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The Passing of Herman Leonard, Legendary Photographer (1923-2010)
I learned of the passing of Herman Leonard today. Herman was a legendary photographer, most famous for his classic black and white photos from the golden era of jazz. I had the pleasure of meeting him while he lived in New Orleans, a city that he fell in love with immediately after arriving. Herman participated in ...
Herman Leonard dies at 87; photographer chronicled mid-century jazz scene
Leonard's smoke-filled images of jazz greats in dark clubs documented a musical era. Many of his black-and-white prints were lost in Hurricane Katrina. Herman Leonard, a photographer best known for his iconic images of such jazz greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, has died. He was 87. Leonard died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical ...
Herman Leonard, Famed Photographer, Dies at 87
Herman Leonard, a celebrated photographer whose iconic images of Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, and Frank Sinatra documented one of the most creative eras of jazz from the late 1940's through the 1960's, has died. He was 87. Leonard died August 14, 2010 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Leonard was best known for his smoky, backlit ...
Herman Leonard: March 6, 1923 - August 14, 2010
Herman Leonard, Los Angeles, May 2010—Photograph by Yousef Linjawi We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of Herman Leonard yesterday, Saturday, August 14, 2010. Herman was a rare human being, always giving and compassionate. It goes without saying Herman was a great photographer and artist, who loved Jazz music and created a stunning ...
Ahmad Alaadeen, 76, Jazz Master, Dies
Crosses Six Decades of Jazz Music “Jazz does not belong to one race or culture, but is a gift that America has given the world." —Alaadeen Ahmad S. Alaadeen Saxophonist, Composer, Educator, Author July 24, 1934—August 15, 2010 KANSAS CITY, Missouri—August 16, 2010—Ahmad Alaadeen, whose virtuosity crossed more than six decades of ...
Abbey Lincoln, Jazz Singer and Writer, Dies at 80
Abbey Lincoln, a singer whose dramatic vocal command and tersely poetic songs made her a singular figure in jazz, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 80 and lived on the Upper West Side. Her death was announced by her brother David Wooldridge. Ms. Lincoln's career encompassed outspoken civil rights advocacy in the 1960s and fearless ...
Little Feat's Richie Hayward: R.I.P.
CO-FOUNDER AND DRUMMER OF VENERABLE ROCKERS PASSES Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward died Thursday night, August 12, after a long fight with liver cancer. A percussionist of endless swing, power and drive, Hayward helped found one of the longest running rock bands and was their anchor in their legendary live shows. He passed away at the ...
Leon Breeden, Jazz Educator, Dies at 88
Leon Breeden, the longtime director of jazz studies at the University of North Texas, who half a century ago transformed the program from a clandestine enterprise into the international Mecca for jazz training it remains today, died on Wednesday in Dallas. He was 88. The cause was complications of an abdominal infection, said Richard Cox, a ...
Richie Hayward: February 6, 1946 - August 12, 2010
By C. Michael Bailey Drummer and Little Feat founder Richie Hayward passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010, in his current home of Victoria, British Columbia. He was 64 years old. Originally Hailing from Clear Lake, Iowa, Hayward would be instrumental in the percussion on scores of recordings by Robert Plant, Robert Palmer, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, ...
Abbey Lincoln, RIP
Abbey Lincoln died today in New York. The singer and actress was 80 years old. After meeting Max Roach when he played drums on one of her record sessions in 1957, Ms. Lincoln came under his sway in her approach to music and in uncompromising civil rights activism. She and Roach married in 1962 and divorced ...
