The Final Chorus January 2025
David Yaffe died November 14th, 2024, at age 51. Yaffe authored many books and articles, including Fascinating Rhythm: Reading Jazz in American Writing. (Courtesy Jazzpassings.com)
These are the obituaries grouped together monthly as they ran in the print edition. For individual obituaries look in the main Final Chorus section.
David Yaffe died November 14th, 2024, at age 51. Yaffe authored many books and articles, including Fascinating Rhythm: Reading Jazz in American Writing. (Courtesy Jazzpassings.com)
Jacky Milliet died November 10th; he was 92. The Swiss clarinetist had albums on Evasion, Vogue, and Disques Office and as a member of The
Carol (Roper) Shaw, wife of long-term TST columnist Lew Shaw, passed away on May 4 at her home in Scottsdale at the age of 94. She
Minnesota based pianist and clarinetist Butch Thompson passed away on August 14th, he was 78. He was most widely known as the house pianist and
There is something about legendary people and particularly about those legendary people who died young. Perhaps it is the thoughts of what could have been.