Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 4 December
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
4 December
Musicians born and died on 4 December: 12 births, 8 deaths and 2 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born12
- 1910Alex NorthBiographycomposer · Chester, PADied 8 September 1991 · Soul
- 1915Eddie Heywood Jr.Biographypiano · Atlanta, GADied 3 January 1989 · Jazz
- 1917Russell JacquetBiographytrumpet · St. Martinville, LADied 28 February 1990 · Jazz · Illinois Jacquet
- 1926Irving Lee DorseyBiographycomposer, vocal · New Orleans, LADied 1 December 1986 · Soul
- 1935Lionel Torrence (Lionel Prevost Torrence)Biographysaxophone · Oxford, LADied 25 April 2002 · R&B · Excello Rec's
- 1936Larry DavisBiographydrums, guitar, vocal · Pine Bluff, ARDied 19 April 1994 · Blues
- 1939Sonny RodgersBiographyguitar · Hughes, ARDied 7 May 1990 · Blues
- 1944Lynford "Hux" BrownBiographyguitar · Port Antonio, JamaicaDied 18 June 2020 · Reggae · Ska
- 1946Eddie St. JulianLafayette, LAZydeco · Buckwheat Zydeco
- 1948Flaco Medinabass · Torrence, CABlues · Johnnie Dyer
- 1955L. Scott Folksarranger · New York, NYCapitol Rec’s
Died8
- 1972Melvin LastieBiographytrumpet · New Orleans, LABorn 18 November 1930 · aged 42 · Jazz · R&B · Soul
- 1991E.A. RundlessBiographyvocal · Detroit, MIGospel · Soul Stirrers
- 1991George TyndaleBiographyclarinet, saxophone · Dorking, EnglandBorn 15 June 1913 · aged 78 · Jazz · Joe Appleton's band, John Dankworth orchestra
- 1993Frank ZappaBiographycomposer, guitar, producer · Los Angeles, CABorn 21 December 1940 · aged 52 · R&B
- 1997Hopeton Johnsonpiano · Boston, MABorn 23 September 1923 · aged 74 · Jazz
- 1998Pail Mills (Lee Ricks Mills)composer · Sedona, AZJazz · Slim Gaillard
- 2009Francis Wilford-SmithBiographyauthor, critic, producer · Ledbury, EnglandBorn 12 March 1927 · aged 82 · Blues · Gospel · Magpie Piano
- 2011Hubert SumlinBiographyguitar · Wayne, NJBorn 16 November 1931 · aged 80 · Heart failure · Blues · Howlin' Wolf
Events2
- 1951Professor Longhair records for Federal Records.
- 1961Gene Chandler’s ‘Duke Of Earl’ is released on Vee Jay.