rostasi Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Bobby Short Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Wow, I just read this on line. Sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Loren Schoenberg, a friend, has led his band for some years. Bobby was a real mensch - so sorry to hear about this - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Sorry to hear this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garthsj Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 Bobby Short was one of those unique figures in cabaret/jazz who helped to keep great music alive. Thanks to his recordings, he will not be forgotten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Sad, didn't hear one word of this till I stumbled onto this thread.... I'll always remember the Charlie commericals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Twizzle Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 Rex Reed in the NY Observer has a tribute to Short http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/onthetown.asp Like many of Reed's tributes to the recently deceased it borders on self-parody: "One more anecdote: One cold winter weekend, when we were both house guests at Claudette Colbert’s house in Barbados, Bobby and I were walking on the beach (a sight you don’t want to see) when we passed one of those second-rate surfside motels that cater to the worst kind of British tourists. On the wooden deck, a pudgy woman red as a boiled lobster was waving frantically with one of those floppy straw hats you buy in Caribbean airport lounges. “She knows us,” I said. “Oh, God, ignore her … too tacky for words,” scowled Bobby, whose eyesight was so bad he sometimes mistook C.E.O.’s for head waiters. I moved closer. “My God, Bobby,” I yelped. “It’s Judi Dench!” His mood did an about-face. We took her home for tea." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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