Museum opens Tenor Saxophonist, LESTER YOUNG died in New York, March 15 Great Jazz Vocalist, BILLIE HOLIDAY died in New York, July 17 Clarinet Player, Omer Simeon died in New York, September 17
1960	Clarinet Player, Prince Robinson died in New York, July 23
1961	Trumpeter, Miff Mole died in New York, April 29 Trumpeter, Booker Little died in New York, October 5
1962	Avery Fischer Hall, first building at Lincoln Center, opens George Washington Bridge (lower deck) openes Baritone Saxist, Leo Parker died in New York, February 11 Pianist, Eddie Costa died in New York, July 28
1963	Pennsylvania Station razed Pianist, SONNY CLARK died in New York, January 13 Flutist & Tenor Saxist, Bobby Jasper died in New York, February 28 Tenor Saxist, Gene Sedric died in New York, April 3 Pianist, Benny Green born in New York State, April 4 Pianist, Herbie Nichols died in New York, April 12
1964	New York World's Fair; Race riots in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant; Verrazano Narrows Bridge links Brooklyn and Staten Island; Beatles play at Shea Studium Trumpeter, Nick Travis died in New York, October 7 Alto Saxist, Don Redman died in New York, November 30
1965	New York blacked out in power failure for 13 hours Pianist, Tadd Dameron died in New York, March 8 Pianist, Claude Thornhill died in New York, July 1
1966	Great Pianist, BUD POWELL died in New York, July 31. Let's listen to Bud's Cleopatra's Dream. Newspaper and transit strikes John Vliet Lindsay becomes the 103rd Mayor Guitarist, Mark Whitfield born in Long Island, October 6 Trumpeter, Harold Shorty Baker died in New York, November 8
1967	Hippie musical "Hair" opens on Off-Broadway then transfers to the Biltmore Theater - total run: 1836 performances; Clarinet Player, Buster Bailey died in New York, April 12 Trumpeter, Henry "Red" Allen died in New York, April 17 Pianist, Elmo Hope died in New York, May 19 Pianist, Billy Strayhorn died in New York, May 31 Tenor & Soprano Saxist, Modern Jazz Giant, JOHN COLTRANE died in New York, July 17 Click to listen = Say It = of Trane's Style Trumpeter, Sidney DeParis died in New York, September 13 Trombonist, Jimmy Archey died in New York, November 16
1968	Pianist, Lucky Roberts died in New York, February 5 Alto Saxist, Justin Robinson born in New York, August 14
1969	Tenor Saxist, Coleman Hawkins died in New York, May 19 Trumpeter, Tony Fruscella died in New York, August 14
1970	Lindsay starts second term as mayor Alto Saxophonist, Jonny Hodges died in New York, May 11 Tenor Saxophonist, Booker Ervin died in New York, August 31 Tenor Saxophonist, ALBERT AYLER died in New York, Novembr 25
1971	Alto and Tenor Saxist, Abraham Burton born in Manhattan, March 17. Trumpet Virtuoso, LOUIS ARMSTRONG died in New York, July 6 Trumpeter, Charlie Shavers died in New York, July 8 Alto & Tenor Saxophonist, King Curtis died in New York, August 14 Alto Saxophonist, Ted Lewis died in New York, August 25 Pop artist Andy Warhol has a retrospective show of his work at the Whitney Museum
1972	Trombonist, Jamal Haynes born in Brooklyn, July 12 Great Trumpeter, LEE MORGAN died in New York, February 19 Clarinet Player, Tony Parenti died in New York, April 17 Trumpeter, Cal Massey died in Brooklyn, October 25 Pianist, Hall Overton died in New York, November 25 Trumpeter, Kenny Dorham died in New York, December 5
1973	World Trade Center completed; Trumpeter, Wilbur DeParis died in New York, January 3 Pianist, Willie "The Lion" Smith died in New York, April 18 Trombonist, J.C. Higginbotham died in New York, May 26
1974	Abraham David Beame becomes the 104th Mayor Trumpeter, Ed Allen died in New York, February 25 Great Funky Pianist, BOBBY TIMMONS (liston to Bobby's piano style here in Moanin' composed by himself) died in New York, March 1 Band Leader, Composer & Pianist, DUKE ELLINGTON died in New York, May 24 Tenor Saxist, Julian Dash died in New York, August 14 Vocalist, Savannah Churcill died in Brooklyn, April 19 Guitarist, Eddie Condon died in New York, August 4 Baritone Saxophonist, Harry Carney died in New York, Ocotber 8
1975	Federal loan saves New York from bankruptcy Pianist, Frank Signorelli died in Brooklyn, NY, December 9 Vocalist, Lee Wiley died in New York, December 11
1976	Vocalist, Connee Boswell died in New York, October 11
1977	New York power blackout lasts 25 hours Alto Saxophonist, Paul Desmond died in New York, May 30 Vocalist, Teddi King died in New York, November 18
1978	Edward Irving Koch becomes the 105th Mayor Guitarist, Sam Brown died in New York, February 23 Pianist, Lennie Tristano died in New York, November 18
1979	Guitarist, GRANT GREEN died in New York, January 31 Trombonist, Matthew Gee died in New York, July 18
1980	Greatest Pianist BILL EVANS died in New York, September 15
1981	New Yorks regains solvency Alto Saxist, Russel Procope died in New York, January 20
1982	Greatest Pianist, THELONEOUS MONK died in New York, February 17 Tuba Player, Ray Draper died in New York, December 1
1983	Economic boom: property prices skyrocket Trump Tower completed by real estate tycoon Donald Trump who symbolizes the "yuppie" wealth of the 1980s Ragtime Pianist, Eubie Blake died in Brooklyn, NY, February 12 Trumpeter, Ernie Royal died in New York, March 16 Tenor Saxophonist, Paul Quinnichette died in New York, May 25 Valve-trombonist, Marshall Brown died in New York, December 13
1984	Trombonist, Vic Dickenson died in New York, November 16
1985	Great Tenor Saxist, ZOOT SIMS died in New York, March 23 Trumpeter, Cootie Williams died in New York, September 14 Trombonist, Dicky Wells died in New York, November 12
1986	Corruption scandals rock Mayor Koch's administration; Centennial of Statue of Libert; Alto Saxophonist, Jimmy Lyons died in New York, May 19 Tenor Saxophonist, HANK MOBLEY died in New York, May 30 Clarinet Player, Benny Goodman died in New York, June 13 Baritone Saxophonist, Pepper Adams died in Brooklyn, September 10
1987	Stock market crash Trumpeter, Howard McGhee died in New York, July 17 Tenor Saxist, Willis Jackson died in New York, October 25 Alto Saxophonist, Woody Herman died in New York, October 29
1988	Twenty-five percent of New Yorkers live below the poverty line Pianist, Joe Albany died in New York, January 12 Alto Saxophonist, Danny Davis died in New York, January 16 Trumpeter, Sy Oliver died in New York, May 28
1989	Trumpeter, Woody Shaw died in New York, May 10
1990	David Norman Dinkins becomes the 106th Mayor, New York's first black mayor, takes office; Great Vocalist, SARAH VAUGHAN died in New York, April 3 Pianist, Walter Davis, Jr. died in New York, June 2 Drummer King, ART BLAKEY died in New York, October 16. Click to listen to his Jazz Messengers' Moanin' Ellis Island reopens as an immigration museum Official www site of Ellis I.
1991	Tenor Saxist, Eddie Barefield died in New York, January 3 Pianist, Lance Hayward died in New York, November 9 Trumpeter, Buck Clayton died in New York, December 8 Drummer, Beaver Harris died in New York, December 22
1992	Tenor Saxist, Junior Cook died in New York, February 3 Violinist, Theodore Blume died in Brooklyn, February 4 Pianist, Sammy Prince died in New York, April 4 Vocalist, Sylvia Sims died in New York, May 10 Alto Saxist, Harold Minerve died in New York, June 4 Trumpeter, Joe Newman died in New York, July 4 Drummer, Ed Blackwell died in New York, October 7 Tenor Saxophonist, George Adams died in Brooklyn, November 14 Band Leader, Andy Kirk died in New York, December 11
1993	Rudolph W. Giuliani becomes the 107th Mayor Great Trumpeter, DIZZY GILLESPIE died in Englewood, NJ, January 6 Pianist, George Wallington died in New York, February 15 Tenor Saxist, Clifford Jordan died in New York, March 27 Key Board Player, Richard Tee died in Bronx, July 21
1994	Drummer, Oliver Jackson died in New York, May 26 Drummer, Lex Humphries died in New York, July 11 Trumpeter, Max Kaminsky died in astle Point, NY, September 6 Drummer, Connie Kay died in New York, November 30
1995	Drummer, Art Taylor died in New York, February 6 Pianist, Don Pullen died in East Orange, NJ, April 22 Vocalist, Phyllis Hyman died in New York, June 30 Vocalist, Earl Coleman died in New York, July 17 Organist & Pianist, Wild Bill Davis died in Moors Twon, NJ, August 17
1996	Birdland reopened at 315 W44th Street
1997	Tenor Saxist, Seldon Powell died in Long I., NY, January 25 Vocalist, Lavern Baker died in New York, March 10 Pianist, Hugh Lawson died in White Plains, NY, March 11 Pianist, Herman Wright died in New York, June 25 Guitarist, Jonny Copeland died in New York, July 2 Guitarist, Chuck Wayne died in Jackson, NJ, July 29 Tenor Saxist, Big Nick Nicholas died in New York, October 29
1998	Pianist, Walter Bishop, Jr. died in New York, January 24 Drummer, Dennis Charles died in New York, March 26 Guitarist, Tal Farlow died in New York, July 25 Pianist, KENNY KIRKLAND died in Queens, NY, Friday the 13th November
1999	Pianist, Michel Petrucciani died in New York, January 6 Pianist, Jaki Byard died in Queens, NY, February 11 Pianist, Herman Foster died in New York, April 3 Vocalist, Leon Tomas died in Bronx, May 8 Trumpeter, Jonah Jones died in New York, April 30 Trumpeter, ART FARMER died in New York, October 4. Great Vibraphonist called "BAGS", MILT JACKSON died in New York, October 9 Tenor Saxophonist, Grover Washington, Jr. died in New York, December 17
2000	Wife of Charlie Parker, Doris Parker died in New York, January 17 Trumpeter, Jonah Jones died in New York, April 30 Vocalist, Teri Thornton died in Englewood, NJ, May 2 Guitarist, Joe Puma died in Bronx, May 31 Percussionist & Band Leader, Tito Puente died in New York, May 31 Reed Player, Jerome Richardson died in Englewood, NJ, June 23 Popular Tenor Saxist, Stanley Turrentine died at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Washington Heights, NYC, September 12
2001	Pianist of MJQ, John Lewis died in New York, March 29 Twin Towers of World Trade Center Complex died, September 11 Tommy Flanagan, The Jazz Piano Great died in New York, November 16
2002	Michael Bloomberg becomes the 108th Mayor, January 1. Guitarist, Remo Palmieri died in Bronx, New York, February 2 Baritone Saxist, Nick Brignola http://www.brignola.com/index.html died in Albany, New York, February 8 Vibraphonist, Lionel Hampton died in New York, August 31 Trumpeter, Charles McGee died at St. Vincent Hospital in New York, Sept. 7 Pianist, Sir Roland Hanna died in New York, November 13 Tenor Saxophonist Bob Berg died in New York, Dec. 5
2004	Great drummer, Elvin Jones died in Englewood, N.J.,May 18. Jackie Paris, jazz singer, died in Manhattan, June 17. llinois Jacquet, tenor saxophonist, passed away on July 22 in Queens.
2005	Bassist Percy Heath died, April 28 at Southampton. LI, New York. Tenor saxophonist John Stubblefield died on July 4 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx.
2006	Pianist, John Hicks died in New York, May 10. Tenor saxophonist, Dewey Redman died September 2 in Brooklyn. Trumpeter, Manny Duran died October 30 at Lenox Hill Hospital, Upper East Side, NYC Bassist, Walter Booker died in New York, November 24.
2007	Michael Brecker, tenor and soprano saxisophonist, died in NYC January 13 Pianist, Andrew Hill died in Jersey City, NJ, Friday, April 20 Max Roach, drummer, passed away in Manhattan August 15 Baritone saxophonist, Cecil Payne passed away, November 27 in Stratford, N.J.