Coen Hofmann, Managing Editor of Names & Numbers, Passes Away
Larry Melton
May 17, 2023
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, founder of Arhoolie Records, has died.
Joe Bebco
May 15, 2023
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
Ragtime “Angel” Danny Matson has died.
Joe Bebco
May 15, 2023
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 dies at 96
Joe Bebco
May 15, 2023
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
