This month we note the passing of two longtime members of Connecticut’s Galvanized Jazz Band, pianist Bill Sinclair and cornetist Fred Vigorito. Vigorito himself alerted The Syncopated Times to Sinclair’s death only weeks before his own passing. Both men will be remembered in greater depth in Jeff Barnhart’s “My Inspirations” column in this and next month’s issues.
Fred Vigorito
Joe Bebco
March 30, 2026
Fred Vigorito, cornetist and leader of Connecticut’s Galvanized Jazz Band, died March 10th. Over a professional career that spanned sixty years, he became one of
Bill Sinclair
Joe Bebco
March 30, 2026
Bill Sinclair, longtime pianist with Connecticut’s Galvanized Jazz Band and a devoted interpreter of New Orleans-style jazz, died February 21. Sinclair spent decades performing traditional
Floye “Flo” Dreyer
Joe Bebco
March 30, 2026
Floye “Flo” Dreyer, a trumpeter whose career stretched from the all-female swing bands of the 1940s to community ensembles in South Florida late in life,
Kerry Price, Detroit-Area Blues Legend, Dies at 86
Sally Bolle
March 30, 2026
Kerry Price, longtime resident of Royal Oak, MI, age 86, passed peacefully into the arms of the Lord on March 2, 2026. Born on March
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