Obituary News

Jeanne Carroll, "First Lady of Chicago Blues" Passed Away in Brussels

Source: Ron Templin
August 12, 2011

By Ron Templin Jazz singer Jeanne Carroll suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday, Austus 7, 2011, while she was performing on stage with her daughter Karen Carroll at the 11th Annual Blues Oan Daa Stoazze in Hamme, Belgium. At approx. 9,30 pm GMT+1, while into the fourth song “All Of Me," Jeanne collapsed. Fortunately, the members of the blues society, that hosted the festival were policemen and firemen and within seven seconds emergency personal began resuscitation. During the next ...

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NEA Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Frank Foster

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 28, 2011

NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman's Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Frank Foster

“On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of 2002 NEA Jazz Master Frank Foster. An extraordinary saxophonist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator, Frank Foster's contributions to jazz are numerous. We join many others in the jazz community and beyond in mourning his death while celebrating his life."

Best known for his work in the ...

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Frank Foster (1928-2011)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 28, 2011

Frank Foster, whose pouncing tenor sax and swinging arranging style helped update Count Basie's New Testament Band with a seemingly endless stream of blues surprises from 1953 onward, died on July 26 in Chesapeake, VA. He was 82. In a band crowded with saxophone talent, Foster and Frank Wes anchored the reed section like a pair of library lions, roaring with a sound so confident, moody and wiley that no other band could duplicate the natural feel or collective phrasing ...

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Rush - Roll the Bones (Audio Fidelity Remaster) (1991, 2011 Reissue)

Source: Something Else!
July 27, 2011

By Tom Johnson I have owned four copies of this album—that is to say, three versions of it four times. The first time was the day it came out, September 3, 1991, bought shortly after a college class got out, and then I drove quickly to a friend's place where she put up with me giving it a quick listen. And then, just a couple songs into it, the power went out. Time ticked by as we waited for some ...

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Frank Foster R.I.P.

Source: Sound Insights by Doug Payne
July 27, 2011

The great composer, band leader, educator, humanitarian and reed player Frank Foster, died today of complications from kidney failure at his home in Chesapeake, Virginia. He was 82. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 23, 1928, Frank Benjamin Foster took up the clarinet at age 11, switching to alto saxophone two years later. He became so proficient on the alto sax that he was playing professionally at age 14 and leading his own 12-piece band while still a senior in ...

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Frank Foster, 1928-2011

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
July 27, 2011

Frank Foster died today following a long period of ill health. He was 82.Foster was important to the Count Basie band as a tenor saxophonist, composer and arranger for more than a decade beginning in 1953. In the reed section, he and Frank Wess teamed up as one of the best-known tenor sax tandems in jazz. Foster later also distinguished himself as a bandleader in his own right and as an educator. He moved beyond his hard bop essence as ...

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Breaking: Amy Winehouse Found Dead...

Source: Digital Music News
July 24, 2011

Amy Winehouse was found dead this morning in London, according to information now confirmed by local, MetropolitanPolice. Medics apparently responded to an emergency call during the early-morning hours, only to find the singer unresponsive at her residence. Winehouse may have been pronounced dead just ahead of 4 am, local time. The exact reasons for the death are unclear, though drug-related complications are likely. Results of an autopsy are expected over the next day or so. The dire warning signs were ...

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R.I.P. Amy Winehouse

Source: JamBase
July 24, 2011

27-YEARS OLD SINGING SENSATION PASSES Gifted but deeply troubled pop-soul singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home today. At this stage, the police are calling her death “unexplained" and an investigation is underway. After making a critical splash with her 2003 debut, Frank, in the U.K., Winehouse became a worldwide sensation with 2006's Back To Black, catapulted to omnipresence by her hit “Rehab." Her record label, Universal, released a statement today that read in part, “We are ...

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