The German jazz guitarist has died. He has worked with Jeremy Steig, Joachim and Rolf Kühn, Randy Brecker, Jan Akkerman, Philip Catherine, Charlie Mariano, John Lee and Gerry Brown.
see: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toto_Blanke
Bernard Francis "Bernie" McGann (22 June 1937 – 17 September 2013), Australian jazz alto saxophone player, has died.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/jazz-saxophonist-bernie-mcgann-dead-at-76-20130918-2tya1.html
Fred Katz (February 25, 1919 – September 7, 2013), the American cellist and composer has died. He was one of the first jazz musicians to establish the cello as a viable improvising solo instrument.
http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/top-news/music/327733216?client_source=feed&format=rss&sb=1
Trumpeter Laurie Frink has died
see: http://kimmacari.wordpress.com/2013/07/14/laurie-frink/
last week, I wrote her a Wikipedia bio:
see: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Frink
RIP
Claude Nobs (February 4, 1936 – January 10, 2013) was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
obituary see
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/diverses/Claude-Nobs-ist-gestorben/story/10498264
The German jazz saxophonist and artist Günther Klatt has died. He has worked in the USA with Marty Cook, Ed Schuller, Frank Lacy and Ronnie Burrage.
see:
http://de.wikipedia..../Günther_Klatt
Jacques „Jack“ Diéval (1921-2012), the French jazz pianist, who has worked with Django Reinhardt, Don Byas and Coleman Hawkins, has died.
see
http://www.sacem.fr/cms/home/la-sacem/derniers-communiques-2012/hommage-jack-dieval
Jean-Pierre Moussaron, the French jazz writer has died. He wrote regulary for the French JAZZ MAGAZINE and published two books about jazz, Le Feu le free? (1990) and L’Amour du jazz (2009).
see the complete obit:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Moussaron
Achim Hebgen has died on 25 September 2012. He was worked with Joachim-Ernst Berendt in the Südwestfunk-Jazzredaktion, and was co-producer for the MPS label.
see:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achim_Hebgen