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Richie Hayward, Founding Member of Little Feat, Dead at 64
Richie Hayward, drummer and co-founder of the influential West Coast jamband Little Feat, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010 from complications due to liver cancer diagnosed last year. In addition to his percussive duties with Little Feat, Hayward was an important part of the studio scene over the past 40 years, contributing to recordings by Eric ...
Remembering Bobby Vince Paunetto (1944 - 2010)
It's always a sad day when we reflect upon the passing of a Latin Jazz musician, and it becomes even more heartbreaking as we look back upon a particularly influential musician that deserved wider acclaim. Any musician that put their heart and soul into the style deserves to be remembered fondly; they contribute to the history ...
Muppet Show's Jack Parnell die
British bandleader, drummer and composer Jack Parnell, who led The Muppet Show's music for its five-year run, died on Sunday at age 87 after a year-long battle with cancer. London-born Parnell's musical career stretched almost seven decades. The son of a showbiz family—his father was a music hall performer and his uncle ran a chain of ...
Martin Drew and Chris Dagley died this week in London
Martin Drew died this week in London after a heart attack. Martin had been the drummer with the Oscar Peterson Trio and Ronnie Scott's bands for many years. Chris Dagley--who had been the drummer with the house band at Ronnie Scott's for the last two years, was killed in a traffic accident this week in London. ...
Martin Drew (1944-2010)
Martin Drew died in London on Thursday of a heart attack. Drew was the house drummer at Ronnie Scott's club for 20 years beginning in 1975. He gained his greatest fame during the same period and into the new century playing around the world in Oscar Peterson's trios and quartets. Recently he led his quintet The ...
Remembering Daniel Schorr
One of my job responsibilities is to host the local end of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday for 88.5 KPLU. One of the benefits of doing that for the last several years has been the opportunity to hear Dan Schorr speak to Scott Simon every Saturday. Schorr, who covered the news for more than 60 years, from ...
Willem Breuker, Dutch Composer and Bandleader, Dies at 65
Willem Breuker, a Dutch composer, multireedist and bandleader whose jump-cut style and theatrical panache made him a contrarian hero of European jazz, died on July 23 in Amsterdam. He was 65. His death was announced on the Web site of his band, the Willem Breuker Kollektief. No cause was given. During more than 35 years at ...
Remembering Karl Watt
One of the many delights of having a blog is meeting people--not always in person--who enrich your life with their presence, their music, their stories. One such person is banjo player Candace Brown, who's a member of Chris Tyle's Silver Leaf Jazz Band. I had posted a clip of that band in full flower, playing the ...
Award-Winning Blues Guitarist and Vocalist Phillip Walker, 1937 - 2010
Celebrated blues guitarist and vocalist Phillip Walker passed away as the result of heart failure in Palm Springs, CA (near his hometown of Los Angeles) on July 22, 2010. He was 73. Over the course of his 50-plus year career, Walker recorded many solo albums, toured with zydeco master Clifton Chenier and played behind countless blues ...
Phillip Walker R.I.P.
PHILLIP WALKER 1937-2010 From Delta Groove Music: “It is with deepest sorrow that we report on the sudden and unexpected passing of legendary blues guitarist Phillip Walker. He died of apparent heart failure at 4:30 AM, early Thursday morning, July 22, 2010. He was 73 years old. Born February 11, 1937 near Lake Charles, Louisiana, in ...
