Rifftides reader Mark Mohr writes:
Sad about Motian, he was definitely one of a kind. Who else is still playing at 80?
Off the top of my head (more or less):
Phil Woods (80)
Ira Sullivan (80)
Ornette Coleman (81)
Richard Davis (81)
Jim Hall (81)
Bill Henderson (81)
Annie Ross (81)
Frank Strazzeri (81
Barry Harris (82)
Ernestine Anderson (83)
Junior Mance (83)
Bill Crow (84)
Dick Hyman (84)
Lee Konitz (84)
Martial Solal (84)
Jimmy Heath (85)
Med Flory (85)
Bill (William O.) Smith (85)
Eddie Duran (86)
Dave Pell (86)
Chico Hamilton (90)
Jon Hendricks (90)
Dave Brubeck (91)
Marian McPartland (93)
There must be others.