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Jazz Pianist Linton Garner, Brother of Erroll, Dead at Age 87

March 9, 2003

REMEMBERING LINTON GARNER by Len Dobbin Pianist LINTON GARNER died of heart failure Thursday, March 6, in Vancouver, B.C., where he had settled in 1974. He was 19 days short of his 88th birthday. He was born in Greensboro, N.C. on March 25, 1915 and grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa. He was the older brother of ...

Dennis Mooreman, Pianist and Instructor at York College Dead

February 14, 2003

Ruby Braff was Memoralized at Stenesky Memorial Chapel, February, 12, 2003

February 13, 2003

Ruby Braff: Cornet Master with a Distinctive Voice

February 11, 2003

Cornet, trumpet Born: March 16, 1927 in Boston, Massachusetts Died: February 9, 2003 in North Chatham, Massachusetts Ruby Braff began his jazz career as an out-of-time traditionalist playing with veteran jazzmen of an earlier age, and rose to establish his own standing as one of the handful of leading artists playing in ...

Trumpeter/Cornetist Ruby Braff Dies at 75

February 10, 2003

Mongo Santamaria: Cuban Percussionist Was Popular Latin Jazz Leader

February 8, 2003

Percussion, bandleader Born: April 7, 1922 in Havana, Cuba Died: February 1, 2003 in Miami, Florida Mongo Santamaria enjoyed a long and successful career in Latin music. His recordings and concert performances ranged from the authentic percussion music of Afro-Cuban religious rituals through to Latin-jazz reworkings of American jazz and pop hits. ...

Donald Blackman Dead at 60 (Jazz Saxaphonist)

February 2, 2003

Donald Blackman, jazz saxaphonist died last Tuesday on January 28th, 2003. He was creamated, and there was a quiet private service. However, a memorial is planned for him, and will be announced as soon as the information becomes available. He played with Hank Johnson Trio, and Tony Babino,vocalist on Staten Island, and many others. He will ...

Bill Russo: Ground-breaking Composer and Arranger

January 23, 2003

Composer, arranger, conductor, trombone, teacher Born: June 25, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois Died: January 11, 2003 in Chicago, Illinois Bill Russo was one of the most important composers and arrangers in jazz history. He contributed some of the most innovative orchestral scores ever written in a jazz idiom to the Stan Kenton ...

Denise Jokinen Passed Away On Christmas Eve

December 30, 2002

Denise Jokinen was well known by many jazz musicians whom she met when she was a Jazz reporter at the Newport Jazz Festival or just when attending their performances. A memorial ceremony will take place on January 5th at Riverside Memorial Church on west 76th street in Manhattan at 3PM. She leaves her son Allen Jokinen, ...

Mal Waldron: Expatriate Piano Great Dies in Brussels

December 6, 2002

Mal Waldron made his mark as a sympathetic accompanist for Billie Holiday in the last years of her career in 1957-9. The pianist went on to forge a reputation as an uncompromising creative musician in his own right, initially in his native New York and later in Europe, where he lived from 1965, firstly in Paris, ...