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Steve Lacy and Evan Parker - Chirps (FMP, 1991, 2010)

Source: Music and More by Tim Niland
October 19, 2010

Records and compact discs (or downloads for that matter) by the German FMP label have been somewhat scarce (in the USA at least) so Destination Out's agreement with the label to set up a downloading storefront is a big break for fans of progressive jazz. This album features a live meeting between soprano saxophone masters Steve Lacy and Evan Parker, in an unaccompanied duet that is complex and abstract, but continually exciting and accessible. The title of the album references ...

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Marion Brown (September 8, 1931-October 10, 2010) - Pieces of a Conversation

Source: Ni Kantu by Clifford Allen
October 19, 2010

Today I (and many in the jazz community) learned the news that alto saxophonist and improvising composer Marion Brown died a little over a week ago. He had been dealing with health issues for over a decade, and was in an assisted living situation in Hollywood, Florida. He was an early favorite of mine—a sweet ebullience and jovial, lyrical compositional style within freer forms separated his work from the pregnant emotional weight of Messrs. Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, and Cecil ...

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T. Lavitz: 1956-2010

Source: JamBase
October 13, 2010

FAMED KEYBOARDIST PASSES AWAY AT THE AGES OF 54 Keyboardist T. Lavitz died unexpectedly in his sleep on the evening of Thursday, October 7. He was 54 years old. In 1978, Lavitz was invited to join the Dixie Dregs, where he would remain as a keyboardist until their breakup in 1983. Since then, Lavitz released 7 solo albums and worked with Widespread Panic on their 1991 self-titled album for Capricorn Records and subsequent tour. Along with Jimmy Herring, Alphonso Johnson ...

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Solomon Burke Dead at 70

Source: JamBase
October 12, 2010

GRAMMY AWARD WINNING SOUL SINGER DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES Soul legend Solomon Burke passed away on Sunday, October 10 at Schipol Airport in Amsterdam. He was 70 years old. Burke was best known for classic hits like “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" and “Cry to Me." His songs has been covered by The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Wilson Pickett and Otis Redding, among others. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, his final album, Hold On ...

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Solomon Burke dies at Amsterdam airport at 70

Source: Schicker
October 12, 2010

By TOBY STERLING Solomon Burke was born to the sound of music in an upstairs room of a Philadelphia church and went on to become one of the greatest soul singers of the 1960s, renowned as among music's premier vocalists. Yet his popularity never matched that of those he influenced, contemporaries including James Brown and Marvin Gaye, a reality he accepted with grace and some frustration, colleagues said. Burke, 70, died early Sunday of natural causes at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, ...

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Buddy Morrow Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Leader for 33 Years Dies at 91

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
October 8, 2010

Buddy Morrow (a.k.a. Muni Zudekoff), big band era trombonist (with a mastery of the upper range), hit-making recording artist, studio musician and most notably, bandleader of The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ghost band for over thirty years, passed away at age 91 years on the morning of September 27th, 2010 in his sleep... a resident of Maitland, Florida (part of greater Orlando), Buddy Morrow had a life in music that began at the age of 12. Initially he wanted to play ...

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Buddy Collette Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: L.A. Jazzman Mentor of Eric Dolphy, Frank Morgan, Charles Lloyd Dies at 89

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
September 30, 2010

On Sunday September 19, 2010, Grammy-nominated Buddy Collette (William Marcel Collette), Los Angeles-based tenor saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist, a major jazz presence on the West Coast jazz and blues scene, passed away aged 89 years...Having notably collaborated in post-war L.A. with the likes of jazz icons, saxophonist Dexter Gordon, drummer Chico Hamilton, and his lifelong friend, bassist Charles Mingus, Buddy Collette helped to erase the color barriers which separated black and white musicians at that time in the California city ...

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Reflecting Upon Max Salazar (1932 - 2010): What His Words and Actions Meant for Latin Music

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
September 26, 2010

The Latin music world lost a long time champion this past weekend, as Max Salazar passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2010. Born on April 17th, 1932 in New York, Salazar found an affinity for Afro-Cuban music at a young age, but didn't really pursue his interests professionally until the late sixties. He began working as a journalist for Latin New York magazine in 1968 and his love for the music just drove him deeper and deeper into the genre. ...

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