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Angel Tavira Maldonado Violinist Dies
Don Angel Tavira Maldonado, 83; violinist, actor, promoted son calentano music Maldonado, a Mexican regional musician whose stirring debut acting performance in “El Violin" ("The Violin") moved audiences and won critical acclaim, including a best actor award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival, died Monday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83. He died of ...
Bozo Passes Away
Larry Harmon, 83; entrepreneur made Bozo the Clown a star Larry Harmon, the entrepreneur who brought Bozo the Clown to television as a children's show host in the late 1950s and spent the next 50 years promoting the flame-haired circus character, died Thursday. He was 83. Harmon, who suffered from heart disease, died at his home ...
Edgar Vincent Represented Leading Opera Singers
Edgar Vincent, 90; publicist represented top-tier opera singers and conductors Publicist and artists manager Edgar Vincent, who represented tenor Plcido Domingo, soprano Beverly Sills and dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov amid a host of A-list singers, conductors and instrumentalists, died Thursday at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He was 90. Vincent died of a blood clot while ...
Daihachi Oguchi Ambassador of Japan's Taiko Drums to America
Daihachi Oguchi, 84; drummer led spread of 'taiko' style in U.S. and Japan Daihachi Oguchi, the Japanese master drummer who led the spread of the art of “taiko" drumming to the U.S. and throughout Japan, has died after being hit by a car in Tokyo, an official at his ensemble said. He was 84. Oguchi was ...
Ronnie Mathews: December 2, 1935 - June 28, 2008
The family of Ronnie Mathews is saddened to announce his passing on Saturday morning, June 28, 2008, in Brooklyn, NY. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. A memorial service will be announced for September 2008 in New York City. Ronnie Mathews was one of the most respected jazz pianists and composers of the past 40 ...
Dave Carpenter L.A.Times Obituary
Dave Carpenter, 48; jazz bassist co-founded Santa Monica-based Lounge Art Ensemble Dave Carpenter, a jazz bassist who worked with scores of legendary names, appeared on more than 200 recordings and was a founding member of the Lounge Art Ensemble, died June 23 of a heart attack at his home in Burbank. He was 48. Most recently, ...
Passings: Dave Carpenter, Ronnie Matthews
Last week, jazz lost two journeyman artists valued for their dependability, versatility and swing. On the west coast, bassist Dave Carpenter died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of forty-eight. Most recently, Carpenter had been in drummer Peter Erskine's trio, which also included pianist Alan Pasqua. A veteran of the Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, ...
Ira Tucker Sr. Lead Singer of Dixie Hummingbirds Gospel Group Dies
Ira B. Tucker, lead singer of the Dixie Hummingbirds, performed a style of gospel music that erased boundaries For 70 years Tucker and the Hummingbirds gave high-energy, emotion-drenched shows designed to please the Lord and wow audiences. He was 83 The group influenced a long list of R & B artists and could have crossed over ...
Pianist Ronnie Mathews R.I.P.
Jazz pianist Ronnie Mathews has passed away at the age of 72 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Matthews had been the subject of an all-star benefit and tribute just last week at Sweet Rhythm in New York City. If you've spent any time listening to 1960s, 70s and 80s hardbop, there's a good chance that ...
Supreme Court on George Carlin
WARNING! The following is directly quoted from the Supreme Court Decision of FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION v. PACIFICA FOUNDATION, 438 U.S. 726, 98 S.Ct. 3026 (1978). Mr. Justice STEVENS (delivering the majority opinion) This case requires that we decide whether the Federal Communications Commission has any power to regulate a radio broadcast that is indecent but not ...
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