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Billy May, legendary arranger has died
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All About Jazz
( from the LA Times ) Billy May, a 1950s bandleader, composer and arranger with a highly distinctive style who worked with such leading recording artists as Frank Sinatra and Peggy Lee, died of a heart attack Thursday at his home in San Juan Capistrano. He was 87. May began his career as a trumpeter with the Charlie Barnet Band in 1938. He soon was contributing arrangements characterized by what the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz described as “wailing, 'scooping' ...
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Milt Bernhart, West Coast trombonist, 1926-2004
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All About Jazz
Milt Bernhart b. 25 May 1926, Valparaiso, IN d. 22 January 2004, age 77, Glendale, CA Trombonist Milt Bernhart, a treasured icon of West Coast jazz, died of multiple organ failure on January 22, 2004 in Glendale, California. He was 77 years old.
Bernhart was as good-natured a man as jazz ever produced, self-deprecating and always able to see the humor in a situation. He began playing the tuba at ten but had switched ...
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Big Jim Eaves: Big talent, Big heart
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All About Jazz
Big Jim Eaves, beloved guitarist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, graphic artist, independent scholar, former manager of New York's Folk City and jazzy bluesman extraordinaire, passed away on December 4 in Los Angeles at the age of 59. Also known for his great generosity, humor, and kindness, Jim leaves behind thousands of friends all over the world.
A memorial fund is being set up in his name at the Jazz Foundation of America's “Musicians Emergency Fund"; contributions, which are tax-deductible, will help ...
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