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Don Joham
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz Articles Don Joham Godspeed - You are Missed. I remember Don as a young fresh talent with a way about him that made you think he may have had another life. Don left us December 15, 2004. His daughter Tracey has posted here on AAJ looking for information on him and so everyone please go to your 50's 60's and 70's record collections and see if you might find any with Don Joham on them as a ...
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Leslie Gourse, Jazz Author Dies at 65
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All About Jazz
Leslie Gourse, 65, who died of a respiratory ailment Dec. 23 at a hospital in New York, was a biographer of jazz greats, including Louis Armstrong, Nat “King" Cole, Art Blakey, Wynton Marsalis, Thelonious Monk, Joe Williams, Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald. Ms. Gourse, a freelance writer and an author of more than 20 books about jazz, was a heavy-smoking workaholic of myriad interests. Based in New York, she wrote album liner notes and travel stories and contributed ...
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Artie Shaw: Legendary Clarinetist and Bandleader
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All About Jazz
Born: May 23, 1910 in New York, NY Died: December 30, 2004 in Thousand Oaks, CA
Clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw, who sold 100 million records before quitting the music business half a century ago, died on December 30, 2004, at his home in Thousand Oaks, California. He was 94 years old. Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky to impoverished Jewish parents in New York City, Shaw grew up in New Haven, Connecticut. He bought his first saxophone at the ...
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Big band legend Artie Shaw dies at 94
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All About Jazz
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Artie Shaw, the clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of “Begin the Beguine" epitomized the Big Band era, died Thursday at his home. He was 94.
Shaw had been in declining health for some time and apparently died of natural causes, his attorney and longtime friend Eddie Ezor said. Shaw's caregiver was with him when he died, Ezor said.
At his peak in the 1930s and '40s, Shaw pulled in a five-figure salary per week and ranked ...
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Blues icon Son Seals dies at 62
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All About Jazz
CHICAGO - Blues singer-guitarist Son Seals, one of the most distinctive voices to emerge in the genre during the 1970s, died Monday, Dec. 21, of complications from diabetes. He was 62.
Seals helped establish Chicago-based Alligator Records as the era's premier blues label with a run of albums featuring his tough songs, brooding vocals and spikey guitar work. He won three W.C. Handy Blues Awards, and received a Grammy Award nomination in 1980 for his work on the live compilation ...
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