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Rebecca Adams • Edwin Adcock • Frank Adonetti • Mirza Al Sharif • Paul Alberta • George E. Allen • Bill Allred • Bruno Amstad • Bill Ardis • Herb Aronoff • David Arteaga • Ernesto Assante • Charles Austin • Giorgio Azzolini • Ray Austin • Peter Baartmans • Don Baldini • Allen Bardin • Ray Barker • Peter Bastian • Brian Bates • Martin Bax • Jim Beard • Janis Beauchamp • Ralph Beerkircher • Francisco Bellotti • Casey Benjamin • Frank Bennett • Jenny Bernard • Al Berry • Don Bestor • Dickey Betts • Queen Bey • Karel Bogard • George Boje • Charles Boles • Bob Boss • Dominique Boulé • Jean-Pierre Bourtayre • Jacky Boyadjian • Jessie Bradley • London Branch • Peter Britell • Lars Brolin • Dean Brown • Eric Buchanan • Craig Bullis • Humphrey Campbell • Helene Cann • Paul Caputo • Franco Caroni • Ronald Carter • Terry Carter • Ricardo Castelán • Tony Cedras • Lew Chapman • Edgar L. Chase III • Werner Christians • Hank Cicalo • Barry Coates • Lorraine Cofrances • Jerry Coker • Tom Colclough • Albert Coleman • Robert Coles • Eleanor Collins • Cliff Colnot • Philippe Combelle • Marty Conley • Pierre Cornali • Fernando Corona • Tony Coy • Rob Crocker • Sandra Crouch • Jorge Cruz • Paulo Curado • Ed Curiel • Michael Cuscuna • Alice Darr • Inskip Dasent • Bill Davies • Dale Dawkins • Colin De Light • Tamás Deák • Phil Delire • Marcus Dengate • Jack Dennis • John DeSalme • Frank DeVito • Ron Dewar • Valentin Diaz • Henry DiMichele • Basil Dixon • Gail Dobson • Tom Doeller • Bill Douglass • Scott Dunbabin • David Dunn • Don Edmonds • Peter Eichenberger • Maurice El Médioni • Kenny Elliot • Péter Eötvös • Elke Erb • Bob Erlendson • Ron Evaniuk • Jan Evensmo • Mike Factor • Craig Fager • Lynn Fainchtein • Dan Farina • Bo Farson • Bob Fead • Vladimir Feiertag • Kayla Feldman • Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez • Angelo Ferrara • Frank Ferriano • Ernie Fields, Jr. • Karen Flattery • Ed Flynn • Stan Fomin • Nelson Foucht • Page Fraley • Andy Freeman • Norm Freeman • Brahim Fribgane • Derek Gabriel • Todd Gabriel • Ivar Galenieks • Grace Garland • Santiago Giacobbe • Bill Gibson • Hubert Gibson • Rocky Giglio • Roddy Gillen • Daniel “Topo” Gioia • John Goldsmith • Lanny Gooding • Bob Greenwood • Sam Gresham • Carl Grubbs • Tom Gruzo • Rob Guerrina • John Gunther • Dan Haerle • Ed Haley • Gail Hall • Keith Hall • Rodni Hardison • Barbara J. Harris • Jimmy Hastings • Michel Hausser • Geoff Hawkins • Margaux Hayes • Albert “Tootie” Heath • Chris Hebert • Jim Heineman • Lyn Hejinian • Walter Henderson III • Don Heneberry • Joao Henrique • Stephen Hicks • Colin Higginson • Gail Hightower • Peggy Hitchcock • Karl Horst Hödicke • Gary Hogan • Rick Holden • Grant Hopkins • Richard Horowitz • Robert Horvath • Larry Hoyt • Samuel Hubert • Carl Humphrey • Kerry "Fatman" Hunter • Coy Hurd • John Hyde • Antonio Iglio • Teddy Ikegaya • Jiro Inagaki • Jacques Ingelaere • David Irving • Barry K. Jackson • Reuben Jackson • Claus Jacobi • Rob James • Linda Janee • Byron Janis • Chris Jaudes • Harold Jefta • Norman Jewison • Willie Johans • Cliff Johnson • David Johnson • Laurie Johnson • Jacqueline Jones • Robert Jones • Leon Jordan • Thapelo Joseph • Richard Judah • Shirley Judkins • Jim Kalson • Olavi Kaskisuo • Roger Kasparian • Getachew Kassa • Mano Kazuhiko • Mark Kennedy • Calvin Keys • Chris King • Beverley Knight • Bobby Koefer • Wayne Kramer • Elaine Krovitz • Antoni Krupa • Juris Kulakovs • Sammy Labastida • Bénédicte Laforêt • Bill Lalli • Bob Lanese • Jeff Lang • Ben Lanzarone • Don Lawrence • Phyllis Leaverton • David LeBaron • Nat Lee • Pan Geun Lee • Bob Leto • Karl Leury • Jerry E. Lewis • Joe Lieberman • Joseph Lillyman • Jan Linhart • Richard Locker • Larry Loden • Bill Logozzo • Walter Love • Bill Lowrey • Sylvain Luc • Greg Lyons • Angela McCluskey • Patty McGovern • Doug McIntosh • Derrick McIntyre • Martin McQueenie • Peter Magubane • Richetta Manager • José Marino • Dmitry Markov • Gordon Marshall • Pacifico Mascarenhas • Geoff Matthews • Jimmy Maxwell • Cliff Meachen • Zaven Melikian • Jun Mhoon • Tony Middleton • Harriett Milnes • John Minnock • Furuya Mitsuhiro • Bob Modr • Ole Molin • Heidi Moll • Ernie Montoya • Andy Moran • Gary Morgan • Wilford Morton • Ron Moss • Bill Moulton • Nick Mulder • Joe Mullen • San Murata • Sammy Murgo • Dave Murphy • Don Murray • Ted Murray • Bill Nadeau • Vuyiswa Ngcwangu • Eric Nieblas • Lloyd Nilsen • Phi Nimmons • Lee Norris • Janusz Nowotarski • Dave Nuby • Bambang Nugroho • Steve O'Connell • Lois Olney • Seiji Ozawa • Juppo Paavola • Fernando Palombo • Donald Palthe • Howard Pancoast • John Park • Bill Parthe • Silvio Passalacqua • Marvin "Achyutan" Pattillo • Walter Pearson, Jr. • Si Perkoff • André “Slim” Pezin • Roger Pfund • Gerry Pineda • Eldon Pitts • Tom Plsek • Viola Plummer • Ian Polster • Jorge Prats • John Price • Sy Pryweller • Howard Pulver • John Quara • Dédé Rabeson • Toty Ramos • Bill Ramsay • Ed Reed • Gérard Régnier • Enrique Llácer Regolí • Dieter Reichert • Richard Reiter • Gianfranco Reverberi • Georg Riedel • Edgar Rios • Michel Ripoche • Charlie Robinson • Melvin Rogers • Skip Rohrich • Enrique "Zurdo" Roizner • Don Rollins • Charles Rose • Mike Ross-Trevor • Ken Rupkalvis • Bob Rusch • Feliz "Fété" Sabal-Lecco • Manu Sagastume • Harold Salisbury • Seymour Salzberg • Torbjörn Samuelsson • Kirk Sand • Diego Sandrin • Anthony Scarlati • Phillip Schilder • Paul Schmeling • Erhard Schoofs • Sigi Schwab • Chris Seresin • Marlena Shaw • Frank Shea • Kaye Sheils-Houston • Godfrey Sheppard • Tony Sheppard • Charles Sherrell • Kishin Shinoyama • Wally Shoup • Irma Ipyana Simonette • John Sinclair • Sherwood Sledge • Bill Smith • Hal Smith • Scott Smith • Robin Snyder • Martin Spitzer • Corky Stasiak • Burt Steel • Eric Stephenson • Toni Stern • T.M. Stevens • Bill Stout • Bob Street • Bob Strizich • Jack Sunaway • W. Mark Sutherland • Anthony Swann • John Tatgenhorst • Jorge Tavares • Larry Teal • Bernt Thurner • Valerie Tichacek • Uwe W. Tiedemann • Rick Tilton • Dottie Timberlake • Rene Toledo • Alan Tomlinson • Kevin Toney • Guy Touvron • Paul Trebino • Judd Truax • Yuri Turchyn • Everett Turner • Rico Tyler • Margaret Tynes • Larry Tyrell • Tom Ulrich • Giulio Vannini • Rony Verbiest • Joe Viera • Lou Vig • Rolf Wagemann • Elliott Waldron • Al Wallack • Jo Ann Ward • Ingram Washington • Martin Weiss • Howie Welch • Jerome Widman • Dot Wilder • Göte Wilhelmson • Dale Williams • Bryan Withers • Les Wood • Pam Woods • Emmett Wright • Tom Zahorik • Tony Zannini
Frank Ferriano
Claus Jacobi (September 1st, 1948 - April 23rd, 2024) The German reedplayer and noted arranger, based in the UK, led the Bottomland Orchestra (with a pair of ‘90s albums on Stomp Off) and the Blue Roseland Orchestra (active in the '70s) and was a member of the Red Roseland Cornpickers, King Oliver Creole Conservenblik and Keith Nichols Cotton Club Orchestra. Jacobi died April 23rd at 75.
Queen Bey • Terry Carter • Valentin Diaz • Ed Flynn • Colin Higginson
Michael Cuscuna (September 20th, 1948 - April 20th, 2024) The producer was a towering figure in jazz, starting his career as a music journalist (penning liner notes for hundreds of releases) and then going on to work on thousands of albums, both new sessions and reissues, for dozens of labels, most notably Atlantic and Blue Note, and co-founding Mosaic Records in 1983, which produced hundreds of valued “The Complete…” boxed sets from a wide array of artists, winning two Grammy Awards for Best Historical Album and one for Best Album Notes. Cuscuna died April 20th at 75.
Dickey Betts • Gail Dobson • Jim Kalson
Greg Lyons (1958 - April 16th, 2024) The British saxophonist, long based in Asia, self-released a pair of leader dates, was a member of Standing Tall and had credits with Casey Subramaniam, Wah Idris, Aubrey Suwito, Jeremy Monteiro and Darren Moore. Lyons died April 16th at ~66.
Joe Mullen (July 20th, 1954 - April 16th, 2024) The drummer/percussionist worked with John Vanore, Peter Paulsen, Ron Thomas, Denis DiBlasio and John Swana. Mullen died April 16th at 69.
Daniel “Topo” Gioia (1952 - April 15th, 2024) The Argentine drummer, long based in Europe, was a member of U3 Klang, Experimenti Berlin Orchestra, Bajazzo and Interzone Jazzorchestra and had credits with Hans Hartmann, Hendrik Meurkens, Ronaldo Folegatti, Rudi Neuwirth, Ernst Bier/Mack Goldsbury, Steve Lacy, Jocelyn B. Smith, Manfred Krug, The Remembrance Band, Lateralmusic, Claus Rückbeil, Sonar Kollektiv Orchester, Kai Brückner, Fun Horns and Moka Efti Orchestra. Gioia died April 15th at ~72.
Calvin Keys (February 6th, 1942 - April 14th, 2024) The guitarist had albums since the ‘70s on Black Jazz, Olive Branch, Life Force, Wide Hive, Silverado and BMG and credits with Gene Russell, Red Holloway, Billy Brooks, Doug Carn, Ahmad Jamal, Variable Unit, Gloria Coleman, David Durrah, Marty Krystall, Brian Ho and Hafez Modirzadeh as well as various funk artists. Keys died April 14th at 82.
Wilford Morton • Yuri Turchyn
Charlie Robinson (1934 - April 13th, 2024) The guitarist and teacher had albums on Ashland, Inner Truth Visionwind Music Productions and credits with Ken Hardin, Charles Haynes and Mike Newman. Robinson died April 13th at 90.
Peter Baartmans • Richard Horowitz • Jun Mhoon
Giorgio Azzolini (March 25th, 1928 - April 12th, 2024) The Italian bassist had albums on Cetra, Ciao! Ragazzi, Juke Box, Dire, Jazz D'Essai, Carosello and Splasc(h) and credits with Enrico Intra, Franco Cerri, Gianni Basso, Oscar Valdambrini, Gil Cuppini, Lilian Terry, Helen Merrill, Sergio Fanni, Eraldo Volonté, Renato Sellani, Armando Sciascia, Franco Ambrosetti, Pino Calvi, Piero Umiliani, Romano Mussolini, Peppino Principe, Guido Manusardi, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma Della RAI, Giovanni Fenati, Claudio Fasoli, David Ng and various pop acts. Azzolini died April 12th at 96.
Barry Coates (February 10th, 1953 - April 12th, 2024) The guitarist/guitar synthesizer player had albums on Reel Dreams, Artful Balance, Therapy, BTC and Outside In Music and credits with Tom Baker, Nightwind, Dan Slider/Dann Glenn, Llew Matthews, Luis Conte, John Novello, Roland Vazquez and Jerry Kalaf. Coates died April 12th at 71.
San Murata • Howie Welch
John Goldsmith (??? - April 10th, 2024) The drummer/percussionist had credits in the ‘70s with Sun Ra, Carl and Earl Grubbs, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Bobby Bradford. Goldsmith died April 10th at an unknown age.
Rick Holden • Jeff Lang • Doug McIntosh • Enrique Llácer Regolí
Bob Lanese (August 2nd, 1941 - April 9th, 2024) The trumpeter, long based in Europe, had a handful of albums on Europa to go with credits under Klaus Weiss, James Last, Slide Hampton/Duško Gojković, Peter Herbolzheimer, Knut Kiesewetter, NDR Big Band and Clark Terry among his pop and rock session work. Lanese died April 9th at 82.
Werner Christians • Todd Gabriel • Lanny Gooding • Don Heneberry • Peggy Hitchcock • David LeBaron • Pacifico Mascarenhas • Scott Smith
Joe Viera (September 4th, 1932 - April 7th, 2024) The German saxophonist and music pedagogue was a member of the Riverboat Seven in the late ‘50s, then had releases in the ‘60s onward for Lyodon, Universal Edition, Calig, dhfi and Chaos as well as appearances on several festival compilations, co-founded of the International Jazz Federation, the Union of German Jazz Musicians and the Burghausen International Jazz Festival and wrote liner notes for albums by Gustav Brom, Yancy Körössy, Pony Poindexter, Anita O’Day, Jan Hammer, Grooveyard, Helmut Nieberle/Helmut Kagerer and others. Viera died April 7th at 91.
Inskip Dasent • Chris Hebert • Sy Pryweller
Phi Nimmons (June 3rd, 1923 - April 5th, 2024) The Canadian clarinetist and educator had albums on Verve, Radio Canada International, RCA Victor, Sackville, CBC and Opening Day. Nimmons died April 5th at 100.
David Arteaga • John Tatgenhorst
Albert “Tootie” Heath (May 31st, 1935 - April 3rd, 2024) The drummer and 2021 NEA Jazz Master, was the last surviving member of a legendary jazz family (with older brothers bassist Percy and saxophonist Jimmy and nephew percussionist James Mtume), leading albums in the ‘70s for O'Be and Muse, then in the ‘10s for Sunnyside, having shared dates with his brothers since the ‘70s on Columbia, Antilles and Concord and sideman credits since the late ‘50s with John Coltrane, J.J. Johnson, Nina Simone, Cannonball and Nat Adderley, Mal Waldron, Johnny Griffin, Billy Taylor, Benny Green, Wes Montgomery, Art Farmer, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan, Mel Rhyne, Walter Benton, René Thomas, Johnny Lytle, Sonny Red, Bobby Timmons, Les Spann, Benny Golson, Blue Mitchell, Charlie Mariano, McCoy Tyner, Coleman Hawkins, Ray Brown, Milt Jackson, Ronnie Mathews, Friedrich Gulda, Kenny Dorham, George Russell, New York Jazz Sextet, Charles McPherson, James Moody, Guido Manusardi, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band, Ben Webster, Tete Montoliu, Herbie Hancock, Yusef Lateef, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Cedar Walton, Cecil Payne, Anthony Braxton, Kenny Drew, Don Patterson, Kenny Barron, Earl and Carl Grubbs, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen/Sam Jones, Ronnie Cuber, Ted Curson, Harold Land, Stanley Cowell, Bubi Chen, Warne Marsh, Indra Lesmana, Bud Shank, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Joe Pass, Michel Sardaby, Eddie Harris, Milcho Leviev, Riverside Reunion Band, Claude Williamson, John Capobianco, Roscoe Mitchell, George Cables, Dave Pike, Dena DeRose, Wesla Whitfield, Tomas Franck, Theo Croker, Ethan Iverson, Tomas Janzon, Roberto Magris, Richard Sears, Greg Skaff and others. Heath died April 3rd at 88.
David Irving • Lois Olney
John Sinclair (October 2nd, 1941 - April 2nd, 2024) The jazz poet, activist and MC5 manager released numerous albums, many with accompaniment from players like Michael Ray, MC5’s Wayne Kramer, Phil Ranelin, Ed Moss, Elliott Levin, Ras Moshe and Don Fiorino, including homages to Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane, wrote liner notes for albums by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Lyman Woodard, Larry Nozero, Rebirth Brass Band, Michael Ray and Kermit Ruffins and was a producer of the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival and other concert presentation. Sinclair died April 2nd at 82.
Phil Delire (March 13th, 1956 - April 1st, 2024) The Belgian producer and recording engineer worked on albums by Philip Catherine, Kandahar, Marc Moulin and Fawzi Al-Aiedy. Delire died April 1st at 68.
London Branch • Eldon Pitts
Casey Benjamin (October 10th, 1978 - March 30th, 2024) The saxophonist/flutist/keyboard player/vocalist had credits with Pucci Amanda Jhones, DJ Logic, Arto Lindsay, Bilal, Khani Cole, Lynette Washington, Dennis Bell, Kenji Hino, Stefon Harris, DJ Spinna, Robert Glasper, Victor Bailey, Derrick Hodge, Kenyatta Beasley, Melvin Gibbs, Kris Bowers, David Fiuczynski, Meeco, Vivian Sessoms, Shafiq Husayn and others. Benjamin died March 30th at 45.
Paul Alberta • Emmett Wright
Ingram Washington (1940 - March 29th, 2024) The singer had new millennium albums on Beerendonk, Serendip, Villamax and STS Digital. Ingram died March 29th at ~84.
Nelson Foucht • Joao Henrique
Vladimir Feiertag (December 27th, 1931 - March 28th, 2024) The Russian jazz writer started out as a pianist, co-authored the first monograph about jazz in Russian in 1960 and later numerous books and articles on the subject (both international and indigenous) as well as liner notes for nearly three dozen Melodiya releases, organized concerts and festivals throughout the Soviet Union and then the Russian Federation and hosted several jazz radio programs (for which he won the 1998 Willis Conover Award). Feiertag died March 28th at 92.
Marvin "Achyutan" Pattillo (1930s - March 28th, 2024) The drummer/percussionist, long based in the Bay Area, had credits in the ‘60s with Pharoah Sanders and Sonny Simmons and also worked with John Coltrane, Gato Barbieri and others. Pattillo died March 28th in his eighties.
Ray Barker • Stephen Hicks • Joe Lieberman • Jorge Prats
Humphrey Campbell (February 26th, 1958 - March 25th, 2024) The Dutch singer had credits with The Harlem Hoppers, Jerry Van Rooyen, Greetje Kauffeld, Carmen Sars, KölnMusik Big Band, Landes Jugend Jazz Orchester Hessen, Toon Roos and Tim Welvaars. Campbell died March 25th at 66.
Maurice El Médioni (October 18th, 1928 - March 25th, 2024) The Algerian pianist, active in the 40s-60s, had, after coming out of retirement, several new millennium albums on Buda Musique, Magda Music and Piranha, including a co-led date with Roberto Rodriguez. El Médioni died March 25th at 95.
Coy Hurd • Larry Teal
Everett Turner (~1940 - March 24th, 2024) The trumpeter worked with Sun Ra in the late ‘50s and had later credits with Kellee Patterson and Davina Bussey, continuing to work with various California big bands up to the present. Turner died March 24th at 84.
Rebecca Adams • Edwin Adcock • Mirza Al Sharif • Martin Bax • Basil Dixon • Péter Eötvös • Barbara J. Harris • Gary Hogan • Richard Judah • Andy Moran • Bill Parthe • Paul Trebino • Rico Tyler
Diego Sandrin (~1964 - March 20th, 2024) The Italian songwriter and whiskey magnate founded Sentemo Records, which released albums by Gábor Gadó, Lanfranco Malaguti, Gianluca Mosole, Mauro Negri, John Novello, Enzo Pietropaoli, Ferenc Snétberger, John Taylor, Trio Stendahl, Massimo Urbani/Gianni Lenoci and Glauco Venier, some of which also included his compositions. Sandrin died March 20th at 60.
John Gunther
Dale Williams (~1951 - March 19th, 2024) The guitarist worked with Sun Ra from 1974-79, appearing on the period albums Lanquidity, The Other Side Of The Sun and On Jupiter, plus several new millennium archival live releases. Williams died March 19th at ~73.
Tony Coy • David Dunn • Sammy Labastida • Valerie Tichacek
Jimmy Hastings (May 12th, 1938 - March 18th, 2024) The British reed and wind player (older brother of guitarist Pye), best known for his work within the Canterbury scene and numerous pop and rock sessions, had credits with The Tally Ho Jazzmen, BBC Radio Big Band, Tom Kinsey, Trevor Tomkins, Alec and John Dankworth Generation Big Band, Humphrey Lyttelton, Michael Gibbs and Michael Garrick and a handful of leader or co-led albums with John Horler. Hastings died March 18th at 85.
Kevin Toney (1953 - March 18th, 2024) The pianist had albums since the ‘80s on Fantasy, Ichiban and Shanachie, was a member of The Blackbyrds (both when supporting Donald Byrd and as a discrete group) and worked with Bobbi Humphrey, Andrew White, David “Fathead” Newman, Phil Upchurch, Paul Jackson and Dawan Muhammad among his various pop, funk and disco credits. Toney died March 18th at 70.
Godfrey Sheppard
Sandra Crouch (July 1st, 1942 - March 17th, 2024) Though the drummer/composer was known primarily in the gospel field, she had credits in the late ’60s-early ‘70s as a percussionist with Mongo Santamaria, Gabor Szabo, Lalo Schifrin and Harvey Mandel. Crouch died March 17th at 81.
Antoni Krupa (March 23rd, 1945 - March 17th, 2024) The Polish guitarist/banjoist and harmonica player was a member of the Jazz Band Ball Orchestra and Little Egoists, worked with Pawel Dalach and Krzysztof Wierzchoń, produced albums for Zbigniew Seifert, Janusz Muniak, Beale Street Band and Adam Kawończyk, was a fixture on Radio Kraków and published a history of Kraków jazz. Krupa died March 17th at 78.
Karel Bogard • Eric Buchanan • Larry Hoyt • Byron Janis • Shirley Judkins • Bobby Koefer • Angela McCluskey • Howard Pancoast • Roger Pfund • Kirk Sand
Sylvain Luc (April 7th, 1965 - March 13th, 2024) The French guitarist had numerous leader or collaborative albums since the ‘90s on Transat, Blue Citron, Polygram, Label Bleu, Dreyfus Jazz, Shaï, Disques Concord, Pygmalion, Just Looking Productions, JMS, Challenge Jazz, Milan, Éditions Jade, Naïve, Ilona, Cristal and Space Time and credits with Didier Goret, Les Frères Bebey, Daniel Mille, Didier Makaga, Antoine Illouz, Fred Schneider, Jean-Marc Jafet, Charles Aznavour, Marc Berthoumieux, André Ceccarelli, Jean-Pierre Como, Philippe Drouillard, Biréli Lagrène, Olivier Ker Ourio, Didier Lockwood, Serge Luc, Richard Bona, Vincent Peirani, Richard Galliano, Pierre Bertrand, Gérard Amsellem and others. Luc died March 13th at 58.
Robert Horvath • Kaye Sheils-Houston
Si Perkoff (1937 - March 12th, 2024) The pianist and occasional singer (father to trombonist Max and uncle to saxophonist King) released one albums in 1979 and then several more starting in 2000 (one a duo with his son), was a member of Monk's Music Trio (with four new millennium albums) and had credits with Mike Vax, Chicago Six and Mal Sharpe. Perkoff died March 12th at ~86.
Pierre Cornali • Tony Sheppard
Peter Bastian (1956 - March 10th, 2024) The German photographer had in his work since the late ‘90s in albums released by Leo, PAO, ECM, GLM Music, Intakt, Enja, Red Toucan, CAMJazz, Incipit and other labels. Bastian died March 10th at ~68.
Lars Brolin (April 13th, 1931 - March 10th, 2024) The Swedish violist/violinist had among his classical work early credits with Lars Gullin, Bengt-Arne Wallin and Claes Rosendahls. Brolin died March 10th at 92.
T.M. Stevens (July 28th, 1951 - March 10th, 2024) The bassist had early credits with Miles Davis, Sam Morrison, Al Foster, John McLaughlin, Yoshiaki Masuo, Narada Michael Walden, David Sancious, Teo Macero, Pat Peterson, Masayoshi Takanaka and others before moving into the pop and rock world. Stevens died March 10th at 72.
Bill Gibson • Bill Logozzo • Harriett Milnes • Nick Mulder • John Price • Anthony Scarlati • Eric Stephenson • Guy Touvron
Ernie Fields, Jr. (July 29th, 1934 - March 8th, 2024) The saxophonist (and son of Swing Era bandleader Ernie) had, among his blues, pop and soul work, credits with Alphonso Johnson, Freddie Hubbard, Les McCann, Ahmad Jamal, Joe Sample, Herb Alpert, Kirk Whalum, Jimmy Smith and Buddy Collette. Fields died March 8th at 89.
Gail Hall • Gail Hightower • Bob Strizich
Rob Crocker (November 1st, 1945 - March 7th, 2024) The broadcaster held the title of longest-running jazz DJ in New York at WRVR, WWRL, WBLS, KISS FM and three-plus decades at WBGO, plus work in Japan for BAY-FM, FM Yokohama and INTER-FM, as well as production and/or liner note credits for albums on MCA, Verve, Blue Note, Blue Toucan, MCG Jazz and other labels. Crocker died March 7th at 78.
Margaret Tynes (September 11th, 1919 - March 7th, 2024) The operatic soprano, who spent decades in Europe as a famed performer, had early credits wiith Duke Ellington in 1956-57 (including the album A Drum is a Woman), was part of recordings of Porgy and Bess in late '50s-early '6s0s and released an EP of spirituals in 1962. Tynes died March 7th at 104.
Lloyd Nilsen
Paulo Curado (1960 - March 6th, 2024) The Portuguese saxophonist had leader or co-led albums on Groove, Clean Feed, Creative Sources and 4DaRecord and was a member of Idefix, Lisbon Improvisation Players, Ensemble MIA, Adega Ensemble, Improvisers Consort, IKB, Variable Geometry Orchestra, Isotope Ensemble and Octopus. Curado died March 6th at ~64.
Helene Cann (1945 - March 6th, 2024) The co-founder (with husband Marty Khan) of Outward Visions, Inc. organized tours of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, World Saxophone Quartet and other jazz artists, was Associate Editor of gmn.com and jazzplus.com, co-director of The Coltrane Project of Philadelphia and The Transcendence Initiative (Dedicated to the Music & Spirit of John Coltrane) and co-author of Straight Ahead: A Comprehensive Guide to the Business of Jazz (Without Sacrificing Dignity or Artistic Integrity). Cann died March 6th at 79.
Don Baldini • Lee Norris
Ralph Beerkircher (1967 - March 5th, 2024) The German guitarist was a member of Asgard, Novotnik 44 and Ensemble HKS, had credits with Sascha Delbroux, Moritz Eggert, Matthias Broede, André Nendza, Arnie Bolden, Carl Ludwig Hübsch and Peter Kahlenborn and a pair of new millennium leader or co-led albums. Beerkircher died March 5th at 56.
Brahim Fribgane (April 9th, 1965 - March 5th, 2024) The Moroccan oud player and percussionist was a founding member of Club D’Elf and also worked with David Rothenberg, DJ Logic, Adam Rudolph, Leni Stern, William Parker, Uri Gurvich and others. Frigbane died March 5th at 58.
José Marino (1940 - March 5th, 2024) The Brazilian bassist worked with Walter Wanderley, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Milton Nascimento, Bola Sete, Moacir Santos, L.A. Transit, Astrud Gilberto, Nino Tempo, John Pisano and others. Marino died March 5th at ~84.
Wally Shoup (1944 - March 5th, 2024) The saxophonist had leader or co-led albums since the ‘80s on Too Sound, Cassette Documents, Trans Museq, Sublingual, Shrat Field, First World Music, Leo, AARC, Tyyfus, Tone Action Family, Clean Feed, Nunatak, Monofonus Press, Open Mouth, New Atlantis, Catalytic Sound and other labels and collaborations with David Solomonoff/Carola Von Hoffmannstahl, New Art Orchestra, Doug Haire, Davey Williams, Project W, Rik Wright, Daniel Carter and more. Shoup died March 5th at 80.
Jean-Pierre Bourtayre • Mike Factor Keith Hall • Heidi Moll • Edgar Rios
Eleanor Collins (November 21st, 1919 - March 3rd, 2024) The singer (née Elnora Procter), known as Canada's First Lady of Jazz and featured on a 2022 commemorative stamp from Canada Post, worked with Ray Norris and Dave Robbins in the '50s, had a short-lived show on CBC (the first by a Black female singer in Canada) in the same decade, appeared on numerous TV and radio shows, later worked with Chris Gage, Tommy Banks and Fraser MacPherson, and contributed a track to the 2003 CD She Bop! A Century of Jazz Compositions by Canadian Women. Collins died March 3rd at 104.
Bill Ramsay (January 12th, 1929 - March 3rd, 2024) The baritone saxophonist and Seattle Stalwart was a founding member of the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and worked with Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Les Brown, Quincy Jones, Grover Mitchell, Maynard Ferguson, Frank Wess/Harry Edison Orchestra, Northwest Prevailing Winds, SW Santa Ana Winds, Jay Thomas, Bud Shank, Pete Christlieb, Jan Stentz, Stan Kenton Alumni Band and others. Ramsay died March 3rd at 95.
George E. Allen • Sam Gresham • Feliz "Fété" Sabal-Lecco
Jim Beard (August 26th, 1960 - March 2nd, 2024) The keyboard player had albums on CTI, Lipstick, Escapade Music. ESC, Intuition, Sunnyside and Jazzline and credits since the early ‘80s with David Baker, Wayne Shorter, Dave Liebman, Toninho Horta, Mike Stern, Michael Brecker, Peter Erskine, Victor Bailey, Eliane Elias, Rick Margitza, Vince Mendoza, Randy Brecker, Chuck Loeb, Bill Evans, Bob Berg, Dieter Ilg, Dennis Chambers, Ralph Bowen, Tony Lakatos, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Philip Catherine, Paul Winter, Matthew Garrison, Gary Husband, Oz Noy and Madeleine Peyroux. Beard died March 2nd at 63.
Dan Haerle (July 23rd, 1937 - March 2nd, 2024) The pianist, University of North Texas professor and Jamey Aebersold Jazz Camp faculty had albums on Mark, NTSU Jazz, Blu Jazz and Seagull and credits with the North Texas State University Lab Band, UNI Jazz Band, numerous Aebersold play-alongs, David Baker, The Matteson - Phillips Tubajazz Consort, Bob Ackerman, Janice Borla and others. Haerle died March 2nd at 86.
Fernando Corona • Lynn Fainchtein • David Johnson • Don Lawrence • Pan Geun Lee • Jerry E. Lewis • Seymour Salzberg • Jack Sunaway
Marcus Dengate • Elaine Krovitz • Jimmy Maxwell
Bill Ardis (~1940 - February 28th, 2024) The broadcaster was the first host of a all-night jazz radio show in the Rochester area in the late '60s and wrote liner notes for albums by Elvin Jones, Ray Bryant, Lou Donaldson, Gabor Szabo and Jack McDuff. Ardis died February 28th at ~84.
Geoff Hawkins (??? - February 28th, 2024) The British saxophonist worked with Mike Cooper, Eddie Prévost, George Ricci, Tim Hill and Meltdown. Hawkins died February 28th at an unknown age.
Peter Eichenberger • Teddy Ikegaya • John Park • Dot Wilder
Tom Colclough (??? - February 26th, 2024) The Canadian reedplayer was part of The New World Quartet and worked with Philippe Lapointe, Tim Tamashiro, Fred Stride, Stevie Vallance, Michel Bublé and Hans Stamer and was featured clarinetist in the 1999 touring musical "Forever Swing". Colclough died February 26th at an unknown age.
Bill Douglass (1945 - February 26th, 2024) The bassist and bamboo flutist came up in the folk scene (and continued in it throughout his career) but later had credits with Hadley Caliman, Art Lande, Gary Marks, Schawkie Roth, Heinz Lieb, Mimi Fox, Ira Stein, Dave Austin, Charlie Byrd, Dmitri Matheny, Ian Dogole, Marian McPartland, Paula West, Debby Poryes, Bob Claire, Jim Martinez and others and a a 1978 co-led date with Andrei Kitaev. Douglass died February 26th at 79.
Ernesto Assante • Craig Bullis • Linda Janee • John Minnock • Furuya Mitsuhiro • Fernando Palombo
Georg Riedel (January 8th, 1934 - February 25th, 2024) The Czech-born bassist was a stalwart of Sweden’s jazz scene from the ‘50s onward, working with Lars Bagge, Lars Gullin, Ernie Englund, Nisse Engström, Anders Burman, Alice Babs, Rolf Billberg, Arne Domnérus, Gösta Theselius, Ernestine Anderson, Stan Getz, Spencer Williams, Monica Zetterlund, Rolf Blomquist, Bengt-Arne Wallin, Herbie Mann, Göte Wilhelmson, Harry Arnold, Gunnar Lundén-Weldens, Jan Johansson, Friedrich Gulda, Sveriges Radiojazzgruppen, Claes Rosendahl, George Russell, Bengt Hallberg, Tubby Hayes, Svend Asmussen, Rune Gustafsson, Thad Jones, Egil Johansen, Visby Storband, Jimmy Rowles, John Klemmer, Jan Allen, The Swedish All Stars, Roy Williams, Quintessence Wind Quintet and others, including many pop sessions, leading or co-led dates for Modern Music, Metronome, Philips, Megafon, Swedisc, Sveriges Radio, SR, Phono Suecia, Four Leaf Clover, Phontastic, Dragon, Gammafon, Caprice, Virgin, J.A.M. Produktion, Gemini, Playground Music Scandinavia, Diesel Music and ILK Music and having a long career as a film composer. Riedel died February 25th at 90.
Martin Spitzer (1965 - February 25th, 2024) The Austrian guitarist was a member of Jazzklusiv and had credits with Patty Miller, Paul Fields, Michael Starch, Diknu Schneeberger, Benjamin Schmid, Joschi Schneeberger, Kevin Mahogany and Simone Kopmajer. Spitzer died February 25th at ~59.
Martin Weiss (June 14th, 1961 - February 25th, 2024) The German violinist, part of a musical family, worked with his uncle Häns'che Weiss, Biréli Lagrène, Brady Winterstein and Markus Schlesag and led his Sinti Jazz Ensemble (which included his cousin Romani) for albums on Ruemer, GLM Musikverlag and Label Ouest. Weiss died February 25th at 62.
Tom Doeller • Mano Kazuhiko • Larry Loden • Bambang Nugroho • Steve O'Connell
Ronald Carter (July 5th, 1953 - February 24th, 2024) The saxophonist and longtime educator (inducted into DownBeat's Jazz Educators Hall of Fame) led the Northern Illinois University (NIU) Jazz Ensemble and was Director of its Jazz Studies program, consulted with the Essentially Ellington Jazz Competition, was Lead Artist for Jazz At Lincoln Center Band Director's Academy, published several works of pedagogy and performed with with Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Oliver Lake, Hamiett Bluiett, Leon Thomas, Art Davis, Fareed Haque, Joseph Bowie, Frank Mantooth, Terell Stafford, Carl Allen, Rodney Whitaker and others. Carter died February 24th at 70.
Albert Coleman (August 18th, 1927 - February 24th, 2024) The drummer, Indianapolis stalwart and 2020 Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Hero played with Jimmy Coe, Duke Hampton, the Montgomery brothers, Freddie Hubbard and Leroy Vinnegar, was a founding member of The 3 Souls and established the Indianapolis club Al’s British Lounge. Coleman died February 24th at 96.
Lyn Hejinian (May 17th, 1941 - February 24th, 2024) The poet, journal editor, educator and wife of saxophonist Larry Ochs contributed texts to releases by Ochs, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Derek Bailey/John Zorn/William Parker and Alexander Hawkins. Hejinian died February 24th at 82.
Ole Molin (June 23rd, 1936 - February 24th, 2024) The Danish guitarist worked with Max Brüel, Finn Savery, Sahib Shihab, Birgit Brüel, Danish Radio Jazz Group, Ib Glindemann, Ben Webster, Danish Jazzballet Society Ensemble, Stéphane Grappelli/Svend Asmussen, Rolf Billberg, Kenny Drew/Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Jesper Thilo/Finn Otto Hansen, Dexter Gordon, Ole Kock Hansen, Karin Krog/Nils Lindberg, Erling Kroner, Louis Hjulmand and others and had a 1980 leader date for RCA Victor. Molin died February 24th at 87.
Allen Bardin • Don Bestor • Ricardo Castelán • Edgar L. Chase III • Kenny Elliot • Ron Evaniuk • Margaux Hayes • Carl Humphrey • Getachew Kassa • Bill Lalli • Ernie Montoya • Ted Murray • Bill Nadeau • Janusz Nowotarski • Walter Pearson, Jr. • Manu Sagastume • Charles Sherrell • Lou Vig • Bryan Withers
Samuel Hubert (~1978 - February 18th, 2024) The French bassist was a member of Switch Trio, with a pair of albums on Ahead and Jazz Family, and Wax, and worked with Samy Thiébault, Karim Blal, Véronique Hermann Sambin, Jean-Philippe Scali, Esaie Cid, Frédéric Nardin and Olivier Temime. Hubert died February 18th at 45.
Ray Austin • Bob Boss • Scott Dunbabin • Grace Garland • Rodni Hardison • Cliff Johnson • Cliff Meachen
Reuben Jackson (1957 - February 16th, 2024) The author and broadcaster was shcurator of the Smithsonian Museum’s Duke Ellington Collection from 1989-2009, hosted “Friday Night Jazz" on Vermont Public Radio from 2012-18, wrote liner notes for albums on Verve, Bluebird, BMG and Koch and contributed music reviews to various outlets. Jackson died February 16th at 67.
Lew Chapman • Angelo Ferrara • Walter Henderson III • Ben Lanzarone • Dmitry Markov
Paul Schmeling (July 25th, 1938 - February 15th, 2024) The pianist and longtime teacher at Berklee College of Music worked with Clark Terry, Rebecca Parris, George Coleman, Carol Sloane, Frank Foster, Art Farmer, Herb Pomeroy, Phil Wilson, Dick Johnson and Slide Hampton and had two leader dates for North Star. Schmeling died February 15th at 85.
Jorge Cruz • Colin De Light • Roger Kasparian • Pam Woods
Frank Bennett (February 28th, 1942 - February 14th, 2024) The drummer/percussionist had a pair of albums in the late ’70s-early ‘80s to go along with credits with Chris Hinze, Dickey Myers, Jane Ira Bloom,
L. Subramaniam/Stéphane Grappelli, Allen Lowe and others and extensive work as a film orchestrator. Bennett died February 14th at 81.
Santiago Giacobbe (~1932 - February 14th, 2024) The Argentine keyboard player was a founding member of Agrupacion Nuevo Jazz and later part of Quinteplus and Jazz Band de Free and worked with Horacio Malvicino, Jorge López Ruiz, Alberto Favero, Jorge Anders, Rodolfo Alchourron, Astor Piazzolla, Stone Alliance, Dino Saluzzi, Roberto Fats Fernández and Sergio Paolucci. Giacobbe died February 14th at 91.
Karl Leury • Anthony Swann
Kerry "Fatman" Hunter (May 21st, 1970 - February 13th, 2024) The drummer worked with Allen Toussaint, New Birth Brass Band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, New Orleans Nightcrawlers and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Hunter died February 13th at 53.
Alan Tomlinson (November 7th, 1947 - February 13th, 2024) The British trombonist had leader or co-led albums since the ‘80s on Bead, Emanem, FMR and Scatter and credits with Peter Brötzmann, London Jazz Composers Orchestra, Lol Coxhill, Alexander von Schlippenbach/Sven-Åke Johansson, John Stevens, London Improvisers Orchestra, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Keith Tippett Celebration Orchestra and others. Tomlinson died February 13th at 76.
Erhard Schoofs
Tamás Deák (April 27th, 1928 - February 12th, 2024) The Hungarian trumpeter led a big band for albums on Qualiton and Pepita and had his worked recorded by Magyar Rádió És Televízió Tánczenekara, Stúdió 11, Németh Lehel, Toldy Mária, Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra, Mihály Borbély and Igor Butman. Deák died February 12th at 95.
Tom Plsek (~1949 - February 12th, 2024) The trombonist and longtime teacher at Berklee College of Music worked with Phil Wilson, Mark Harvey, Gino Robair, Joe Morris, Boston Improvisors’ Orchestra and Aardvark Jazz Orchestra and was a member of the improvising collective Kobold. Plsek died February 12th at 76.
Cliff Colnot • Juris Kulakovs • Rolf Wagemann
Gérard Régnier (1934 - February 11th, 2024) The Frenchman authored various books jazz in France, including one on Django Reinhardt’s career during the Nazi occupation of France in World War II. Régnier died February 11th at 90.
Paul Caputo • Lorraine Cofrances • Tom Gruzo • Chris Jaudes • Geoff Matthews • Ian Polster • Don Rollins • Bernt Thurner
Giulio Vannini (1960 - February 9th, 2024) The Italian promoter was Artistic Director of the Modena Jazz Festival, produced numerous concerts across Europe with American and Italian stars and was a correspondent for Jazz Hot Magazine. Vannini died February 9th at 64.
Jenny Bernard • Marty Conley • Karen Flattery • Rocky Giglio • Bob Greenwood • Jim Heineman • Karl Horst Hödicke • Rob James • Jackie Jones • Joseph Lillyman • Tony Middleton • Sammy Murgo • Gerry Pineda
Patty McGovern (February 24th, 1928 - February 6th, 2024) The singer and composer had a 1956 Atlantic album and a pair of Columbia EPs and her songs recorded by George Wallington, Jeanne Lee/Ran Blake, Bruno Angelini and Diana Panton. McGovern died February 6th at 95.
Rene Toledo (July 3rd, 1957 - February 6th, 2024) The Cuban guitarist, among his Latin and pop credits, was a member of Grupo Afrocuba and Bolero Jazz, worked with Marco Riza, Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, The Manhattan Transfer, Ed Calle, Jane Monheit and Pepe Rivero and had his own albums for GRP and Sony Latin Jazz. Toledo died February 6th at 66.
Derek Gabriel • Harold Jefta • Bill Lowrey • Zaven Melikian • Dave Murphy • Seiji Ozawa • John Quara • Les Wood • Bill Stout • Elliott Waldron
Jan Evensmo (1939 - February 4th, 2024) The Norwegian jazz historian published numerous discographies, established the website www.jazzarcheology.com and wrote liner notes for various albums. Evensmo died February 4th at ~85.
Alice Darr (April 22nd, 1930 - February 4th, 2024) The singer/pianist had a 1962 album on Charlie Parker Records with musical direction by Mundell Lowe and then a 1972 Numera date while based in Paris. Darr died February 4th at 93.
Norm Freeman • Bob Modr
Bill Allred (November 19th, 1936 - February 2nd, 2024) The trombonist/vocalist (and father of trombonist John) had leader or co-led albums on Jim Taylor Presents, Fat Cat’s Jazz, Reedy Creek, World Jazz, Big Beart, Sunjazz, Nagel Heyer and Arbors and credits with Ernie George, Johnny Wiggs, Tony Newstead, George Probert, Kenny Davern, Ernie Carson, Billy Butterfield, Cliff Leeman, Spiegle Wilcox, Banu Gibson, Wild Bill Davison, Tommy Saunders, Wolverines Jazz Band, Johnny Mince, Claude Hopkins, Rosie O’Grady, Max Kaminsky, Jimmy McPartland, Ed Polcer, Ralph Sutton, Doc Grober and others. Allred died February 2nd at 87.
Wayne Kramer (April 30th, 1948 - February 2nd, 2024) The guitarist, best known for co-founding proto-punk band MC5, later worked with Was (Not Was), Orquestra Was, Bob Holman, Hal Willner, Mars Williams and Lexington Arts Ensemble. Kramer died February 2nd at 75.
Dale Dawkins • Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez • John Hyde • Derrick McIntyre • Gordon Marshall • Don Murray • Corky Stasiak • Rick Tilton • Jo Ann Ward
Hank Cicalo (June 25th, 1932 - January 31st, 2024) Among the engineer’s many credits were sessions with Peter Nero, Quincy Jones, Lalo Schifrin, Bud Shank, André Previn, Ernie Andrews, Peggy Lee, João Donato, Bobby Hutcherson, Carmen McRae, David Sanborn, Doc Severinsen, Woody Herman, Hal Galper, Jaco Pastorius, Lionel Hampton, Les McCann, Bob James, Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, The Manhattan Transfer, Bill Watrous, Diana Krall and others. Cicalo died January 31st at 91.
Gary Morgan (January 15th, 1939 - January 31st, 2024) The Canadian saxophonist worked with Ron Collier, Rob McConnell, Moe Koffman, Jimmy Namaro and Mario Castro Neves and led his PanAmericana! Big Band since 1997. Morgan died January 31st at 85.
Ed Reed (February 2nd, 1929 - January 31st, 2024) The vocalist found success late in life after decades of struggles with substance abuse and periods of incarceration, releasing a handful of albums in the new millennium and receiving various critics’ poll mentions. Reed died January 31st at 94.
Olavi Kaskisuo • Mark Kennedy • Toty Ramos • Ken Rupkalvis
Tony Cedras (1952 - January 29th, 2024) The South African multi-instrumentalist had, among his pop and rock work, credits with Hugh Masekela. Milton Nascimento, Cassandra Wilson, Henry Threadgill, Muhal Richard Abrams, JD Parran, Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Mann, Joel Harrison and Carlos Henrique Pereira. Cedras died January 29th at 71.
Bill Davies
Ivar Galenieks (1952 - January 28th, 2024) The Latvian bassist, based in the UK, released a 1985 album on Melodiya, was a member of The Jazz Trio and worked with Anatoly Vapirov, Hans Kumpf, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Valentina Ponomareva, Baltic Jazz Quartet and Orchestra, Vilnis Kundrāts, Eglis Straume, Keiko McNamara, Jørn Skogheim, Imants Skuja and others. Galenieks died January 28th at ~72.
Willie Johans (January 26th, 1934 - January 28th, 2024) The German singer was a member of The German All Stars, appearing on albums released by CBS, MPS and Columbia in the late ‘60s-early ‘70s and later worked with Johannes Faber and the Big Band Radio-Televizije Srbije. Johans died January 28th at 90.
Janis Beauchamp • Stan Fomin • Roddy Gillen • Chris Seresin
Dean Brown (August 19th, 1955 - January 26th, 2024) The guitarist had credits with Billy Cobham, Jean Robitaille, Naoya Matsuoka, Steve Smith, Gil Evans, Kirk Whalum, Bob James, Roland Vazquez, Louie Bellson, The Brecker Brothers, Steps Ahead, Takeshi Ito, Marcus Miller, The Mann Brothers, David Sanborn, Jason Miles, Lenny White, Bernard Purdie, TIll Brönner, Tom Coster, Eddie Harris, Walk Away, Bill Evans, Ricky Peterson, Joe Zawinul, Les McCann, Dennis Chambers, Eric Marienthal, Mauri Sanchis, MSM Schmidt, Dave Weckl, Ada Rovatti, Oytun Ersan and others and his own dates for ESC, BHM Productions and Moosicus. Brown died January 26th at 68.
Bob Erlendson (January 17th, 1931 - January 26th, 2024) The Canadian pianist worked with Lenny Breaue, Eric Freidenberg, Gibb Monks, Clarence Miller, Herbie Spanier, Cheryl Fisher, Don Thompson and others and several self-released album since the '80s. Erlendson died January 26th at 93.
Michel Hausser (February 7th, 1927 - January 26th, 2024) The French vibraphonist had credits with Stéphane Grappelli, Lucky Thompson, Martial Solal, Benny Vasseur, Hubert Rostaing, Roger Lecussant, Serge Gainsbourg, Sarah Vaughan, Roger Guérin and Bobby Jaspar and his own albums on Columbia. Hausser died January 26th at 96.
Robert Coles • Walter Love • Juppo Paavola • Donald Palthe • Larry Tyrell • Al Wallack
Bruno Amstad (1964 - January 25th, 2024) The Swiss singer was one-third of WAL and part of The Fabulous Dance Machine, Triangulation and Mister Mohop and Large Shape, a member of Christy Doran’s New Bag, had credits with Marco Käppeli, Albin Brun, DOM, Martin Baumgartner and Sandro Schneebeli and his own albums on Bazaarpool. Amstad died January 25th at 59.
Hubert Gibson • Ed Haley • Howard Pulver • Richard Reiter • Charles Rose • Irma Ipyana Simonette • Jerome Widman
Frank DeVito (August 14th, 1930 - January 22nd, 2024) The drummer had credits with Terry Pollard, Julius Wechter, Steve Allen, Buddy DeFranco, Richard Behrke, Joe Pass and Tommy Gumina alongside work in the rock and pop words. DeVito died January 22nd at 93.
Elke Erb • Dédé Rabeson
Kayla Feldman (March 30th, 1942 - January 21st, 2024) The producer co-founded Reservoir Records with her husband Mark, releasing albums by Helio Alves, Kenny Barron, Dick Berk, Nick Brignola, John Fedchock, Steve Kuhn, Pete Malinverni, Hod O’Brien, Valery Ponomarev, Claudio Roditi, Rob Scheiderman, Gary Smulyan and others. Feldman died January 21st at 81.
Rony Verbiest (June 26th, 1956 - January 21st, 2024) The Belgian accordionist/reed player had albums on Etna, Rent a Dog, Prova and September, was a member of Sax Quartet B.B.S. and had credits with Michel Bisceglia, Cattleya, Jokke Schreurs, Les P'tits Belges, Yvonne Walter and others. Verbiest died January 21st at 67.
Jack Dennis • Thapelo Joseph
Philippe Combelle (July 14th, 1939 - January 20th, 2024) The French drummer (son of clarinetist Alix) was active since the ‘60s with his father, Toots Thielemans, Jacques Denjean, Sonny Criss, Buck Clayton, Michel Sardaby, Bach Modern Quintet, Jean Bonal, Baroque Jazz Trio, Gérard Badini, François Guin, Jimmy Gourley, Guy Lafitte, Buddy DeFranco, Patrick Saussois, Christian Escoude, Tuna Ötenel, Mina Agossi and others. Combelle died January 20th at 84.
Norman Jewison (July 21st, 1926 - January 20th, 2024) The Canadian director called upon jazz musicians like Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones and Dick Hyman to score his films and directed the ‘50s Canadian TV series Jazz with Jackson. Jewison died January 20th at 97.
Frank Shea (February 8th, 1930 - January 20th, 2024) The drummer had ‘60s recording credits with Willis Jackson, The Trenier Brothers and Eddie Kirkland before settling into regular work in New England. Shea died January 20th at 93.
John DeSalme • Eric Nieblas • Tom Zahorik • Tony Zannini
Charles Austin (1930 - January 19th, 2024) The saxophonist/reed and wind player had a long partnership with keyboard player Joe Gallivan, collaborating on albums since the mid '70s on Man-Made, Compendium, Spitball, Ogun, IRI, Hannibal and Celia. Austin died January 19th at 93.
Marlena Shaw (September 22nd, 1942 - January 19th, 2024) The singer (née Marlina Burgess) released albums since the late ‘60s on Cadet, Blue Note. Columbia, Verve, Concord, Telarc and Eighty-eight's and had guest spots with Phil Upchurch, Buddy Montgomery, Joe Williams, Jimmy Smith, Benny Carter, Ray Brown, DIVA Jazz Orchestra and Melanie Charles. Shaw died January 19th at 81.
Brian Bates • Charles Boles • Dan Farina • Dave Nuby • Jorge Tavares
Jiro Inagaki (October 3rd, 1933 - January 18th, 2024) The Japanese saxophonist was active since the early ‘60s with albums on Victor, Toshiba, Columbia, Denon and Eastworld and credits with the Modern Jazz All Stars of Japan, Helen Merrill, Hideo Shiraki, Steve Marcus, Motohiki Hino, Masahiko Satoh, Kiyoshi Yamaya, Yasuo Arakawa, Hiromasa Suzuki and Wind-Breakers as well as various pop, soul and funk acts. Inagaki died January 18th at 90.
André “Slim” Pezin (October 25th, 1945 - January 18th, 2024) The French guitarist, among his many credits, was one-quarter of CCPP and worked with Manu DIbango, Hal Singer, Michel Legrand and Jean-Claude Petit. Pezin died January 18th at 78.
Herb Aronoff
Ron Moss (May 20th, 1944 - January 17th, 2024) The one-time trombonist (and father to actress Elizabeth) went on to become a manager for Chick Corea (also playing on several of his and Return to Forever’s albums) and Kyle Eastwood, overseeing albums for both, as well producing releases (alongside Corea) for Stan Getz, Joe Farrell, Bunny Brunel, John Patitucci, Eric Marienthal, Dave Weckl, Frank Gambale, Eddie Gomez, Bob Berg, Billy Childs, Avishai Cohen, Steve Wilson, Tim Garland, Wallace Roney and others, mostly for GRP/Stretch. Moss died January 17th at 79.
Dieter Reichert (~1941 - January 17th, 2024) The promoter founded the Hamburg jazz club Birdland (site of live albums by Harry Allen, Tommy Flanagan, Herb Geller, Ken Peplowski, Jack Walrath and others) and its affiliated label. Reichert died January 17th at 84.
Peter Britell • Richetta Manager • Toni Stern
Laurie Johnson (February 7th, 1927 - January 16th, 2024) The British composer (known for his film and TV themes and library recordings) and bandleader used players like Tony Coe, Tubby Joe Harriott, Hayes, Phil Seamen, Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler Tommy Whittle and others in his groups, notably the 1970 Columbia album Synthesis, conducted an orchestra for a 1955 Harriott session, had his compositions recorded by Harriott, Jerry Wald, Acker Bilk and others and had a part of Synthesis used as theme for the BBC Radio show "Sounds of Jazz". Johnson died January 16th at 96.
Frank Adonetti • George Boje • Jacques Ingelaere • Viola Plummer • Melvin Rogers
Jerry Coker (November 28th, 1932 - January 14th, 2024) The saxophonist/clarinetist had his first album while still a student at Indiana University and later releases on Just Records, Discovery and Revelation alongside credits with Nat Pierce, Woody Herman, Mel Lewis, Clare Fischer, Charlie Spivak and Dardanelle and a long career as an educator at the University of Tennessee and author of numerous jazz method books. Coker died January 14th at 91.
Nat Lee (May 25th, 1954 - January 14th, 2024) The keyboard player was a member of Oneness of Juju and the Southern Freedom Arkestra. Lee died January 14th at 69.
Enrique "Zurdo" Roizner (December 14th, 1939 - January 14th, 2024) The Argentinean drummer/percussionist worked with Agrupacion Nuevo Jazz, Eduardo Lagos, Vinicius De Moraes, Jorge López Ruiz, Gato Barbieri, Matias Pizarro, Sebastião Tapajós, Gente De Nuevos Aires, La Banda Elástica and Astor Piazzolla. Roizner died January 14th at 84.
Bob Rusch (April 3rd, 1943 - January 14th, 2024) The jazz critic founded Cadence Jazz Magazine and then the labels Cadence Jazz and CIMP, both crucial in documenting avant garde jazz for decades by dozens of artists. Rusch died January 14th at 80.
Uwe W. Tiedemann
Torbjörn Samuelsson (January 8th, 1951 - January 13th, 2024) Among the Swedish engineer’s hundreds of credits were albums by Waves, Chet Baker, Tommy Koverhults, Harald Svensson, Åke Johansson, Ronny Johansson, Ulf Wakenius, Roger Kellaway/Red Mitchell, Susanna Lindeborg, Staffan Linton, Anders Jormin, Lee Konitz, Nils Lindberg, Bernt Rosengren, Joakim Milder, Biggi Vinkeloe, Jan Wallgren, Lars Danielsson, Lyna Nyberg, Gush, Bob Stenson, Contemporary Bebop Quintet, Sune Spångberg, Iro Haarla, Anders Bergcrantz and others. Samuelsson died January 13th at 73.
Beverley Knight • Martin McQueenie • Hal Smith • Robin Snyder • Burt Steel • Dottie Timberlake • Tom Ulrich
Jan Linhart (July 31st, 1975 - January 11th, 2024) The Czech drummer had credits with Pražský Jazzový Sextet, Petr Kořínek, Petr Hanzlík, Vít Švec, Jan Štolba, Noční Optika, Vladimíra Krčková, Adam Tvrdý, Kateřina Steinerová, Concept Art Orchestra and Jaroslav Šindler. Linhart died January 11th at 48.
Richard Locker (June 4th, 1949 - January 11th, 2024) The celliist, in addition to his classical work, was a busy session musician on albums by Carlos Garnett, Lonnie Smith, Earl Klugh, Jimmy McGriff, Brecker Brothers, Meco Monardo, Eric Gale, Ron Carter, Bob James, Jon Faddis, Woody Shaw, Richard Tee, Shunzo Ohno, Diane Schuur, Wynton Marsalis, Lyle Mays, Paquito D’Rivera, Nancy Wilson, Arthur Blythe, Gary Dial/Dick Oatts, Sadao Watanabe, Wallace Roney, Bob Belden, Fred Hersch, Buckshot LeFonque, David Grusin, David Matthews, Kenny Drew, Jr., Pat Metheny, Monday Michiru, Makoto Ozone, Benny Golson, Richard Bona, Nellie McKay, Steve Kuhn, Jane Monheit, Dave Koz, Hilary Kole and Tony Bennett. Locker died January 11th at 74.
Sigi Schwab (August 5th, 1940 - January 11th, 2024) The German guitarist was active since the ‘60s with leader or co-led albums on Philips, Metronome, MPS, Liberty, Jupiter, Melosmusik, Keytone and Calig and credits with Wolfgang Dauner, Horst Jankowski, Embryo, Charly Antolini, Roland Kovac, Peter Herbolzheimer, Art Van Damme, Peter Trunk, The Singers Unlimited, Chris Hinze, Klaus Doldinger, George Shearing, Mladen Guteša, Max Greger, Diabelli Trio and others. Schwab died January 11th at 83.
Jessie Bradley • Bo Farson • Antonio Iglio • Bob Street
Hal Smith (March 5th, 1938 - January 10th, 2024) The trombonist worked with Sonny Dunham, Boyd Raeburn and Harry James. Smith died January 10th at 85.
Göte Wilhelmson (January 10th, 1929 - January 10th, 2024) The Swedish pianist/accordion player had a couple of early ’60s albums on Phillips, sideman credits with Alice Babs and Gunnar Lundén-Weldens and production duties for Elis Regina/Toots Thielemans, Monica Zetterlund, Arne Domnérus and Bengt-Arne Wallin. Wilhelmson died January 10th at 95.
Michel Ripoche (1947- January 9th, 2024) The French violinist was a member of Zoo and the Utopic Sporadic Orchestra and had albums in the ‘70s-80s on Atlantic, Spalax and Musique-Image. Ripoche died January 9th at 76.
Dominique Boulé • Jacky Boyadjian • Ed Curiel • Craig Fager • Rob Guerrina • Chris King • Bénédicte Laforêt • Phyllis Leaverton • Bill Moulton • Silvio Passalacqua • Gianfranco Reverberi • Phillip Schilder • Judd Truax
Don Edmonds (1940 - January 6th, 2024) The pianist recorded with Lew Anderson, Rick Bogart, Sam Olano and Starlight Orchestra, toured with Buddy DeFranco, Charlie Ventura and Gene Roland and self-released a leader date. Edmonds died January 6th at 83.
Page Fraley • Robert Jones • Vuyiswa Ngcwangu
Carl Grubbs (July 27th, 1944 - January 5th, 2024) The alto saxophonist co-led The Visitors (releasing four ‘70s albums on Cobblestone and Muse) with his tenor saxophonist brother Earl—cousins of John Coltrane’s first wife Naima—had his own albums for CIMP and B&C Productions, credits with Julius Hemphill and Odean Pope and co-founded the organization Contemporary Arts Inc. Grubbs died January 5th at 79.
Ron Dewar (July 22nd, 1941 - January 4th, 2024) The saxophonist/clarinetist was a member of the University of Illinois Jazz Band, founded the Memphis Nighthawks and worked with the Chicago Hot Six, Little Brother Montgomery, Judy Roberts, Classic Jazz Ensemble, Emily Haddad, Bob Dogon, Steve Rashid, Johnny Rinaldo and others. Dewar died in January 4th at 82.
Mike Ross-Trevor (??? - January 4th, 2024) The British engineer had, among his hundreds of credits, mid ’60s-early ‘80s sessions for Prince Lasha, Ronnie Scott, Ray Russell, Maynard Ferguson, Johnny Dankworth, Cleo Laine, Rita Reys and Billy Cobham. Ross-Trevor died January 4th at an unknown age.
Kishin Shinoyama (December 3rd, 1940 - January 4th, 2024) The Japanese photographer’s work was found in releases on CBS/Sony, Frasco, ECM and Verve. Shinoyama died January 4th at 83.
Francisco Bellotti • Al Berry • Leon Jordan • Skip Rohrich • W. Mark Sutherland
Franco Caroni (1949 - January 3rd, 2024) The Italian producer and bassist founded the Sienna Jazz Workshop in 1977. Caroni died January 3rd at 74.
Sherwood Sledge
Bob Leto (March 17th, 1954 - January 2nd, 2024) The drummer had albums since the late ‘90s on Brownstone Recordings and Consolidated Artists Productions and a new millennium sideman credit with Jeff Palmer. Leto died January 2nd at 69.
Bob Fead • Grant Hopkins • Peter Magubane • Harold Salisbury • Bill Smith
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