2020 Final Bars

An extensive list of hundreds of international esteemed jazz, blues and “creative music” instrumentalists, singers and adherents of those arts who died in 2020. Compiled for the Jazz Journalists Association

from sources including local newspapers, the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt newsletter, AllAboutJazz.com, Wikipedia, the New York Times, Legacy.com, Rolling Stone, Variety, JazzTimes.com, blogs, listserves, Facebook pages and European publications. Links to their fuller biographies or obituaries are provided where possible.

ESPECIALLY NOTABLE: LUCIEN BARBARIN, CLAUDE BOLLING, CANDIDO CAMERO, JEFF CLAYTON, JIMMY COBB*, FREDDY COLE, RICHIE COLE, STANLEY COWELL, STANLEY CROUCH*, MANU DIBANGO♦, HUGH FRASER, HENRY GRIMES♦, STEVE GROSSMAN, JIMMY HEATH*,

FRANK KIMBROUGH, LEE KONITZ*♦, MIKE LONGO♦, JOHNNY MANDEL, RAY MANTILLA, ELLIS MARSALIS*♦, LYLE MAYS, JYMIE MERRITT, ENNIO MORRICONE, LENNIE NIEHAUS, GARY PEACOCK, CHARLI PERSIP, BUCKY PIZZARELLI♦, CLAUDIO RODITI, WALLACE RONEY♦, ANNIE ROSS*, JOE SEGAL*, VIOLA SMITH, IRA SULLIVAN, DONN TRENNER, MCCOY TYNER*, HAL WILLNER♦

*denotes NEA Jazz Masters – ♦ denotes coronavirus-related deaths

Accordionist Stéphane Chapuis; accordionist, composer and arranger Louis Corchia.

Banjoists Bob Adams, Jack Kuncl, Dave Rae, Harold Woodrow; banjoist, bandleader, record label (CMJ) co-founder and writer Louis Lince; banjoist, singer and composer Eddy Davis; banjoist and pedal steel guitar player Gordon Stone.

Bassists Jerry Bruno, Lyn Christie, Rick Doll, Al Ferrari, Andy Gonzalez, Reggie Johnson, Peter Krijnen, Alex Layne, Ivar Lindell, Ron Mathewson, Gary Peacock, Rocco Prestia, Ray Rose, Paul Schürnbrand, Pierre Sim, Woody Smith, Masayuki Tawarayama, Ace Tesone, Howard Tweddle, Haruwn Wesley, Jürgen Wuchner; bassists and composers Simon Fell,
Lelio Giannetto, Jymie Merritt;

bassist, violinist and poet Henry Grimes; bassist and percussionist Anibal Ambert; bassist and singer Karel Hulinsky; bassists and educators Jerry Cameron, Charles Eakin, Cleve Eaton, Jeff Eckels, K.T. Geier, Marc Peillon, Scott Steed, Eugene Wright; bassist and (Pori Jazz Festival) producer Jyrki Kangas; bassist and jazz club manager (Frankfurt Jazzkeller) Eugen Hahn; bassist and writer Daniel Chauvet.

Bassoonist, composer and educator Janet Grice.

Clarinetists Michel Aumont, JerzyGaliński, Mustafa Kandirali, Werner Keller, Harold Rubin, Gianni Sanjust, Rudy Torrini; clarinetist, saxophonist and violinist Siggi Gerhard; clarinetists, saxophonists and educators Laszlo Dömötör, Paul Shelden; clarinetist and composer Bill Smith; clarinetist, composer and singer Gösta Linderholm; clarinetist, educator and writer Bill Kenney; clarinetist and bandleader Claude Abadie; clarinetist and French Quarter Festival board member Alex Lewis.

Composer, arranger, trumpeter, trombonist and NEA Jazz Master Johnny Mandel; composer, guitarist, pianist, singer, broadcaster and producer David Jisse; composer, pianist, drummer and poet Harold Budd; composers, saxophonists and educators Bob Cobert, Duane Tatro; composers and singers Armando Manzanero, Riachão (Clementino Rodrigues); composer, conductor, pianist and educator Myroslav Skoryk; composer, conductor, pianist and trumpeter Mojmir Sepe; composer and trumpeter Ennio Morricone.

Cornetists John Bucher, Peter Ecklund, Jim Petrie.

Drummers Tony Allen, Geoffrey Battison, Jon Christensen, Dave Dunscombe, Kendon Everts, “Father Al” Ferrante, Ted Huff, Matthias Kaul, Vic Manecchia, Gilbert Matthews, Trimble McCullough,George Otsuka,  Roger Paraboschi, Khari Parker, Neil Peart, Lysa Dawn Robinson, Spider Rondinelli, Mars Scarazzo, Bobby Ward, Chip White;

drummer, bandleader, educator and NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb; drummer, percussionist, composer and bandleader Alberto Naranjo; drummer, club owner (Raleigh NC’s Frog & Nightgown and Café Déjà Vu), arts advocate and writer Peter Ingram; drummer, bandleader and educator Dick Bennett; drummers and bandleaders Allen Berk, Duke Belaire, Viola Smith; drummer, composer, music publisher, drum manufacturer and educator Bill Zickos; drummer, jazz club co-founder (London’s Club Eleven) and educator Laurie Morgan; drummer and singer Kyle Keener; drummer, educator and writer Ron Keezer; drummers and educators Bob Gullotti, Charli Persip, Joe Porcaro, Guy Remonko, Bubbha Thomas; drummer and promoter Fernando Toussaint; drummer and graphic designer Ed Benguiat; drummer and photographer Lloyd Poissenot.

Educator, bandleader, composer, arranger and trombonist Steve Sample Sr.; educator and trumpeter Bob Keller; educator Danny Leonard.

Flutist, saxophonist and educator Don Burrows; flutists and educators Lance Martin, Simeon Shterev (aka Banana).

French hornist Barry Tuckwell; French hornist and broadcaster Bob Northern (aka Brother Ah).

Guitarists Jean Blaton, Julian Bream, Jerry Byrd, Joe Carbone, Scott Denett, Peđa Đikanović, Steve Eliovson, Marc Fosset, Haroldo Garcia, Evaldo Gouveia, Wayman Henry, Allan Johnson, Damir Kukuruzović, Michael Martello, Moraes Moreira, Helmut Nieberle, John Nzenze, Lou Pallo,

Jacques Pellen, Bucky Pizzarelli, Jorge Santana, Rob Saunders, Susan Weinert, Barry Zweig; guitarist, singer, songwriter and filmmaker Geoff Douville; guitarist, songwriter and producer Edson José Alves, guitarists and singers Vicky Down, François Monseur, Tony Rice, Willie K; guitarist and producer Winicjusz Chróst; guitarist, writer and Hot Club of France general secretary Dominique Brigaud;  guitarist, composer and programmer, producer and (Satellites) record company owner Ryo Kawasaki; guitarist, composer and educator Tony Romandini; guitarists and educators Bobby Cairns, Al Defino, Stan Wright; guitarist and recording engineer Danny Leake.

Harpist and bandleader Carlos “Cuco” Rojas.

Jazz poets Q.R. Hand Jr. Ruth Weiss.

Keyboardist Dean “Sir Gant” Gant; keyboardist, composer and electronic music pioneer Richard Teitelbaum.

Mbira player and educator Cosmas Magaya.

Multi-instrumentalists Woody Brathwaite, Fred (June) Davis, Jack Gridley, Benny Likumahuwa, Ira Sullivan; multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, recording engineer and educator Fred Holovnia (aka Fred Hall); multi-instrumentalist, composer and educator Bassam Saba; multi-instrumentalist, composer and musicologist Kali Z. Fasteau; multi-instrumentalists and singers  Paul Boehmke and Eric Weissberg; multi-instrumentalist and artist Don Nedobeck.

Organist, producer and record label (Harthon) owner Luther Randolph.

Percussionists Chris Fletcher, Chucky Lopez, Ángel “Cachete” Maldonado, Ray Mantilla, Alfred “Uganda” Roberts, Xavi Turrull; percussionist and NEA Jazz Master Candido Camero; percussionist and instrument maker Bill Mitkoff (aka Shekere Bill).

Pianists Norm Amadio, Christian Azzi, Cleve Baker, Scott Bassinson, Overton Berry, Larry Bluth, Norman Brown, Geoff Castle, Wray Downes, Gale “Gaslight” Foehner, Joseph Fogarty, Billy Georgette, Rich Harney, Pentti Hietanen, Dick Kroeckel, Alain Lesire, Dave Mackay, Basie Mankge, Jürgen Mattern, Bob Pilsbury, Bill Pursell, Bernard Samuel, Buddha Scheidegger, Peter Schimke, Gilbert Sigrist,  Tony Terini (Anthony Inferrera), Joe Torres, Louis Van Dijk, Vince Weber, Joe Weldon; pianist, composer, bandleader

NEA Jazz Master McCoy Tyner; pianist, composer, educator and NEA Jazz Master Ellis Marsalis; pianists, composers, conductors and arrangers George Blondheim, Claude Bolling, Mário Castro-Neves, Chris Cherney, Peter Thomas, Donn Trenner; pianists, composers and educators Bert Braud, Angelo Di Loreto, Arthur Goldstein, Onaje Allen Gumbs, Frank Kimbrough, Francois Nikol Levy, Carei Thomas, Keith Tippetts, Otto Wolters; pianist, composer, educator and label (Strata-East) co-founder Stanley Cowell; pianist, composer, bandleader and educator Diane Moser; pianist, composer, educator, African instrument maker and musicologist Nadi Qamar (aka Spaulding Givens); pianist, keyboardist and composer Lyle Mays; pianist, organist, composer and arranger Dieter Reith; pianist, organist and ragtime researcher Nora Louise Hulse; pianist and organist Debo Dabney; pianist and trumpeter Edward Philip Epstein; pianist and vibes player Don McCaslin; pianist, arranger, bandleader, producer and broadcaster Julian Lee; pianist, composer, educator and broadcaster Phil Broadhurst; pianist, guitarist, experimental electronics player, composer and instrument builder Cor Fuhler; pianist and French Quarter Festival founder Ronnie Kole;

pianist and Queen City Jazz Society president “Professor” Don Burns; pianists and composers Joe Amoruso, Wolfgang Dauner, Bent Fabric, Robin Frost, David Horowitz, Nikolai Kapustin, Peter Krag, Mike Longo, Ed Stoute, “Blue” Gene Tyranny, Dave Zoller; pianist and bassist Ron Rubin; pianist, composer and philanthropist Judson Green; pianist, guitarist and storyteller Katsura Shinnosuke; pianist, singer and educator Vivian Lord;pianists and singers Werner Böhm, Ruslan Egorov, Larry Garland, Lillette Jenkins-Wisner, Margaret Wright; pianists and educators Ross Carnegie, Herb Drury, Jerry Eckert, Rom Ferri, Alessandro Giachero, John Gilmore, Al Martin, Leonard Morton Sr., Bob Neloms, Larry Novak, Dave Roper, Joan Wildman; pianist and broadcaster Calder Prescott; pianist and writer Reinhard Giebel, pianist and jazz philanthropist Sig Shapiro; pianist, digital media researcher and Institute of Jazz Studies board member Michael Hawley;

Saxophonists Bootsie Barnes, Lawrence “Batty” Battiste, Stan Bronstein, Sonny Cox, Victor Cuica, Frank Cullen, Henry Estrada, Claude Etienne, Mitsuru Furuya, George Galway, Steve Grossman, Leon Henderson, Cliff Hoff, Arthur “The Duke” Johnson Sr., Michael Kelly, Giuseppi Logan,

Jenne Meinema, Dean Mochizuki, Hugh O’Connor, Daniel Ossig, Benny Poole, Freddy Rodriguez Sr., Hal Singer, Buddy Sullivan, Danny Ray Thompson, Leo Ursini, Don Weller, Peter Wertheimer, Detroit Gary Wiggins; saxophonists, composers, bandleaders, educators and NEA Jazz Masters Jimmy Heath, Lee Konitz; saxophonist, bandleader and educator Jeff Clayton; saxophonist, composer, educator and poet Fred Tillis; saxophonists composers and arrangers Don Mikiten, Lennie Niehaus; saxophonist composer, arranger and actor Peter King; saxophonist and composer Hans Salomon; Afro-jazz saxophonist, arranger, conductor and club operator (Leopoldville, Belgian Congo’s Tam-Tam) Manu Dibango; saxophonists and bandleaders Lisa Canjura-Clayton, Sonny Carroll (Angelo Testanero), Richie Cole, Pat Longo, James “Dr. Jazz” Vandivier; saxophonist, composer, arranger and producer (Italy’s Sonor Music Editions) Sandro Brugnolini;

saxophonists and bandleaders Lisa Canjura-Clayton, Sonny Carroll (Angelo Testanero), Richie Cole, Pat Longo, James “Dr. Jazz” Vandivier; saxophonist, composer, arranger and producer (Italy’s Sonor Music Editions) Sandro Brugnolini; at saxophonist, bandleader and broadcaster Macy Favor; saxophonist and Pinstripe Brass Band co-founder Dwight Miller Sr.; saxophonist, bassist, musicologist and publisher Andrew White; saxophonist and producer Tony Vos; saxophonists and educators J.T. Braxton, Tony Coelho, Mark Colby, Herman Green, Don Greene, Joel Griffin, Pedro Iturralde, Rich Kenneally, Mike Krepper, Macaé (Dulcilando Pereira), Marcelo Peralta,

Ed Xiques; saxophonist, educator and broadcaster Arlen Asher; saxophonist, promoter and broadcaster Les Scher; saxophonist and black arts organizer Tony Zamora.es Scher; saxophonist and black arts organizer Tony Zamora.

Singers  Dot Adams, Einat Agmon, Waldemar Bastos, Adazeke Lynn Beville, Salome Bey, Annie Cordy, Alice Day, Belle du Berry, Debbie Duncan, Cano Estremera, Patti Flynn, Jan Fourney, Shannon Gunn, Molly Hammer, Mieko Hirota, Melva Houston, Jeanie Lambe, Carol Leigh, Betty Bennett Lowe, Rebecca Luker, Vera Lynn, Arlus Mabele, Phyllis McGuire, Dulce Nunes, Eva Pilarová, Eladio “Yayo” Rodriquez, Tito Rojas, Jimmy Roselli, Park Seong-Yeon, Toni Smith, Lorraine Stern, Claudia Telles, Grace Testani, Tom Tipton, Willie Torres, Judy Brooks Wiley;

singer, actor and NEA Jazz Master Annie Ross; singer, bassist, guitarist and actor Kenny Rogers; singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer Prince Musarurwa; singer, kora player and bandleader Mory Kante; singer, percussionist and composer Balla Sidibé; singer, songwriter and guitarist Moraes Moreira; singer-and-guitarists Synnöve Rehnfors and Miche Fambro; singers and pianists Freddy Cole, Karin Oehler; singers and saxophonists Victor Kaplan (aka Vic Carlton), Robert Parker; singer, broadcaster and producer Ron Gill; singer, ukulele player, producer, broadcaster, writer and actor Ian Whitcomb; singer, composer, drummer and writer Aldir Blanc; singer, lyricist and educator Holli Ross; singer, activist and educator (founder of East Harlem NY’s Manna House Workshops) Gloria DeNard; singer and educator Jeff Ramsey; singer and photographer Richard Williams; singer, actor, dancer and choreographer Marianne Ebert; singer, dancer and educator Othella Dallas; singer and jazz curator Lee Boswell-May; singers and actors Wilford Brimley, Donna Caroll, Betty Dorsey, Juliette Gréco.

Trombonists Lucien Barbarin, David Beekley, Toni Belenguer, Harold Betters, Jim Butler, Paul Faulise, Tom Gekler, Olle Holmquist, Eddie Noble King Jr., Joe Randazzo, Duane Solem, Dick Whaley, Helen Jones Woods; trombonist, pianist, composer, bandleader and educator Hugh Fraser; trombonist, singer and bandleader Steve Yocum; trombonists and bandleaders Jim Fitzgerald, Bob Mielke; trombonist and singer Fritz Lohmeier; trombonist and broadcaster Mal Sharpe; trombonist and educator Patrick Kelly.

Trumpeters Aldo Bassi, Blake Bennett,  Eddie Blair, Heinz Bühler, Jacques Coursil, Michel Decourrière, Eddie Gale, Victor Graham, Frank Grasso, Louis Henry, Art Hoyle, Ronnie Hughes, Mitchell Jellen, Lucien Juanico, Toshinori Kondō, Steffen Mathes, Gene Maurice,

Wallace Roney, Herman Sandy, Don Slattery, Jack Surbeck, Sanne van Hek, Marc van Nus, Nicky Wuchinger, Art Zens; trumpeter and composer Claudio Roditi; trumpeters, musicologists, educators and writers Howard Smither, Edward Tarr; trumpeter, composer and producer Allan Botschinsky; trumpeter, composer and arranger Bob Ojeda; trumpeter, composer, bandleader, producer and educator Ed Anderson; trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist and writer Martin Spiegelberg; trumpeter, mellophonium player and Spokane (WA) Jazz Society co-founder Keith LaMotte; trumpeter, singer, composer and bandleader Joey Giambra; trumpeter, oboist, conductor and educator Ossi Runne; trumpeter, bandleader and broadcaster John Burnett; trumpeter and big-band leader Bill Davies; trumpeter and trumpet maker Itaru Oki; trumpeter, educator and photographer Larry Davis; trumpeter, educator and writer Harold Lieberman; trumpeters and educators George Berardinelli, Mic Gillette, Roy Okutani, Jon Ruff, Pam Viers, Ernie Wolfle, Art Zens.

Tuba player and conductor Hervé Brisse.

Vibraphonists Fritz Hartschuh, Bob Jenkins,Jupp Zeltinger; vibraphonist, xylophonist, composer, arranger and author Ian Finkel; vibraphonist, percussionist and educator Dave “DJ” Johnson; vibraphonist and singer Gerry Hayes.

Violinists Pat Collins, Katsuko Esaki, Ivry Gitlis, Tommy Hancock, Fernando Suárez Paz.

Violist, conductor and educator  Vincent Lionti.

Jazz club owners Rob Andersen (Portland OR’s Parchman Farm Jazz Club), Heide Lore Deleuil (Cocoa Beach FL’s Heidi’s Jazz Club), Sam Hargress Jr. (Harlem’s Paris Blues), Al Howard (Harlem’s Showman’s Café), Peter Marxen (Hamburg, Germany’s Uncle Pö’s Carnegie Hall), Gerri Oliver (Chicago’s Palm Tavern), Dante Stephensen (Atlanta GA’s Dante’s Down the Hatch);

jazz club owner (Chicago’s Jazz Showcase), concert producer and NEA Jazz Master Joe Segal; jazz club owner (Valenciennes, France’s Escargot) and tap dancer Mimi Blacker; big band venue owner (Bovi’s Tavern in East Providence RI) John Bovi; The Jazz Cruise and Entertainment Cruise Productions founder Anita Berry; jazz programmer (CEDAC and Tremplin du Nice Jazz Festival, artist manager and bassist Pierre Demaria; festival director (Brazil’s Guarujá Summer Festival O Fino da Música, musicologist, broadcaster and writer Zuza Homem de Mello; trad jazz festival founder (Colorado’s Evergreen Jazz Festival) Sterling Nelson; Blind Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival organizer, Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival board member and broadcaster Lucille Salerno; San Diego Jazz Party past presidents Jim Cooper and Dan Reid; Arizona Classic Jazz Society past president Joseph Brem; promoter, broadcaster, writer and Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz co-founder Russ Neff; Bansko (Bulgaria) International Jazz Festival founder Emil Iliev; Carlisle, England jazz club founder Eric Hudson; producer, tour manager and jazz festival founder (Britain’s Bricknell Jazz Festival) John Cumming; jazz presenters and photographers Vernard Gray, Al White; Playboy Jazz Festival president Dick Rosenzweig; producers Dick Bank, Hal Willner;

concert producer (Birmingham AL’s Jazz in the Park series) Bernard Lockhart; concert producer Tim Cotton; concert producer, promoter and tour manager Judy Cites; booking agent Gert Pfankuch; Arts Midwest executive Colleen McLaughlin, concert presenter and broadcaster Ron Gaskin, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival executive Susan Mock.

Record distributor, producer, jazz and blues club manager and blues guitarist Peter Crawford; record executive (Toshiba EMI) and label founder (Somethin’ Else) Hitoshi Namekata; record producer (Jazzpoint) Gerti Jankejova; record and music promotion executive (RCA, CTI, Warner Bros., Columbia/Epic, Palmetto labels)  Terry Coen; record producer (CBS/Sony) and jazz historian Michael Brooks; record producer and label owner (Italy’s Esordisco) Pierre Ruiz; International Association of Jazz Record Collectors Club past president Ron Pikielek.

Ethnomusicologist Bruno Nettl; musicologist, longtime Louis Armstrong House founding director and saxophonist Michael Cogswell; ragtime jazz researcher and Friends of Scott Joplin president Bryan Cather; arts historian (Jazz Institute Darmstaadt co-founder) and clarinetist Klaus Wolbert; early jazz preservationist (Retrieval Records) and writer Sue Davies; cultural preservationist Sylvester “Hawk” Francis, founder and curator of New Orleans’ Backstreet Cultural Museum; historian Christian Steulet.

Artist Louis Delsarte; graphic designer Milton Glaser; iIllustrator and animator Gene Deitch.

Broadcasters Aad Bos, Lloyd Davis, Jay Edwards, Carlos Gaivar, Tammy Nobles, Jack Simpson; broadcaster and organist Bob Nave; broadcaster, saxophonist and drummer Ron Johnson; broadcaster, author and community-radio pioneer Lorenzo Milam; broadcaster and concert producer Joe Rico.

Movie music editor Else Blangsted. Photographers Chris Barham, Jürgen Schadeberg, Baron Wolman; photographer and writer Muhsin Jak Kilby.

Poet and educator Kamau Brathwaite.

Sound engineers Danny Leake, Bruce Swedien; sound engineer and studio designer Fran Manzella.

Writers John Clare (aka Gail Brennan),  Pete Hamill, Christopher Loudon, Tom Scanlan, Philippe Schoonbrood-Bartholomeus (editor of Belgium’s Jazz Around magazine), Les Tomkins, Georgia Urban, Ror Wolf;

writer, drummer, educator, Jazz at Lincoln Center co-founder and NEA Jazz Master Stanley Crouch; writer, broadcaster festival co-founder (Dresden, Germany’s International Dixieland Festival) and drummer Karlheinz Drechsel; writer and discographer Wim Winsemius; writers and broadcasters Rafael Bassi Labarrera, Bob Protzman.

Blues, gospel and R&B artists, and industry figures Barney Ales, Rance Allen, Sandy Anderson, Mickey Atkins, Sweet Pea Atkinson, Edward “Buddy” Banks, Len Barry, Little Charlie Baty, Harold Beane, Ronald Bell (aka Khalis Bayyan), Oscar Benton, Frank Bey, Hamilton Bohannon, Big George Brock, J. Marvin Brown, Clarence Burke Sr., Roy C, Darick Campbell, James Carmichael, Big Al Carson, Pete Carr, Amadeu Casas, Lorraine Chandler, Gerson King Combo, Eddie Cooley, Pete Crawford,

Jacques Demêtre, Georgia Dobbins, Dobby Dobson, Carl Dufrene Jr., Patrick Ellis, Sandra Feva, Henry Gray, Peter Green, Larry Griffin, Wesley “Pike” Hall Jr., Roy Hammond, Andre Harrell, Reggie Haynes, Pamela Hutchinson, Petar Introvič, Doug Jefferson, Joseph B. Jefferson, Gordon Keith, Bryan Lee, Bobby Lewis, Little Richard,

Tammy Lynn, Sterling Magee; Skip Mahoney, Barbara Martin, Kim Massie, Ronn Matlock, James Mays, Trudy Melvin, Kizito Mihigo, (singer) Nicole Mitchell, Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield, Arnold Mullins, Johnny Nash, Jamie Oldaker, Sharon Paige, Louie Patton, Lucky Peterson, Bonnie Pointer, Lou Ragland, Bill Randle, Alto Reed, D.J. Rogers, Richie Rome, Rudy Salas, David “Cowboy” Sanders, Sidney “Guitar Crusher” Selby, Troy Sneed, Willie Wild Sparks, Ed Stroud, Ryan Tavares, Larry Van Loon, Danny Webster, Gwendolyn Oliver Wesley, Rev. John Wilkins, Bruce Williamson, Bill Withers, Betty Wright, Edna Wright.

Ken Franckling is a veteran jazz writer, blogger and photographer – and a founding member of the Jazz Journalists Association. He was United Press International’s jazz writer for nearly 20 years, and now freelances for Jazz Times, Hot House and other publications.