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Jazz Great Oscar Peterson Dies at 82
TORONTO (AP) -- Oscar Peterson, whose flying fingers, hard-driving swing and melodic improvisations made him one of the world's most famous and influential jazz pianists in a career that spanned seven decades, has died. He was 82. Peterson died at his home in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga on Sunday, said Oliver Jones, a family friend ...
Oscar Peterson, Piano Virtuoso
During an illustrious career spanning six decades, jazz piano virtuoso Oscar Peterson played with musicians as diverse as Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker and became one of the most recorded and honored jazz pianists of all time. Peterson, 82, died of kidney failure Sunday at his home in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga. Peterson, a Canadian-born ...
Oscar Peterson's Feel for Rhythm "Drove the Whole Bus," Say Fellow Musicians
The music was so powerful, so propulsively swinging that fellow musicians found it hard to believe Monday that such a force of nature as Oscar Peterson had finally been stilled. “It's hard for me to believe even now," said fellow pianist Hank Jones, a jazz legend in his own right. “I just thought Oscar would be ...
Memorial Service for Jazz Great Frank Morgan at the Artists' Quarter in St. Paul on December 23, 2007
Saxophonist Frank Morgan will be remembered in words and music on the 74th anniversary of his birth. Frank Morgan, the legendary alto saxophonist who died at age 73 of complications from colon cancer at his Minneapolis home on December 14, will be remembered at a memorial service on Sunday, December 23, at the Artists' Quarter jazz ...
Grammy-Winning Jazz Producer Joel Dorn Dies at 65
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran record producer Joel Dorn, who worked with such artists as Roberta Flack, Max Roach and the Neville Brothers, died of a heart attack on Monday in New York. He was 65. Dorn, a one-time disc-jockey at a Philadelphia jazz radio station, was perhaps best known for his work with Atlantic Records' ...
Producer Joel Dorn Dies at Age 65
Veteran record producer Joel Dorn, who worked with such artists as Roberta Flack, Max Roach and the Neville Brothers, died of a heart attack on Monday in New York. He was 65. Dorn, a one-time disc-jockey at a Philadelphia jazz radio station, was perhaps best known for his work with Atlantic Records' prestigious jazz stable between ...
Frank Morgan - Memorial Celebration at the Jazz Bakery
FRANK MORGAN - MEMORIAL CELEBRATION AT THE JAZZ BAKERY JANUARY 5TH, 2008 2:00PM- 5:30PM Open to public Sammie Roberts Jazz with support from the Jazz Bakery and Mars Jazz is hosting a memorial celebration for legendary bebop saxophonist Frank Morgan. The memorial will be held at the Jazz Bakery, 3233 Helms Ave. Los Angeles, ...
Frank Morgan Dies at 73
Alto saxophonist Frank Morgan passed away from kidney failure this morning, near his family and friends in his hometown of Minneapolis. He had just completed a successful European tour, even though he was worried about his health. A memorial gathering is planned in his longtime home town of Taos, New Mexico, on what would have been ...
Music Legend Ike Turner Dies
SAN DIEGO--Ike Turner, whose role as one of rock's critical architects was overshadowed by his ogrelike image as the man who brutally abused former wife and icon Tina Turner, died Wednesday at his home in suburban San Diego. He was 76. who brutally abused former wife and rock icon Tina Turner, has died. Scott M. Hanover ...
Ike Turner, Rock Pioneer and Ex-Husband of Tina Turner, Dead at 76
SAN DIEGO - Ike Turner, whose role as one of rock's critical architects was overshadowed by his ogrelike image as the man who brutally abused former wife and icon Tina Turner, died Wednesday at his home in suburban San Diego. He was 76. “He did pass away this morning" at his home in San Marcos, in ...
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