Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Smokin' Joe Kubeck

Blues guitarist -- via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

John Berg

Grammy-winning art director -- via the New York Times. His more than 5,000 album covers for Columbia were as big a part of the experience as the music! In fact, I have his posthumous re-release of Szell's recording of Beethoven's Fourth and Fifth Symphonies. It was meant to be a slam, evidently, but I love it.


Dean Chance

Cy Young Award-winning former MLB pitcher -- via the Sporting News.




Manorama

Actress -- via the Times of India. AKA Gopishantha, Aachi.


Claudia Barroso

Singer -- via UOL. AKA Amelia Rocha Barroso. A master of musica brega -- a kind of corny but beloved ensemble music.

Leny Escudero

Singer and songwriter -- via Le Monde. AKA Joaquim Escudero.

Natesan Ramani

Flutist -- via The Hindu. AKA N. Ramani.



Massimo Scaglione

Director and screenwriter -- via La Stampa.

Pushpa Bhuyan

Classical dancer -- via the Assam Tribune.


Jim "Sadist" Konya

Monday, October 12, 2015

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Frank Albanese

Actor and boxer -- via the New York Times.

Alvin Greenberg

Herschel Silverman

Poet -- via Culture Catch.

Elena Lucena

Actress -- via Buenos Aires Herald.

Elizabeth Ramsey

Dave Pike

Stasys Povilaitis

Singer and poet -- via en.delfi.lt.

Joseph "Smokey" Johnson

Legendary drummer -- via the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Played for everybody, including Fats Domino and Professor Longhair. Co-wrote and recordedthe Carnival classic "It Ain't My Fault."




Ed Sukla

Former MLB pitcher -- via legacy.com.


David Cook

Writer, screenwriter, and actor -- via the Guardian.

Friday, October 9, 2015

Carmen Marina Torres

Actress -- via El Heraldo.


Yves Barsacq

Actor -- via Il Nazionale.


Tomris Incer

Actress -- via hurriyet.com.tr.


Jos Vandeloo

Writer -- via De Standaard.


Franciszek Walicki

Journalist -- via ww4.rp.pl.

Naim Araidi

Poet -- via The Times of Israel.

Coleridge Goode

Bassist -- via Jazzwise Magazine. Perhaps the last person living who worked with Django Reinhardt (recording sessions, 1946).

Jacob Pressman

Rabbi -- via the Jewish Journal.

Grace Lee Boggs

Human rights activist -- via the Washington Post.

Tino Garcia

Comic actor -- via El Nuevo Dia.


Thursday, October 8, 2015

Gail Zappa

Widow of composer/musician Frank Zappa; conservator of his music -- via Rolling Stone. She did a great job, issuing 40 albums from him after his death, all of it artistically valid.





Kevin Corcoran

Director and producer; former child actor -- via laughingpplace.com. A familiar face from many Disney productions.


Vivian Stromberg

Human rights activist -- via the New York Times.