Marlena Shaw

Dean Brown (guitarist with Billy Cobham, David Sanborn, Brecker Bros etc.)

Gena Rowlands

Larry Willis (pianist)

Frank Auerbach (painter)

Martial Solal (jazz pianist)

Annie Nightingale

Keith LeBlanc

Aston ‘Family Man’ Barrett (Wailers bassist)

Jim Beard (keyboard player with Mike Stern, Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin)

Gary Grant (‘Seawind’ horn section trumpeter)

Palle Danielsson (bassist with Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek)

TM Stevens (bassist with James Brown, Pretenders, John McLaughlin, Miles Davis)

Sergio Mendes

Michael Jayston (actor)

Michael Cuscuna (jazz record executive/writer)

Charles Cyphers (‘Assault On Precinct’/’Halloween’/’The Fog’ actor)

Casey Benjamin (Robert Glasper Experiment multi-instrumentalist)

David Sanborn

Teri Garr

Richard Lewis

John Kelman (jazz writer)

Angela Bofill

Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath

Ed Mann (Frank Zappa percussionist)

Tom Fowler (Zappa bassist)

Dame Maggie Smith

Martin Mull

Herbie Flowers (Spiders/Sky/Lou Reed bassist)

Will Jennings (‘Higher Love’/’Street Life’/’One Day I’ll Fly Away’/’Didn’t We Almost Have It All’ lyricist)

M Emmet Walsh

Benny Golson

Kris Kristofferson

Libby Titus (singer/songwriter and wife of Donald Fagen)

Martin France (drummer with Kenny Wheeler, Loose Tubes, Human Chain etc.)

Nadia Cattouse (singer/songwriter and mother of Level 42’s Mike Lindup)

Quincy Jones

Paul Auster

Tyka Nelson (singer/songwriter and sister of Prince)

Cat Glover (‘Cat’ on Prince’s Sign ‘O’ The Times/Lovesexy tours/albums)

Cindy Morgan (‘Caddyshack’/’Tron’ actress)

Susan Backlinie (‘Jaws’ actress/gymnast)

Lou Donaldson

Roy Haynes

Roger Corman

Shelley Duvall

Peter Sinfield (King Crimson lyricist)

Diva Gray (vocalist with Chic, Steely Dan, David Sanborn, George Benson)

Bernard Hill

Zakir Hussain

Dan Morgenstern (jazz writer)

Jim Abrahams (‘Kentucky Fried Movie’/’Airplane’/’Police Squad’/’The Naked Gun’ writer/director)

Graham Thorpe (cricketer)

Robert Towne (‘Chinatown’/’The Last Detail’ screenwriter)

Alfa Anderson (vocalist with Chic, Diana Ross, Odyssey, Bryan Ferry)

Donald Sutherland

Eleanor Coppola (writer of the brilliant ‘Notes: The Making of “Apocalypse Now”’ and ex-wife of Francis)

Derek Underwood (cricketer)

Terry Griffiths (snooker player)

Ray Reardon (snooker player)

Wishing all of my readers a happy, healthy 2025, with loads of cash.