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Snooky Young, 1919-2011
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Reports emerged late last night that Snooky Young died on May 5 at the age of 92. Young was that rare combination, a great lead trumpeter who was also a soloist of exceptional imagination, taste and humor. He began as a professional musician when he was a teenager in Dayton, Ohio. At 20, he joined he joined the Jimmie Lunceford band and in the course of his career played key roles in virtually every big jazz band of importance except ...
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Jazz Bridge Presents Sumi Tonooka at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Media (PA) on March 16
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Suzanne Cloud
For the last piano concert of this season, Jazz Bridge presents award-winning jazz artist Sumi Tonooka in a rare piano concert in the Philadelphia area at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media, PA, on March 16, 2011. With her will be bassist Mike Boone and drummer Alan Nelson. Initiation, her most recent recording on the ARC label, earned a “Best of 2010" mention in the Village Voice and her trio's CD Long Ago Today was ...
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Snooks Eaglin's "Baby, You Can Get Your Gun" Album to be Reissued on Hep Cat Through Collectors' Choice
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conqueroo
Eaglin is accompanied by Fats Domino’s rhythm section plus David Lastie, Ron Levy and Ronnie Earl on his first Black Top album
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Snooks Eaglin, the legendary New Orleans blues and R&B singer and guitarist, passed away on February 18 of this year. That city’s Offbeat magazine described him as “a one-of-a-kind guitar player who could play an unbelievable run with his amazing (seemingly double-jointed) fingers in a repertoire that ranged from Beethoven to R&B; thus his ...
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Snooks Eaglin Blind Musician Was a New Orleans Legend
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Michael Ricci
R&B singer and guitarist Snooks Eaglin, a New Orleans legend who counted platinum- selling rockers among his fans, has died. He was 72.
The blind musician died Wednesday of a heart attack at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans after falling ill and being hospitalized, said John Blancher, a close family friend. Eaglin was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, Blancher said.
Eaglin, known for picking strings with his thumbnail, played and recorded with a host of New Orleans giants, ...
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Snooks Eaglin R&B Singer and Guitarist Dies
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Michael Ricci
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The R&B singer and guitarist Snooks Eaglin, who counted platinum-selling rockers among his fans, died here Wednesday. He was 72.
The cause was a heart attack he suffered after falling ill and being hospitalized last week, said John Blancher, a family friend. Mr. Eaglin learned he had prostate cancer last year.
Musicians including Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Robert Plant and Bonnie Raitt would seek out Mr. Eaglin to watch him perform, Mr. Blancher said. But New ...
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Jazz Pianist Sumi Tonooka's Long Ago Today Released on Artists Recording Collective Records
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Featuring Tonooka with Bassist Rufus Reid and the late drummer Bob Braye “Fierce, fascinating composer and pianist . . . a thoughtful, fresh voice . . . delicate and articulate . . . driving and dramatic." -- Leslie Gourse, Jazz Times “Tonooka . . . opened her set with a crackling interpretation of Thelonious Monk's “Eronel." The dispatch with which Tonooka negotiated Monk's precipitous lines left no doubt that she is among the best of today's jazz pianists. . . ...
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Sumi Tonooka with Rufus Reid Quintet at the Lincoln Center June 18
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All About Jazz
ASR Records Recording Artist Sumi Tonooka will perform two sets for a Special Monday Presentation at the Lincoln Center on June 18th as pianist with the Rufus Reid Quintet. The sets start at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm respectively.
Noted jazz critic Francis Davis, one of the first to recognize her as an extraordinary talent, placed Sumi Tonooka “among the best of today's young pianists." During a career now spanning more than 20 years, Sumi Tonooka has been surprising and ...
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Free program at Bard features 'ASR Records Artists the Erica Lindsay/Sumi Tonooka Quartet
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All About Jazz
BARD MUSIC PROGRAM PRESENTS AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND JAZZ ON OCTOBER 19 Free program at Bard features 'ASR Records Artists the Erica Lindsay/Sumi Tonooka Quartet ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.--The Bard Music Program presents a classical/jazz concert on Wednesday, October 19. Free and open to the public, the program will begin at 8:00 p.m. in Olin Hall. The classical section of the program features the Bard Orchestra, directed by ...
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Free program at Bard features 'ASR Records Artists the Erica Lindsay/Sumi Tonooka Quartet
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All About Jazz
BARD MUSIC PROGRAM PRESENTS AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC AND JAZZ ON OCTOBER 19 Free program at Bard features 'ASR Records Artists the Erica Lindsay/Sumi Tonooka Quartet ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.--The Bard Music Program presents a classical/jazz concert on Wednesday, October 19. Free and open to the public, the program will begin at 8:00 p.m. in Olin Hall. The classical section of the program features the Bard Orchestra, directed by ...
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'Asr Records Signs Pianist Sumi Tonooka
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All About Jazz
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 'ASR SIGNS TONOOKA Article by: Victoria Dunfee
Kansas City USA -- 'ASR RECORDS announces the addition of Sumi Tonooka - the established New York based pianist, composer, clinician and producer to our artist roster. Sumi Tonooka has been surprising and delighting audiences — and quietly piling up accolades from jazz writers and her fellow musicians. Leslie Gourse, of Jazz Times, describes her artistry with such phrases as: “Fierce, fascinating composer and pianist . . . ...
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