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Marian McPartland, Jazz Pianist and NPR Radio Staple, Dies at 95
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Michael Ricci
Marian McPartland, the genteel Englishwoman who became a fixture of the American jazz scene as a pianist and, later in life, hosted the internationally syndicated and immensely popular radio show “Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz,” died on Tuesday at her home in Port Washington, N.Y. She was 95. Ms. McPartland was a gifted musician but an unlikely candidate for jazz stardom. She recalled in a 1998 interview for National Public Radio that shortly after she arrived in the United States in ...
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Jazz pianist Marian McPartland dies
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Michael Ricci
Fans of jazz know her name — and her work. She had a particular specialty. Marian McPartland, jazz pianist and host of a longtime NPR radio program devoted to jazz, has died. NPR reports McPartland died of natural causes Tuesday night at her home on Long Island, N.Y. She was 95. McPartland, says NPR, reached an audience of millions in her career. The British-born McPartland started playing piano at age 3, toured with the USO and played jazz in clubs ...
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Albert Murray: The Hero Of The Blues And Jazz
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All About Jazz
By Greg Thomas Albert Murray, one of America's most significant writers and thought leaders of the 20th century on the blues, jazz and their influence on American culture, died in his Harlem home on the evening of August 18, 2013. In his non-fiction books The Omni-Americans, The Hero and the Blues, Stomping the Blues, The Blue Devils of Nada and From the Briarpatch File as well as in his novels Train Whistle Guitar, The Spyglass Tree, The Seven League Boots ...
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Cedar Walton, 1934-2013
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Cedar Walton died this morning at his home in Brooklyn at the age of 79. Family members confirmed his passing but have not announced the cause of death. A pianist admired for his adaptability and thorough musicianship, Walton wrote tunes that became jazz standards, among them “Firm Roots," “Bolivia," “Ugetsu," “Midnight Waltz" and “Something in [...]Cedar Walton died this morning at his home in Brooklyn at the age of 79. Family members confirmed his passing but have not announced the ...
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Eydie Gorme (1928-2013)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The late Eydie Gorme was the first female pop vocalist to understand television's subliminal seductive powers. Just as Judy Garland had played coy with the movie camera to win a nation's heart, Gorme understood that her path to success ran through the after-dinner sofa set. She was impossibly talented—swinging a big clear, brassy voice that in pre-TV years would have gotten her only as far as Broadway. She also was beautiful, in a different sort of way. She wasn't a ...
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George Duke, jazz/funk keyboardist who collaborated with Frank Zappa, Michael Jackson and Miles Davis, dead at 67
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Michael Ricci
Master musician bridged genres of jazz, R&B, funk and Brazilian music; Was sampled by likes of Daft Punk and Kanye West. George Duke, the master keyboardist who bridged the worlds of jazz, R&B, funk, and Brazilian music, died Monday at St John’s Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 67. No cause was given. Duke’s passing comes just over a year after the death of his wife, Corine, from cancer last July. The keyboardist dedicated his just-released album, DreamWeaver, to her ...
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Jazz icon George Duke dies at 67
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Michael Ricci
He pioneered the funk and R&B genres during his career of more than four decades. Jazz musician George Duke died Monday in Los Angeles at age 67. A pioneer in the funk and R&B genres, he had been battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to his label Concord Music Group, which confirmed his death. “The outpouring of love and support that we have received from my father's friends, fans and the entire music community has been overwhelming," said his son, Rashid ...
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New England Conservatory Mourns Death Of Faculty Member Laurie Frink
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory is mourning the death of faculty member Laurie Frink, a renowned trumpeter and educator. Frink died at her home in Manhattan on July 13 at age 61. “One of the leading brass pedagogues of our time, Laurie Frink will be sorely missed, as a teacher, as a player and as a friend,” said Ken Schaphorst, Chair of NEC’s Jazz Studies Department. “I noticed immediate improvement in the playing of every NEC student who worked with her. She ...
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