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Luis Daniel "Chichito" Cepeda Died

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Mongo Santamar

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Jazz Organist Bobby Forrester Goes Out Swinging!

Source: All About Jazz

There were about 75 people packed into a small room at Leo F. Kearns Funeral Home on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park Queens on Tuesday evening November 26th, 2002. The people came to remember a great organist who played for such great jazz blues vocalists as Irene Reid and Ruth Brown. The service lasted about 45 minutes, and afterwards in true tradition some of the musicians who were close to Bobby Forrester played some of his favorite tunes. Surprisingly there ...

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Savoy Jazz Mourns the Passing of Paul "Huckle-Buck" Williams, July 13, 1915 - September 14, 2002

Source: All About Jazz

Saxophonist and bandleader Paul Williams, who scored one of the first big hits of the R&B era in 1949 with “The Huckle-Buck," based on Charlie Parker's “Now's the Time," died of cardiac arrest on Saturday, September 14. His funeral service was held on Friday, September 20, at Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 W. 138th Street, in Harlem, NYC. Williams is survived by his three children: sons, Earl and Eric, and a daughter, Erin.

“Paul “Huckle-Buck" Williams had the biggest selling record ...

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Noted NY Pianist Frank Hewitt Passes

Source: All About Jazz

Pianist Frank Hewitt, born October 23, 1935, died Thursday 9/5/02 of complications from cancer.

Frank Hewitt was a mainstay on the NY jazz scene from the mid-1950s until his passing. He played as a sideman with many notable musicians, including Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, John Coltrane, Howard McGhee, Cecil Payne, Arthur Prysock, and appeared frequently with the late Clarence “C" Sharpe. He appeared in 1961 in The Living Theater's production of The Connection. Over the last eight years, Frank was ...

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Pianist Frank Hewitt Passes Sept. 5, 2002

Source: All About Jazz

With deep sadness, I have to report that pianist Frank Hewitt succumbed to cancer yesterday (9/5) at 9:30 AM at the age of 66. Since the mid 1950s, Frank had been one of the mainstays of the New York jazz scene. Born Oct 23, 1935 in Queens, he grew up in Harlem in Sugar Hill. In 1961, he appeared in The Living Theater's famous production of The Connection, playing alongside Cecil Payne. Over the years, Frank worked extensively as a ...

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Panamanian Flutist Mauricio Smith Dies

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Panamanian flutist Mauricio Smith passed away Saturday, August 3 at 11 p.m.

Mauricio Smith emerged briefly as a solo star in the mid- to late '60s after a long association with Vincentico Valdes, the La Plata Sextet, Joe Valle, and the Joe Cuba Sextet. The son of a flautist who played with the Panama Symphony, he studied at Panama City's National Conservatory of Music, and became a fixture on television and in nightclubs in South and Central America, Puerto Rico, ...

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Bassist Bobby Rodr

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