Journalists and colleagues bid farewell to the jazz community’s departed.
Meghan Stabile, an innovative jazz promoter, producer, organizer, curator, and advocate who proudly adopted the New York Times’ description of her as a “modern impresario,” … Read More “Revive Music Group Founder Meghan Stabile Has Died at 39”
Grachan Moncur III, a trombonist and composer who forged a unique identity in the “new thing” of 1960s jazz, died in his longtime home city … Read More “Grachan Moncur III 1937 – 2022”
Charnett Moffett, a bassist and composer whose virtuosity on both electric (often fretless) and acoustic instruments was matched by his versatility, died April 11 at … Read More “Charnett Moffett 1967 – 2022”
Ron Miles, a cornetist, composer, and educator who became a revered and innovative figure in jazz while maintaining a career in the far-flung state of … Read More “Ron Miles, Foremost Cornetist in Modern Jazz, Dies at 58”
Ernie Andrews, a deep-voiced singer who scored a major hit (1945’s “Soothe Me”) when he was still in his teens but remained perennially underrecognized by … Read More “Kenny Burrell Remembers Ernie Andrews”
I’ve been playing the organ since I was 10 years old because I love the sound of the Hammond B-3. Once I heard Jimmy Smith … Read More “Mike LeDonne Remembers Dr. Lonnie Smith”
When I was in Europe last September my phone buzzed, and onscreen appeared the name of my longtime friend Darlene Chan—who I’m always happy to … Read More “Randy Brecker Remembers George Wein”
In 1948, when I was about nine years old, my mother and I moved from Joplin, Missouri to Detroit. We just happened to move into … Read More “Charles McPherson Remembers Barry Harris”
It feels like it cannot be real to be composing my thoughts about the passing of the great Slide Hampton. Even at 89, he was … Read More “Michael Dease Remembers Slide Hampton”
I was in college around 1967 when I discovered the Jazz Messengers. And of course, Curtis blew my mind. Later, in 1973, I sat in … Read More “Steve Turre Remembers Curtis Fuller”
