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One nice spring day in May 2024, trumpeter/composer Ambrose Akinmusire and his band—a distinctive lineup of pianist Sam Harris, drummer Justin Brown, keyboard player Chiquitamagic, rapper ...
Bright attended the University of Hawaiʻi and launched her music career in the 1980s as one half of "Steve and Teresa" alongside Steve Mai`i. Her first solo album was released in 1990. She received a lifetime achievement award from Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts [2] on December 6, 2020. Bright died on September 1, 2024, at the age of 64. [3]
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Jazz guitarist extraordinaire John Pisano, renowned for his solid rhythm, melodic solo lines and generosity, died May 2 at his home in Studio City with his wife Jeanne by his side. He was 93 years ...
Beard was born in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania on August 26, 1960. [1] He developed a keen interest in music from an early age. [2] He first learned to play the piano at the age of 6, before playing and later studying about other instruments, including the bass, clarinet, and saxophone.
O'Connor wrote a weekly jazz column for The Boston Globe and freelanced for Down Beat, Metronome, and other music magazines. He did jazz radio shows on WGBH-FM for many years previous to, and overlapping with, the advent of TV at WGBH, in 1955. When television started, he continued in the new medium on Jazz with Father O'Connor.
Freeman remained busy in music throughout his life, transitioning from jazz pianist to film scoring and composition before his death in Las Vegas in 2002. Freeman was married three times. He had a daughter, Paula Kenley Freeman, from his second marriage in 1959, and a son, Sean McCoy, from a relationship in 1958 with jazz pianist Pat Moran .
Howard died from colon cancer at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta on March 20, 1998, at the age of 41. [9] [6] His final album, There's a Riot Goin' On was released posthumously under the Blue Note Records label two months after his death. Howard was survived by his daughter, Jade Howard, and two sisters, Mary Howard and Doris Beverly.