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Buddy Collette Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: L.A. Jazzman Mentor of Eric Dolphy, Frank Morgan, Charles Lloyd Dies at 89
On Sunday September 19, 2010, Grammy-nominated Buddy Collette (William Marcel Collette), Los Angeles-based tenor saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist, a major jazz presence on the West Coast jazz and blues scene, passed away aged 89 years...Having notably collaborated in post-war L.A. with the likes of jazz icons, saxophonist Dexter Gordon, drummer Chico Hamilton, and his lifelong friend, ...
Reflecting Upon Max Salazar (1932 - 2010): What His Words and Actions Meant for Latin Music
The Latin music world lost a long time champion this past weekend, as Max Salazar passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2010. Born on April 17th, 1932 in New York, Salazar found an affinity for Afro-Cuban music at a young age, but didn't really pursue his interests professionally until the late sixties. He began working as ...
Remembering William Marcel "Buddy" Collette
By Ed Hamilton Saxophonist and flautist Buddy Collette brought color to white TV game show orchestras, before Martin Luther King fought for civil rights in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott. He paved the way for the hiring of musicians of color into all-white TV and film orchestras: Clark Terry, J.J. Johnson, Count Basie, Quincy Jones, Benny ...
Buddy Collette, 1921-2010
Buddy Collette, a master of reeds and woodwinds who played a major part in integrating Los Angeles studios and the musicians union, is gone. He died on Sunday at the age of89. Like his contemporary Angelenos Charles Mingus and Dexter Gordon, Collette was an important part of the southern California jazz community long before the invention ...
Buddy Collette (1921-2010)
Buddy Collette, a much in-demand Hollywood jazz and studio musician who appeared on 325 known recording sessions and courageously risked his burgeoning career to spearhead the merger of Los Angeles' segregated musicians' union locals in the early 1950s, died in L.A. on September 19. He was 89. When I spoke to Buddy in July for my ...
Buddy Collette dies at 89; L.A. jazz saxophone player, bandleader
Collette helped merge the black and white musicians' unions in L.A. and mentored many African American musicians. He was active in preserving and promoting L.A. jazz history. Buddy Collette, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist, flautist, bandleader and educator who played important roles in Los Angeles jazz as a musician and an advocate for the rights of African ...
Charles Evans "Buddy" Hughes Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: Big Band Jazz Era Vocalist of Dorsey, Krupa, Thornhill Fame Dies at 91
Buddy Hughes, former big band jazz vocalist most notably with the orchestras of Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa and Claude Thornhill has passed away at the age of 91 years (recently announced publicly on September 9th) on August 23, 2010 at his home in Glen Ellyn, Illinois of cancer(images in order of appearance: Buddy Hughes on left ...
Other Matters: Edwin Newman, 1919-2010
Edwin Newman's death at age 91 is not the end of an era. The broadcast news era that produced Newman ended long ago, as you may have noticed in most of the news programs you watch on television and, particularly, on cable. Newman worked for NBC News. He was of a generation of broadcast news people ...
Hadley Caliman Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: Jazz Saxophonist "Little Dex" Dies at 78
Seattle, Washington area jazz bebop tenor saxman and flautist Hadley Caliman (of Freddie Hubbard band fame), passed away aged 78 years on Wednesday September 8, 2010 after succumbing to liver cancer ...his latest jazz album “Straight Ahead" made the top ten list on jazz charts nationally earlier this year. He was known as “Little Dex" due ...
From Linda Caliman
Dear friends and family, I have received so many wonderful cards and emails from you. Thank you so much. I have not been able to respond to most, given the needs of making arrangements, but please know I am so appreciative and will be in touch when things quiet down. I have an update on the ...
