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Grammy winning Portland jazz musician and instructor Thara Memory has died at 68.  Memory suffered from diabetes (wouldn't it have been rich if it was Alzheimer's?) and had been in poor health in recent years.  Memory left behind an impressive legacy of music ---- but more recently had been indicted by a Multnomah County grand jury on eight counts of third-degree sex abuse, two of attempted sexual abuse, and for harassment.   Police said last February that there may be other victims. The status of the case Monday was not immediately available.

 

Memory won a Grammy with his former student Esperanza Spalding in 2013 for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists for the song "City of Roses" from her album "Radio Music Society."


I think the status of the case is well known now.
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Just to make it explicit:

 

So we all experienced Memory loss today.

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On 15/11/2016 at 18:03, Bibliogryphon said:

Cleo Laine not dead then, everytime I see this thread bumped... oh well one day....

Cleo Laine celebrates a milestone birthday today :birthday:90 today! 

 

So still not dead despite the thread being bumped again! 

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Influential pianist, composer, and cofounder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), Muhal Richard Abrams, dies at 87 years old.
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On 09/02/2017 at 15:40, Ulitzer95 said:

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 (b. 1918)
Gerald Wilson (1918-2014)
Candido Camero (b. 1921)
Jon Hendricks (1921-2017)
Ray Anthony (b. 1922)
Bob Carter (1922-1993)
Joe Wilder (1922-2014)
Kay Starr (1922-2016)

Sol Yaged (b. 1922)
Toots Thielemans (1922-2016)
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 (1924-2016)
Little Jimmy Scott (1925-2014)

Roy Haynes (b. 1925)
Tony Bennett (b. 1926)

Any additions welcome!

Jon Hendricks, American jazz singer and lyricist, has died aged 96.

 

Edit: The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Sun obituaries.

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Jazz trombone player from the avant-garde scene, Roswell Rudd, is currently suffering from stage 4 cancer. :skull:

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My shortlist never shows this much hurry to go from January onwards...

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It's alright. Depends on the musician, really.  Louis Armstrong was great but on the whole not a music genre I immediately gravitate towards.

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Recently I’ve become a real fan of Kamasi Washington if anyone knows of him. Fantastic album he put out recently. 3 hours long and full of pure beauty

 

Tried to get tickets to go to a concert of his but I wasn’t let in because of my bee features

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