Henry Grimes, bassist of Avant-Garde pedigree, dies of COVID-19 at 84: Videos, Photos
Henry Grimes met with a hero’s welcome, his first of many, when he lugged an upright bass onstage…
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Giuseppi Logan, Free-Jazz multireedist, has died at 84: Videos, Photos
Giuseppi Logan, a saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist whose esteemed career in free jazz bracketed a mysterious absence of…
Lee Konitz, alto saxophonist who exemplified Jazz’s imperative to make it new, is dead at 92: Videos, Photos
Lee Konitz, an exemplar of modern jazz improvisation, and arguably the most influential alto saxophone soloist after bebop…
Ryo Kawasaki death, he died on April 13 at 73: Photos, Videos
Ryo Kawasaki Death – The family of Ryo Kawasaki has announced the passing away of their beloved one.…
Jymie Merritt, bassist who brought a rooted yet exploratory spirit to post-bop, dies at 93: Videos. Photos
Jymie Merritt, a bassist who anchored some of the leading groups of jazz’s postwar era, like Art Blakey…
Contrabassist Andy González died April 9 at 69: Video, Photos
Andy González (born January 1, 1951, died April 9, 2020 in The Bronx, New York). Andy was a…