Jazz Spectrum Radio Show with Howell Gatchell

04/17/2023

R.I.P. Ahmad Jamal

His taut and rhythmically supple approach to jazz piano — notably his best-selling recording of “Poinciana” — influenced generations of other musicians who embraced his less-is-more dynamics

03/02/2023

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/768874324/wayne-shorter-sage-of-the-saxophone-dies-at-89

The composer and saxophonist, who won a dozen Grammy Awards and recorded with everyone from Miles Davis to Joni Mitchell, died on Thursday, March 2 in Los Angeles.

01/12/2023

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/jeff-beck-guitar-virtuoso-pushed-boundaries-blues-jazz-96375819

Jeff Beck, a guitar virtuoso who pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz and rock ‘n’ roll, dies at 78

01/07/2023

R.I.P.

A roll calls of some of the notable musicians who passed away this year.

10/30/2022

09/24/2022

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/24/entertainment/pharoah-sanders-death/index.html?utm_content=2022-09-24T21%3A15%3A13&utm_source=twCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link

Jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders has died at the age of 81, according to an announcement Saturday by record label Luaka Bop and a statement from his representative.

09/13/2022

https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-music-chicago-obituaries-405dad02c6ad23ebea37521f92c211c0

CHICAGO (AP) — Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, has died.

08/27/2022

Goodbye to one of the greatest—and much, much too soon. I’m so glad I got to see him this year at the Jazz Kitchen in Indy.

DeFrancesco played in Miles Davis's band as a teenager, brought the sound of the Hammond B-3 organ roaring back to the jazz mainstream in the 1990s and remained the instrument's most visible champion.

07/26/2022

Thanks, Gary!

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