2003 Death Herbie Mann, flutist, dies at 73 2000 Death Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist, dies at 78 1994 Death James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas 1953 Birthday Greg Ham, Australia, rock saxophonist/flutist, Men At Work 1951 Birthday Ransom Wilson, Tuscaloosa Alabama, flutist, Soliste New York 1948 Birthday Thijs van Leer, Dutch singer/flutist, Focus, Introspection 1944 Birthday Eugenia Zukerman, Cambridge Ms, flutist/novelist, Deceptive Cadence 1942 Birthday Petr Kotik, born in Prague, Czech Republic, composer, flutist, minimalist style, founder, S.E.M. ensemble, wrote opera, 'Many Many Women' 1940 Birthday David C. Johnson, born in Batavia, New York, composer, flutist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, performed live-electronic music 1939 Birthday James Galway, born in Belfast. Ireland, flutist, 18k gold flute, Royal Phil 1939 Birthday Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist, War 1938 Birthday Chris Hinze, Dutch flutist, Vivat Vivaldi 1938 Birthday Harvey Sollberger, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, flutist/composer, 2 Oboes Troping 1935 Birthday James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins 1924 Birthday Kees Otten, Dutch flutist 1922 Birthday Jean-Pierre Rampal, Louis, Marseilles France, flutist 1922 Birthday Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist, Italian Flute Concertos 1922 Birthday Frank Wess, flutist/saxophonist/composer 1889 Birthday Marcel Moyse, Saint-Amour, France, flutist, 20 Exercises et etudes