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Remembering pianist Jodie Christian; services this Saturday

  • Jodie Christian
  • February 21, 2012
The last time I spoke with pianist Jodie Christian, who died last week, was at another funeral.(Christian will be laid to rest this coming Saturday...
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Jodie Christian dead at 80: pianist helped define half-century of Chicago jazz

Jodie Christian, the protean jazz pianist who bridged the hard-bop and avant-garde eras in Chicago, died early Monday morning. He had marked his...
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Funeral services for bassist Nick Tountas announced

Funeral arrangements for Chicago bassist Nick Tountas, who died Friday morning, have been announced.Visitation takes place Sunday afternoon ...
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R.I.P. Nick Tountas; veteran bassist's death hits Chicago jazz folk hard

Chicago bassist Nick Tountas, a longtime fixture on the local scene and a member of the Judy Roberts Trio that rose to prominence with a steady gig...
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Zim Ngqawana, South African jazzman with Chicago connection, is dead at 52

Saxophonist and flutist Zim Ngqawana, among the most accomplished South African jazz musicians of his generation – and a musician with...
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Jazz odds & ends: Ravi and Rene, James and Joe

  • jazz
  • December 22, 2010
A few items that have been rattling around both my organic and artificial memory banks the last few days: Those of us who attended the Joe Vito...
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Bureau of Glaring Omissions, jazz division

  • jazz
  • December 10, 2010
And then there was one left, actually. When I wrote yesterday about the passing of James Moody, I described him as having been the last man...
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James Moody, the last bebopper, passes peacefully at 85

  • jazz
  • December 10, 2010
And then there were none. The much loved saxophonist and flutist James Moody died yesterday (December 9), in San Diego, his home for the last two...
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The late Carl Leukaufe receives a fitting memorial Monday night

Friends and colleagues of jazz vibraphonist Carl Leukaufe, the lifelong Chicagoan who died over the summer, will gather for a musical tribute...
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Chicago saxist Ahmad Salaheldeen passes at 79

  • jazz
  • September 20, 2010
Memorial services for Chicago saxophonist Ahmad Salaheldeen, who died last week at the age of 79, will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at Carter Funeral...
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