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Steve Lacy, 69, Who Popularized the Soprano Saxophone, Dies

June 5, 2004

By BEN RATLIFF Copyright 2004 The New York Times Steve Lacy, an American soprano saxophonist who spent more than half of his 50-year career living in Europe and helped legitimize his instrument in postwar jazz, died yesterday in Boston. He was 69. The cause was cancer, according to an announcement from the New England ...

New England Conservatory Mourns Death of Jazz Great Steve Lacy

June 5, 2004

Soprano Saxophone Master Succumbs to Cancer at Age 69 Steve Lacy, one of the greatest soprano saxophonists of all time and a New England Conservatory faculty member since fall 2002, died Friday at New England Baptist Hospital. The jazz master who once defined his profession as “combination orator, singer, dancer, diplomat, poet, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, ...

Steve Lacy: Soprano Saxophonist, Monk Enthusiast, Free Jazz Pioneer

June 4, 2004

Born: July 23, 1934 in New York, NY Died: June 4, 2004 in MA Steve Lacy's return to America in 2002, following three decades in France, was welcomed with as much enthusiasm as Dexter Gordon's triumphant repatriation in the 1970s. A quirky and beloved individualist, Lacy, who died in Boston of liver cancer on ...

Elvin Jones, 76; Coltrane Drummer Helped Propel Jazz

May 21, 2004

By Matt Schudel Washington Post Staff Writer Elvin Jones, 76, the drummer who lit the rhythmic fire under the transcendental jazz of saxophonist John Coltrane, died May 18 at a hospital in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. He had a heart ailment. In his five years with Coltrane's quartet in the 1960s, Mr. Jones set the ...

Percussion powerhouse Elvin Jones dies at 76

May 19, 2004

Jazz Drumming Legend Elvin Jones Dies

May 19, 2004

Elvin Ray Jones, a renowned jazz drummer and member of John Coltrane's quartet, has died in the US aged 76. Jones, who also played alongside Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, died of heart failure in a New Jersey hospital on Tuesday. Jones, named by Life magazine as “the world's greatest rhythmic drummer", joined band ...

Elvin Jones: Legendary Drummer and Bandleader

May 19, 2004

Born: September 9, 1927 in Pontiac, MI Died: May 18, 2004 in Englewood, NJ By Todd Jenkins Despite all of his accomplishments in life -- and there were so many -- Elvin Jones is most likely to be remembered for his family ties and his service in John Coltrane's celebrated quartet. His passing at ...

Jazz Drummer Elvin Ray Jones Dies at 76

May 18, 2004

NEW YORK (AP) - Elvin Ray Jones, a renowned jazz drummer and member of John Coltrane's quartet who also played alongside Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, died Tuesday. He was 76. Jones died of heart failure in an Englewood, N.J., hospital, said his wife of 38 years, Keiko Jones. “He's happy. No more suffering," ...

John LaPorta Dies at 84

May 14, 2004

Born: April 1, 1920 in Philadelphia, PA Died: May 12, 2004 in Sarasota, FL Reedman, composer, arranger, educator John LaPorta, a beloved music educator and veteran of Woody Herman's First Herd and Charles Mingus' cool period, died from complications of a stroke on May 12, 2004, in Sarasota, Florida. He was 84 ...

Remembering John LaPorta

May 14, 2004

John D. LaPorta, (b. Philadelphia, PA, April 1, 1920, - d. Sarasota, FL, May 12, 2004) a world class musician (all the reeds), arranger, composer and educator. He was revered by musicians everywhere. During his career he played and recorded with Woody Herman, Herb Pomeroy, Kenny Clarke, Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles ...