Chuck Nessa Posted June 4, 2013 Report Posted June 4, 2013 Bassist / Composer Ben Tucker killed in a golf cart accident - http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-06-04/savannah-music-icon-ben-tucker-killed-golf-cart-crash#.Ua488utAugo Quote
GA Russell Posted June 4, 2013 Report Posted June 4, 2013 RIP. I'll play Comin' Home Baby tonight. Quote
colinmce Posted June 4, 2013 Report Posted June 4, 2013 Jeez, terrible way for him to go. So sorry to hear that. Quote
ValerieB Posted June 4, 2013 Report Posted June 4, 2013 this is sad news. what a freak accident. RIP Ben Tucker. Quote
king ubu Posted June 4, 2013 Report Posted June 4, 2013 goin' home baby ... r.i.p. Ben Tucker I've loved this tune almost the day I discovered jazz ... my dad has a few Herbie Mann LPs, and I got this one as one of my first twent or so jazz discs and still enjoy it every once in a while -- though I did never really follow on Mann that much ... but I was always delighted to see Ben Tucker in the credits on the rare occasions he turns up. Quote
mikeweil Posted June 4, 2013 Report Posted June 4, 2013 I'll play Comin' Home Baby tonight. I'll do that, too - know it inside out. Probably was my first encounter with two bassists on a jazz recording. R.I.P. .... Quote
Dan Gould Posted June 4, 2013 Report Posted June 4, 2013 Wonderful player and composer - I hope that POS who killed him spends the rest of his life in prison. Quote
jeffcrom Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 Damn. Savannah is a strange and wonderful little city, and Ben Tucker made it more wonderful. He kept his jazz club, Hannah's (named after the vamp of Savannah, G.A. in the famous song) open for longer than I would have thought possible, although he changed locations a couple of times. He must have gotten sick of playing "Comin' Home Baby" at some point, but he would always answer requests for it graciously. I know - it was one of my first wife's favorite tunes, and I would always request it for her when we heard him play. RIP to a great bassist and a great man. Quote
Bill Nelson Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 Let me echo Jeff's tribute to Ben and his very real jazz club, Hannah's. The time I went in May, 1992, vibist Dave Pike had brought his rig and was sitting in. The band swung even harder and Ben (then 61) was digging his scene. Since then, as I acquire West Coast jazz albums, I continue to find 'Ben Tucker, bass' in the credits. And the music is always solid underneath. Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 RIP. this is so sad and horrible. ill be spinning an orig copy of 'mucho calor' in his honor Quote
brownie Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 A huge loss... he was on so many great recordings by Art Pepper and Warne Marsh (among many others) that I enjoyed! Quote
sgcim Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 Always liked his recordings with Grant Green. Musicians like that can't be replaced. RIP, Mr. Tucker... Quote
JSngry Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 Still trying to get my head around exactly how this accident happened...golf cart, drag racer, wtf?...cannot yet do so... Apart from that, what a sad loss. This guy was there, if you know what I mean. Always hate to see them go. Quote
MomsMobley Posted June 5, 2013 Report Posted June 5, 2013 Still trying to get my head around exactly how this accident happened...golf cart, drag racer, wtf?...cannot yet do so... Apart from that, what a sad loss. This guy was there, if you know what I mean. Always hate to see them go. yah, a terrible way to go for a great musician and someone who did so much for Savannah. Jeffcrom has been there more often than I, I'm sure but I know the area pretty well and am awed at the richness of its African-American history in particular. (Not that we can extricate that slavery, Jim Crow etc.) Anyway, though I've not seen a report that said where exactly Ben got hit, you can see roughly where he was on Hutchinson Island-- http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=hutchinson+island+golf+course&fb=1&gl=us&hq=golf+course&hnear=0x88fb9ef2202d3e69:0xd07536075b429b39,Hutchinson+Island&sa=X&ei=KX-vUZ21KPGn4APXkYH4DA&ved=0CI4BELYD There are places I go in Florida-- very small coastal towns on the Gulf-- where golf carts are transportation for people and though the streets are heavily marked to advise drivers of such, you can see how an accident could happen, likewise those developments with golf courses traversed and ringed by open roads. BEN TUCKER RIP Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted June 6, 2013 Report Posted June 6, 2013 http://savannahnow.com/crime/2013-06-05/driver-denied-bond-ben-tucker-death Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 7, 2013 Report Posted June 7, 2013 Really sorry to see this. Playing Grady Tate's vocal version of Ben's 'TNT'. RIP Quote
jeffcrom Posted June 7, 2013 Report Posted June 7, 2013 Ben Tucker: Remembering a Bassist and Citywide Icon Quote
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