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Bandleader Skitch Henderson dead at 87

November 3, 2005

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Skitch Henderson, the Grammy-winning conductor who lent his musical expertise to Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby before founding the New York Pops and becoming the first “Tonight Show" bandleader, died Tuesday. He was 87. Henderson died of natural causes at his New Milford home, said Barbara Burnside, director of marketing and public ...

Ron Simmonds ( www.jazzprofessional.com) just died this morning.

October 24, 2005

Ron Simmonds just died this morning. “http://www.jazzprofessional.com/" is silent. Ron Simmonds, a career trumpet player who played in very many of the great British, German and American jazz orchestras. For ten years he was Chief Editor (North America and the Far East) for the Deutsche Welle, Cologne and Studio Berlin. Ron had darm cancer and metastases ...

Jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn dies

October 22, 2005

NEW YORK — Shirley Horn, the jazz pianist and vocalist who got her start opening for Miles Davis and became revered as a master interpreter of American standards, has died at the age of 71, her record label said yesterday. Horn died Thursday night in her native Washington, D.C., after a long illness, according to a ...

Jazz star Shirley Horn dies

October 22, 2005

Shirley Horn, the US jazz pianist and vocalist who found fame working with Miles Davis, has died aged 71. Horn died in her native Washington, DC after a long illness, according to a statement released by her recording label Verve Records. Horn, considered one of the last great jazz vocalists of her era, was compared to ...

Jazz musician Shirley Horn, 71, dies

October 22, 2005

Shirley Horn, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose richly expressive vocal style made her one of the most popular performers in jazz, died Thursday night in her hometown of Washington. She was 71. Horn died after a lengthy illness, the Verve Music Group, her record label, announced Friday. Horn had been ill for some time. She ...

Father of Russian Jazz Oleg Lundstrem Dies

October 14, 2005

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Oleg Lundstrem, the father of Russian jazz, died Friday at the age of 89. “Oleg Lundstrem passed away during the night," said Alexander Bryskin, the director of the Jazz Music Orchestra. “Lundstrem was an epoch in music," said Igor Butman, a famous Russian jazz musician. “He was a unique person, ...

Bluesman Paul 'Wine' Jones dies

October 13, 2005

Bassist Jack Lesberg dead at 85

October 6, 2005

ENGLEWOOD, NJ -- Jack Lesberg, a steadfast and versatile bassist who worked with many legends of jazz in the 1940's and 50's and also had a career as a symphonic player, died on Sept. 17 at the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood, N.J. He was 85. The cause was complications of Alzheimer's disease, his daughter ...

Bluesman, throat singer Paul Pena dead at 55

October 4, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO --Paul Pena, a San Francisco blues guitarist who wrote one of the biggest hits for the Steve Miller Band, has died. He was 55. Pena is perhaps best known for writing “Jet Airliner," a Top 10 hit in 1977. He's lived off the royalties from that song. Pena also is familiar to audiences for ...

Saxophonist Steve Marcus dead at 66

September 28, 2005

NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) - Steve Marcus, a jazz saxophonist who recorded and toured with Stan Kenton, Herbie Mann and Buddy Rich, died Sunday. He was 66. Marcus died in his sleep at his home in New Hope, family members said. He was a pioneer of the jazz fusion movement of the late 1960s, a musical ...