Friday, February 8, 2013

Donald Byrd aka Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II

Jazz master -- via the Huffington Post. One of the key trumpeters of the hard-bop and post-bop era. He played with Lionel Hampton while still in high school; his first big gig was the intimidating task of replacing Clifford Brown in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He could do jazz, funk, and soul; he taught for decades as well, churning out generations of talented students. A real force, and a beautiful tone!








Oscar death reel controversy

Who will remember you, when, and how? In this case, an obituary roll is being hotly disputed -- via the New York Times.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Paul Tanner

Trombonist and inventor of the electrotheremin -- via the L.A. Times. Glenn Miller Orchestra member; the man who played the electrotheremin on Beach Boys' recordings.




Jessica Lum

Journalist -- via the Daily Bruin.

Claude Black

Pianist -- via the Toledo Blade.

Balthazar Korab

Architectural photographer -- via the New York Times.

Jake Hartford aka Jim Edwards

Radio host -- via the Chicago Tribune.


Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Lavonne 'Pepper' Paire-Davis

Baseball great -- via the Sporting News.

Ralph G. Martin aka Ralph Martin Goldberg

Biographer -- via the New York Times.

Trevor Gordon

Musician; half of the pop duo The Marbles -- via noise11.com.





Jimmy O'Neill

Host of TV's 'Shindig!' -- via the L.A. Times.

Liz Lands

Vocalist -- via soul-source.co.uk.



Richard III aka Richard Plantagenet

Monarch -- via the BBC. This belated obituary is due to the fact that, although he died on August 22, 1485, his bones were only recently discovered, and confirmed to be his yesterday. Painted by popular culture, and the winning faction, as an unrepentant villain, he acheived immortality as the inspiration for one of Shakespeare's best-written and most compelling bad guys. If this helps anyone enjoy the Bard, it's well worth the ruckus.

"Death makes no conquest of this conqueror;
For now he lives in fame, though not in life."



Reg Presley aka Reginald Maurice Ball

Lead singer for the Troggs -- via the BBC.





Bart Van den Bossche

Actor, singer, and TV host -- via standaard.be.

Luigi Kuveiller

Cinematographer -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Sweet Lou Wilson

Musician -- via eurweb.com.

Barbara Werle

Actress and singer -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.


Monday, February 4, 2013

Stefan Kudelski

Inventor of the portable tape recorder, the famous Nagra -- via the New York Times.


Jon Fromer

Musician and producer --via the San Francisco Chronicle.

Council Cargle

Actor -- via deadlinedetroit.com.


James A. Boyd

Actor and voice talent -- via the New York Times. Best remembered as J. Arthur Crank in "The Electric Company."




Paul Taff

TV producer -- via legacy.com. Helped the success of both "Mister Rogers's Neighborhood" and "The French Chef."

Saturday, February 2, 2013