Obituary News

Leroi Moore, 46; Saxophone Player in Dave Matthews Band

Source: Michael Ricci
August 20, 2008

LeRoi Moore, a saxophone player for the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of injuries suffered in an accident on an all-terrain vehicle in June. He was 46.

Moore, born in 1961, died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, the band said on its website.

LeRoi MooreHe was initially hospitalized in late June after the accident on his farm outside Charlottesville, Va. He had recently returned to his Los Angeles home to begin physical rehabilitation when complications forced him ...

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Sax Player LeRoi Moore Dies at 46 from ATV Wreck Injuries

Source: All About Jazz
August 20, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46. Moore died at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was admitted with complications that arose weeks after the June 30 wreck, according to a statement on the band's Web site. It did not specify what ...

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Jamaican Trumpeter of The Skatalites: Johnny Moore Passes

Source: Michael Ricci
August 19, 2008

Johnny Moore, 70, a trumpeter and founding member of the pioneering Jamaican ska and reggae band The Skatalites, died Saturday of cancer in Kingston, Jamaica, according to music promoter Herbie Miller. Moore helped form the band in 1964 along with saxophonists Tommy McCook and Roland Alphonso and trombonist Don Drummond. “He was the most creative of the trumpeters from the ska period," Miller said. “He was always willing to try different things." During the 14 months the band was together, ...

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Percussionist Randy Kaye Dies at 61

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2008

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Jerry Wexler: Pioneer of Postwar Pop

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2008

American record producer and music executive helped to start Atlantic records and coined term 'rhythm and blues' Few of the pioneers of the postwar pop music industry more effectively exploited the art of connoisseurship than Jerry Wexler, the American record producer and music industry executive, who has died of congestive heart failure aged 91. It was his good luck that along with two similarly endowed members of that small band, the Turkish brothers Ahmet and Nesuhi Ertegun, he developed the ...

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Jerry Wexler, 91; Influential Producer Helped Shape R&b

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2008

Jerry Wexler, 91, the legendary producer and partner in Atlantic Records who coined the term “rhythm and blues," helped Aretha Franklin find her groove and freed Ray Charles from his early easy-listening style, died Aug. 15 at his home in Siesta Key, Fla. He had heart disease. Starting in the 1950s, Mr. Wexler introduced black and Southern musicians to mainstream music listeners, when few whites paid attention to what was called “race music." The powerful blend of gospel, blues and ...

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Jerry Wexler: 1917 - 2008

Source: All About Jazz
August 16, 2008

Jerry Wexler: January 10, 1917 - August 15, 2008

Jerry Wexler The legendary Gerald “Jerry" Wexler was a music journalist turned record producer who evolved into one of the most influential music men of all time. He was part of the foundation that would give the world R&B and is even coining the term “Rhythm & Blues" while working for Billboard magazine.

Wexler was paramount in the careers of Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield and ...

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Jerry Wexler Famed Record Producer Dies at 91

Source: Michael Ricci
August 15, 2008

Jerry Wexler, a legendary record producer, worked with Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats. He helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson.

Legendary record producer Jerry Wexler, who helped shape R&B music with influential recordings of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and other greats, and later made key recordings with the likes of Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson, ...

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