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David Baker: 1945 - 2004
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All About Jazz
David Baker, a Grammy Award winning audio engineer and producer of over 2,000 recordings, died peacefully in his sleep on July 14, 2004. He was 58 and lived in Manhattan. Born David Howard Baker on October 12, 1945 in Mt. Vernon, NY, he was the son of the late Harry Alexander Baker and the late Viola Tenore Baker. David Baker's grandfather was a salesman for Columbia Records in the late 1920's. Mr. Baker's father, Harry, established Baker Audio in Atlanta, ...
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Tenor Saxophonist Illinois Jacquet Passes
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All About Jazz
The great tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet has just passed away in New York of heart failure this morning Thursday, July 22 around 2 A.M.
Below are two bios...
Illinois Jacquet Bio #1
He was born in Louisiana, but his sound exemplified the “Texas Tenor" style, which is a no-nonsense style that uses a rich powerful tone and a lot of blues (it almost sounds like “stripper music" at times!). In 1942, while a member of Lionel Hampton's big band, he ...
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James Williams, 1951 - 2004
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All About Jazz
Jazz pianist, composer and mentor James Williams died this morning of complications from liver cancer, according to longtime friend John Tibbets. Williams was 53 and for that young age has left us a wonderful legacy of jazz. In the words of friend and fellow Jazz Messengers alumnus Geoff Keezer, “James was a tireless supporter of his fellow jazz musicians, both young and old, and maintained an almost single-pointed focus and dedication to preserving, honoring, and advancing the tradition of acoustic ...
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Son of Latin Jazz Great Tito Puente Dies
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All About Jazz
Richard Puente, second son of the Late Latin jazz legend Tito Puente and percussionist with famed disco group Foxy, died in his sleep Sunday morning. In the prime of a richly rewarding career that has included two Grammy nominations and two gold records, the accomplished 51-year-old multi-instrumentalist was hospitalized after suffering from viral encephoplopathy due to a prior brain injury that was the result of a mugging over 10 years ago. Since his release from the hospital, Richie had been ...
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