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Ahmad Alaadeen, 76, Jazz Master, Dies
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DeBlaze & Associates
Crosses Six Decades of Jazz Music “Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world." —Alaadeen Ahmad S. Alaadeen Saxophonist, Composer, Educator, Author July 24, 1934—August 15, 2010 KANSAS CITY, Missouri—August 16, 2010—Ahmad Alaadeen, whose virtuosity crossed more than six decades of the jazz music genre, died peacefully at his home in Kansas on Sunday, August 15 at the age of 76. Cause of death was ...
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Herman Leonard: March 6, 1923 - August 14, 2010
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Michael Ricci
Herman Leonard, Los Angeles, May 2010—Photograph by Yousef Linjawi We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Herman Leonard yesterday, Saturday, August 14, 2010. Herman was a rare human being, always giving and compassionate. It goes without saying Herman was a great photographer and artist, who loved Jazz music and created a stunning visual collection of the world he loved so much. We'd like to thank everyone for their love and support of Herman over the years. ...
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Herman Leonard, Famed Photographer, Dies at 87
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Michael Ricci
Herman Leonard, a celebrated photographer whose iconic images of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Frank Sinatra documented one of the most creative eras of jazz from the late 1940's through the 1960's, has died. He was 87. Leonard died August 14, 2010 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Leonard was best known for his smoky, backlit portraits of jazz artists in New York, Paris and London. His images graced the covers of numerous albums and helped to form the visual ...
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Herman Leonard dies at 87; photographer chronicled mid-century jazz scene
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Michael Ricci
Leonard's smoke-filled images of jazz greats in dark clubs documented a musical era. Many of his black-and-white prints were lost in Hurricane Katrina. Herman Leonard, a photographer best known for his iconic images of such jazz greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, has died. He was 87. Leonard died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, a family spokeswoman said. No cause was given. He had been living in Los Angeles since Hurricane Katrina struck New ...
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The Passing of Herman Leonard, Legendary Photographer (1923-2010)
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The Business Musician by Craig M. Cortello
I learned of the passing of Herman Leonard today. Herman was a legendary photographer, most famous for his classic black and white photos from the golden era of jazz. I had the pleasure of meeting him while he lived in New Orleans, a city that he fell in love with immediately after arriving. Herman participated in a panel discussion honoring the late Michael P. Smith (known for his great photography of second line parades and the New Orleans Jazz & ...
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Abbey Lincoln Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Tba: Jazz Singer/Songwriter Dies at 80
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JAZZzology by Richard Watters
Abbey Lincoln (a.k.a. Anna Marie Wooldridge) jazz singer and songwriter has passed away at age 80 years in her Manhattan home on August 14th, 2010...once married to legendary jazz drummer Max Roach (1962 and later divorced) she made several recordings and acted in movies with the likes of Sidney Poitier during the 1950s and 60s. Her career rekindled in the 1990s due to her songwriting abilities. Her lifetime of jazz artistry was acknowledged in 2003 by the National Endowment for ...
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Abbey Lincoln, Jazz Singer and Writer, Dies at 80
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AAJ Staff
Abbey Lincoln, a singer whose dramatic vocal command and tersely poetic songs made her a singular figure in jazz, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 80 and lived on the Upper West Side. Her death was announced by her brother David Wooldridge. Ms. Lincoln's career encompassed outspoken civil rights advocacy in the 1960s and fearless introspection in more recent years, and for a time in the 1960s she acted in films, including one with Sidney Poitier. Long recognized as ...
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Abbey Lincoln, RIP
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Abbey Lincoln died today in New York. The singer and actress was 80 years old. After meeting Max Roach when he played drums on one of her record sessions in 1957, Ms. Lincoln came under his sway in her approach to music and in uncompromising civil rights activism. She and Roach married in 1962 and divorced eight years later, but his influence steered her toward a later career as a song writer and recording artist with a string of successful ...
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