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Jazzman Joe Zawinul Died, Founder of Weather Report
Vienna, Sept 11 - Joe Zawinul, one of the greatest modern jazzmen, pioneer of 'fusion', the merger of his music and rock, has died of cancer at the age of 75. His son Erich announced his death. He died in a hospital in Vienna, where he was born. Composer, pianist and organist considered to be “ ...
Jazz Keyboard Legend Joe Zawinul Dies at 75
VIENNA (Reuters) - Keyboardist Joe Zawinul, who played with Miles Davis and helped shape jazz fusion with his band Weather Report, died in his native city of Vienna on Tuesday, aged 75. Zawinul, voted best keyboarder 30 times by music magazine Down Beat's critics' poll, including this year, had sought medical attention last month after a ...
Weather Report Pianist Dies at 75
Austrian jazz pianist Joe Zawinul, who founded influential 1970s jazz-rock group Weather Report, has died. Zawinul, 75, passed away at his home in Vienna. Austrian media reports said he had been suffering from skin cancer. The celebrated keyboardist enjoyed his biggest hit--the Grammy-winning “Birdland"--with Weather Report in 1977. Austrian President Heinz Fischer said Zawinul's death meant ...
Max Roach, a Founder of Modern Jazz, Dies at 83
Max Roach, a founder of modern jazz who rewrote the rules of drumming in the 1940's and spent the rest of his career breaking musical barriers and defying listeners' expectations, died early today in Manhattan. He was 83. His death was announced today by a spokesman for Blue Note records, on which he frequently appeared. No ...
Jazz Musician Max Roach Dies at 83
Max Roach, the dazzling drummer who helped create the rhythmic language of modern jazz while expanding the expressive possibilities of the drums, died Aug. 15 in New York. He was 83 and had been ill for several years. Mr. Roach was a founding architect of bebop, the high-speed, harmonically advanced music of the 1940s that helped ...
Max Roach, Master Percussionist, Dies at 83
NEW YORK (AP) - Max Roach, a master percussionist whose rhythmic innovations and improvisations provided the dislocated beats that defined bebop jazz, has died after a long illness. He was 83. The self-taught musical prodigy died Wednesday night at an undisclosed hospital in Manhattan, said Cem Kurosman, spokesman for Blue Note Records, one of Roach's labels. ...
Jazz Trumpeter Herb Pomeroy Dies After Battle with Cancer
BOSTON --Jazz trumpeter Herb Pomeroy, who played with Charlie Parker, backed up Frank Sinatra, and influenced generations of musicians in four decades as a teacher at Berklee College of Music and MIT, has died. Pomeroy died at his Gloucester home on Saturday after a long struggle with cancer, his daughter said. He was 77. Pomeroy played ...
Jazz Bassist Art Davis, 73; Later Became Psychologist
Art Davis, a virtuoso bassist who excelled in classical music and jazz, and who became a clinical psychologist later in life, died July 29 of a heart attack at his home in Long Beach, Calif. He was 73. Trained as a classical musician at leading conservatories, Dr. Davis won early renown in the 1950s working with ...
Art Davis, Jazz Bassist, Activist Against Racism
LOS ANGELES - Art Davis, 73, the renowned double bassist who played with John Coltrane and other jazz greats, was blacklisted in the 1970s for speaking up about racism in the music industry, then later in life earned a doctorate in clinical psychology and balanced performance dates with appointments to see patients, has died. Dr. Davis, ...
Double Bassist Art Davis, Who Played with Jazz Greats Such as Coltrane, Dies at 73
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Art Davis, the renowned double bassist who played with John Coltrane and other jazz greats, has died. He was 73. Davis died of a heart attack Sunday at his home in Long Beach, his son Kimaili Davis told the Los Angeles Times for a story in Saturday's editions. Davis was blacklisted in ...
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