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Fontella Bass 1940-2012
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Singer Fontella Bass, the St. Louisan who had a huge soul and pop hit in 1965 with “Rescue Me" but also sang jazz while married to trumpeter Lester Bowie, died Wednesday night in St. Louis of complications from heart failure. She was 72. “Rescue Me," which Bass co-wrote as well as sang, sold more than a million copies. The song was the No. 1 R&B hit for four weeks, also reached the pop Top 10, and stayed on the charts ...
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Ana Grace Marquez-Green, Daughter Of Jazzman Jimmy Greene Claimed In Newtown Tragedy
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Greg Simmons
All About Jazz and the entire jazz family offers its condolences to tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, his wife Nelba Marquez-Greene and their family at the loss of their daughter Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, who died during the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday. Ana Grace was six years old. The family had recently moved to Newtown from Winnipeg, Canada after Mr. Greene accepted a position at Western Connecticut State University where he is an Assistant Professor of Music and Assistant ...
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Ana Grace
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Among the 20 elementary school children killed in yesterday’s mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, was Ana Greene, the 6-year-old daughter of saxophonist Jimmy Greene. She is on the right in the photograph with her father, her mother Nelba Marquez-Greene and her brother Isaiah, also a student at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Isaiah is reported unharmed. Six adults also died in the onslaught. A relative said that the Greenes moved to Newtown last summer after Greene accepted a teaching position in ...
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Farewell Dave Brubeck
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RJ on Jazz by R.J. DeLuke
Iconic Pianist/Composer Is American Legend, Icon, Music Master, Worldwide Legend Dave Brubeck would have been 92 today. Instead, the world mourns the loss of his passing yesterday at the age of 91. A master of music, particularly that which we call jazz. He knew and composed much more music than that. He did so much in his storied career that the lengthy obits in major newspapers and the tributes that will come through jazz websites and periodicals can do little ...
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On Dave Brubeck
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
There is no guarantee that a great artist will be an admirable person. Many sublimely gifted musicians, painters, sculptors, writers and actors fail as human beings. Dave Brubeck was on the positive end of the scale. Among the dozens, perhaps hundreds, of obituaries and remembrances of Brubeck that have emerged since his death yesterday morning, a thread becomes clear: those who knew him emphasize that his extraordinary musicianship went hand in hand with kindness, generosity, humor and concern for the ...
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Jazz Face: Dave Brubeck, 1920-2012
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
I think my first Dave Brubeck record, purchased in my teens, was Jazz Impressions of New York. It was his classic quartet with Paul Desmond, but was not to be one of his most popular recordings. No matter. It's the music that got me hooked on Brubeck, and to a large degree, the music that really hooked me on jazz. And maybe his use of odd time signatures trained my ears to appreciate the unexpected in all sorts of music. ...
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Dave Brubeck: 1920-2012
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday afternoon, my Leisure & Arts editor at the Wall Street Journal called with awful news: pianist-composer Dave Brubeck had died. He then asked if I could turn around an appreciation for Thursday's paper. No problem, I said. But after I filed the piece, the national news section wanted it, and the desk had to trim it considerably for space (go here). Since I loved Dave and his music, I thought I should share with you my longer, original appreciation—pre-haircut... ...
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Dave Brubeck is Gone
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Dave Brubeck died this morning. He would have celebrated his 92nd birthday tomorrow. Russell Gloyd, Brubeck’s manager and conductor of the pianist and composer’s extendedorchestral works, said that Brubeck suffered cardiac arrest. In fragile health for several years, he was being driven from his home in Wilton Connecticut to an appointment with his heart doctor in nearby Norwalk. For a comprehensive obituary tracing the career that made Brubeck one of the few jazz artists to achieve mass popular acceptance, go ...
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