YoungWillz 21,052 Posted July 19, 2015 Kenny Wheeler, jazz trumpeter and John Taylor collaborator, is dead at 84. And now, so is John Taylor at 72, heart attack. http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/jazzblog/rip-john-taylor 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,052 Posted July 19, 2015 Howard Rumsey, US bassist famous with his Lighthouse All Stars, 97. http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.de/2015/07/howard-rumsey-founding-father-of-west.html?spref=tw One For Buck: https://youtu.be/Qi3-Ii-NGRg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,645 Posted July 20, 2015 Updated list: Lionel Ferbos (1911-2014) Herb Jeffries (1913-2014) Coleridge Goode (1914-2015) Frances Klein (1915-2012) Joe Evans (1916-2014) Svend Asmussen (1916-2017) Howard Rumsey (1917-2015) Bill Graham (1918-1975(!)) Gerald Wilson (1918-2014) Candido Camero (1921-2020) Jon Hendricks (1921-2017) Ray Anthony (b. 1922) Bob Carter (1922-1993) Joe Wilder (1922-2014) Kay Starr (1922-2016) Sol Yaged (1922-2019) Toots Thielemans (1922-2016) Bob Dorough (1923-2018) Buddy DeFranco (1923-2014) Eugene Wright (1923-2020) Johnny Pate (b. 1923) Orrin Keepnews (1923-2015) Paul Bacon (1923-2015) Ralph Sharon (1923-2015) Armando Peraza (1924-2014) Rudy Van Gelder (1924-2016) Little Jimmy Scott (1925-2014) Roy Haynes (b. 1925) Tony Bennett (b. 1926) Any additions welcome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted August 15, 2015 German Sax player and bandleader Max Greger dies at 89 years old. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted September 23, 2015 Jazz guitarist Tony MacAlpine has cancelled an upcoming tour as he is suffering from intestinal cancer and his condition has not improved, despite recent surgery... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John Kettley 49 Posted September 28, 2015 Joe Sample, keyboard player of the Crusaders, has died according his Facebook page. He was 75. Crusaders co-founder and saxophonist Wilton Felder is the third to go in 18 months, also at 75. Expect really long drum solos at future gigs. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,052 Posted September 29, 2015 Another dead saxophonist (my my, it's been a busy year) Phil Woods has passed at 83. http://thejazzline.com/news/2015/09/alto-sax-legend-phil-woods-has-died-at-83/ Worked with all the greats over the years, married Charlie Parker's widow, etc etc. Before I Left: https://youtu.be/Ba0I0hrkYco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted September 30, 2015 Another dead saxophonist (my my, it's been a busy year) Phil Woods has passed at 83. http://thejazzline.com/news/2015/09/alto-sax-legend-phil-woods-has-died-at-83/ Worked with all the greats over the years, married Charlie Parker's widow, etc etc. Before I Left: https://youtu.be/Ba0I0hrkYco Sad, that. Woods was quite a biggie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,052 Posted October 3, 2015 Willie Akins, St Louis based saxophonist (what are they putting in the reeds, these days? They're all dying), 76. http://stljazznotes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/willie-akins-1939-2015.html Willie's Blues (performed at a benefit for him only last month): https://youtu.be/ergkMFsKsyc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,052 Posted October 5, 2015 Hey! Great call banshees! Where did you get that idea from? Mr Goode plays some Sunday afternoons round the corner from me. May have to do a little investigating. Coleridge Goode - Jamaican-born jazz bassist Coleridge Goode finally dead at 100. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/13829-great-brit-jazz-bassist-coleridge-goode-dies-aged-100 and http://garycrosbybass.com/2015/10/04/rip-coleridge-goode-1914-2015/ Unique DDP hit if and when there's an obit which qualifies. Edit: Check Deathrace and Sean's Deadpool too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted October 5, 2015 Hey! Great call banshees! Where did you get that idea from? Mr Goode plays some Sunday afternoons round the corner from me. May have to do a little investigating. Coleridge Goode - Jamaican-born jazz bassist Coleridge Goode finally dead at 100. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/13829-great-brit-jazz-bassist-coleridge-goode-dies-aged-100 and http://garycrosbybass.com/2015/10/04/rip-coleridge-goode-1914-2015/ Unique DDP hit if and when there's an obit which qualifies. Edit: Check Deathrace and Sean's Deadpool too. Oh Goode, one of mine! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted October 6, 2015 Hey! Great call banshees! Where did you get that idea from? Mr Goode plays some Sunday afternoons round the corner from me. May have to do a little investigating. Coleridge Goode - Jamaican-born jazz bassist Coleridge Goode finally dead at 100. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/13829-great-brit-jazz-bassist-coleridge-goode-dies-aged-100 and http://garycrosbybass.com/2015/10/04/rip-coleridge-goode-1914-2015/ Unique DDP hit if and when there's an obit which qualifies. Edit: Check Deathrace and Sean's Deadpool too. Oh Goode, one of mine! Oh shit, another day minus a qualifying obit, or did I miss summat? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,052 Posted October 11, 2015 Hey! Great call banshees! Where did you get that idea from? Mr Goode plays some Sunday afternoons round the corner from me. May have to do a little investigating. Coleridge Goode - Jamaican-born jazz bassist Coleridge Goode finally dead at 100. http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/breaking-news/13829-great-brit-jazz-bassist-coleridge-goode-dies-aged-100 and http://garycrosbybass.com/2015/10/04/rip-coleridge-goode-1914-2015/ Unique DDP hit if and when there's an obit which qualifies. Edit: Check Deathrace and Sean's Deadpool too. Oh Goode, one of mine! Oh shit, another day minus a qualifying obit, or did I miss summat? Guardian Obit especially for you MPFC: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/11/coleridge-goode?CMP=share_btn_tw Oh, and the DDP team who had him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,052 Posted October 22, 2015 Another saxophonist, this time it's the UK's own Don Rendell at 89. http://www.marlbank.net/news/3168-rip-don-rendell.html Pavane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca8hqdeRyhE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted October 23, 2015 Jazz singer Mark Murphy dies at 83 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,977 Posted January 5, 2016 Pianist Paul Bley, who played with Charles Mingus and Charlie Parker, has died at 82: http://slippedisc.com/2016/01/mingus-pianist-has-died/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted January 5, 2016 Pianist Paul Bley, who played with Charles Mingus and Charlie Parker, has died at 82: http://slippedisc.com/2016/01/mingus-pianist-has-died/ I was listening to some Charlie Parker just the other day and jotted down Paul Bley's name to look up at a later time. I guess that's saved me some time. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,612 Posted February 25, 2016 John Chilton, dead at 83. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,052 Posted March 12, 2016 Grammy nominated jazz vocalist Ernestine Anderson reportedly dies at 87. http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/03/11/23699824/jazz-legend-and-seattle-resident-ernestine-anderson-dead-at-87 Never Make Your Move Too Soon: https://youtu.be/pRsOlwlM5r4 News article, more detail: http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/jazz-great-ernestine-anderson-dies/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted April 3, 2016 Latin Jazz saxophonist Leandro "Gato" Barbieri, who composed the Grammy-winning music for the steamy Marlon Brando film Last Tango in Paris and recorded dozens of albums over a career spanning more than seven decades, has died at age 83. It's his Last Tango. Anywhere. SC http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gato-barbieri-dead-last-tango-880121 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Guest Posted April 7, 2016 Jazz musician and actor Bill Henderson has died at 90 http://variety.com/2016/music/news/bill-henderson-dead-dies-jazz-vocalist-1201747492/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 21, 2016 Claude Williamson, a versatile pianist who skillfully merged the bebop style of the East with the laid-back sound of the West, securing himself a seat in the cool L.A. jazz scene of the ‘50s, has died. Williamson, 89, died in a facility in Sunland on Saturday, said his son, Marc Williamson. He fell and broke a hip last year and suffered complications afterward, his son said. Said his son, "dad was hip right up till the end." SC http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-claude-williamson-20160720-snap-story.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CoffinLodger 1,248 Posted August 6, 2016 I already posted the death of Pete Fountain but thought maybe it should go here instead http://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/entertainment_life/music/article_36cf33fa-5bd8-11e6-96da-6f4e15f54c5d.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,953 Posted August 16, 2016 Vibraphone player Bobby Hutcherson died on August the 15th aged 75. He was one of the greatest jazz vibraphonists ever along with Lionel Hampton and Milt Jackson. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/arts/music/bobby-hutcherson-dies-jazz.html?_r=0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,052 Posted August 25, 2016 Updated list: Lionel Ferbos (1911-2014) Herb Jeffries (1913-2014) Coleridge Goode (1914-2015) Frances Klein (1915-2012) Joe Evans (1916-2014) Svend Asmussen (b. 1916) Howard Rumsey (1917-2015) Bill Graham (b. 1918) Gerald Wilson (1918-2014) Candido Camero (b. 1921) Jon Hendricks (b. 1921) Ray Anthony (b. 1922) Bob Carter (1922-1993) Joe Wilder (1922-2014) Kay Starr (b. 1922) Sol Yaged (b. 1922) Toots Thielemans (b. 1922) Bob Dorough (b. 1923) Buddy DeFranco (1923-2014) Eugene Wright (b. 1923) Johnny Pate (b. 1923) Orrin Keepnews (1923-2015) Paul Bacon (1923-2015) Ralph Sharon (1923-2015) Armando Peraza (1924-2014) Rudy Van Gelder (b. 1924) Little Jimmy Scott (1925-2014) Roy Haynes (b. 1925) Tony Bennett (b. 1926) Any additions welcome! Rudy Van Gelder has reportedly died at 91. http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/rudy-van-gelder-has-passed-away-rip.582431/ On that jazz blue note, one DDP team awaits his qo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
