▁Gr ig ore ▁R ă cean u , ▁commun ist ▁politician ▁Mir ce a ▁R ă cean u , ▁diplom at , ▁adopted ▁son ▁of ▁Gr ig ore ▁ ▁Category : R oman ian - language ▁s urn ames <0x0A> </s> ▁James ▁M inter ▁K ne pper ▁( Nov ember ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁– ▁June ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 3 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁jazz ▁trom bon ist . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁own ▁record ings ▁as ▁leader , ▁K ne pper ▁performed ▁and ▁recorded ▁with ▁Charlie ▁Bar net , ▁Wo ody ▁H erman , ▁Claude ▁Th orn hill , ▁Stan ▁Kent on , ▁Ben ny ▁Good man , ▁Gil ▁Evans , ▁Th ad ▁Jones ▁and ▁Mel ▁Lewis , ▁T osh iko ▁A ki y oshi ▁and ▁Lew ▁Tab ack in , ▁and , ▁most ▁fam ously , ▁Charles ▁M ing us ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁K ne pper ▁died ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁of ▁comp lications ▁of ▁Park inson ' s ▁disease . ▁ ▁Biography ▁K ne pper ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁California , ▁the ▁second ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁nur se ▁and ▁a ▁police ▁officer . ▁His ▁parents ▁divor ced ▁shortly ▁after ▁his ▁birth , ▁and ▁his ▁mother ▁had ▁to ▁take ▁her ▁ab us ive ▁husband ▁to ▁court ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁get ▁child ▁support . ▁ ▁He ▁and ▁his ▁older ▁brother , ▁Robert