Feb. 11th B-days

[Ron Hearn]

Paul Ash, leader, violin, 1891 (d. July 13,1958)

Bob Carter, bass, 1922

Bob Casey, bass, 1909 (d. April 9, 1986)]

Don Darcy D’Arcy_, vocal, 1918, (d. April 12, 1983)

Matt Dennis, piano, vocal, composer, 1914 (d. June 21. 2002)

Martin Drew, drums, 1944 (d. July 29, 2010)

Russ Freeman, guitar, 1960

Henk Haverhoek, bass. 1947

Jaromir Hnilicka, trumpet, mellophonium, harp, composer, arranger,
1932

Conrad Janis, trombone, 1928

Claude Jones, trombone, 1901 (d. Jan 17,1962)

Joe Jordan, trumpet, 1882 (d. Sept. 11, 1971)

Bobby Lamb, 1931, trombone, arrange, leader, composer

Brian Lemon, piano, 1937

Didier Lockwood, violin, 1956

Sergio Mendes, piano, composer, arranger, 1941

John Mills, Sr., vocal, 1882 (d. Dec. 8, 1967)

Gretchen Parlato, vocal, 1976

Prentice Pilot, bass, 1937

Alan Rubin, trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet 1943 (d. June 8, 2011)

Okey Temiz, drums, percussion, 1939

[Loudon Briggs]

Ron Hearn <rwh...@shaw.ca> wrote:

>Paul Ash, leader, violin, 1891 (d. July 13,1958

Probably an unknown to most who look in here but, one of the most
familiar to me... he led the house band at the Chicago Theater for
most of the 40 years I lived in that great city.

>Matt Dennis, piano, vocal, composer, 1914 (d. June 21. 2002)

My best friend in the music business for the 60 years I knew him.

>John Mills, Sr., vocal, 1882 (d. Dec. 8, 1967)

I found it kind of neat that he was able to replace his son after the
latter died in '36... the father sang with the group for over 20 years



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Loudon Briggs lar...@bbz.net Phoenix, Arizona, USA)