蒙御免

ジャズ・ミュージシャンはドラッグや交通事故などで若死にの人も居りますが、長生きの人が多いようです。どうやらこの世界では男性優位なのが不思議です。日本のミュージシャンでも６０後半から７０歳を越しても現役で演奏活動をしている方は、みなさん大変に若々しいのです。ブルー・コーツの生みの親、８６歳を過ぎた長尾正士さん(2003.3没)が片手に杖、もう一方の腕を息子の崇さんに抱えられながら、椅子に座ってもアルト・サックスを弟子達を従え演奏される姿を見て、感動しないものは居ないでしょう。笈田敏夫さん(2003.9没)、与田輝雄さんなども矍鑠としてジャズを楽しむ姿はわれわれを喜ばせてくれます。つい２年ほど前にお会いしわたしの鞄に"ＩLove Jazz"とサインをしてくれました松本英彦さん(1999没)が現在、闘病生活を送られていますが、もう一度元気な姿を見たいものと祈るばかりです。

ディーン・マーチンが「こんなに長生きすると知っていたら、もっと節制するのだった」と言ったのには微笑まずにはいられません。

「若い」といえば、フランスのアルザス地方に生れ、アメリカに移民したサミュエル・ウルマンが８０歳を記念して書いた「若さとは」というエッセイを思い出します。このエッセイはマッカーサー元帥の座右の銘として執務室に飾ってあったことで有名になったものです。要約すると、

「青春」とはある年代をさすのではなく、心の様相をいうのだと言っています。年月は人の顔に皺を刻むが魂に皺が刻まれた時、その人は老いるのだと。美しいものに対する憧憬、大自然の偉大さに対する驚異と感動、子供のような好奇心、これらを失った時、人の心は絶望と皮肉の氷に覆われてしまう。こうなったら、神に哀れみを請うしかないのだと。

同じように画家の世界も長生きが多いようです。長生きするには美しいものを見たり、聴いたり、描いたり、唄ったり、演奏したりすることがよいのかも知れません。

感動とリラックス、これが長生きの秘訣なのでしょう。

東EAST(deceased)			西WEST(alive as of Ｊａｎ. 1, 2008)
横綱	Irving Berlin	101			a
大関	Benny Carter Artie Shaw Lionel Hampton Frankie Laine Mitchell Paris Irving Mills Seger Ellis Martha Tilton Milt Hinton Jo Stafford	95 94 94 93 92 91 91 91 90 90	大関	Dolores Hope Mitch Miller Pete Rugolo Les Paul Lena Horne	98 96 92 92 90
関脇	Donald Kahn Fred Astaire Perry Como Matt Dennis Harry Warren Doris Fisher Anita O'Day Ira Gershwin Kid Ory	89 88 88 88 87 87 87 86 86	関脇	Hank Jones George Shearing Dave Brubec Steve Allen Dolly Baker Kay Starr	89 88 87 86 85 85
小結	William C.Handy Gene Kelly Max Roach Frank Sinatra Hoagy Carmichael Oscar Peterson Harold Arlen John Lewis Peggy Lee Ethel Waters Johnny Green Leonard Feather Joe Williams Barney Kessel	84 84 83 82 82 82 81 81 81 80 80 80 80 80	小結	Ralph Sharon Doris Day Johnny Mandel Jimmy Scott James Moody Blossom Dearie Tony Bennett Chris Connor Patti Page	84 83 82 82 82 81 81 80 80
前頭	Earl Hines Count Basie Sammy Cahn Ella Fitzgerald Billy Eckstine Dean Martin Richard Rodgers Benny Goodman Jimmy VanHeusen Milt Jackson Elvin Jones Dinah Shore Jimmy Smith Maxine Sullivan Willie Smith Dizzy Gillespie Duke Ellington Ray Brown Jimmy McHugh Bing Crosby Carmen McRae Julie London Gordon Jenkins Teddy Wilson Mel Torme Rosemary Clooney Ray Charles Cole Porter Kenny Clarke Nick LaRocca Shirley Horn Art Blakey Henry Mancini	79 79 79 79 78 78 77 77 77 77 76 76 76 75 75 75 75 75 74 74 74 74 73 73 73 73 73 71 71 71 71 70 70	前頭	Fats Domino Horace Silver Ernestine Anderson Andy Williams Ornette Coleman Tommy Flanagan Bill Henderson Helen Merrill Sonny Rollins Eydie Gorme Michel Legrand Debbie Reynolds Quincy Jones Steve Lawrence Johnny Mathis Nancy Wilson	79 79 79 79 77 77 77 77 76 75 75 73 73 72 72 70
十両	Tom Brown Louis Armstrong Nina Simone Edmonia Jarrett Betty Carter Stan Kenton Anthony Newly Antonio Carlos Jobim　 John Brunious Johnny Mercer Sarah Vaughan Fred Fisher Oscar Hammerstein II Miles Davis June Christy Coleman Hawkins Sammy Davis Jr. Thelonious Monk Gene Krupa Stan Getz Mamie Smith Sidney Bechet Johnny Hartman Red Nichols Jerome Kern Eddie Jefferson	69 69 69 69 68 67 67 67 67 66 66 65 65 65 64 64 64 64 64 64 63 62 60 60 60 60	十両	Connie Francis Roberta Flack Nancy Sinatra Chick Corea Paul Anka John Hicks Barbra Streisand Paul McCartney Carole King　 Salena Jones Keith Jarrett Bette Midler Barry Manilow Liza Minnelli Banu Gibson	69 68 67 66 66 66 65 65 65 63 62 　62 　61 61 60
幕下	Frank Loesser Jack Teagarden King Pleasure Chet Baker Victor Young Ann Burton Erroll Garner Johnny Burke Fletcher Henderson Buddy Bolden Ma Rainey King Oliver Billy Strayhorn Bill Evans Tommy Dorsey Jelly Roll Morton Lester Young Mildred Bailey	59 59 59 58 57 56 56 56 55 54 53 52 52 51 51 51 50 50	幕下	Billy Joel Patti Austin Natalie Cole Diane Schuur Elvis Costello Cassandra Wilson Dianne Reeves	58 57 57 54 53 52 51
三段目	Lorentz Hart Nat King Cole Scott Joplin Peter Allen Art Tatum Judy Garland Billie Holiday Bessie Smith Django Reinhaldt Freddie Keppard Elvis Presley Bennie Moten John Coltrane Glenn Miller John Lennon	48 48 48 48 47 47 44 43 43 43 42 41 40 40 40	三段目	Craig Thompson Diana Krall	43 43
二段目	Dinah Washington Fats Waller George Gershwin Bobby Darin Charlie Parker Chick Webb	39 39 39 37 34 30	二段目
序の口	Bix Beiderbecke Clifford Brown Scott LaFaro	27 25 25

Name	Birth			Death
	Year	Date	Place	Year	Date	Place
Andy Williams Anita O'Day Ann Burton Anthony Newley Antonio Carlos Jobim Art Blakey Art Tatum Artie Shaw	1928 1919 1933 1931 1927 1919 1909 1910	12.03 10.18 03.04 09.24 01.25 10.11 10.13 05.23	Wall Lake, IA Kansas City, MO Amsterdam, Netherland London, UK Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Pittsburgh, PA Toledo, OH New York, NY	2006 1989 1999 1994 1990 1956 2004	11.23 11.29 04.14 12.08 10.16 11.05 12.30	Los Angels, CA Jensen Beach, FL New York, NY New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Thousand Oaks, CA
Banu Gibson Barbra Streisand Barney Kessel Barry Manilow Bennie Moten Benny Carter Benny Goodman Bessie Smith Bette Midler Betty Carter Bill Evans Bill Henderson Billie Holiday Billy Eckstine Billy Joel Billy Strayhorn Bing Crosby Bix Beiderbecke Blossom Dearie Bobby Darin Buddy Bolden	1947 1942 1923 1946 1894 1907 1909 1894 1945 1930 1929 1930 1915 1914 1949 1915 1903 1904 1926 1936 1877	10.24 04.24 10.17 06.17 11.13 08.08 05.30 04.15 12.01 05.16 08.16 03.19 04.07 07.08 05.09 11.29 05.03 05.10 04.28 05.14 09.06	Dayton, OH Brooklyn, NY Muskogee, OK Brooklyn, NY Kansas City, MO New York, NY Chicago, IL Chattanooga, TN Patterson, NJ Flint, MI Plainfield, NJ Chicago, IL Baltimore, MD Pittsburgh, PA Long Island, NY Dayton, OH Tacoma, WA Davenport, IA East Durhum, NY Bronx, NY New Orleans, LA	2004 1935 2003 1986 1937 1998 1980 1959 1993 1967 1977 1931 1973 1931	05.06 04.02 07.12 06.13 09.26 09.26 08.15 09.15 07.17 03.08 05.31 10.14 08.06 12.20 11.04	San Diego, CA Kansas City, MO Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Clarksdale, MS Brooklyn, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY Pittsburgh, PA New York, NY Madrid, Spain New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Jackson, LA
Carmen McRae Carole King Cassandra Wilson Charlie Parker Chet Baker Chick Corea Chick Webb Chris Connor Clifford Brown Cole Porter Coleman Hawkins Connie Francis Count Basie	1920 1942 1955 1920 1929 1941 1909 1927 1930 1891 1904 1938 1904	04.08 02.09 12.03 08.29 12.23 06.12 02.10 11.08 10.30 06.09 11.21 12.12 08.21	New York, NY Brooklyn, NY Jackson, Kansas City, KS Yale, OK Chelsea, MA Baltimore, MD Kansas City, MO Wilmington, DE Peru, IN St.Joseph, MO Newark, NJ Red Bank, NJ	1994 1955 1988 1939 1956 1964 1969 1984	11.10 03.12 05.13 06.16 06.26 10.15 05.19 04.26	Beverly Hills, CA New York, NY Amsterdam, Netherlands Baltimore, MD Pennsylvania Turnpike Santa Monica, CA New York, NY Hollywood, CA
Dave Brubec Dean Martin Debbie Reynolds Diana Krall Diane Schuur Django Reinhaldt Dianne Reeves Dinah Shore Dinah Washington Dizzy Gillespie Dolly Baker Donald Kahn Doris Day Doris Fihser Dolores Hope Duke Ellington	1920 1917 1932 1964 1953 1910 1956 1917 1924 1917 1922 1918 1924 1915 1909 1899	12.06 06.07 04.01 11.16 12.10 01.23 11.23 03.01 08.29 10.21 02.07 07.17 04.03 05.02 05.27 04.29	Concord, CA Steubenville, OH El Paso, TX Nanaimo, Canada Tacoma, WA Liberchies, Belgium Detroit, MI Winchester, TN Tuscaloosa, AL Cheraw, SC New York, NY New York, NY Cincinnati, OH New York, NY New York, NY Washington, D.C.	1995 1953 1994 1963 1993 2008 2003 1974	12.25 05.16 02.24 12.14 01.06 04.11 01.15 05.24	Beverly Hills, CA Fontainebleau, France Beverly Hills, CA Detroit, MI Englewood, NJ Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA New York, NY
Earl Hines Ella Fitzgerald Eddie Jefferson Edmonia Jarrett Elvin Jones Elvis Presley Elvis Costello Engelbert Humperdinck Ernestine Anderson Erroll Garner Ethel Waters Eydie Gorme	1903 1917 1918 1933 1927 1935 1954 1936 1928 1921 1896 1931	12.28 04.25 08.03 03.11 09.09 01.08 08.25 05.02 11.11 06.15 10.31 08.16	Dusquesne, PA Newport News, VA Pittsburgh, PA Seatｔle, WA Pontiac, MI Tupelo, MS Houston, TX Pittsburgh, PA Chester, PA New York, NY	1983 1996 1979 2002 2004 1977 1977 1977	04.22 06.15 05.09 03.16 05.18 08.16 01.02 09.01	Oakland, CA Beverly Hills, CA Detroit. MI Seattle, WA Englewood, NJ Memphis, TN Los Angeles, CA Chatsworth, CA
Fats Domino Fats Waller Fletcher Henderson Frank Loesser Frank Sinatra Frankie Laine Fred Astaire Fred Fisher Freddie Keppard	1928 1904 1897 1910 1915 1913 1899 1875 1889	02.26 05.21 12.18 06.29 12.12 03.30 05.10 09.30 02.27	New Orleans, LA New York, NY Cuthbert, GA New York, NY Hoboken, NJ Chicago, IL Omaha, NE Cologne, Germany New Orleans, LA	1943 1952 1969 1998 2007 1987 1942 1933	12.15 12.29 03.28 05.14 02.06 06.22 01.14 12.21	Kansas City, MO New York, NY New York, NY Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Chicago, IL
Gene Kelly Gene Krupa George Gershwin George Shearing Glenn Miller Gordon Jenkins Gus Kahn	1912 1909 1898 1919 1904 1910 1886	08.23 01.15 09.26 08.13 03.01 05.12 11.06	Pittsburgh, PA Chicago, IL New York, NY London, England Clarinda, IA Webster Groves, MO Coblentz, Germany	1996 1973 1937 1944 1984 1941	02.02 10.16 07.11 12.15 05.01 10.08	Beverly Hills, CA Yonkers, NY Beverly Hills, CA English Channel Los Angels, CA Beverly Hills, CA
Hank Jones Harold Arlen Harry Warren Helen Merrill Henry Mancini Herbie Hancock Hoagy Carmichael Horace Silver	1918 1905 1893 1930 1924 1940 1899 1928	07.31 02.15 12.24 07.21 04.16 04.12 11.11 09.02	Vicksburg, MS Buffalo, NY Blooklyn, NY New York, NY Cleveland, OH Bloomington, IN Norwalk, CT	1986 1981 1994 1981	04.23 09.22 06.14 12.27	New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Beverly Hills, CA Palm Springs, CA
Ira Gershwin Irving Berlin Irving Mills	1896 1888 1894	12.06 05.11 01.16	New York, NY Tumen, Russia New York, NY	1983 1989 1985	08.17 09.22 04.21	Beverly Hills, Ca New York, NY Palm Springs, CA
Jack Teagarden James Moody Jelly Roll Morton Jerome Kern Jimmy McHugh Jimmy Van Heusen Jimmy Scott Jimmy Smith Jo Stafford Joe Williams John Coltrane John Hicks John Lennon John Lewis Johnny Burke Johnny Green Johnny Hartman Johnny Mandel Johnny Mathis Johnny Mercer Judy Garland Julie London June Christy	1905 1925 1890 1885 1894 1913 1925 1928 1917 1918 1926 1941 1940 1920 1908 1908 1923 1925 1935 1909 1922 1926 1925	08.29 05.26 10.20 01.27 10.10 01.26 07.17 12.08 11.12 12.12 09.23 12.12 10.09 05.03 10.03 10.10 07.03 11.23 09.30 11.18 06.10 09.26 11.20	Vernon, TX Savannah, GA New Orleans, LA New York, NY Boston, MA Syracuse, NY Cleveland, OH Norristown, PA Coalinga, CA Cordele, GA Hamlet, NC Atlanta, GA Liverpool, England la Grande, IL Antioch, CA New York, NY Chicago, IL New York, NY Gilmer, TX Savannah, GA Grand Rapids, MN Santa Rosa, CA Springfield, IL	1964 1941 1945 1969 1990 2005 2008 1999 1967 1980 2001 1964 1989 1983 1976 1969 2000 1990	01.15 07.10 11.11 05.23 02.06 02.08 07.16 03.29 07.17 12.08 03.29 02.25 05.15 09.15 06.25 06.22 10.18 06.21	New Orleans, LA Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Bevery Hills, CA Palm Spring, CA Phoenix, AZ Los Angeles, CA Las Vegas, NV New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY New York, NY Beverly Hills, CA New York, NY Los Angeles, CA London, UK Los Angels, CA Los Angeles, CA
Kay Starr Keith Jarrett Kenny Clarke Kid Ory King Oliver King Pleasure	1922 1945 1914 1886 1885 1922	07.21 05.08 01.09 12.25 05.11 04.24	Dougherty, OK Allentown, PA Pittsburgh, PA La Place, LA New Orleans, LA Oakdale, TN	1985 1973 1938 1982	01.26 01.23 04.08 04.21	Paris, France Honolulu, HI Savannah, GA Los Angeles, CA
Lena Horne Leonard Feather Les Paul Lester Young Lionel Hampton Lorenz Hart Louis Armstrong	1917 1914 1915 1909 1909 1894 1901	06.30 09.13 06.09 08.27 04.12 05.02 08.04	Brooklyn, NY London, England Waukesha, WI Woodville, MS Louisville, KY New York, NY New Orleans, LA	1994 1959 2002 1943 1971	09.22 03.15 08.31 11.22 07.06	Sherman Oaks, CA New York, NY New York, NY New york, NY New York, NY
Ma Rainey Mamie Smith Martha Tilton Matt Dennis Max Roach Maxine Sullivan Mel Torme Michel Legrand Mildred Bailey Miles Davis Milt Hinton Milt Jackson Mitch Miller Mitchell Parish	1886 1883 1915 1914 1924 1911 1925 1932 1901 1926 1910 1923 1911 1900	04.26 05.26 11.14 02.11 01.10 05.13 09.13 02.24 02.27 05.25 01.23 01.01 07.04 07.10	Columbus, GA Cincinnati, OH Corpus Christi, TX Seattle, WA Dismal Swamp, NC Homestead, PA Chicago, IL Paris, France Tekoma, WA Alton, IL Vicksburg, MS Detroit, MI Rochester, NY Lithuania	1939 1946 2006 2002 2007 1987 1999 1951 1991 2000 1999 1993	12.22 08.16 12.06 06.21 08.16 04.07 06.05 12.12 09.28 12.19 10.10 03.31	Columbus, GA New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Riverside, CA New York, NY New York, NY Los Angels, CA Pougakeepsie, WA Santa Monica, CA Queens, NY New York, NY New York, NY
Nancy Sinatra Nancy Wilson Nat King Cole Natalie Cole Nick LaRocca Nina Simone	1940 1937 1917 1950 1889 1933	06.04 02.20 03.17 02.06 04.11 02.21	Jersey City, NJ Chillicothe, OH Montgomery, AL Los Angeles, CA New Orleans, LA Tryon, NC	1965 1961 2003	02.15 02.22 04.21	Santa Monica, CA New Orleans, LA Southern France
Ornette Coleman Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Peterson	1930 1895 1925	03.09 07.25 08.15	Fort Worth, TX New York, NY Montreal, Canada	1960 2007	08.23 12.23	Doylestown, PA Ontario Canada
Patti Austin Patti Page Paul Anka Paul McCartney Peggy Lee Perry Como Pete Rugolo Peter Allen	1950 1927 1941 1942 1920 1912 1915 1944	08.10 11.08 07.30 06.18 05.26 05.18 12.25 02.10	New York, NY Muskogee, OK Ottawa, Canada Liverpool, England Jamestown, ND Canonsburg, PA San Piero, Sicily Austria	2002 2001 1992	01.21 05.12 06.18	Bel Air, CA Jupiter, FL San Diego, CA
Quincy Jones	1933	03.14	Chicago, IL
Ralph Sharon Ray Brown Ray Charles Red Nichols Richard Rodgers Roberta Flack Rosemary Clooney	1923 1926 1930 1905 1902 1939 1928	09.17 10.13 09.23 05.08 06.28 02.10 05.23	London, England Pittsburgh, PA Albany, GA Ogden, UT Long Island, NY Ashville, NC Maysville, KY	2002 2004 1965 1979 2002	07.02 06.10 06.28 12.30 06.29	Indianapollis, IN Beverly Hills, CA Las Vegas, NV New York, NY Beverly Hills, CA
Salena Jones Sammy Cahn Sammy Davis Jr. Sarah Vaughan Scott Joplin Scott LaFaro Seger Ellis Shirley Horn Sidney Bechet Sonny Rollins Stan Getz Stan Kenton Steve Allen Steve Lawrence	1944 1913 1925 1924 1868 1936 1904 1934 1897 1930 1927 1911 1921 1935	01.29 06.18 12.08 03.27 11.24 04.03 07.04 05.01 05.14 09.07 02.02 12.15 12.21 07.08	Newport News, VA New York, NY New York, NY Newark, NJ Bowie City, TX Newark, NJ Houston, TX Washington D.C. New Orleans, LA New York, NY Philadelphia, PA Wichita, KS New York, NY Brooklyn, NY	1993 1990 1990 1917 1961 1995 2005 1959 1991 1979	01.15 05.16 04.03 04.01 06.06 09.29 10.20 05.14 06.06 08.25	Los Angeles, CA Beverly Hills, CA Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Flint, NY Houston, TX Cheverly, MD Paris, France Malibu, CA Los Angeles, CA
Teddy Wilson Thelonious Monk Tom "Red" Brown Tommy Dorsey Tommy Flanagan Tony Bennett	1912 1917 1888 1905 1930 1926	11.24 10.10 06.31 11.19 03.16 08.03	Austin, TX Rocky Mount, NC New Orleans, LA Shenandoah, PA Detroit, MI Queens, NY	1986 1982 1958 1956	07.31 02.17 03.25 11.26	New Britain, CT Weehawken, NJ New Orleans, LA Greenwich, CT
Victor Young	1899	08.08	Chicago, IL	1956	11.10	Palm Springs, CA
William C. Handy Willie "The Lion" Smith Woody Herman	1873 1897 1913	11.16 11.25 05.16	Muscle Shoals, AL Goshen, NY Milwaukee, WI	1958 1973 1987	03.28 04.18 10.29	New York, NY New York, NY Los Angeles, CA