How about Charlyne Yi? Seeing as that's how her name is spelled.

I just want to give some love to Kenny Dorham ("Afro Cuban", "Whistle Stop"), Blue Mitchell ("Blue's Moods", "Boss Horn"), Booker Little ("Out Front", Eric Dolphy-"Live at the Five Spot"), and Woody Shaw ("Rosewood", "Stepping Stones")
Yes yes!

I also occasionally work with an outstanding vocalist whose birth name is Queen Esther!

Tadd Dameron-Tadley Ewing Peake, Illinois Jaquet-Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jaquet.
Also ,if I may,Grover Curry Mitchell (look him up!) , Mitchell "Bootie" Wood, and James Huston Leary III. Last but not least, Herbert Jeffrey Hancock.
It's nice to see some so-called "Jazz"/BAM articles on this site!

Don't forget the delightful Peanut Buster Parfait!

Well, he was Musical Director for the SNL band for one season. He was playing baritone saxophone.Bass saxophone one the "King Tut" sketch.

The tuba player, baritone saxophonist?

Pip the Troll it is!

So. New episodes featuring classic characters. How hard was that?

I did do my homework before I went. While not fluent, I could communicate enough, and understand enough, to know what was going on. I've been a fan of the culture since childhood. I was also lucky enough to have friends with me until my Japanese got (marginally) better. I'm a *vegan. Japanese Haagen-Das and dashi are…

I've been going to Japan for the past 20 years. It's surprisingly easy to be a vegetarian/vegan, at least from my experience. Oddly enough, Russia too…recently. The Middle East has excellent vegan options as well.

Midddleswarth, Snyder of Berlin.

Well….just the men!

So. No obit for William Christopher?

I thought the last video was going to be "Honky Cat". Your fault, my mistake.

And Toots Thieliemans. Saxophonist Bob Kindred too.

And the hatchet job he did on Charlie Parker.

7-Zark-7 RIP!

Wrecka Stowe!

Which one? Earl Gardner(trumpet), Alex Foster(alto saxophone), or James Genus(bass)?
I'm guessing you mean James Genus….he is a good cat! Great bassist as well.