[Flavio Ambrosetti 1919-2012]

Saxophone player Flavio Ambrosetti, the father of Franco Ambrosetti, has died.

see:

http://www.sonntagszeitung.ch/home/artikel-detailseite-sda/?newsid=268968

http://www.vip.it/e-morto-flavio-ambrosetti/

[Whatever Happened To William S. Fischer?]

I've tried to sum up all the facts about Fischer:

see

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Fischer

[Tomasz Szukalski]

The Polish saxophone player and composer Tomasz Szukalski died. He worked with musicians as Jan Wróblewski and Zbigniew Namysłowski. You could herar him on the ECM albums Balladyna of Tomasz Stańko (1975) und Rodina of Edward Vesala.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz_Szukalski

[Wolfgang Lackerschmid]

Got a turntable? Don't know what albums you are looking for but I have this one on LP. If you are interested, let me know.

One of the finest Chet Baker albums

[Edwin Duff RIP]

The Australian pop and jazz singer has died

http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/singer-who-made-the-cross-swoon-20120711-21w1x.html

[Maria Cole 1922-2012]

Before and after marrying Nat Cole, Maria Cole had her own long singing career, performing with greats such as Count Basie and Duke Ellington.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/maria-cole-widow-of-nat-king-cole_n_1666904.html

[Rob Pronk]

The Dutch jazz bandleader, arranger, pianist and composer Rob Pronk has died.

see

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Pronk

http://www.jazzmasters.nl/robpronk.htm

[Ben Kynard 1920-2012]

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kynard

[Twins in jazz]

There are also the twins Alex Cline and Nels Cline

see

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Cline

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels_Cline

Other twins are Bartłomiej Oleś and Marcin Oleś (* 1973)

see

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%C5%82omiej_Ole%C5%9B

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcin_Ole%C5%9B

[Vinnie Johnson RIP]

Vinnie Johnson has died. The American drummer, (born 1937) has played with Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, Olivier Peters Quartet, and ''Stark Reality''. He recorded with Michel Herr, Emil Viklický, Bill Frisell, Kermit Driscoll.

see:

http://www.nowagainrecords.com/

[RIP Alvin Alcorn]

Sorry, but Alvin Alcorn has died July 17, 2003.

see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Alcorn

[What Artist/LP/CD Got You Hooked On Jazz]

For me it was the Welcome album of Carlos Santana in 1973. So I heard of John Coltrane the first time

[Joe Gardner]

Currently I'm collecting material for a Wikipedia biography about the trumpet player Joe Gardner, who has played in the 70s with Mingus, Frank Foster, Sonelius Smith, Paul Jeffrey and Cecil McBee, to name a few. But what had he done musically after this time until his death in 2002?

see Joe Gardner with the Charles Mingus Quintet at the Berliner Jazztage 1972

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwa400oIOVM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI5X19eF9AI

[Rob van den Broeck, RIP]

R.I.P. Rob van den Broeck

He was only 61...

His website: http://www.robvandenbroeck.com/

No, he was 71 (born 1 December 1940), what is also not very old

[Rob van den Broeck, RIP]

Rob van den Broeck, the Dutch jazz pianist, has died 29 april 2012. Her has worked with musician as Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Louis Hayes, Joe Farrell, Clint Houston, Wilton Gaynair or Billy Higgins.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_van_den_Broeck

[Jackie Kelso, R.I.P.]

Ah, heck. I had a long phone conversation with him last year, and he was quite the thoughtful and unusual character.

When did he died?

[Tony Marsh RIP]

How old was Marsh, when he died?

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Marsh_%28Musiker%29

[Barbara Buchholz 1959-2012 RIP]

Barbara Buchholz (8 December 1959 – 10 April 2012) was a Berlin-based German musician and composer. She was one of the leading Theremin players of the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Buchholz

[RIP Carol Britto]

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Britto

[RIP Khalil Shaheed 1949-2012]

Khalil Shaheed

January 19th, 1949 to March 23rd, 2012

Rest in peace

see under

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalil_Shaheed

[Joe Brazil]

After Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD. (8. edition) Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-051521-6. Joe Brazil was bassist and percussionist at Coltrane's Ascension-session.

[Jef Gilson 1926-2012 RIP]

The French pianist and Bandleader Jef Gilson has died last week. In his band has played musicians as Bill Coleman, Bernard Vitet, Jean-Louis Chautemps, François Jeanneau, Michel Portal, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bernard Lubat, Lloyd Miller and Henri Texier.

see

http://www.tsfjazz.com/tsf-en-bref.php?id=1574

or

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Gilson

[Lloyd Miller]

Got to really check out Lloyd Miller... there's a Jef Gilson connection which makes for some intriguing music, such as this:

Also, welcome to this site, hope you'll stick around, have recently found your blog and since been enjoying it a lot!

Look at:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Miller

I've try to complete the informations about Lloyd Miller, taken from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Miller

and

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Miller

and other sources

[Quincy Jones: whats so great about this?]

wrong link. try it with:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_West,_Man!

[Totti Bergh 1935-2012 RIP]

Totti Bergh has died. He played with American musicians as George Masso, Major Holley, Plas Johnson and Harry Allen

see also in:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totti_Bergh