Another big loss in music today. Ska legend Prince Buster passed away today at the age of 78. In memoriam, we play one of our favorite songs by the master.
Obituaries
[Music] RIP Rudy Van Gelder — Flea Market Funk
Photo Courtesy John Munson/ Star Ledger Truth be told, it was engineer Rudy Van Gelder who got me hooked on jazz. I had no idea of that when I started listening. I just heard the music and was drawn to it. I had failed miserably in 6th grade playing saxophone because of my teacher Mr. […]
[Music] Gong co-founder Gilli Smyth dies, aged 83
She was our pussy. Gilli Smyth has gone off to Planet Gong to join Daevid Allen, who also left this mortal coil a year ago. The Guardian eulogizes her here.
[Music] RIP Bobby Hutcherson — Avant Music News
Source: KQED Arts, Bobby Hutcherson passed away at age 75 after a long battle with emphysema. Introduced to the Blue Note fold by veteran alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, Hutcherson quickly joined a loose confederation of creatively ambitious New York musicians inspired by the rhythmic and harmonic innovations of free jazz patriarch Ornette Coleman but dedicated […]
[Music] Einojuhani Rautavaara (R.I.P.) – Lost Landscapes
Terrible news to report, with a hat tip to my friend Terje, who dropped the bombshell. One of Finland’s finest composers, Einojuhani Rautavaara, has died. NPR has more on his passing.
[Music] Suicide’s Alan Vega Dead at 78
Terribly sad news today. Alan Vega, singer of one of New York’s most incredible groups, Suicide, died today at the age of 78.
[Film] Abbas Kiarostami, Palme d’Or-winning Iranian film-maker, dies aged 76
Iranian film auteur Abbas Kiarostami, who directed such classics as Taste of Cherry and Close-Up, passed away today in Paris a the age of 76.
The Guardian eulogizes him here.
[Film] Michael Cimino Dies: Director Of Oscar-Winning ‘The Deer Hunter’ And Infamous ‘Heaven’s Gate’ Was 77 – Report — Deadline
Michael Cimino, the multiple Oscar-winning director-producer of The Deer Hunter whose career later became an infamous cautionary tale after the failure of his 1980 Western epic Heaven’s Gate has died, according to reports from friends. He was 77. The news was made public by Theirry Fremaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, who tweeted that…
[Music] Scotty Moore, Rock Pioneer and Elvis Presley’s Guitarist, Dies at 84 — Variety
Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock ‘n’ roll guitarist whose fluid picking propelled Elvis Presley’s first recordings for Sun Records, died Tuesday in Nashville, according to Memphis newspaper the Commercial Appeal. He was 84. Moore was a member of a local country combo in Memphis when he was drafted by Sun owner Sam Phillips to support……
via Scotty Moore, Rock Pioneer and Elvis Presley’s Guitarist, Dies at 84 — Variety
[Music] R.I.P. Bernie Worrell, keyboardist for Parliament-Funkadelic and Talking Heads, has died at 72
Bernie Worrell, who helped shape the sounds of Parliament-Funkadelic, and added a rich, funky palette to the Talking Heads, has died of cancer. He was 72 years old.
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