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Arno Marsh (1928-2019)
Arno Marsh, a big band tenor saxophonist who recorded almost exclusively with Woody Herman's Third Herd in the 1950s and cited Chu Berry and Stan Getz among his major influences, died on July 12. He was 91. In addition to his work with Herman, Arno led a band in his home town of Grand Rapids, Mich., ...
João Gilberto (1931-2019)
João Gilberto, whose chiffon-soft vocal covers of Brazilian colleagues' songs, his romantic guitar arrangements and intoxicating rhythms helped the bossa nova gain worldwide attention in 1959, died July 6. He was 88. The bossa nova had been played in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, since 1957, when Antonio Carlo Jobim, Carlo Lyra, Sylvia Telles, Johnny Alf, Roberto ...
Doris Day (1922-2019)
Doris Day, whose melting pop vocals on records and pert sunny image in movies in the 1940s, '50s and '60s made her both a successful multimedia star and a national dart board, died May 13. She was 97. While Day's image was an ideal for many American women coming of age after World War II, it ...
Beth Carvalho (1946-2014)
Beth Carvalho, one of Brazil's most beloved singers whose zesty, alto voice neatly engaged the booming churn of the samba, died in Rio de Janeiro on April 30. She was 72. On her many albums dating back to 1969, Carvalho's vocals surfed the samba's percussion and driving guitar perfectly. Her lilting vocals coasted atop the heavy ...
Music Sync Is Ripe For Change [Mark Mulligan]
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Music sync is ripe for innovation and change, says MIDiA's Mark Mulligan, after extensive research of the sector, The number of music syncs is higher than ever and more platforms are seeking new music, but the market with a host of structural challenges. By Mark Mulligan of MIDia and the Music Industry Blog Florence and the ...
Dave Samuels, RIP
The family of vibraphonist Dave Samuels has confirmed that he died in New York City on April 22. Best known for his association with the jazz-fusion band Spyro Gyra, Samuels had battled a long illness. His family did not disclose the cause of death. A Grammy award winner, Samuels was best known for more than three ...
Hal Blaine (1929-2019)
Hal Blaine, a prolific Los Angeles session drummer most closely associated with the Wrecking Crew, a tightly knit group of studio musicians in the 1960s and '70s who added a professional studio sound behind thousands of recordings by pop-rock groups and stars, died on March 11. He was 90. Hal played on 40 #1 hit singles, ...
Ed Bickert (1932-2019)
Ed Bickert, a Canadian jazz guitarist whose highly tasteful chord voicings and juicy sense of harmony made him a first-choice gig and recording sideman and leader in Toronto, and who today is considered one of jazz's finest guitar accompanists, died on February 28. He was 86. Bickert was a favorite of guitarist Jim Hall and was ...
Ed Bickert, 1932-2019
One of Canada’s finest musicians, guitarist Ed Bickert, died on Thursday. He was 86. He was quiet and reserved, but the rich harmonies in Bickert’s playing captivated listeners and fellow musicians alike. Alto saxophonist Paul Desmond, with whom Bickert performed and recorded in the 1970s, wrote in the notes for one of his albums that he ...
André Previn (1929-2019)
André Previn, a piano prodigy who began his career at MGM while still in high school in the mid-1940s and excelled at jazz, classical and easy listening in the 1950s and beyond, died on February 28. He was 89. Previn escaped Nazi Germany with his family in 1938 when he was still a child. The family ...
