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Stan Winston Visual Effects Artist Dies
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All About Jazz
Stan Winston Oscar-winning visual effects artist of creatures from Aliens, Terminator 2, to the T Rex of Jurassic Park.
Winston died at home Sunday evening after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma, according to a rep from Stan Winston Studio. “Stan died peacefully at home surrounded by family," a spokeswoman said. He was 62. Winston won four visual effects Oscars and earned multiple nominations. His first Oscar was for James Cameron's Aliens (1986). Winston later won two Oscars for Terminator ...
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Pianist Esbjorn Svensson Dead at 44
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All About Jazz
Swedish jazz musician Esbjörn Svensson, 44 years old, died during a diving accident yesterday outside of Värmdö near Stockholm.
He was in a company of divers on Saturday June 14th at a Swedish jetty/landing stage under supervision of a dive-leader when he was found severely injured at the bottom. Resuscitation was unsuccessful. The police will investigate the cause of Svensson's death. The announcement of the death came as a shock for the chairman of the Swedish Jazz Society: “He was ...
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Bill Reichenbach: A Master Musician Kept His Life's Time in the Rhythm of Jazz
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All About Jazz
Bill Reichenbach never wanted to do anything except play the drums. When he was 5, he took apart a banjo and started beating out a rhythm on the soundbox. Through the years, he built a solid reputation as a steady rhythmic anchor at Washington nightclubs and for touring big bands. He was never well known beyond the jazz circuit, but for one golden moment, he unexpectedly found himself at the launch of a new national phenomenon. In 1961, Washington guitarist ...
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Tim Russert Lion of Washington Press Corps
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Michael Ricci
Tim Russert, the longest-serving moderator of NBC's “Meet the Press" and the lion of the Washington press corps, died of a sudden heart attack Friday.
NBC's Tim Russert dies at 58, had an Irish gusto for politics leavened with civility. Russert had returned early from a family trip to Italy and was working at NBC's Washington bureau, recording voice-overs for Sunday's show, when he collapsed Friday afternoon. His wife, Maureen Orth, a writer for Vanity Fair, and their son, Luke, ...
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Danny Davis Founder of the Nashville Brass Dies
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All About Jazz
Founder of the Nashville Brass Danny Davis, 83, a bandleader and record producer who founded the Nashville Brass, died Thursday at a Nashville hospital after suffering a heart attack.
A resident of Nashville, Davis began his music career as a trumpeter, playing in the brass sections of bands led by Les Brown, Gene Krupa and others in the 1940s. Davis became a record producer for MGM in New York City, where he produced a number of hit singles ...
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Breaking: Tim Russert 'Meet The Press' Dies
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All About Jazz
BREAKING NEWS: Washington Bureau Chief, 'Meet the Press' Moderator Collapsed on Job
WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press," died Friday after being stricken at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58. Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday's “Meet the Press" broadcast when he collapsed, the network said. He had recently returned from Italy, where his family was celebrating the graduation of Russert's son, Luke, from Boston College. No ...
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Bill Finegan Arranger for Dorsey, Miller Bands Dies
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All About Jazz
ORIGINAL, INVENTIVE: Bill Finegan wrote more than 300 arrangements for Glenn Miller, including “Little Brown Jug," “Sunrise Serenade" and “Song of the Volga." Nelson Riddle was his student.
Bill Finegan, an architect of the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller who later traded in commercial success to co-create the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, which produced music that still stands as some of the most experimental of the swing era, has died. He was 91. Finegan died Wednesday at a ...
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