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Conguero and Bandleader Ray Barretto Dead at 76
New York, NY - February 17, 2006 - Family spokesperson George Rivera announced this morning that Ray Barretto died at the Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. at 5 a.m. Annette Rivera (Brandy) who had been a constant by his side since he was taken to the hospital late last month was taken home to ...
Reverend Charlie Jackson, Rest in Peace
It is with great sadness that we here at CaseQuarter Records must convey the news that Bishop Charlie Jackson of Baker, Louisiana has passed away. Bishop Jackson, known to many blues, gospel and music lovers in the wider world as the Reverend Charlie Jackson, died in his sleep at a local Baker, Louisiana nursing home early ...
African singer Jockey Shabalala dies at 62
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Jockey Shabalala, a member of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, South Africa's most famous a cappella ensemble, has died, the group's record company said Tuesday. He was 62. Shabalala, whose brother Joseph founded and still leads the ensemble, died Saturday of natural causes surrounded by family at his home in Ladysmith, said Mike Wilpizeski, ...
Former Soft Machine Saxophone Player Elton Dean Dies
British jazz saxophonist Elton Dean died on the evening of February 7th, 2006, in a London hospital. For the last year in particular he had been suffering from heart and liver related health problems. He was 60. Dean first gained acclaim as a member of the Keith Tippett Group, led by the English pianist and featuring ...
Jazz pianist Edwin Raymond McKinley Dies
Jazz pianist Edwin Raymond McKinley died on Wednesday, January 25th, 2006 from heart problems. Funeral services were held at St. Catherine of Sienna Church -- 118-22 Riverton Street in St. Albans, New York on Saturday, February 4th, 2006. Body viewing at 9:30 A.M. and Mass and service was held at 11:00 A.M. Many jazz luminaries came ...
Drummer Sherman Ferguson Dies at 61
Sherman Ferguson, a jazz drummer and a member of the faculty in the UCLA Jazz Studies Program, died from complications of diabetes on Jan. 22 at his home in La Crescenta, Calif. He was 61. Ferguson joined the UCLA faculty as a lecturer in January 2001 and taught a jazz ensemble class and private drum lessons. ...
Dancer Fayard Nicholas dies at 91
LOS ANGELES -- Fayard Nicholas, the elder half of the show-stopping Nicholas Brothers tap-dancing duo that thrilled audiences during the 1930s and beyond with their elegance and daring athleticism, has died. He was 91. Nicholas, who had been in failing health since suffering a stroke in November, died of pneumonia Tuesday at his home in the ...
Soul legend Wilson Pickett dies at 64
RESTON, Va. -- Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits “Mustang Sally" and “In The Midnight Hour," died of a heart attack Thursday, according to his management company. He was 64. Chris Tuthill of the management company Talent Source said Pickett had been suffering from health problems for the past year. “He ...
Drummer Tony Corbiscello dead at 53
HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.--Anthony Corbiscello, a drummer and big band leader who performed at Lincoln Center and once opened for Frank Sinatra, died Sunday. He was 53. Corbiscello died of cancer at his home in Bergen County, according to The Vander Plaat Memorial Home. As a younger man, Corbiscello, who graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University, played the ...
Bob Weinstock, 77, recorded jazz greats on Prestige label
Bob Weinstock, who founded the independent jazz record label Prestige in 1949 and ran it for more than 20 years, died Saturday at a hospice in Boca Raton, Fla. He was 77 and lived in Deerfield Beach, Fla. He died of complications of diabetes, said his daughter-in-law, Barbara Weinstock. Weinstock produced and released some of the ...
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