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Andrew Hill Memorial Service
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All About Jazz
It is with great sadness we that note the passing of Boosey & Hawkes composer and jazz pianist Andrew Hill. Hill died Friday, April 20, 2007 several years after being diagnosed with lung cancer. He was 75 years old and lived in Jersey City, NJ. The funeral will be open to the public at Trinity Church (89 Broadway at Wall Street) this Friday, April 27, at 2:00 pm. Those who would like to send cards or condolences to his family ...
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Gene Martin Memorial St. Peters Church Sunday, May 6th 7PM
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
Gene Martin Memorial Sunday, May 6th St. Peters Church 54th & Lexington Ave., New York City Time: 7:00 pm
Join friends & family for a celebration of the life & art of Gene Martin, famed music photographer, who passed away suddenly last December. A reception will follow the memorial.
About Gene Martin Award winning New York based photographer Gene Martin is best known for his conceptual portraiture of celebrities and music personalities ...
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Andrew Hill: 1931-2007
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All About Jazz
Dear Jazz Friends: I've been asked by composer and pianist Andrew Hill's family to announce to the press that he died at 4 a.m. today, April 20, 2007, several years after being diagnosed with lung cancer. He was 75 years old and lived in Jersey City, NJ. Hill, born June 30, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois (contrary to some previously published places and dates dates), had a lengthy international career as performer and recording artist, and educator (at Portland State University; ...
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Dakota Staton, 76, Jazz Singer with a Sharp, Bluesy Sound, Dies
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All About Jazz
Dakota Staton, a highly respected jazz and blues singer known from the 1950s on for her bright, trumpetlike sound and tough, sassy style, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 76 and had lived in New York for many years. Sharynn Harper, a spokeswoman for Ms. Staton's family, confirmed the death, citing no specific cause. She said Ms. Staton had been in declining health in recent years. In 1957, Ms. Staton (pronounced STAY-ton) burst on the scene with her first ...
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Tony Scott Dies at 85
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All About Jazz
American legendary jazz musician Tony Scott died peacefully in Rome, Italy on the 28th of March at 9pm from aggravations from a prostrate tumor condition. He was 85 years old.
His funeral took place on Saturday March 31st at 5pm in Rome at the 'Chiesa degli Artisti' with music performed by friend Harold Bradley and daughter Monica Sciacca amongst other musician friends. His body will repose in Salemi (Sicily).
He is survived by his wife Cinzia Scott and his two ...
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Tony Scott Service Will Be 5PM Today (Rome Time) at the Church of the Artists
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Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
The clarinetist Tony Scott died on March 28th in Rome, Italy, at the age of 86. The cause was prostate cancer. He died at his home in Rome.
The memorial service will be 5pm tomorrow (Rome time) at the church of the artists. Then the body will be flown to Sicily, the family ancestral home (Scott's family name was Sciacca).
He had started playing the clarinet at the age of 12 and with 14 had founded his first quartet. While ...
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