Obituary Tracks

Bassist Henry Grimes died of coronavirus on April 15.

nypost.com/2020/04/20/henry-grimes-free-jazz-legend-dead-at-84-of-coronavirus/


He played with Sonny Rollins amongst others.

Drummer Jimmy Cobb died on May 24. He is best known as the drummer on Miles Davis's 'Kind of Blue'.  He was the last survivor of that session.


www.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/28/jimmy-cobb-obituary

Stanley Crouch, the foremost Jazz critic has just died.   www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/obituaries/stanley-crouch-dead.html

More Jazz obituaries as covered under 'Track of the Day'.


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British bassist Spike Heatley
Japanese drummer Kōzō Suganuma
British trombonist Mike Pointon
American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist Dave Frishberg
Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist Ack van Rooyen


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American drummer Joe Siracusa
American trumpet player Burgess Gardner
American pianist Barry Harris


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Czech guitarist Luboš Andršt
American bluesman Sonny Rhodes

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American guitarist Nick Colionne.
Trinidadian pianist Clive Zanda
Canadian harmonica and Blues singer Harpdog Brown
American multi-instrumentalist James Mtume

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American vibraphone player Khan Jamal
Belgian jazz musician and a pioneer of European free jazz Fred Van Hove
Bangladeshi tabla player Badal Roy
German saxophonist Emil Mangelsdorf
American pianist Beegie Adair

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American drummer and vocalist Sam Lay
American blues guitarist and singer Jimmy Johnson
American pianist and trombonist Mark Levine
American guitarist Joe Diorio
American blues guitarist and singer Syl Johnson (brother of Jimmy Johnson above).
Polish jazz saxophonist, flautist, cellist, trombonist, pianist and composer Zbigniew Namysłowski.
Irish flautist and composer Brian Dunning
American bassist Mickey Bass

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Polish jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, cellist, trombonist, pianist and composer Zbigniew Jacek Namysłowski
Swedish composer and pianist Nils Lindberg
American jazz pianist, composer and arranger Bob Hammer
American jazz singer Ernie Andrews
Brazilian classical and jazz guitarist Carlos Barbosa-Lima

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Japanese double-bassist Isao Suzuk
American trumpeter, cornetist, and composer Ron Miles
American jazz pianist and composer Jessica Williams

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American trumpet player Dennis Gonzalez
English singer Tina May

More Jazz obituaries as covered under 'Track of the Day'.


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American trumpeter and band leader Ted Butterman
British Drummer Trevor Tomkins
American pianist Ramsey Lewis

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American Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders
American Blues guitarist and Blues historian Joe Bussard.

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Hungarian pianist and composer Béla Szakcsi Lakatos.
Slovenian pianist and composer Jure Robežnik
American saxophonist Ronnie Cuber
American bassist Chuck Deardorf

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Congolese saxophonist, composer, bandleader, producer, record label founder Verckys Kiamuangana Mateta
American blues keyboardist Marty Sammon
American jazz singer Janet Thurlow

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American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist Anthony Ortega.
German jazz saxophonist, clarinettist and flautist Gerd Dudek

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American Jazz pianist Joe Baque
American guitarist Mick Goodrick
American blues guitarist and vocalist Danny Kalb
American jazz singer and musician Louise Tobin

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Czech jazz saxophonist and clarinetist Pavel Smetáček
Australian born American saxophonist Andrew Speight

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American jazz vibraphonist and pianist Bobby Naughton
American jazz vibraphonist Harry Shepphard
American Blues man Walter 'Wolfman' Washington
American electric blues lap steel guitarist and singer Freddie Roulette
American blues singer and guitarist Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson

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Cubin pianist and band leader Lázaro Valdés Espinosa
Turkish vocalist Ayse Gencer
British blues guitarist Jeff Beck.
American guitarist Dennis Budimir

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American blues musician Thomasina Winslow
Turkish born French jazz musician Marcel Zanini
Austrian conductor and jazz musician Richard Oesterreiche
American trumpeter Rasul Siddik

THE ORIGINAL THREAD HAS NOW BEEN MOVED HERE AND FOR THE MOMENT AT LEAST OBITUARY TRACKS WILL CONTINUE IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORMAT HERE. IT WOULD BE NICE TO BACKFILL TO COMPENSATE FOE SOME ORIGINAL SHORTCOMINGS BUT I AM NOT SURE THAT THAT IS POSSIBLE WITH THE FACLITIES OFFERED HERE.




So began the original obituary thread.

Here (finally) are some Paul Bley track.