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Bandleader Percy Hughes, 1922-2015
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
One of the beloved legends of Minnesota jazz, bandleader and multi-reed player Percy Hughes passed away on December 30 at age 93. Most recently known as the leader of Ellington Echoes, Hughes was inducted into the Minnesota Jazz Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Minnesota Music hall of Fame in 1996. He was also well known for his skills on the tennis court as a player and teacher, and was the subject of a 2011 book, Sports and All ...
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David Bowie (1947-2016)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
David Bowie, a British singer-songwriter from South London who transformed rock into high art by combining the audacity of pop, the decadence and androgyny of Weimar cabaret, the melancholy of working class pubs and the flamboyance of the circus, died on Jan. 10. He was 69. His death came two days after his birthday and the release of what became his final studio album—Black Star. As a musician-performer, Bowie's vision was the absence of vision or style, preferring instead to ...
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Paul Bley: 1932-2016
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ECM Records
It is with deep regret that we share the news below from the family of the great Paul Bley: Paul Bley, renowned jazz pianist, died January 3, 2016 at home with his family. Born November 10, 1932 in Montreal, QC, he began music studies at the age of five. At 13, he formed the “Buzzy Bley Band.” At 17, he took over for Oscar Peterson at the Alberta Lounge, invited Charlie Parker to play at the Montreal Jazz Workshop, which ...
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Daniel Smith, The World’s Most Recorded Bassoon Soloist dies at 77
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Michael Ricci
Daniel Smith, who was one of the few bassoonists recording and performing in both Jazz and Classical music, described as the “Gerry Mulligan of The Bassoon", in the world of Jazz and the “Rampal of The Bassoon" in classical music, dies at 77 on December 19, 2015 in Brooklyn, NY. The cause of death was an aggressive infection that led to cardiac arrest. His daughter Jacqueline Smith confirmed his death. Bronx-born Daniel Smith studied music at Manhattan School of Music, ...
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Don Wolff 1935 - 2015
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Don Wolff, longtime local broadcaster, jazz advocate, and attorney, has died. He was 80 years old and had been undergoing treatment for both leukemia and cancer for several years. Instantly identifiable thanks to his signature on-air introduction, “I'm Don Wolff, and I love jazz," Wolff was best known for his radio broadcasts, which began in 1987 on KXOK and continued in various forms on WSIE, KMOX and KFUO until 2010. After KFUO was sold, he kept his radio program going ...
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Allen Toussaint (1938-2015)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Allen Toussaint, a highly influential pianist, songwriter and producer who wrote dozens of hit songs that many Americans know but are surprised to learn he wrote, died on Nov. 9 while on tour in Spain. He was 77. Allen was probably best known in New Orleans, where his lyrical and eclectic happy-time piano style rich in Mardi Gras syncopation was impossible to duplicate. Songwriting came naturally to Allen, as if waiting their turn to come through his fingers. As a ...
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Mark Murphy, 1932-1915
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Mark Murphy died last night in his sleep following a long illness. He was 83. Murphy’s eagerness to take artistic chances combined with his innate musicianship to make him one of the most interesting singers in jazz. He died at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. Born in Fulton, New York, in 1932, He sang from the age of four and studied acting at nearby Syracuse University. Following graduation in 1953, he played piano and sang in ...
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Larry Rosen Legendary Jazz Music Visionary & Entrepreneur Dies At 75
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EastWest Media
LARRY ROSEN, LEGENDARY JAZZ MUSIC VISIONARY & ENTREPRENEUR, PIONEERED THE MERGE OF MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY It is with great sadness we announce the passing of beloved jazz music visionary and entrepreneur, Larry Rosen, who passed away at his New Jersey home surrounded by family, Oct. 9, 2015 at the age of 75 after a valiant battle with brain cancer. In a legendary career that spanned over five decades, Rosen was a lifelong jazz lover who among his many achievements helped ...
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