Jazz research on the Internet: a continuing saga
Saxophonist and flutist. Born 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri; died 2013.
Wess was raised in Oklahoma, beginning to play alto saxophone at age 10. His family moved to Washington in 1935. His father was principal of a school and his mother was a music teacher.
Saxophonist and producer.
Bassist, guitarist, and vocalist. Born Gene Herbert Byrd on May 21, 1933, in Chuckatuck, Virginia; died March 6, 2012 in Annapolis, Maryland.
Youngest brother of Charlie Byrd. Attended Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.
Joined Charlie Byrd Trio full time in 1963.
Pianist, educator. Born in Centralia, Illinois; died February 25, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina.
Co-founder, with wife Ronnie Wells, of the East Coast Jazz Festival. Taught at University of Maryland.
Pianist. Richard Lewis Morgan was born June 5, 1929, in Petersburg, Virginia.; died October 20, 2013 in Rockville, Maryland.
Vocalist.
Founder (with husband Ron Elliston) of the East Coast Jazz Festival.