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Jazz Bassist and Scat Singer Chubby Jackson Dies in Rancho Bernardo

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2003

Jazz bassist and scat singer Chubby Jackson died in Rancho Bernardo, California on Oct 1, 2003 just shy of his 85th birthday.

Chubby was often called the cheer leader of Jazz for his enthusiasm and humor that was so much a part of his musical career. He was respected for his incredible energy on and off the bandstand. His death came after a long battle with kidney failure and cancer.

In a statement from his Florida home, Chubby's son, drummer ...

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Nina Simone: Singer Dubbed The High Priestess of Soul

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2003

Nina Simone genuinely earned the epithet unique. Although she was once dubbed The High Priestess of Soul, she fitted no precise musical pigeon-holes, and her genius was tempered by an unpredictability which made every concert an adventure for her audience. She could be a wildly inconsistent performer, given to ludicrously overdramatic delivery, abbreviated sets, and berating her paying customers for being insufficiently attentive. At the other extreme, she was a powerful, emotive singer who successfully bridged ...

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Nina Simone: A Tribute

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2003

For people the world over, the passing of the great, legendary Dr. Nina Simone will be met with much sadness. An often-unsung hero and pioneer in the civil rights movement, Nina was a woman of conviction who left her country of birth rather than compromise her artistic integrity, a woman who challenged the status quo, but more than that, a woman who knew how to touch the hearts of so many with her distinctive musical blend of jazz, blues and ...

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Nina Simone is Dead at 70

Source: All About Jazz
April 21, 2003

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Jutta Hipp: Pianist Made Brief Impact On 50s Bop Scene

Source: All About Jazz
April 10, 2003

Jutta Hipp studied painting in Leipzig, but became interested in jazz in the early 1940s, and formed her own group in Munich after the war. She worked with Hans Koller in Europe, and recorded for Blue Note with her own band in 1954.

She moved to the USA in 1955 and made further recordings with a trio which included Peter Ind (and later Ahamed Abdul-Malik) on bass and Ed Thigpen on drums, and also recorded with Zoot Sims. She stopped ...

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Pianist David Azarian Killed in Car Accident

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2003

By John McElhenny, Globe Correspondent, 3/31/2003

Jazz pianist who fled the Soviet Union to pursue his musical dreams in America was killed Saturday evening when he was struck by a sport utility vehicle while changing a tire on the side of busy Interstate 93 in Stoneham.

David Azarian, 51, was replacing a driver-side tire on his minivan in the breakdown lane when the SUV, driven by a Swampscott woman, plowed into his car. Azarian's wife and two daughters, ages 4 ...

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Jazz Pianist Linton Garner, Brother of Erroll, Dead at Age 87

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2003

REMEMBERING LINTON GARNER

by Len Dobbin

Pianist LINTON GARNER died of heart failure Thursday, March 6, in Vancouver, B.C., where he had settled in 1974. He was 19 days short of his 88th birthday. He was born in Greensboro, N.C. on March 25, 1915 and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was the older brother of Erroll Garner and three sisters, Martha, Ruth and Berniece, were also pianists. Linton began piano lessons at the age of 8 and later also ...

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Dennis Mooreman, Pianist and Instructor at York College Dead

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2003

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