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Clarence Clemons, 1942-2011...
A cornerstone of the E Street Band has now passed away. Saxophonist Clarence Clemons died Saturday evening at 69, just days after suffering a serious stroke. Shortly after news of the death, Bruce Springsteen offered this statement. “Clarence lived a wonderful life. He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He ...
More About Mae
Following up on the death of the iconic singer Mae Wheeler, yesterday I talked with people who knew and worked with her for another article that's now up on the Riverfront Times website. Check it out! Update—More coverage from around town of Wheeler's passing: The Post-Dispatch's Kevin Johnson recalled the first time he met Wheeler, and ...
Mae Wheeler 1934 - 2011
Singer Mae Wheeler (pictured), known to generations of St. Louis music fans as “Lady Jazz," died this evening at her home in Maryland Heights after a long illness. She was 77. Wheeler, known for her charity fundraising efforts as well as for a musical career that spanned six decades, had been battling colon cancer since 2006, ...
Ray Bryant, 1931-2011
Ray Bryant died on Thursday in a New York hospital following a long illness. He was 79. A pillar of modern mainstream piano, Bryant was often categorized as a blues pianist. He was certainly that, a great one, but his stylistic breadth,powerful swing and harmonic flexibility put him in demand not only by blues singers and ...
Ray Bryant - R.I.P.
While the news today has been full of the deaths of Jack “Dr. Death" Kevorkian, 83 (a curiously interesting musician in his own right), and actor James “Matt Dillon" Arness, 88, the great pianist Ray Bryant has also died. His sound—a mix of joyous jazz and grandstanding gospel—was like no other and is evident on many ...
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Weekend Wax Bits
Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011), a spoken-word singer- songwriter whose socially conscious soul-jazz albums of the '70s neatly leveraged the feel and urgency of Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye and Richie Havens, died in New York on May 27. He was 62. Scott-Heron's albums from the '70s are essential for fans of jazz and soul. His most dynamic recordings ...
Gil Scott-Heron (1949-2011): An Appreciation
Musician and street poet Gil Scott-Heron, best known for “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," died today. Cause of death was not immediately known; he was 62. Scott-Heron started out at the dawn of the 1970s as a jazz-inclined R&B singer and spoken-word performer, a rapper years before the genre was formally invented. “The Revolution Will ...
Gil Scott-Heron. 1949-2011...
Poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron passed away late this (Friday) afternoon. He was a too-young 62, though that voice and soul remain as vibrant as ever. The passing was confirmed by Scott-Heron's publishing and label partners. Scott-Heron is probably best known for “The Revolution Will NotBe Televised," though he is also credited for influencing a range ...
Bill Donahoe, Founder of the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Band, Has Died
E. William “Bill" Donahoe Known among his fellow Dixieland jazz fans as “the Fastest Washboard in the East," Bill Donahoe died May 22nd in Lady Lake, Florida. He was 83 years old. Introduced to the music of Bix Beiderbecke by his cousin, Mr. Donahoe became a passionate fan of the legendary cornetist. Beginning in 1965 and ...
