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Northwest bluesman Tom McFarland dead at 59

September 9, 2004

TACOMA, Wash. -- Tom McFarland, a well-traveled blues shouter, guitar player and composer who placed a vital role in reviving Seattle's blues scene in the 1970s, is dead at age 59. McFarland, who performed with such blues greats as Charlie Musselwhite, Otis Rush and Isaac Scott, died in his sleep early Friday at home in West ...

Saxophonist Noble 'thin Man' Watts Dead at 78

August 26, 2004

DELAND, Fla. - Blues and jazz saxophonist Noble “Thin Man" Watts, who led the house band at Sugar Ray Robinson's club in Harlem and played on rock 'n' roll tours with Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis, has died. He was 78. Watts, who had been in a nursing home for months struggling with emphysema and ...

Film Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82

August 24, 2004

LOS ANGELES - Film composer Elmer Bernstein, who created a brawny, big-sky theme for “The Magnificent Seven," nerve-jangling jazz for “The Man With The Golden Arm" and heart-rending grace notes for “To Kill a Mockingbird," has died. Bernstein, whose prolific career spanned seven decades and earned him 14 Academy Award nominations, an Oscar win and an ...

J.B.'s bassist Bertand Odom dead at 72

August 24, 2004

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Bertrand Odom, a bass guitar player in the James Brown Band for 40 years, died Tuesday, August 17, his sister, Vernetta Greene, said. He was 72. Greene said her brother suffered from kidney failure. Odom, a Monroe County, Ala., native who had lived in Brooklyn, N.Y., retired from the famous band in ...

Guitar genius Tony Mottola dead at 86

August 12, 2004

DENVILLE, N.J. -- Tony Mottola, a guitarist who played with Frank Sinatra and on NBC's “The Tonight Show" over the course of a 50-year career, has died. He was 86. Mottola died Monday at Saint Clare's Hospital of complications from double pneumonia and stroke. Longtime friend and colleague Bucky Pizzarelli described Mottola as being able to ...

"Pachuco" Artist Don Tosti Dies At 81

August 3, 2004

Obituaries in the News Tuesday, August 3, 2004 Don Tosti PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Don Tosti, a musician and composer who blended elements of jazz, boogie and blues to create the Latin “Pachuco” sound of the 1940s-era Zoot Suit culture, died Monday in his home. He was 81. He was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer ...

James Williams Obituary

July 27, 2004

James Williams - Director of Jazz Studies, Small Ensembles Education: B.S. Mus. Ed., Memphis State University. Performances: Four years, ten albums with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers; pianist with Alan Dawson, supporting Art Farmer, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, Pat Martino, Jean Carne, Red Norvo, and Arnett Cobb; charter member of Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra; performed, ...

David Baker Memorial Service Notice

July 26, 2004

We are deeply saddened to have to report that the great recording engineer David Baker has passed away. He died peacefully in his sleep after finishing a session in Rochester, New York on July 14, 2004. He was 58. Mr. Baker is survived by his wife, Kyoko Baker. A private family funeral will be held in ...

David Baker: 1945 - 2004

July 24, 2004

David Baker, a Grammy Award winning audio engineer and producer of over 2,000 recordings, died peacefully in his sleep on July 14, 2004. He was 58 and lived in Manhattan. Born David Howard Baker on October 12, 1945 in Mt. Vernon, NY, he was the son of the late Harry Alexander Baker and the late Viola ...

Jazz Saxophonist Illinois Jacquet Dies

July 23, 2004