DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted December 29, 2008 Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard is reported to have died, aged 70. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raskolnikov 0 Posted January 22, 2009 While we all wait for Mr Swayze to succumb to pancreatic cancer, one man who has lost his fight with it is David 'Fathead' Newman, who was a key member of Ray Charles' band for 12 years in the 50's and 60's, being described as its "star tenor sax soloist" no less. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted February 8, 2009 American jazz singer Blossom Dearie, has died at the age of 82. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted March 30, 2009 Here goes bad TAF again, putting non-death-related news into Death by Jazz. Anyway, one of the few old jazzers left, Ornette Coleman, is to curate this year's Meltdown festival. Line-up to be improvised and excessively modulated once festival starts. Ba-dum (... seven and a half beats ...) splawkk! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 30, 2009 Octogenerian American ivory tickling jazzer, Dave Brubeck is in hospital and has cancelled several weeks worth of upcoming preformances after he was laid low with "a virus". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Anubis the Jackal 77 Posted March 31, 2009 He's taking five then? Octogenerian American ivory tickling jazzer, Dave Brubeck is in hospital and has cancelled several weeks worth of upcoming preformances after he was laid low with "a virus". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted June 15, 2009 one of the few old jazzers left, Ornette Coleman, is to curate this year's Meltdown festival. Here's Ornette doing his thang at the RFH a couple of days ago, with 91-year-old saxophonist Andy Hamilton to his left. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted August 13, 2009 A bit of a thread quandary when a jazz drummer dies. Such as Coltrane-collaborator Rashied Ali/Robert Patterson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted August 18, 2009 He's been mentioned all over, but I figured this would be the best spot - jazz guitarist Lawrence Lucie has died at the age of 101. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted September 1, 2009 Jazz singer Chris Connor has died aged 81. She sang with the Stan Kenton Orchestra before going solo and having a long and successful career, making her last appearance at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York City in 2004. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banshees Scream 110 Posted November 18, 2009 Death that is highly unlikely to happen by Jazzzz but ... New Orleans jazz trumpeter Lionel Ferbos is still playing at the ripe old age of 98. I don't know if he is famous enough or not, but he has been given the title of the oldest Jazz musician still performing in New Orleans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,596 Posted December 21, 2009 Ronnie Scott's co-founder Pete King has reached the end of his sax life at 80. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vinegar Tits 606 Posted February 6, 2010 Sir John Dankworth won't be hearing his wife go "doo be doo shooby doo ba ba ba" again... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted May 17, 2010 Hank Jones The jazz pianist has died at the age of 91. He played in Billy Eckstine's band and with Coleman Hawkins, and was for a time Ella Fitzgerald's accompanist, and "is the pianist who can be heard faintly on the famous recording of Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday [to President John F Kennedy], striving manfully to keep her in tune" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted June 27, 2010 Benny Powell Trombone player with the Count Basie Orchestra, who also played with Lionel Hampton, has died aged 80. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magere Hein 1,400 Posted July 24, 2010 Dutch musician and composer Willem Breuker died yesterday. regards, Hein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest iain Posted August 14, 2010 (edited) jazz singer Abbey Lincoln dead at 80 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postmorte...-dies-at-8.html Edited August 15, 2010 by Magere Hein Post moved from topic 'The dead of 2010' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted August 17, 2010 Photographer Herman Leonard died on the 14th. His work features in all the best jazz mags. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted October 15, 2010 He's taking five then?Octogenerian American ivory tickling jazzer, Dave Brubeck is in hospital and has cancelled several weeks worth of upcoming preformances after he was laid low with "a virus". Dave Brubeck has had a pacemaker fitted after experiencing "dizzyness and fatigue" on Monday night. Brubeck, 89, will be back on the road in November. I've found him a tasteful new piano that he might like to take on tour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Memento Mori 12 Posted October 15, 2010 He's taking five then?Octogenerian American ivory tickling jazzer, Dave Brubeck is in hospital and has cancelled several weeks worth of upcoming preformances after he was laid low with "a virus". Dave Brubeck has had a pacemaker fitted after experiencing "dizzyness and fatigue" on Monday night. Brubeck, 89, will be back on the road in November. I've found him a tasteful new piano that he might like to take on tour. That's a pretty cool pic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted October 21, 2010 Saxophonist and jazz historian Marion Brown, who played with Coltrane among others, has died aged 79. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Godot 149 Posted October 21, 2010 He's taking five then?Octogenerian American ivory tickling jazzer, Dave Brubeck is in hospital and has cancelled several weeks worth of upcoming preformances after he was laid low with "a virus". Dave Brubeck has had a pacemaker fitted after experiencing "dizzyness and fatigue" on Monday night. Brubeck, 89, will be back on the road in November. I've found him a tasteful new piano that he might like to take on tour. A nice take on tickling the ivories. Does it have skeleton keys? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted November 4, 2010 Legendary jazz saxophonist James Moody, 85, has announced that he is suffering from pancreatic cancer, for which he has opted not to receive radiotherapy or chemotherapy. A UK obit is assured, but he'll really have to show some fighting spirit to get to 2011. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,688 Posted November 8, 2010 He's taking five then?Octogenerian American ivory tickling jazzer, Dave Brubeck is in hospital and has cancelled several weeks worth of upcoming preformances after he was laid low with "a virus". Dave Brubeck has had a pacemaker fitted after experiencing "dizzyness and fatigue" on Monday night. Brubeck, 89, will be back on the road in November. This may only be of interest to DDT and myself (or maybe just myself), but there's a Clint-produced Arena profile of yer man coming up on 4. I don't have the stats on the correlation of Arena docs to imminent death; you might have to ask Rotten Ali. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted November 11, 2010 He's taking five then?Octogenerian American ivory tickling jazzer, Dave Brubeck is in hospital and has cancelled several weeks worth of upcoming preformances after he was laid low with "a virus". Dave Brubeck has had a pacemaker fitted after experiencing "dizzyness and fatigue" on Monday night. Brubeck, 89, will be back on the road in November. This may only be of interest to DDT and myself (or maybe just myself), but there's a Clint-produced Arena profile of yer man coming up on 4. I don't have the stats on the correlation of Arena docs to imminent death; you might have to ask Rotten Ali. Sorry I could only guess at it being a 50% likelyhood of death in the round during the next two years. But I'll try and add his real figures for you later. P.S. Gets 144 points in my book - that's just 209th on my "short list". Worth a punt but it could be a long shot. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
