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Lew Soloff, 1944-2015
The sad notes keep coming. Trumpeter Lew Soloff died early today. His daughter, Laura Solomon, reported on her Facebook page that Soloff was with her and her family on their way home from a New York restaurant when he collapsed with a massive heart attack. He was 71. Born in New York City, a trumpeter from ...
R.I.P. Gene Lynn, singer and nightclub owner
Gene Lynn, the St. Louis singer and former nightclub owner sometimes described as “the black Frank Sinatra," has died. Friends reported today on Facebook that he passed away early Saturday morning after recently suffering a stroke and a recurrence of stomach cancer. Born Leon Campbell in Mobile, AL, the sixth of ten children, Lynn (pictured) graduated ...
Orrin Keepnews (1923-2015)
Orrin Keepnews, a jazz record producer whose taste in music, integrity and respect for artists resulted in a vast body of legacy recordings by Thelonious Monk, Cannonball Adderley, Wes Montgomery and Bill Evans as well as dozens of other artists, died on March 1. He was 91. His Riverside label operated from 1953 to 1964. What ...
Orrin Keepnews, RIP
The influential jazz producer, record company head and author Orrin Keepnews died today at his home in El Cerrito, California. He would have been 92 tomorrow. Keepnews guided the recording careers of Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins and many other leading jazz artists of the 20th Century. The announcement of his death came ...
Cephas Bowles, 62, Public Radio Advocate And Innovator, Dies
Dover, NJ: Cephas Bowles, a staunch advocate for public radio and jazz for more than four decades and recently-retired CEO/President of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, died on Saturday, February 21, in Hackensack. His death, at Hackensack University Medical Center Hospital, followed complications from a stem cell transplant, said his wife, Linda. He was 62. A native ...
Clark Terry Is Gone
Clark Terry has died at 94 following his long battle with the effects of advanced diabetes. His wife Gwen posted the announcement this morning on her Facebook page. Our beloved Clark Terry has joined the big band in heaven where he’ll be singing and playing with the angels. He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family, ...
Clark Terry (1920-2015)
Clark Terry, one of the most admired and accomplished jazz trumpeters and flugelhornists of his generation who appeared on an astonishing 928 known jazz recording sessions and played in the Duke Ellington Orchestra throughout the 1950s before recording extensively as a freelancer, died on Feb. 21. He was 94. Like a tap dancer, Clark liked to ...
RIP Clark Terry
The jazz world lost Clark Terry yesterday at age 94 after more than a decade of declining health. He was a jazz giant whose legacy extends far beyond being a trumpet player. Terry was a true NEA Jazz Master, bandleader and educator. He worked as a sideman in both the Count Basie and Duke Ellington Orchestras ...
Jazz Musician Clark Terry Dies at 94
Longtime jazz musician and educator Clark Terry has died. He was 94. Al Hicks, director of the documentary about Clark's life, Keep on Keepin' On, told The Hollywood Reporter on Saturday. He had been in failing health for several years due to advanced diabetes and entered hospice earlier this month, Billboard reported. On Feb. 11, Terry's ...
Clark Terry 1920 - 2015
From the Facebook page of Clark Terry: “Our beloved Clark Terry has joined the big band in heaven where he'll be singing and playing with the angels. He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family, students and friends. Clark has known and played with so many amazing people in his life. He has found great joy ...
