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Arthur Blythe R.I.P.


Mark Stryker

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Arthur Blythe has died at 76. From his Facebook page: 

The first time I ever went to the Village Vanguard was the spring of 1982. I saw in the front row, right below the bell of Arthur's alto. It was his In The Tradition band with John Hicks, Fred Hopkins and Steve McCall. To say that I was overwhelmed would be an understatement. What a sound and presence. They played this tune that night.

 

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What a loss.  He will be missed.  Sadly, I never heard him play live.

I played about an hour or so of his music on my (two-hour) radio program on KBCS Monday night.  If you're interested you can hear a streaming version of the program in the audio archive on the station's website, www.kbcs.fm.  Just look for "Straight, No Chaser" under March 27.  (I posted the full playlist in my Organissimo thread.)

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