Phantom 2,467 Posted December 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: Yeah I was just as to the Minnesota 'jazz scene'. All three members of it We probably have a Louisiana Arabic Music HOF lol which would be the same thing. We have a few people that are part of the "jazz scene" one of the most recent regulars is Davina Sowers of Davina & The Vagabonds "fame" I first met Davina about 10 years ago, they had a couple of albums out but were mostly booking in small clubs and bars charging $5 and sharing the bill with a couple of other bands. Now that they're booking in venues where they're playing for a couple of hours and charging $30 cover fee, they're pricing themselves out of the local market and draw a bigger crowd when they play further afield. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,054 Posted December 31, 2019 Jazz trumpeter Jack Sheldon, performer on The Merv Griffin Show, as well as singer of several Schoolhouse Rock songs, has died at 88. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFroMQlKiag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,214 Posted January 18, 2020 Jazz musician Rex Martey fulfills his life-long ambition of getting a record deal, at 82, and suffering from prostate cancer: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-51155914/jazz-musician-rex-martey-signs-record-deal-aged-82 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 10,974 Posted January 19, 2020 Saxophonist Jimmy Heath has died aged 93. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,599 Posted January 20, 2020 Multiple Grammy Award-winning brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi, who collaborated with the United Nations Orchestra and did solo work, dead at 73 years: https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/morre-aos-73-anos-trompetista-brasileiro-claudio-roditi-referencia-do-samba-jazz-nos-eua-1-24200158 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,091 Posted January 30, 2020 Twitter reporting the death of jazz trombonist Lucien Barbarin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 18,967 Posted January 30, 2020 1 minute ago, alt obits guy said: Twitter reporting the death of jazz trombonist Lucien Barbarin. Barbarin here: https://syncopatedtimes.com/trombonist-lucien-barbarin-dies-of-cancer-at-63/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted January 31, 2020 22 hours ago, alt obits guy said: Twitter reporting the death of jazz trombonist Lucien Barbarin. He'd been on the slide for a while now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wickerman 76 Posted February 18, 2020 Norwegian jazz drummer Jon Christensen has died age 76. He appears on many recordings on the ECM label and was in particular a member of the legendary Keith Jarrett European Quartet of the 1970s which produced five renowned recordings on ECM Records. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,036 Posted February 18, 2020 Every time I see this thread bumped I think Sonny Rollins has died. That guy is fucking resistant. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted March 2, 2020 Arthur Goldstein, a giant of the central Pennsylvania music community who influenced countless others during his remarkable career spanning six decades, died on Thursday at the age of 75. Known as a revered jazz pianist and composer, Goldstein also was a faculty member in Penn State's music department, a scholar and a piano teacher. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Funeralopolis 198 Posted March 6, 2020 McCoy Tyner, legendary jazz pianist, is dead at 82. He was also in John Coltrane’s band. https://www.google.it/amp/s/heavy.com/entertainment/2020/03/mccoy-tyner-death/amp/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JQW 228 Posted March 7, 2020 I acquired 17 jazz CDs yesterday - McCoy Tyner plays on at least six of those - he could be on a few other under a pseudonym. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted March 8, 2020 Laurie Morgan, who has died aged 93, was an influential member of the coterie of British jazz experimenters of the 1940s and 50s that most famously included the saxophonists Ronnie Scott and John Dankworth. A drummer, bandleader, theatre musician and teacher, Morgan was a smart, creative and idealistic man who contributed significantly to British jazz’s emancipation from dutiful mimicry of its US models. As a co-founder of the Club Eleven collective that lit the way toward the establishment of Scott’s London club in 1959, he devoted much of his life to finding an authentically homegrown sound, collaborating with British composers such as the pianist Stan Tracey and the saxophonist Bobby Wellins – as well as the British beat poets Michael Horovitz and Pete Brown as part of the 60s poetry-and-jazz movement. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,214 Posted March 15, 2020 On 18/02/2020 at 11:28, drol said: Every time I see this thread bumped I think Sonny Rollins has died. That guy is fucking resistant. Interview with Sonny Rollins from three weeks ago: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/24/magazine/sonny-rollins-interview.html Unofficially retired because of pulmonary fibrosis, talking a bit about death and reincarnation. But might hang on for a little more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,091 Posted March 21, 2020 Danny Ray Thompson, a decades-long member of Sun Ra Arkestra, has died. He was 72. Thompson played baritone saxophone and flute. He was also the band's long-time acting manager. https://pitchfork.com/news/sun-ra-arkestras-danny-ray-thompson-dead-at-72/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adrian0719 210 Posted April 2, 2020 Ellis Marsalis dead of COVID-19. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,599 Posted April 2, 2020 American jazz legend and multi-instrumentalist Bucky Pizzarelli, known for his work as a guitarist and a banjo player, died at 94 years: https://syncopatedtimes.com/guitarist-bucky-pizzarelli-has-died-at-94/ He was also a member of Johnny Carsons Tonight Show Band. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,361 Posted April 2, 2020 7 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: American jazz legend and multi-instrumentalist Bucky Pizzarelli, known for his work as a guitarist and a banjo player, died at 94 years: https://syncopatedtimes.com/guitarist-bucky-pizzarelli-has-died-at-94/ He was also a member of Johnny Carsons Tonight Show Band. Session musician on a number of classics to boot, per this: Quote Although he mainly plays jazz, Pizzarelli has done all kinds of session work and played on pop, rock and R&B hits such as Ray Charles' "Georgia on My Mind," The Drifters' "This Magic Moment" and "Save the Last Dance for Me," Ben E. King's "Stand by Me," and Dion and The Belmonts' "A Teenager in Love" and "Runaround Sue." Not to mention Brian Hyland's "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" and the theme song to television's "The Odd Couple." Well, classics except for the dreadful Bikini song... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,036 Posted April 2, 2020 8 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: American jazz legend and multi-instrumentalist Bucky Pizzarelli, known for his work as a guitarist and a banjo player, died at 94 years: https://syncopatedtimes.com/guitarist-bucky-pizzarelli-has-died-at-94/ He was also a member of Johnny Carsons Tonight Show Band. 'Twas COVID even for him Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,011 Posted April 3, 2020 18 hours ago, TomTomTelekom said: American jazz legend and multi-instrumentalist Bucky Pizzarelli, known for his work as a guitarist and a banjo player, died at 94 years: https://syncopatedtimes.com/guitarist-bucky-pizzarelli-has-died-at-94/ He was also a member of Johnny Carsons Tonight Show Band. There must be 100 news outlets posting this obit in the past hour. It’s almost as if this one WE posted 17 hours ago was false alarm. Crazy. Or was it? Lol *shrugs* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,599 Posted April 3, 2020 French Jazz-musician Claude Abadie dead at 100 years: https://www.tsfjazz.com/jazznews/breve/le-clarinettiste-claude-abadie-est-decede 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,091 Posted April 9, 2020 John Bucher, a jazz cornetist whose Speakeasy Jazz Babies group recorded the soundtrack to Woody Allen’s 1973 movie Sleeper, has died. https://syncopatedtimes.com/new-york-jazz-cornetist-john-bucher-has-died/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,119 Posted April 11, 2020 On 02/04/2020 at 02:38, TomTomTelekom said: American jazz legend and multi-instrumentalist Bucky Pizzarelli, known for his work as a guitarist and a banjo player, died at 94 years: https://syncopatedtimes.com/guitarist-bucky-pizzarelli-has-died-at-94/ He was also a member of Johnny Carsons Tonight Show Band. Some tweets that his wife Ruth has apparently died too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
