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In Memoriam William Lubtchansky: French Cinematographer
It is with a sense of personal loss that I convey word, published in Libration, of the death, at the age of seventy-two, of William Lubtchansky, the French cinematographer who was a crucial participant in many of the greatest French films--indeed, many of the greatest films in the world--in the last forty years. I met him ...
Rob McConnell (1935-2010)
Rob McConnell, a revered Canadian bandleader, valve trombonist, arranger and composer whose swinging versions of standards raised him to near cult status among his many global fans, died May 1st in Toronto. He was 75. In an age when many big bands are viewed today as uneven relics, McConnell's crisp arrangements and straight-shooter stage presence helped ...
Lynn Redgrave Dies at 67 After Breast Cancer Battle
Actress Lynn Redgrave died Sunday night at her Connecticut home with her three children and other friends present, her rep tells the Associated Press. The younger sister of Vanessa Redgrave had battled breast cancer for years after finding a lump in 2002. “She lived, loved and worked harder than ever before," her children said in a ...
Rob McConnell: 1935-2010
Another significant Canadian contributor to jazz is gone. Barely more than a week after Gene Lees died comes news that Rob McConnell lost his long struggle with cancer yesterday in a Toronto hospital. A valve trombonist, arranger, composer and leader, McConnell made his Boss Brass one of the significant big bands of the latter part of ...
Remembering Herb Ellis Memorial April 30th
Herb Ellis, a jazz guitarist perhaps best known for his work with the influential Oscar Peterson Trio, has died. He was 88. Ellis, who had Alzheimer's disease, died Sunday morning March 28th at his home in Los Angeles, said his son, Mitch. During his long and varied career, Ellis played with Jimmy Dorsey and Ella Fitzgerald. ...
Folk Music Singer and Actress Susan Reed Dubbed 'America's Concert Favorite'
Folk music thrush and actress Susan Reed died April 25 of natural causes in Greenport, N.Y. She was 84. Reed was introduced to folk music by members of Ireland's Abbey Players, who would spend time with her family during visits to the United States. She went on to star at Cafe Society in Gotham for two ...
Dorothy Provine Singer, Actress Star of "The Roaring Twenties" Dies
Dorothy Provine, who played the singing, high-kicking flapper in the early-1960s TV series “The Roaring Twenties" and appeared in the all-star movie comedy “It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World," has died. She was 75. Provine, a longtime resident of Bainbridge Island, Wash., died of emphysema Sunday at Hospice of Kitsap County in Bremerton, said her ...
Italian Screenwriter Furio Scarpelli, Co-Wrote 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' and 'The Postman,'
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Furio Scarpelli, who co-wrote some of the best Italian comedies of the postwar period and who ventured into the spaghetti- western genre with the “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," had died, his family said Wednesday. He was 90. Scarpelli died at his home in Rome shortly after midnight, his son, Matteo Scarpelli, ...
Gene Lees, Jazz Critic and Historian, Dies at 82
Gene Lees, a prolific jazz critic and historian who approached his subject with a journalist's rigor and an insider's understanding, died on Thursday at his home in Ojai, Calif. He was 82. The apparent cause was a stroke, said Leslie A. Westbrook, a family spokeswoman. The author of numerous books, Mr. Lees was not just an ...
Purvis Young, Folk Artist Who Peppered Miami with Images, Dies
Purvis Young, a self-taught painter who emerged from prison as a young man and by dint of his striking, expressionist vision of urban life and mammoth output over more than three decades transformed a forgotten Miami neighborhood into a destination for contemporary art aficionados, died on Tuesday in Miami. He was 67. An untitled painting on ...
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