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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 ...
Stephanie Jordan on the Passing of Lena Horne
Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her signature song “Stormy Weather" and for her triumph over the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, has died. She was 92 according to AP writer Verena Dobnik. Horne died Sunday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to hospital spokeswoman ...
Lena Horne, Singer and Actress, Dies at 92
Lena Horne, who was the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday night at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York. She was 92 and lived in Manhattan. Her death was announced by ...
Legendary Singer Lena Horne Dies
Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress who reviled the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, slowing her rise to Broadway superstardom, died Sunday. She was 92. Horne died at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, according to hospital spokeswoman Gloria Chin. Chin would not release any other details. Horne, whose striking ...
Francisco Aguabella Afro-Cuban Percussionist Dies
Aguabella, a sacred drummer of the Santeria religion, left Cuba in the 1950s. He performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Eddie Palmieri, Carlos Santana and the Doors. Francisco Aguabella plays the conga drums in Hollywood. He was the master of masters," says Danilo Lozano, an ethnomusicology professor and former bandmate. Francisco Aguabella, ...
Flora Thornton, L.A. Philanthropist and Arts Patron, Dies at 96
The USC School of Music bears her name. Among her many activities, she was a member of the LA Opera board and helped establish its young artist program. Flora Thornton donated to many Los Angeles institutions but was best known for her contributions to the citys musical culture. (Los Angeles Times / February 19, 1997) Flora ...
Walter Sear, an Audio Engineer with a Passion for Analog, Dies
Walter Sear, an audio engineer whose steadfast devotion to pre-digital recording technology led him to maintain a studio with vintage, analog equipment, a risk that paid off in recent years as musicians like Norah Jones, Wilco and Wynton Marsalis flocked there for its rich natural sound. Sear died on April 29 in Manhattan. He was 80 ...
Max Palevsky: Computer Magnate and Philanthropist Dies
A founder of Intel, the billionaire donated lavishly to political causes and the arts. He was a key backer of L.A.'s first black mayor, Tom Bradley. Billionaire Max Palevsky donated lavishly to politics and the arts as well as to other eclectic pursuits. In certain well-connected circles, Max Palevsky was known as the billionaire patron of ...
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