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A mainstay of the jam sessions staged for decades by the Jazz Appreciation Society of Syracuse, N.Y., Richard (Dick) P. Sheridan, 88, died on May
Friends in St. Louis have announced that Al Stricker, banjo player. Historian, and spokesperson for the St. Louis Ragtimers, died on July 13 in St.
The music community is saddened by the incalculable loss of legendary entertainer, broadcaster, and ragtime scholar Max Morath, who died at the age of 96
Jazz drummer Jackie Williams died on Sunday, June 11th, he was 90 years old. Born in Harlem in 1933 he lived and played in New
One of the great Chicago jazzmen, clarinetist Kim Cusack, died on June 2nd at 84 years old. Ten days earlier he appeared at the final
Bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto has died at 83. She was best known for the Stan Getz’ English language recording of “The Girl From Ipanema”,
Pianist George Winston died on June 4th, in California. His albums Autumn, Winter into Spring, and December were huge sellers for Windham Hill Records in the early 1980s. In
Noel M. Kaletsky, 85, passed away at his home on May 30, 2023 of peritoneal cancer. Noel fought his illness with an endurance of those
Word has come from the Netherlands that Coen Hofmann, the managing editor of and driving force behind the Jazz discography periodical Names & Numbers, died
Chris Strachwitz died on May 5th. Born in 1931 in what is now Poland and displaced at the end of WWII his family settled in
Danny Matson passed away on April 25, 2023. Not a musician himself he was a ragtime superfan, a regular attendee of ragtime and jazz festivals,
Harry Belafonte died on April 25th, he was 96 years old. Born in 1927, Belafonte grew up in Harlem during the 1930s and 40s. He
Wally Fawkes, one of the most recognizable figures in the British Trad movement, and a prominent satirical cartoonist, died on March 1st, he was 98
Burt Bacharach died on February 8th, he was 94. Bacharach was a songwriter, composer, pianist, and producer, he was considered one of the most influential
Jazz singer Carol Sloane died on January 23rd she was 85. Though she was a Columbia artist in the 1960s, it is for her late
Jürgen Hintsche, a veteran banjo player in the German vintage jazz scene died on January 9 at the age of 79. Born in Celle in 1943,
Guitarist, banjoist, and mandolin player Dix Bruce has died at age 70. he was well known in the Bay Area traditional jazz community as a
Clarinetist and woodwind specialist Ted Casher passed away on January 22nd, he was 85. He graduated from Boston Conservatory/Berklee College of Music and studied at
Notable Drummer Butch Miles passed away on February 2nd, he was 78 years old. He drummed for Count Basie’s band in the 1970s and joined
Chris Daniels, the founder, leader, and bassist of the Climax Jazz Band has died, he was a youthful and vigorous 84. Daniels was born in
Jazz guitar virtuoso, bandleader, composer, and teacher Carmen Caramanica died January 16, 2023; he was 77 years old. Carmen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in
Louise Tobin, the last surviving musician to have recorded in the 1930s, died on November 26th; she was 104. Her place in popular history was
Peter Sokolow, a bridge between the classic era of Klezmer and the revivalists of today, has died. Born in 1940, by the 1950s he was
The world of Trad Jazz has lost another light. Jim Maihack died on April 30, 2022, of a massive brain hemorrhage that none of us
