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Twenty Years Later, Remembering Jim Henson
Its been twenty years since the world lost Jim Henson, and I still cant think about it without tearing up a bit. His death at age 53 was sudden and catastrophic, like being hit by lightning on a cloudless day. Along with countless others around the world who had never met him, I felt like a ...
Rob McConnell Dies at 75; Valve Trombonist Who Led the Boss Brass
He led one of Canada's best-known big bands and won three Grammys, one as an artist for the album 'All in Good Time,' was known as one of the few modern masters of the valve trombone. Rob McConnell, a celebrated composer, arranger and valve trombonist who led the Boss Brass, one of Canada's best and best-known ...
Francisco Aguabella, Percussionist Who Crossed Genres, Dies at 84
Francisco Aguabella, a Cuban-born master percussionist whose impeccable rhythmic sense and drive enriched the recordings and live performances of jazz, salsa and pop artists for five decades, died on May 7 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 84. The cause was cancer, said his daughter Menina Givens. Mr. Aguabella's main instrument was the conga ...
Rosa Rio, Organist from Silent Films to Soap Operas, Dies at 107
On Oct. 6, 1927, the day “The Jazz Singer" splashed noisily across American movie screens, Rosa Rio broke down and wept. Al Jolson was talking, and the very sound of him, she knew, would put her out of business. But Miss Rio's fears went unrealized, and for the next eight decades--until her final performance, last year ...
Dave Fisher Founding Member and Lead Singer of the 1960s Folk Group the Highwaymen Dies
Dave Fisher, founding member and lead singer of the 1960s folk group the Highwaymen, whose recording of the Civil War anti-slavery song “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" became a surprise pop hit in 1962, has died. He was 69. Fisher died Friday at his home in Rye, N.Y., of myelofibrosis, a rare blood disease, family friend ...
Doris E. Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106
For a quarter century, Florenz Ziegfeld auditioned hundreds of thousands of young women vying to become chorus girls, the Ziegfeld Girls, those lace and chiffon visions of glamour who were as much a part of the Jazz Age as Stutz Bearcats, the Charleston and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Doris Eaton Travis may have been the youngest Ziegfeld ...
Bob Mercer Chief Executive of 'Now That's What I Call Music!' Dies
Bob Mercer, a music industry executive who was managing director of EMI Music in Britain in the 1970s and most recently was chief executive of the “Now That's What I Call Music!" venture that releases a bestselling series of hit-single compilation albums, has died. He was 65. Mercer died of lung cancer May 5 at Cedars-Sinai ...
Willie Pooch | 1937-2010
Loss of 'great vocalist' leaves fans, musicians blue Rebounding from a health scare, Willie Pooch took the stage in January before a packed house at a Worthington restaurant--where 300 people had gathered for a tribute to the bluesman. So many musicians showed up that the entertainment lasted 10 hours. His right leg had recently been amputated, ...
Lena Horne Singer and Civil Rights Activist Who Broke Barriers
Horne achieved a place in the pantheon of female jazz vocalists and broke ground in Hollywood as an African American star in the '40s. She also won acclaim on Broadway and as a cabaret performer. On screen, on records and in nightclubs and concert halls, Horne was at home vocally with a wide musical range, from ...
Lena Horne, 1917-2010
Lena Horne is being remembered with the respect and admiration that her talent and tenacity won her in decades of struggle and refusal to compromise. Her travails and triumphs are recounted in dozens of obituaries on the air, on web sites and in publications around the world. This one from The New York Times has the ...
