Journalists and colleagues bid farewell to the jazz community’s departed.
Given the eerie similarities between avant-gardists Henry Grimes and Giuseppi Logan, what might be most surprising about them was what they didn’t share. Grimes, a … Read More “Henry Grimes and Giuseppi Logan: Parallel Lives”
Keith Tippett, a pianist and composer who was a key innovator in British modern jazz, died June 14 at a hospital in London. He was … Read More “British Jazz Pianist Keith Tippett Dies at 72”
I’ll never forget the first time Chris Loudon called me to arrange an interview for JazzTimes. It was 2011, and I was not only releasing a … Read More “Mark Winkler Remembers Christopher Loudon”
Bob Northern, a jazz French hornist, flutist, trumpeter, and radio personality known as Brother Ah, died May 31 at Bridgepoint Hospital in Washington, D.C. He … Read More “Bob “Brother Ah” Northern 1934–2020”
The Canadian writer Christopher Loudon, whose features, columns, and reviews appeared regularly in JazzTimes for nearly 20 years, died on Sunday, May 17 in his … Read More “Toronto-Based Jazz and Arts Writer Christopher Loudon Dies at 62”
Lennie Niehaus, an alto saxophonist and composer/arranger who was best known for his numerous film scores for Clint Eastwood, died May 28 at his daughter’s … Read More “Lennie Niehaus 1929–2020”
Jimmy Cobb, a legendary jazz drummer best known for his work on Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue—performed by a fabled sextet of which Cobb was … Read More “Jimmy Cobb 1929–2020”
John Cumming, OBE, a promoter and producer who founded the London Jazz Festival and co-founded the European Jazz Network, died peacefully at his home in … Read More “London Jazz Festival Founder John Cumming Dies at 71”
He was on the bandstand the night Birdland opened in December 1949. He was the last surviving participant in Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool … Read More “Superb-Lee: A JazzTimes Tribute to Lee Konitz (1927–2020)”
