sidewinder Posted October 22, 2017 Report Posted October 22, 2017 Just heard the very sad news that saxophonist Lou Gare has passed away. Founder member of AMM, important pioneer on the experimental music scene and until quite recently featured with Mike Westbrook’s Big Band in a more straight ahead jazz context. I was always very impressed with his fine playing. RIP. Quote
mjazzg Posted October 22, 2017 Report Posted October 22, 2017 What a great shame. A few years ago he did a two or three night residency at Oto. It was the first time I'd seen him live and enjoyed it so much I returned for a second night. Wish I'd had taken more opportunities to hear him play. I have a solo recording, "No Strings Attached" on Matchless, purchased at the gig, that will now be played this afternoon Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 22, 2017 Report Posted October 22, 2017 Yeah, heard about this -- sad news. He's fantastic. Quote
sidewinder Posted October 22, 2017 Author Report Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) I think the last time I saw him was at the Westbrook Big Band Xmas gig at least 5 years back. I’d heard he had heart problems and was scheduled around then for an op. I don’t think he appeared wth the most recent Westbrook Big Band line up, the ‘Uncommon Orchestra’ - at least not to my knowledge. Very glad to have at least caught those earlier gigs. He was a long term resident of the county of Devon in his later years. Edited October 22, 2017 by sidewinder Quote
jazzscriveyn Posted November 24, 2017 Report Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Only heard about it today, very sad. He actually played "A Bigger Show" in Exeter 2015 Lou Gare at Barnfield Theatre, Exeter, 2015 [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons Edited November 24, 2017 by jazzscriveyn Quote
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