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Abbey Lincoln Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Tba: Jazz Singer/Songwriter Dies at 80

Source: JAZZzology by Richard Watters
August 16, 2010

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

Source: AAJ Staff
August 15, 2010

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

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
August 14, 2010

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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Richie Hayward: February 6, 1946 - August 12, 2010

Source: C. Michael Bailey
August 14, 2010

By C. Michael Bailey Drummer and Little Feat founder Richie Hayward passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010, in his current home of Victoria, British Columbia. He was 64 years old. Originally Hailing from Clear Lake, Iowa, Hayward would be instrumental in the percussion on scores of recordings by Robert Plant, Robert Palmer, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Joan Armatrading, Ry Cooder, Warren Zevon, Taj Mahal, Buddy Guy, and many others, during his lengthy career. Hayward had been suffering from liver cancer ...

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Leon Breeden, Jazz Educator, Dies at 88

Source: AAJ Staff
August 14, 2010

Leon Breeden, the longtime director of jazz studies at the University of North Texas, who half a century ago transformed the program from a clandestine enterprise into the international Mecca for jazz training it remains today, died on Wednesday in Dallas. He was 88. The cause was complications of an abdominal infection, said Richard Cox, a family friend. Mr. Breeden, a resident of Denton, Tex., for many years, had lived most recently in Dallas. A respected clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and ...

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Little Feat's Richie Hayward: R.I.P.

Source: JamBase
August 14, 2010

CO-FOUNDER AND DRUMMER OF VENERABLE ROCKERS PASSES Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward died Thursday night, August 12, after a long fight with liver cancer. A percussionist of endless swing, power and drive, Hayward helped found one of the longest running rock bands and was their anchor in their legendary live shows. He passed away at the age of 64 while awaiting a liver transplant. He last performed with Little Feat on July 11. Shortly after that in an open letter, ...

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Richie Hayward, Founding Member of Little Feat, Dead at 64

Source: C. Michael Bailey
August 13, 2010

Richie Hayward, drummer and co-founder of the influential West Coast jamband Little Feat, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010 from complications due to liver cancer diagnosed last year. In addition to his percussive duties with Little Feat, Hayward was an important part of the studio scene over the past 40 years, contributing to recordings by Eric Clapton, Warren Zevon, Travis Tritt, Robert Palmer, Tom Waits, Taj Mahal, Barbra Streisand, John Cale, Buddy Guy, Arlo Guthrie, Carly Simon, Bob Seger and ...

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Remembering Bobby Vince Paunetto (1944 - 2010)

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
August 12, 2010

It's always a sad day when we reflect upon the passing of a Latin Jazz musician, and it becomes even more heartbreaking as we look back upon a particularly influential musician that deserved wider acclaim. Any musician that put their heart and soul into the style deserves to be remembered fondly; they contribute to the history of the music and the depth of the tradition. Some artists simply see Latin Jazz on a larger scale though, looking past what has ...

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