Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 2 December
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
2 December
Musicians born and died on 2 December: 17 births, 15 deaths and 1 recording milestone from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born17
- 1866Harry Thacker BurleighBiographyarranger, vocal · Erie, PADied 12 September 1949 · Gospel
- 1890Fate MarableBiographypiano · Paducah, KYDied 16 January 1947 · Jazz · Okeh Rec’s
- 1890Marshall OwensBiographyguitar · GeorgiaDied 1 May 1974 · Testament Rec’s
- 1892Ernie YoungBiographylabel-owner · Giles County, TNBlues · Gospel · R&B · Excello/nashboro Rec’s
- 1895Jesse CrawfordBiographyorgan · Woodland, CADied 28 May 1962
- 1902Homer Smithvocal · Florence, ALGospel · Southernaires
- 1905Moses AschBiographylabel-owner · Warsaw, PolandDied 19 October 1986 · Blues · Folkways Rec’s
- 1916Charlie Ventura (Charles Venturo Ventura)Biographysaxophone · Philadelphia, PADied 17 January 1992 · Jazz
- 1918Betty "Big Mama" RankinDJ · New Haven, CTDied 24 February 1998 · Jazz
- 1921Larry UttalBiographylabel-owner · New York, NYDied 25 November 1993 · R&B · Soul · Madison Rec’s
- 1929Leslie Bushpiano · TexasDied 26 July 1981 · Gospel · James Cleveland Singers
- 1931Wynton KellyBiographypiano · Brooklyn, NYDied 12 April 1971 · Jazz
- 1932Gene RussellBiographypiano · Los Angeles, CADied 3 May 1981 · Jazz · Soul · Three Sounds, Young-Holt Trio
- 1936Larry Johnson (El Dorados)Biographyvocal · Chicago, ILR&B · El Dorados, Moroccos
- 1945David EssigBiographyguitar · Frederick, MDBlues · Folk
- 1949Garth Dennis (Rudolph Alando Dennis)Biographyvocal · Kingston, JamaicaDied 9 December 2021 · Reggae · Black Uhuru, Wailing Souls
- 1953Roger Dale WalkerKeokuk, IAZydeco · Buckwheat Zydeco
Died15
- 1949Albert C. AmmonsBiographypiano · Chicago, ILBorn 23 September 1907 · aged 42 · Blues
- 1955Charles "Cow Cow" DavenportBiographypiano · Cleveland, OHBorn 26 April 1894 · aged 61 · Blues · Jazz
- 1962Mercy Dee WaltonBiographycomposer, piano, vocal · Murphys, CABorn 30 August 1915 · aged 47 · Cerebral haemorrage · R&B
- 1980Fred Flynnclarinet, piano · Chicago, ILBorn 11 September 1905 · aged 75 · Blues · Jazz · Bessie Smith
- 1983Sonny Kingsaxophone · Portland, OR
- 1988James Bryantpiano · Lowell, INBlues · Jimmy Johnson
- 1988Joe Bersonharmonica · Chicago, ILBlues · Jimmy Rogers
- 1988Larry Exumbass · Lowell, INBlues · Jimmy Johnson
- 1989Clement Tervalontrombone · New Orleans, LABlues · Jazz · Bessie Smith
- 1998Roy BurrowesBiographytrumpet · London, EnglandBorn 18 February 1930 · aged 68 · R&B · Paul "hucklebuck" Williams
- 2008Odettaguitar, vocal · New York, NYBorn 31 December 1930 · aged 77 · Heart disease · Jazz
- 2011Howard TateBiographyvocal · Burlington, NJBorn 13 August 1939 · aged 72 · Multiple myeloma and leukemia · Soul
- 2013Junior Murvin (Murvin Junior Smith)Biographycomposer, guitar, vocal · Port Antonio, JamaicaDiabetes and hypertension · Reggae · Soul · Gayfeet, Crystal, Hippy Boys, Mighty Falcons
- 2017Mundell LoweBiographyguitar · San Diego, CABorn 21 April 1922 · aged 95 · Cancer and complications from a fractured hip · Jazz
Events1
- 1957The Moonglows record ‘Ten Commandments of Love’ (Chess 1705).