Home » Search Center » Results: Obituary
Results for "Obituary"
Jazz Organist Trudy Pitts
By Victor L. Schermer Trudy Pitts Carney, 78, a Philadelphia-born jazz organist, pianist, and vocalist who played with many jazz greats over a career that spanned more than four decades, died of pancreatic cancer Sunday, Dec. 19, at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Simply put, Trudy Pitts was one of the greatest jazz organists of all time. She ...
Captain Beefheart: R.I.P.
A TRUE ORIGINAL SHUFFLES OFF Don Van Vliet, better known to the world as Captain Beefheart, passed away last Friday, December 17, after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. He was 69 years old. An inspired madman, a true blues soul, a painter of some renown, a lyricist and singer like no other, the Captain was ...
Captain Beefheart (1941-2010): An Appreciation
By Mark Saleski Captain Beefheart died yesterday at the age of 69. The reclusive musician and visual artist has been missed by his fans for many years, and now we feel that absence even more. For many year, Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) was a part of my life even though I was completely unaware of ...
Moody's from Heaven
Anyone who has experienced the joy of hearing the great NEA Jazz Master James Moody's hilarious turnaround on the old Tin Pan Alley tune “Pennie's From Heaven," which he re-cast as “Bennie's From Heaven" can appreciate that this fabulous man has ascended on a one-way ticket to heaven. While it is with great sorrow that we ...
James Moody (1925-2010)
James Moody, a bebop pioneer and seductive improviser whose mischievous sense of humor masked a highly serious and industrious saxophonist, flutist, composer and arranger, died Thursday in San Diego. He was 85. [Photo of James Moody at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival by Paul Slaughter] Moody embodied the entire history of post-war jazz, beginning with his ...
James Moody, 1925-2010
By Pico Jazz saxophone and flute giant James Moody has been around seemingly forever and never slowed down, but yesterday pancreatic cancer finally ended a long and distinguished career at the age of 85. He was a key member of Dizzy Gillespie bands going back to the 1940s (Diz once remarked, “Playing with James Moody is ...
James Moody, 1925-2010
We knew it was coming. That doesn't make it easier. James Moody died this afternoon of the pancreatic cancer he had known about for nearly a year but did not make public untilNovember. He was 85. Moody was in hospice in San Diego, his hometown for many years. His wife Linda was by his side, as ...
A Jazz Giant Passes: James Moody, 1925-2010
James Moody, an international jazz star since 1949 and a San Diego resident since 1989, has played his last refrain. An acclaimed saxophonist, flutist, composer and band leader for 60 of his 85 years, Mr. Moody died Thursday at 1:07 p.m. at the San Diego Hospice, according to his wife, San Diego Realtor Linda McGowan Moody, ...
Jazz News: James Moody Has Died
Sad news out of San Diego today—jazz saxophonist James Moody has died. Here's the story from USA Today: Jazz Saxophone Giant James Moody Has Died at 85Acclaimed jazz saxophonist James Moody died this afternoon of pancreatic cancer at a San Diego hospice, theSan Diego Union-Tribune is reporting. He was 85 and had lived in the city ...
