In Memoriam 2024: The Musicians We Lost

[rostasi]

In Memoriam 2024: The Musicians We Lost

[soulpope]

A year of heavy losses ....

[Peter Friedman]

A very lengthy list, but I was only familiar with a very small percentage of them.

I would estimate that there were only about 15 jazz musicians and maybe 7 or 8 classical musicians on the list.  

[mikeweil]

Another person whom German members might know: Dr. Ulrich Ohlshausen, one of Germany's best journalists in radio. His broadcasts were essential in my jazz education.

https://www.hr.de/presse/unternehmen/2024/trauer-um-hr-jazzredakteur-ulrich-olshausen-v1,trauer-um-ulrich-olshausen-100.html

 

[JSngry]

My name is not on the list, so all's well.

OTOH. my name not being on the list does in no way mean I'm not dead, so maybe all's not well?

I ate a McRib about an hour ago, so I'm not assuming anything either way.

[AndreyHenkin]

Here is my comprehensive list as of this morning:

https://jazzpassings.com/2024

Edited 14 hours ago by AndreyHenkin

[mikeweil]

1 hour ago, AndreyHenkin said:

Here is my comprehensive list as of this morning:

https://jazzpassings.com/2024

Thanks for this really comprehensive list. One that was news to me is Mario "Machito Jr." Grillo. Saw him directing his father's band in Frankfurt. Great Timbalero really leading the orchestra and playing the second bongo bell when the bongocero was missing. 

[AllenLowe]

Two surprises for me were Patty Waters - a few years back she wanted to record with me but I felt terrible and could not do it because her voice was completely gone, so I had to make up some excuse - and Steve Silberman, a terrific writer who wrote probably the definitive book on autism. Also a nice guy.

[soulpope]

6 hours ago, AndreyHenkin said:

Here is my comprehensive list as of this morning:

https://jazzpassings.com/2024

Thnx for sharing ....

[Holy Ghost]

On 12/23/2024 at 5:00 PM, JSngry said:

My name is not on the list, so all's well.

OTOH. my name not being on the list does in no way mean I'm not dead, so maybe all's not well?

I ate a McRib about an hour ago, so I'm not assuming anything either way.

I don't know why my grandfather was obsessed with McRibbs, this is about 1988, but we wound up driving to Corning, NY to get one, I was  about 10 at the time, and it was really gross, and he swilled it down with Root Beer....gross!!

Albert Tootie Heath died this year???

[JSngry]

The key to both McRib & McGriddle is to enjoy the superficial flavors but not eat them so often that what's underneath comes to the fore.

This last one I got had WAAAAAY to much sauce, which was weird, because the main reason I eat there to begin with is there construction, I can always eat it cleanly with one han while driving. This was not that. Fortunately I was not driving, but that's beside the point.

However, root beer is in theory a great choice for an accompanying beverage! Of course, devil, details, etc