Obituary News

Soul legend Wilson Pickett dies at 64

Source: All About Jazz
January 20, 2006

RESTON, Va. -- Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits “Mustang Sally" and “In The Midnight Hour," died of a heart attack Thursday, according to his management company. He was 64.

Chris Tuthill of the management company Talent Source said Pickett had been suffering from health problems for the past year.

“He did his part. It was a great ride, a great trip, I loved him and I'm sure he was well-loved, and I just hope ...

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Drummer Tony Corbiscello dead at 53

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2006

HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.--Anthony Corbiscello, a drummer and big band leader who performed at Lincoln Center and once opened for Frank Sinatra, died Sunday. He was 53.

Corbiscello died of cancer at his home in Bergen County, according to The Vander Plaat Memorial Home.

As a younger man, Corbiscello, who graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University, played the drums and led the Tony Corbiscello Big Band.

The group played with such entertainers as Bob Hope and performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln ...

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Bob Weinstock, 77, recorded jazz greats on Prestige label

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2006

Bob Weinstock, who founded the independent jazz record label Prestige in 1949 and ran it for more than 20 years, died Saturday at a hospice in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 77 and lived in Deerfield Beach, Fla.

He died of complications of diabetes, said his daughter-in-law, Barbara Weinstock.

Weinstock produced and released some of the most important jazz recordings in the beginning years of the LP era. Prestige releases -- and those of its related imprints, including Par, Swingville, ...

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Bob Weinstock, Founder of the Jazz Label Prestige, Dies at 77

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2006

Bob Weinstock, who founded the independent jazz record label Prestige in 1949 and ran it for more than 20 years, died on Saturday at a hospice in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 77 and lived in Deerfield Beach, Fla.

He died of complications of diabetes, said his daughter-in-law, Barbara Weinstock.

Mr. Weinstock produced and released some of the most important jazz recordings in the beginning years of the LP era. Prestige releases - and those of its related imprints, including ...

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SF Bay Area Jazz Writer Phil Elwood Dies At 79

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2006

Jazz and blues critic Phil Elwood dies at 79 Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO - Phil Elwood, a revered blues and jazz critic who introduced many Californians to the blues in the early days of FM radio and wrote about musicians including Charlie Byrd and Duke Ellington, has died. He was 79.

Elwood died from heart failure Tuesday, said his daughter, Lis Scott of Sierra City. Elwood retired in 2002 after a nearly four-decade career at the San Francisco ...

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Les Paul (Tonight) Mingus Big Band (Tue.) The Music Of Frank Zappa (Wed.) Jan. 12-15 Wallace Roney Qt. (IAJE Week) at The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
January 9, 2006

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO EVERY TUESDAY THE MINGUS BIG BAND This Week at The Iridium Jan. 12-15 WALLACE RONEY QUINTET (IAJE WEEK) Antoine Roney, sax Eric Allen, drums Clarence Seay, bass Robert Irving, piano Val, turntables Jan. 11 ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA Jan. 13 BANU GIBSON 6:30PM Jan. 14 JOAN CROWE ...

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Singer Lou Rawls Dies

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2006

By JEFF WILSON The Associated Press Friday, January 6, 2006; 12:26 PM

LOS ANGELES -- Lou Rawls, the velvet-voiced singer who started as a church choir boy and went on to record such classic tunes as “You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine," died Friday of cancer. He was 72.

Rawls died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he was hospitalized last month for treatment of lung and brain cancer, said his publicist, Paul Shefrin. His wife, ...

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Legendary Jazz Disc Jockey Leo Chears Dies

Source: All About Jazz
January 5, 2006

Jazz broadcaster Leo Chears dies By Tim O'Neil ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 01/03/2006

Jazz broadcaster Leo Chears, known as “The Man in the Red Vest" and for his love of classic jazz, died Monday (Jan. 2, 2006) in Barnes-Jewish Hospital of congestive heart failure after a lengthy illness. He was 72 and had lived in East St. Louis.

Mr. Chears broadcast for the past 16 years from WSIE-FM, the station of Southern Illinois University at ...

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