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Oscar Peterson's Feel for Rhythm "Drove the Whole Bus," Say Fellow Musicians
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All About Jazz
The music was so powerful, so propulsively swinging that fellow musicians found it hard to believe Monday that such a force of nature as Oscar Peterson had finally been stilled. “It's hard for me to believe even now," said fellow pianist Hank Jones, a jazz legend in his own right. “I just thought Oscar would be around for another 100 years. This is one of the saddest days of my life." Oscar Peterson, an icon of jazz piano in Canada ...
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Memorial Service for Jazz Great Frank Morgan at the Artists' Quarter in St. Paul on December 23, 2007
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All About Jazz
Saxophonist Frank Morgan will be remembered in words and music on the 74th anniversary of his birth. Frank Morgan, the legendary alto saxophonist who died at age 73 of complications from colon cancer at his Minneapolis home on December 14, will be remembered at a memorial service on Sunday, December 23, at the Artists' Quarter jazz club in St. Paul. Frank Morgan was born in Minneapolis and returned there in 2005 to live with his cousin Melanie Taylor and her ...
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Grammy-Winning Jazz Producer Joel Dorn Dies at 65
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All About Jazz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran record producer Joel Dorn, who worked with such artists as Roberta Flack, Max Roach and the Neville Brothers, died of a heart attack on Monday in New York. He was 65. Dorn, a one-time disc-jockey at a Philadelphia jazz radio station, was perhaps best known for his work with Atlantic Records' prestigious jazz stable between 1967 and 1974. Working alongside the label's jazz chief, Nesuhi Ertegun, he brought a pop sensibility to works by musicians ...
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Producer Joel Dorn Dies at Age 65
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All About Jazz
Veteran record producer Joel Dorn, who worked with such artists as Roberta Flack, Max Roach and the Neville Brothers, died of a heart attack on Monday in New York. He was 65. Dorn, a one-time disc-jockey at a Philadelphia jazz radio station, was perhaps best known for his work with Atlantic Records' prestigious jazz stable between 1967 and 1974. Working alongside the label's jazz chief, Nesuhi Ertegun, he brought a pop sensibility to works by musicians such as Roach, Herbie ...
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Frank Morgan - Memorial Celebration at the Jazz Bakery
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All About Jazz
FRANK MORGAN - MEMORIAL CELEBRATION AT THE JAZZ BAKERY JANUARY 5TH, 2008 2:00PM- 5:30PM Open to public Sammie Roberts Jazz with support from the Jazz Bakery and Mars Jazz is hosting a memorial celebration for legendary bebop saxophonist Frank Morgan. The memorial will be held at the Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90034 2:00pm- 5:30pm FRANK MORGAN, poll-winning alto saxophonist and Bird's protg, was a master interpreter of bebop and ballads. After recovering from a ...
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Music Legend Ike Turner Dies
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All About Jazz
SAN DIEGO--Ike Turner, whose role as one of rock's critical architects was overshadowed by his ogrelike image as the man who brutally abused former wife and icon Tina Turner, died Wednesday at his home in suburban San Diego. He was 76. who brutally abused former wife and rock icon Tina Turner, has died. Scott M. Hanover of Thrill Entertainment Group, which managed Turner's musical career, confirms Turner died this morning at his suburban San Diego home He was 76. There ...
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Ike Turner, Rock Pioneer and Ex-Husband of Tina Turner, Dead at 76
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All About Jazz
SAN DIEGO - Ike Turner, whose role as one of rock's critical architects was overshadowed by his ogrelike image as the man who brutally abused former wife and icon Tina Turner, died Wednesday at his home in suburban San Diego. He was 76. “He did pass away this morning" at his home in San Marcos, in northern San Diego County, said Scott M. Hanover of Thrill Entertainment Group, which managed Turner's musical career. There was no immediate word on the ...
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