An extensive list of hundreds of international esteemed jazz, blues and “creative music” instrumentalists, singers and adherents of those arts who died…
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Arnold Jay Smith died peacefully on October 4 at his Brooklyn home, surrounded by family and friends. A writer, publicist, educator, founding…
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The passing of Eric Jackson on September 17, after years of health issues, marked the end of his more than half-century as…
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Broadcaster, journalist and critic Michael Bourne died of natural causes on August 21 at 9:42 pm at the Actor’s Fund Home in…
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Tall and lanky with a hearty laugh often dripping in sarcasm and a sneer to match his acerbic wit, Gene Santoro was…
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Award-winning music journalist and editor John Swenson, who covered a wide swath of musical genres throughout his career, died March 28 at…
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Prominent jazz critic Don Heckman died November 14, 2020 in Los Angeles at age 89, just five weeks before his 90th birthday.…
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Terry Teachout, jazz. literature, dance and drama critic, podcaster, blogger, playwright, album annotator, opera librettist and biographer of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington,…
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An extensive list of hundreds of international esteemed jazz, blues and “creative music” instrumentalists, singers and adherents of those arts who died…
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Gregory Stephen “Ironman” or “Ionman” Tate, a writer, author, editor with an innovative, influential and utterly original critique of American culture as…
MoreThe Twin Cities arts community, and beyond, lost one its most ardent supporters and promoters with the unexpected passing of journalist Pamela…
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NEW YORK, NY, September 13, 2021 — Impresario, promoter, pianist, art collector and philanthropist George T. Wein, co-founder and creator of the Newport Jazz Festival® and the…
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