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Chico O'Farrill Celebration - Free Concert and Street Corner Renaming on June 29, 2005 starting at 6:30 PM

June 2, 2005

June 2, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES The Chico O'Farrill Legacy Committee Press Contacts: Lynne Mueller, [email protected] Ivan Acosta, [email protected] For Immediate Release A Celebration: Free Concert and Street Corner Renaming Event In Honor of Composer, Arranger and Band Leader Arturo “Chico" O'Farrill Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at 6:30 PM Riverside Park at Soldiers ...

Oscar Brown Jr., Entertainer and Social Activist, Dies at 78

May 31, 2005

Oscar Brown Jr., a singer, songwriter, playwright and actor known for his distinctive blend of show-business savvy and social consciousness, died on Sunday in a Chicago hospital. He was 78 and lived in Chicago. The cause was complications of a blood infection, his family said. Mr. Brown was most often described as a jazz singer, and ...

Singer Monica Zetturlund dies at 67

May 16, 2005

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Jazz singer Monica Zetterlund, who became one of Sweden's best-known artists during a career that spanned five decades, died in an apartment fire, police said Friday. She was 67. Firefighters found Zetterlund's charred body in her bed Thursday night, after a fire broke out in her central Stockholm apartment. It was not clear ...

Swedish jazz legend Monica Zetterlund is dead.

May 14, 2005

Percy Heath: Modern Jazz Quartet bassist

May 9, 2005

Born: April 30, 1923 in Wilmington, NC Died: April 28, 2005 in Southampton, NY By Todd S. Jenkins ​​​​Bassist Percy Heath was the Modern Jazz Quartet’s secret weapon, perhaps the most subtle member of an outfit known for its hip delicacy. An ideal rhythm section partner, and the last surviving member of the MJQ, ...

Jimmy Woode: Bassist with Ellington, Clarke-Boland

May 6, 2005

Born: September 23, 1928 in Philadelphia, PA Died: April 23, 2005 in Lindenwold, NJ By Todd S. Jenkins ​​​​Bassist Jimmy Woode, who held down the low end for Duke Ellington’s orchestra between 1955 and 1960, died at his home in Lindenwold, New Jersey, on April 23, 2005. He was 76 years old. James Bryant ...

Pierre Moerlen, 1952-2005

May 5, 2005

Drummer/composer Pierre Moerlen died unexpectedly in his sleep at home in Strasbourg on the night of 2nd/3rd May. His funeral will be held next Monday, the 9th. Pierre is best known for his membership of GONG. When founding members Daevid Allen & Gilli Smyth left GONG in 1974 Pierre carried on using the name GONG - ...

Arnie Lawrence: Saxophonist, Educator, Peacemaker

May 4, 2005

Born: July 10, 1938 in Brooklyn, NY Died: April 22, 2005 in Jerusalem, Israel Arnie Lawrence was one of the most tragically underappreciated saxophonists to ever come out of New York. Seemingly aware that he would never achieve the kind of attention that his formidable talents deserved, he threw himself into teaching in the ...

Funeral Trumpet Player Benny Bailey

May 4, 2005

The cremation ceremony of Benny Bailey will be the 10th of May at the Westgaarde Crematory in Amsterdam at 12:30 hr. The contact person of Mr. Bailey's family is Ms. Clark [email protected] (Benny Bailey's sister) All persons wishing to give a eulogy, or otherwise, in the ceremony may send an email to [email protected] Westgaarde Crematory Ookmeerweg ...

R&B singer Richard "Rick" Lewis Dies at 71

April 27, 2005

PHILADELPHIA -- Richard (Rick) Lewis, a member of the doo-wop group the Silhouettes whose song Get a Job soared to the top of the charts in 1958, died yesterday. He was 71. Lewis died of multiple organ failure at Albert Einstein Medical Center. Lewis wrote “Get a Job," the group's one big hit. It sold nearly ...