Jazz artists who passed away in 2004

[ghost of miles]

Elvin Jones

Steve Lacy

Pete Jolly

Ray Charles (however we classify him)

... who else? I'm already forgetting, which is sad.

[7/4]

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Try starting here:

http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/index.php3

Mike

[ghost of miles]

Try starting here:

http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/index.php3

Mike

Man, it was a brutal year. Thanks for the link--Jimmy Coe was right in my own backyard, but I was thinking he'd passed away last year. Too much sad news to keep up with on this front.

[BFrank]

Bay Area legend, Vernon Alley.

[brownie]

French guitarist/singer Sacha Distel

Austrian saxplayer Hans Koller

[maren]

Jimmy Lovelace

Mark Ledford

Edit: posted before I looked at the JazzHouse list...

Edited December 27, 2004 by maren

[Bright Moments]

artie shaw

[sidewinder]

Neil Ardley

[frank m]

Brian Ogilvie, tenor and other reeds. RIP

[Soul Stream]

Local legend who played w/all the greats and was on Harold Land's "Take Aim"...trumpeter Martin Banks.

[Jim Alfredson]

My good friend and magnificent drummer Robert "Bubba" Grudner. He was a local cat (but did record with Dolly Parton) but he swung like a mofo and was a real sweet guy as well. I did organ trio hits with him now and then that were a lot of fun.

[Chuck Nessa]

Malachi Favors.

[LarryCurleyMoe]

Sorry to hear of Gordon Brisker's passing - I had a chance to meet with him briefly in '04 and showed him some of my big band writing - hoped to see him again this year.