Mohair Slim / Blue Juice Calendar / 27 September
Blue Juice Calendar · On this day
27 September
Musicians born and died on 27 September: 14 births, 10 deaths and 4 recording milestones from blues, R&B, soul, jazz, gospel, reggae and ska.
Born14
- 1914Charley Westpiano · Andalusia, ALDied 16 April 1976 · Blues · Bluebird Rec’s
- 1914John Carter (guitar)guitar · Nassau, BahamasJazz
- 1916Teddy BrannonBiographypiano · Moultrie, GADied 24 February 1989 · Jazz · Tab Smith
- 1918Joseph BoatnerBiographyvocal · Belmont, NHDied 8 May 1989 · Jazz · Ink Spots
- 1921Melvin "Slappy" WhiteBiographyvocal · Baltimore, MDDied 7 November 1995 · Comedy
- 1922Raymond EdwardsBiographyvocal · VirginiaDied 4 March 1997 · R&B · Silhouettes
- 1922Sammy BenskinBiographypiano · Bronx, NYDied 26 August 1992 · Jazz · R&B · John Hardee, Roy Hamilton
- 1924Bud PowellBiographypiano · New York, NYDied 31 July 1966 · Jazz
- 1927George "Earring" MayweatherBiographyharmonica · Tilly's Mills, ALDied 12 February 1995 · Blues · Hutto
- 1927Red RodneyBiographytrumpet · Philadelphia, PADied 27 May 1994 · Jazz · Charlie Parker
- 1953Robbie ShakespeareBiographybass · Kingston, JamaicaDied 8 December 2021 · Reggae
- 1954Keith BarrowBiographyvocal · Chicago, ILDied 22 October 1983 · Soul
Died10
- 1965Harry ReserBiographybanjo · New York, NYBorn 17 January 1896 · aged 69 · Jazz
- 1979Edgar Williamspiano, trumpet · Detroit, MIBorn 4 January 1913 · aged 66
- 1982Billy BowenBiographyvocal · New York, NYBorn 3 January 1909 · aged 73 · Jazz · Ink Spots
- 1988J.C. HeardBiographydrums · Royal Oak, MIBorn 8 October 1917 · aged 70 · Jazz
- 1993Fraser MacphersonBiographysaxophone · Vancouver, BcBorn 10 April 1928 · aged 65 · Jazz
- 2004Louis SatterfieldBiographybass, producer · Chicago, ILBorn 3 April 1937 · aged 67 · Blues · Jazz · Chess Rec’s, Soulful Strings
- 2008George Jones Jr.Biographyvocal · Youngstown, OHBorn 5 October 1936 · aged 71 · Cancer · Doo-wop · Edsels
- 2012Ronald Bertram Aloysius "R.B." Greaves IIIBiographyvocal · Granada Hills, CABorn 28 November 1943 · aged 68 · Prostate cancer · Soul
- 2015Wilton FelderBiographysaxophone · Whittier, CABorn 31 August 1940 · aged 75 · Multiple myeloma · Jazz · Crusaders
- 2017Cedell DavisBiographyguitar · Hot Springs, ARBorn 9 June 1926 · aged 91 · Heart attack complications · Blues
Events4
- 1954Lowell Fulson records ‘Reconsider Baby’ (Chess).
- 1955The classic Miles Davis Quartet with Miles, John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), Red Garland (piano), Paul Chamber (bass) and Philly Joe Jones (drums) make their debut at the Club Las Vegas in Baltimore.
- 1960James Brown records ‘I Don’t Mind’ (Federal).
- 1963Chess records Etta James live at The New Era Club, Nashville for "Rocks This House" album