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John Bunch, Pianist with Goodman and Bennett, Dies at 88
John Bunch, a jazz pianist whose elegant style led to prominent sideman posts with Benny Goodman and Tony Bennett as well as an accomplished solo career, died on Tuesday in Manhattan, where he lived. He was 88. His death, at Roosevelt Hospital, was caused by melanoma, said Cecily Gemmell, his wife and only immediate survivor. Mr. ...
Herb Ellis, Jazz Guitarist, is Dead at 88
Herb Ellis, a jazz guitarist whose polished, blues-inflected playing earned him critical acclaim as an outstanding soloist and worldwide recognition as a member of the pianist Oscar Peterson's trio, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88. The cause was Alzheimer's disease, said his son, Mitch. Mr. Ellis was an early disciple of ...
June Havoc Child Vaudeville Star and Sister of Gypsy Rose Lee
June Havoc, an actress and former child vaudeville star whose early life with her sister -- future burlesque stripper Gypsy Rose Lee -- and their ambitious stage mother was portrayed in the hit Broadway musical “Gypsy," has died. She was 97. Havoc died Sunday of natural causes at her home in Stamford, Conn., said her caregiver, ...
Herb Ellis Guitarist with Oscar Peterson Trio Dies
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 at his home in Los Angeles, said his son, Mitch. During his long and varied career, Ellis played with Jimmy Dorsey and Ella Fitzgerald. He also ...
Herb Ellis Dies at 88; Jazz Guitarist
He was perhaps best known for his work with the Oscar Peterson Trio but also played with Jimmy Dorsey and Ella Fitzgerald during his long and varied career. 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 ...
Herb Ellis, 1921-2010
Herb Ellis died last night at home in Los Angeles. He was 88 years old and had Alzheimer's disease. Ellis was most celebrated for his guitar playing with the Oscar Peterson Trio that also included bassist Ray Brown. For more than half a century, he was one of a handful of guitarists recognized as masters of ...
Composer Paul Dunlop Dies
Paul Dunlap, a composer whose scores included such sci-fi and horror classics as “The Angry Red Planet" and “I Was a Teenage Werewolf," died of natural causes March 11 in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 90. Dunlap launched his film-scoring career with a 1950 Sam Fuller film, “The Baron of Arizona," and did four more for ...
German Jazz Player Peter Herbolzheimer Dies at 74
Peter Herbolzheimer, a musician and big band leader who helped promote jazz in Germany, has died at 74. The head of the German Music Council, Peter Ortmann, told the ddp news agency that Herbolzheimer died Saturday in Cologne following a long illness. Herbolzheimer was born in 1935 in Bucharest, Romania, and moved to Germany in 1951. ...
Peter Gowland Innovative Glamour Photographer
Peter Gowland, whose exuberant, sun-drenched swimsuit photos and self-designed large-format cameras helped define glamour photography for six decades, has died. He was 93. Gowland died March 17 at his Pacific Palisades home of complications from surgery for a broken hip, said his wife of 68 years, Alice. The son of actors Gibson Gowland and Sylvia Andrew, ...
Drummer-Actor Bernard 'Bunchy' Johnson Dies
Drummer and actor Bernard “Bunchy" Johnson, died of a heart attack March 21. He was 58. Johnson, a native of New Orleans, had just finished filming scenes for David Simon's new HBO series, “Treme," which was shot in his childhood neighborhood. Nicknamed “Bunchy" because of his size, Johnson's feature acting credits included “Monster's Ball," “Bad Lieutenant: ...
