Gemini Records artists

The list Gemini Records artists includes Red Mitchell, Al Grey, Georg Riedel, Al Cohn and Plas Johnson. The list consists of 27 members.

1.

Red Mitchell

American musician

Overview: Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992), was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet.

Date of birth: 1 August 1961

Date of death: 11 August 1994

Age: 33 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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American male jazz composers 567T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T

Male double-bassists 693T
2.

Al Grey

American jazz musician

Overview: Al Grey (June 6, 1925 – March 24, 2000) was a jazz trombonist who was a member of the Count Basie orchestra. He was known for his plunger mute technique and wrote an instructional book called Plunger ...

Date of birth: 6 June 1925

Date of death: 24 March 2000

Age: 74 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Sailor

Gender: Male

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Tangerine Records artists 9T

American male jazz musicians 3,118T

Black & Blue Records artists 136T
3.

Georg Riedel

Swedish musician

Overview: Georg Riedel (8 January 1934 — 25 February 2024) was a Swedish double bass player and composer. Riedel migrated to Sweden at the age of four and attended school in Stockholm, including the Adolf Fredrik's ...

Date of birth: 8 January 1934

Date of death: 25 February 2024

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: Swedish

Occupation: Jazz Musician

Gender: Male

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Musicians from Karlovy Vary 10T

Radiojazzgruppen members 8T

Swedish people of Czech-Jewish descent 3T
4.

Flip Phillips

American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player

Overview: Joseph Edward Filippelli (March 26, 1915 – August 17, 2001), known professionally as Flip Phillips, was an American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player. He is best remembered for his work with Norman ...

Date of birth: 26 March 1915

Date of death: 17 August 2001

Age: 86 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Clarinetist

Gender: Male

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American male jazz musicians 3,118T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T
5.

Red Holloway

American jazz tenor saxophonist

Overview: James Wesley "Red" Holloway (May 31, 1927 – February 25, 2012) was an American jazz saxophonist.

Date of birth: 31 May 1927

Date of death: 25 February 2012

Age: 84 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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Statesmen of Jazz members 35T

The Capp-Pierce Juggernaut members 30T

American male saxophonists 1,029T
6.

Al Cohn

American musician

Overview: Al Cohn (November 24, 1925 – February 15, 1988) was an American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer. He came to prominence in the band of clarinetist Woody Herman and was known for his longtime musical ...

Date of birth: 24 November 1925

Date of death: 15 February 1988

Age: 62 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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American male jazz musicians 3,118T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T
7.

Plas Johnson

American musician

Overview: Plas John Johnson Jr. (born July 21, 1931) is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme" ...

Date of birth: 21 July 1931

Age: 93

Nationality: American

Occupation: Jazz Musician

Gender: Male

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American male jazz musicians 3,118T

21st-century American male musicians 4,997T

The Capp-Pierce Juggernaut members 30T
8.

Roger Kellaway

American musician

Overview: Roger Kellaway (born November 1, 1939) is an American composer, arranger and pianist.

Date of birth: 1 November 1939

Age: 85

Nationality: American

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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American male jazz composers 567T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T

21st-century American male musicians 4,997T
9.

Atle Hammer

Norwegian musician

Overview: Atle Jonas Hammer (11 March 1932 – 22 October 2017) was a Norwegian engineer and jazz musician (trumpet, Flugelhorn), central on the jazz scene in Oslo and known from several international cooperation ...

Date of birth: 11 March 1932

Date of death: 22 October 2017

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Composer

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Male trumpeters 252T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T
10.

Totti Bergh

Norwegian musician

Overview: Theodor Christian Frølich Bergh known as Totti Bergh (born 5 December 1935 in Oslo – deceased 4 January 2012 in Oslo) was a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone), the younger brother of the jazz journalist ...

Date of birth: 23 April 1930

Date of death: 4 January 2012

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Clarinetist

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Norwegian jazz clarinetists 12T

Musicians from Oslo 237T

2012 deaths 8,756T
11.

Laila Dalseth

Jazz singer

Overview: Laila Dalseth (born 6 November 1940) is a Norwegian jazz singer. She is married to the jazz saxophonist Theodor "Totti" Bergh (1935-2012).

Date of birth: 6 November 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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20th-century Norwegian women singers 68T

21st-century Norwegian women singers 185T

21st-century women singers 8,493T
12.

Benny Bailey

American musician

Overview: Ernest Harold "Benny" Bailey (13 August 1925 – 14 April 2005) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Date of birth: 13 August 1925

Date of death: 18 April 2005

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Jazz Musician

Gender: Male

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American male jazz musicians 3,118T

20th-century American male musicians 6,873T

Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band members 30T
13.

Kenny Davern

American musician

Overview: Kenny Davern (January 7, 1935 – December 12, 2006), born John Kenneth Davern, was an American jazz clarinetist.

Date of birth: 7 January 1935

Date of death: 12 December 2006

Age: 71 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Clarinetist

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Jazzology Records artists 23T

Statesmen of Jazz members 35T

Jewish jazz musicians 124T
14.

Ditlef Eckhoff

Norwegian musician

Overview: Ditlef Eckhoff (born 21 June 1942 in Stokke, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trumpet) known from numerous recordings and central on the Oslo Jazz Scene.

Date of birth: 21 June 1942

Age: 82

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Composer

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Male trumpeters 252T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T

20th-century male musicians 12,801T
15.

Terje Venaas

Norwegian jazz musician

Overview: Terje Venaas (30 March 1947 – April 2025) was a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), known from dozens of recordings and a number of international collaborations.

Date of birth: 30 March 1947

Date of death: April 2025

Age: 78 (age at death)

Occupation: Bassist

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Norwegian male double-bassists 52T

Norwegian male jazz musicians 70T

21st-century Norwegian male musicians 379T
16.

Einar Iversen

Jazz pianist

Overview: Einar "Pastor'n" Iversen (27 July 1930 – 3 April 2019) was a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer and the son of a "pastor." He went into jazz after World War II ended. Through more than sixty years, he ...

Date of birth: 27 July 1930

Date of death: 3 April 2019

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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20th-century Norwegian male musicians 122T

21st-century Norwegian male musicians 157T

2019 deaths 9,204T
17.

Magni Wentzel

Jazz vocalist and composer

Overview: Magni Wentzel (born 28 June 1945 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals and guitar), the daughter of musicians Odd Wentzel-Larsen and Åse Wentzel, and known for a number of jazz recordings ...

Date of birth: 28 June 1945

Age: 79

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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20th-century Norwegian women singers 68T

21st-century Norwegian women singers 185T

21st-century women singers 8,493T
18.

Jan Kåre Hystad

Jazz saxophonist

Overview: Jan Kåre "Hysen" Hystad (born 9 July 1955) is a Norwegian jazz musician (saxophone, clarinet, flute), and the older brother of jazz saxophonist Ole Jacob Hystad. He is known as leader of his own Quartet ...

Date of birth: 9 July 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Composer

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19.

Bjarne Nerem

Jazz saxophonist

Overview: Bjarne Arnulf Nerem (31 July 1923 in Oslo, Norway – 1 April 1991 in Oslo), was a Norwegian jazz musician (tenor saxophone, alto saxophone and clarinet), known from several recordings, and was among ...

Date of birth: 31 July 1923

Date of death: 1 April 1991

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Clarinetist

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20th-century saxophonists 753T

Norwegian jazz clarinetists 12T

Musicians from Oslo 237T
20.

Egil Kapstad

Jazz pianist

Overview: Egil Kapstad (6 August 1940 – 13 July 2017) was a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He wrote the music for more than 50 productions for theater, and also composed for film and television drama ...

Date of birth: 6 August 1940

Date of death: 13 July 2017

Age: 76 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Male

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20th-century Norwegian male musicians 122T

21st-century Norwegian male musicians 157T

21st-century male musicians 9,676T