Death By Jazz

[Planetist 115]

19 hours ago, tracy said:

Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal dead at 92. DDP miss, was picked last year.

I had him last year! My primary reason for dropping him this year was that I'm very bad at DDP.

[Ulitzer95 11,001]

Peter Badie (wiki), 97, one of the names on my oldest Jazz personalities list, is being reported dead all over Facebook.

[YoungWillz 19,020]

Bob Nadkarni, British ex-pat who set up The Maze jazz club in Rio de Janeiro, being reported dead: 

 

 

Lovely interview with the BBC here from 2016: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-37136431

[Steve 411]

On 19/04/2023 at 10:42, YoungWillz said:

Bob Nadkarni, British ex-pat who set up The Maze jazz club in Rio de Janeiro, being reported dead: 

 

 

Lovely interview with the BBC here from 2016: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-latin-america-37136431

I can't seem to find any source that confirms this unless anyone else on here has. 

[YoungWillz 19,020]

25 minutes ago, Steve said:

I can't seem to find any source that confirms this unless anyone else on here has. 

Bob Nadkarni further report: https://diariodorio-com.translate.goog/morre-no-rio-o-cineasta-bob-nadkarni-fundador-do-the-maze/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

[TomTomTelekom 3,601]

Guitarist Jack Wilkins, who has played with artists like Stanley Turrentine and Jimmy Heath, died at 78 years:

https://www.thejazzguitarlife.com/2023/05/06/rip-jack-wilkins-1944-2023/

[ObakeFilter 778]

Mars Williams, jazz and rock saxophonist who has played with The Waitresses and The Psychedelic Furs and many more, was diagnosed with ampullary cancer and in March began a six-month course of chemotherapy.

 

https://www.facebook.com/zimpelwaclaw/posts/pfbid024AqZe5Uu7BWU73ojkC7HCZjJTNZhe3vtwztL9APj16NRShQRKf1StkWgtG9KUa4wl

[Drewsky1211 4,063]

Jazz composer and musician Bill Lee has died at 94. (paywall)

Was the father of Spike Lee, and composed the scores of some of his son's films (i.e. Do the Right Thing).

[ObakeFilter 778]

Isaac “Redd” Holt, the jazz fusion pioneer and founding member of the Ramsey Lewis Trio, died Tuesday (May 23).

 

https://pitchfork.com/news/isaac-redd-holt-percussionist-and-jazz-fusion-pioneer-dies-at-91/

[ObakeFilter 778]

Pianist George Winston died on Sunday, June 4 after a decade-long battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. The news was shared via his website in a long note to fans, noting "Throughout his cancer treatments, George continued to write and record new music, and he stayed true to his greatest passion: performing for live audiences while raising funds for Feeding America to help fight the national hunger crisis along with donating proceeds from each of his concerts to local food banks."

 

https://www.georgewinston.com/about/

[Sir Creep 7,012]

4 hours ago, ObakeFilter said:

Pianist George Winston died on Sunday, June 4 after a decade-long battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. The news was shared via his website in a long note to fans, noting "Throughout his cancer treatments, George continued to write and record new music, and he stayed true to his greatest passion: performing for live audiences while raising funds for Feeding America to help fight the national hunger crisis along with donating proceeds from each of his concerts to local food banks."

 

https://www.georgewinston.com/about/

 

This has to be the quietest that a superstar death has ever been. He owned the jazz charts here for at least 8-10 years early 80s to early 90s. iirc

[YoungWillz 19,020]

On 23/03/2023 at 19:51, ObakeFilter said:

Peter Brötzmann issued a statement reagarding his health condition, it reads as follows:

TIME FOR SOME FACTS:
YES, I HAD A COMPLETE BREAKDOWN COMING HOME FROM WARSAW AND LONDON AND YES, EMERGENCY, RE-ANIMATION, INTENSIVE CARE AND YES, OUT OF HOSPITAL SINCE 10 DAYS AND TRYING TO ORGANISE MY DAILY LIFE AND NO, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE AND NO, I WON’T BE ABLE TO PLAY IN THE (NEAR) FUTURE, MEANS NO TRAVEL AND NO STAGE. NO GOOD NEWS, MY FRIENDS, BUT IT IS HOW IT IS AND YES, I WILL DO MY BEST TO STAY WITH YOU IN WHAT FORM AND FUNCTION EVER. ALL GOOD AND NOTHING TO COMPLAIN, BEST TO YOU ALL b

 

https://www.facebook.com/PBroetzmann/posts/pfbid0XeWvGir9ru1JvoN8rMUo7KQrJPsWAozpu2QDVRu2beD1KAGa3E3oNzeG4993NtjUl

 

On 23/03/2023 at 20:15, ThereWillBeDeaths7 said:

Looks like he sadly has a bad case of All Caps Disease 

Peter Brotzmann reportedly dead (not from All Caps Disease): https://muzyka-interia-pl.translate.goog/wiadomosci/news-po-wyjezdzie-z-polski-przeszedl-zapasc-peter-brotzmann-nie-z,nId,6859109?_x_tr_sl=pl&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

[I.R.Baboon 206]

The Guardian has it as well now: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/23/peter-brotzmann-legend-of-free-jazz-dies-at-82, just 4 months after they reviewed his show in London: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/12/peter-brotzmann-review-free-jazz-saxophonist-on-fiercely-good-form .

[ObakeFilter 778]

Robert Black, a virtuoso bassist who collaborated with prominent composers including Philip Glass and John Cage and was a founding member of the influential Bang on a Can All-Stars ensemble, died on Thursday at his home in Hartford, Conn. He was 67.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/27/arts/music/robert-black-dead.html

[I.R.Baboon 206]

I read about a new live recording of a John Coltrane concert  and wondered how many jazz musicians that played with Coltrane are still alive. Wikipedia gave me the names of Albert Heath (88, who played on his first album als a band leader)  Julius Priester  (88) and Reggie Workman (86). He played (once) with Sonny Rollins as well. But how many more are there?

Edit: Found some more: Kenny Burrell (91), Louis Hayes (86), Roy Haynes (98), Archie Shepp (86), Carlos Ward (83).

[alt obits guy 3,094]

Harriet Choice, a pioneering jazz critic and one of the founders of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, has died. She was 82.

 

https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-harriet-choice-appreciation-kogan-0718-20230717-hkyoaqsakfbv7fujqpvmm4accu-story.html

(Behind paywall)

[ObakeFilter 778]

Cellist Tristan Honsinger passed away on August 5, 2023, he was known mostly for his work with pianist Cecil Taylor and guitarist Derek Bailey,

http://completecommunion.blogspot.com/2023/08/tristan-honsinger-has-died.html

[YoungWillz 19,020]

1 minute ago, ObakeFilter said:

Cellist Tristan Honsinger passed away on August 5, 2023, he was known mostly for his work with pianist Cecil Taylor and guitarist Derek Bailey,

http://completecommunion.blogspot.com/2023/08/tristan-honsinger-has-died.html

Apparently he is the second The Pop Group related death this year, he played on their Amnesty International Report, the B Side of We Are All Prostitutes.

 

Those of a nervous disposition, turn away: 

 

 

[ObakeFilter 778]

Just now, YoungWillz said:

Apparently he is the second The Pop Group related death this year, he played on their Amnesty International Report, the B Side of We Are All Prostitutes.

 

Those of a nervous disposition, turn away: 

 

 

Aren't John Waddington's and Mark Stewart's deaths make him the third?

[YoungWillz 19,020]

4 minutes ago, ObakeFilter said:

Aren't John Waddington's and Mark Stewart's deaths make him the third?

Temporary Alzheimers, dear OF lol.

 

I only remembered the two, I can't keep track! Apologies. 

[ObakeFilter 778]

It's being reported that Charlse Gayle, the free jazz saxophonist who came to prominence in the 1990s after decades of obscurity, has passed away at the age of 84.

 

 

[YoungWillz 19,020]

Richard Davis, double bassist who appeared on Astral Weeks but that is not the half of it, reportedly dead: 

A DDP pick for @JQW.

[TomTomTelekom 3,601]

7 hours ago, ObakeFilter said:

It's being reported that Charlse Gayle, the free jazz saxophonist who came to prominence in the 1990s after decades of obscurity, has passed away at the age of 84.

 

 

 

Sad news. He was a masterful musician, not only great saxophonst but also pianist, clarinetist, bassist and percussionist.

[ObakeFilter 778]

Curtis Fowlkes, founding member of the Jazz Passengers, has died from heart failure in Brooklyn, New York, on August 31, 2023, at the age of 73.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/arts/music/curtis-fowlkes-dead.html?ref=oembed

[YoungWillz 19,020]

On 09/09/2022 at 14:50, ObakeFilter said:

Trevor Tomkins, known for his work with Nucleus, Gilgamesh and the Gowen-Miller-Sinclair-Tomkins quartet that recorded Before A Word Is Said, has passed away aged 81 after a long illness.

 

https://londonjazznews.com/2022/09/09/rip-trevor-tomkins-1941-2022/

Herald Obit for Mike Travis, drummer and founder member of Gilgamesh: https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/obituaries/23806794.musician-actor-became-creative-force-jazz-theatre/