duaneiac Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Singer-songwriter Leon Redbone, who specialized in old-school vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley-style music, died Thursday, his family confirmed. He was 69. Though, in characteristically whimsical fashion, the official statement announcing his death gave his age as 127 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/singer-leon-redbone-dies-69-152419129.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted O'Reilly Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 I remember him kicking around Toronto's then folkie-hippy Yorkville area in the early '70s. Always fun! and good respect for the sounds of the early jazz era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 wow...I vividly recall his seeming out-of-nowhere debut on SNL...talk about a seriously WTF???? moment...and then the first WB LP, reinforcing that first impression. Nothing from him after that made anything close to that type of impact on me, but major love still for doing what it did when it did it. RIP, and can I have your walking stick now, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Sad. He was an original. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duaneiac Posted May 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 I love the statement on his website: 14 minutes ago, JSngry said: wow...I vividly recall his seeming out-of-nowhere debut on SNL...talk about a seriously WTF???? moment...and then the first WB LP, reinforcing that first impression. Nothing from him after that made anything close to that type of impact on me, but major love still for doing what it did when it did it. RIP, and can I have your walking stick now, please? I remember that first appearance on SNL too. It's amazing that he must have been only around 25 then. I would have guessed he was in his late-30's or early 40's. Yet even at that young age, his persona and musical style was fully and audaciously formed. I loved his music throughout his career. Just a couple of weeks ago I was thinking it would be great if there were a complete Warner Bros. album collection of Leon Redbone's albums, including any alternate takes or bonus tracks that might exist. He had some really classic veteran jazz musicians on those early albums and it would be great to hear them in action to on whatever alternate takes may exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted May 30, 2019 Report Share Posted May 30, 2019 Very sad to hear. He always used top notch swing players on his records. I did a great gig with his touring drummer, Giampolo Biagi,, and he said playing with Leon was a gas. RIP, Mr. Redbone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronG Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Funny, now that I listen to jazz his music sounds so much different to me. Never paid much attention to him until now but everything about him sounds fascinating. Gotta get my hands on his first album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Overlapped with him in Toronto. I had students who claimed they'd gone to high school with him a few years before. Edited June 2, 2019 by medjuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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