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Bop


1994 James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas

1992 Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer

1989 George O'Hanlon, actor and director (Bop Girl, Zamba), dies at 71

1959 Little Anthony and the Imperials record "Shimmy Shimmy Koko Bop"

1959 Leon "The Bop" Klaasse, rock drummer/singer, The Pilgrims-Red

1935 James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins

1927 Elvin Jones, born Pontiac, Michigan, musician, jazz drummer, played hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop, member of John Coltrane quartet, appearing in A Love Supreme


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