Tribute concert planned for Oscar Peterson
Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson died on 23 December aged 82, and a tribute concert will be held in Toronto this weekend, with Herbie Hancock among those paying tribute.…
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Teresa Brewer dies
US fifties pop star Teresa Brewer has died in New York aged 76 after a neuromuscular disease, having had numerous US chart hits.…
Parkinson says TV bosses should take more musical risks
Michael Parkinson says TV executives are too focused on chart acts and lack musical culture, recalling booking Duke Ellington early in his career.…
Jazz band leader Maynard Perfuson dies aged 78
Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader Walter 'Maynard' Perfuson has died aged 78, after a career of six decades that included playing with major jazz figures.…
Mussolini's son dies
Romano Mussolini, the jazz pianist and youngest son of Benito Mussolini, has died in Italy aged 79, having worked with jazz greats including Chet Baker and Duke Ellington.…
Renowned jazz man dies
Jazz drummer Elvin Ray Jones, best known from John Coltrane's quartet, has died aged 76 of heart failure in a New Jersey hospital.…