https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7375/12518267594_d38862a92e_o.jpg Ira Gitler, who was one of the most respected and prolific jazz writers of the postwar era and an early champion of bebop, died on Saturday in Manhattan. He was 90. His son, Fitz, confirmed the death, at a nursing facility. Mr. Gitler...

  Valerie loved Cécile McLorin Salvant — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7NIfxzG8vM&index=28&list=RD2bdC8SGJ-hQ R.I.P., Valerie Isabel Paul Bishop    https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1536/26541672736_e6d23f73f4_o.jpg Here is a recent post from Valerie's son, Jay Blotcher, on Facebook. . . ...

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and (once again) streaming live @ wkcr.org


Bobby Hutcherson Memorial Broadcast

Now in progress; ends at 3:00 pm ET Wednesday afternoon, August 17, 2016
 

  http://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8155/28403632754_927f69755d_o.jpg An immense loss for me and surely for many others. R.I.P., Bobby Hutcherson http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif   http://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8228/28946766351_e09e8f6260_o.jpg Bobby Hutcherson, one of the most ad...

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Howard Johnson
August 7, 1941




Rahsaan Roland Kirk
August 7, 1935 – December 5, 1977
 

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Jemeel Moondoc
August 5, 1951
 

 
I can't believe I picked a video that I'd posted in 2014. But you know what I say? Encore!



 

  http://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8043/28155489624_5ac28bf404_o.jpg We're Back Online! Submitted by Sarah Thompson on Fri, 1 Jul 2016, 12:11pm Thank you for your patience and support during the past months with regard to the issue of our online stream. We are excited to announce that our broadcasts...

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Hamid Drake
August 3, 1955
 

  http://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8224/28391254360_d0e01f1f24_o.jpg For the complete press release, which includes info. on the grants awarded through CMA's Classical Commissioning program, please visit the source: http://www.chamber-music.org/about/press-room/article/07-25-2016/chamber-music-ameri...

Thanks, Ron. I'll watch and listen after I wake up. :zzz: http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/openCulture.jpg OpenCulture.com is a terrific website. Its offerings are so broad and deep that I'm finding it hard to describe, but I encourage everyone to check ...

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Charles Tyler
July 20, 1941 – June 27, 1992
 

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Bobby Bradford
July 19, 1934
 

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Albert Ayler
July 13, 1936 – November 25, 1970
 

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Tyshawn Sorey
July 8, 1980
 

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Andrew Hill
June 30, 1931 – April 20, 2007
 

Please accept all my sympathy, Doug. Here's a link to a remembrance of Ken that you commented on: In Memoriam Ken Basman I knew of Ken through your posts, but I see that musicians working in all sorts of genres also cherished him as a musical partner and friend. He must have eaten, breathed, an...

 

Can't You Hear Me Calling

 

 

Rank Strangers

 

  http://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7316/27265779973_9b5fdf672f_o.jpg Sources: http://bluegrasstoday.com/ralph-stanley-passes http://www.blueridgemuse.com/node/37400 (the photo and a different obit) R.I.P.   http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif