Obituary News

Great "Jazz Diva" Dakota Staton Passes

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2007

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Tony Scott Dies at 85

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2007

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

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
March 31, 2007

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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Tyrone Hill Has Left the Planet

Source: All About Jazz
March 20, 2007

Tyrone Hill, trombone player for the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen, left the planet on March 11, 2007 at age 58. He first started playing the trombone during his Gillespie Junior High School days in North Philadelphia.

Tyrone joined the Sun Ra Arkestra in 1979 and remained a fixture of the brass section for his 28 years in the Arkestra. He brought a pulsating rich and full sound to Sun Ra's music that was appreciated by ...

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Jazz Singer Ronnie Wells Dies at Age 64

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2007

The Washington Post Jazz Singer Ronnie Wells-Elliston, 64 Friday, March 9, 2007; Page B07 Ronnie Wells-Elliston, 64, a versatile jazz balladeer and educator in the Washington area for more than three decades who co-founded the East Coast Jazz Festival in Montgomery County in 1992, died March 7 at Holy Cross Hospital. She had lung cancer. Mrs. Wells-Elliston formed the East Coast Jazz Festival with her husband, pianist Ron Elliston, in response to area schools' reducing or ...

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Bassist Eldee Young Passes Away

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2007

Bassist Eldee Young, best known for his ten year stint in the '50s and '60s with the (pianist) Ramsey Lewis Trio, died of a heart attack on February 12, 2007, in Bangkok.

Last May I found myself in Saigon, and was both surprised and delighted to learn that the Eldee Young trio was playing in town. The gig was in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel, a far cry perhaps from Carnegie Hall, and the Montreux or Newport Jazz Festivals, ...

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Queva Jayne Lutz, Owner of 55 Bar, Dies

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 27, 2007

Queva Jayne Lutz died on Thursday, February 22nd at her home in New York City, surrounded by her family and close friends. Queva was unique in the way she led her life. She enjoyed it immensely, as did those with whom she shared it. Whether at her home of 30 years, her famous Randalls Island picnics of 25 years, in the businesses she built or in the many opportunities that presented themselves throughout life, Queva lived to open doors for ...

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British Jazz Guitarist Frank Evans Dies

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2007

Jazz guitarist, Frank Evans, passed away on February 6th 2007 at the age of 76. A former member of Tubby Hayes Quartet, Frank performed and recorded most often as a solo guitarist. Since the mid-sixties, Frank generally shunned the London scene, preferring to operate from his home in Bristol. He took up the guitar at the age of eleven and learned his craft, without formal tuition, through a lengthy apprenticeship in jazz clubs, ballrooms and restaurants ...

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