Leroy Jenkins RIP

[Chuck Nessa]

"Leroy Jenkins died today in NYC - lung cancer."

He was a sweet man.

[7/4]

wasn't ready for that...RIP

[HolyStitt]

Very sad news.

I still have fond memories of seeing him perform solo at the drum center in the 1990s. I brought a friend that is a classical violinist and she was so thankful for being exposed to Leroy.

RIP

[gslade]

Rest In Peace Leroy

[alocispepraluger102]

thanks for the music no one else could have come close to making.

that revolutionary ensemble music defies description.

Edited February 25, 2007 by alocispepraluger102

[mjzee]

Very sad. RIP.

[Chalupa]

I saw him perform last February w/ Myra Melford. He was wonderful. Sad news.

[ep1str0phy]

Big, BIG sadness here. He was a giant, a revolutionary of the music. I'll miss those twisty melodies, that searing sound of love. The celestial orcehstra just got its first chair violin...

[Michael Weiss]

I just ran into Leroy at my neighborhood bank just a few months ago. Very nice guy....What a drag.

[brownie]

This is really sad news!

[JSngry]

I'm at a loss for words other than the one that keeps being used here - sad.

[John L]

RIP

[sidewinder]

Shocking news. May he RIP. Will give Kirk's 'The Seeker' a spin later.

[Johnny E]

RIP

[JohnS]

Sad news indeed.

Fortunately I did get to see him play.

[Lazaro Vega]

Yes, me, too. He opened playing solo for the World Saxophone Quartet about the time of WSQ's Black Saint album "Steppin'" in Erikson Kiva at Michigan State University. Revolutionary thing to hear. Who knew music could sound like that?

[mikeweil]

Very sad news - RIP and thanks for the music.

[clifford_thornton]

FUCK.

[clifford_thornton]

When I had a radio station in college, I called it "Revolutionary Ensembles" for obvious reasons.

I had the pleasure of seeing him solo and with other groups a number of times, all excellent gigs. But perhaps the most interesting was running into him on the street in NY when I was younger. I said "Leroy Jenkins?" He was sort of surprised and was like "um, yes?" and I proceeded to follow him on his errands and talk about the music, and he graciously didn't shoe me away. It was really something for me at that time, and still is.

Rest in peace, Leroy. You will be missed.

[sheldonm]

Here's an image I made a while back.

m~

[paul secor]

You'll be missed, Mr. Jenkins. Thanks for all you gave us.

[Tom Storer]

What a damn shame. He was a unique and moving musician. I saw him a couple of times back in the day, solo and with the Revolutionary Ensemble. I bought "Swift Are The Winds of Life," his duo with Rashied Ali, from a table at Ali's Alley. RIP, Leroy Jenkins.

[P.L.M]

The best of the "free" violinist.

Seen him several time. Mostly solo.

RIP, Mr Jenkins.

[Kreilly]

"Leroy Jenkins died today in NYC - lung cancer."

He was a sweet man.

Just saw him in December, spoke to him briefly. He was a warm and gracious man. I'm deeply saddened.

[relyles]

I do not have much Jenkins in my collection, but in his memory right now I am listening to a radio broadcast of an Equal Interest performance from 2005 in Bielefeld.

RIP.