Chris Cuzme (sax, tenor) - 1977
Eric Clark (violin) - 1981
George Bouchard (sax, soprano) - 1944
Glenn Barton (sax, tenor) - 1970
Guy Vaingarten (piano) - 1985
Johnny "Guitar" Watson (guitar, electric) - 1935
Kid Thomas (trumpet) - 1896
KLah Jackson (percussion) - 1992
Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano) - 1898
Natsuki Sugiyama (saxophone) - 1988
Neal Miner (bass, acoustic) - 1970
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Thursday and Friday Morning this week, January 14 e 15
9 - 10AM New York Time (one hour each day)
Ben Sidran specials on WBGO jazz radio with Gary Walker
On the internet at http://www.wbgo.org/
Live at 88.3 FM
Thursday they tell stories about the jazz life
Friday it's all about the new Dylan album
The city of Oakland Park, Florida has scheduled a ribbon cutting at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, December 1st for the grand opening of Jaco Pastorius Park at 4000 North Dixie Highway. The ceremony will be followed by a free Jazz on the Green concert featuring several artists who were closely associated with the new park’s legendary namesake Jaco Pastorius.
Esbjörn Svensson, the Swedish pianist and composer whose group the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, or e.s.t., was considered one of the most successful European jazz outfits of recent years, died in a scuba diving accident on Saturday, June 14th. He was 44.
Buddy Miles, the powerhouse drummer best known for his brief stint as one-third of Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys, died Feb. 26 in Austin. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. Miles was 60.
Teo Macero, who produced many landmark albums for Miles Davis, such as Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew and In a Silent Way, died Feb. 19 at his home in Riverhead, New York. He was 82 and succumbed following a long illness.
Macero, who was also a saxophonist and composer, was hired by Columbia Records in 1957 and became a staff producer two years later. There he worked not only with Davis but with artists such as Dave Brubeck (Macero produced the best-selling album Time Out), Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Mose Allison, Johnny Mathis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Carmen McRae, Woody Herman, Tony Bennett and many others, in addition to recording under his own name.
Oscar Peterson, acknowledged as one of the most significant and beloved jazz pianists of all time, died Dec. 23 at age 82 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. www.oscarpeterson.com
Two concerts, two sold out for Groovinators live-october 10-11 , Casa del Jazz, Rome
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