Those who died on stage...

[birdanddizzy]

I've not found a thread about that on the forum, so...

To begin with :

Warne Marsh : He died in 1987 at Dante's (a club in L.A.) while playing one of his favorite standards "Out Of Nowhere".

Do you know more jazz musicians who died on stage ?

[marcello]

Earl Bostic

In the late 1950s, Bostic suffered from severe heart problems and stopped performing and recording for nearly two years. He moved to Los Angeles and resumed performing intermittently in 1959, but he never returned to the pace of the early 1950s. He also returned to recording, but this time with a more laid-back kind of soul-tinged jazz. He died after suffering a second heart attack while playing a hotel opening in Rochester.

[.:.impossible]

Lee Morgan

[marcello]

Lee Morgan didn't die on stage.

[couw]

Lee Morgan didn't die on stage.

neither did Tommy Cooper

[rostasi]

Tiny Tim

...a fine jazz singer...

[birdanddizzy]

Tiny Tim

...a fine jazz singer...

[AllenLowe]

let's not put down Tiny Tim, who actually had a remarkable repertoire of American song - and he did not die on stage. He had his first heart attack on stage (a friend of mine was actually playing in his accompanying band) but he died a few months later -

[AllenLowe]

however, Abe Lincoln died on stage - and I don't mean the trombonist -

[.:.impossible]

Lee Morgan didn't die on stage.

This may take some time to load... Billy Hart talking about the incident.

I don't think there is conclusive evidence that Warne Marsh died on stage either, or is there? He was pronounced dead at the hospital as far as I can tell.

Mark Sandman (Morphine) was said to have died on stage as well, but he wasn't pronounced dead until sometime between the venue and the hospital in the ambulance.

[catesta]

I've not found a thread about that on the forum, so...

To begin with :

Warne Marsh : He died in 1987 at Dante's (a club in L.A.) while playing one of his favorite standards "Out Of Nowhere".

Do you know more jazz musicians who died on stage ?

I had no idea Warne died while playing.

[Chuck Nessa]

I've not found a thread about that on the forum, so...

To begin with :

Warne Marsh : He died in 1987 at Dante's (a club in L.A.) while playing one of his favorite standards "Out Of Nowhere".

Do you know more jazz musicians who died on stage ?

I had no idea Warne died while playing.

Yes, but the name of the club was Donte's.

[Swinging Swede]

Trumpeter and bandleader Evan Thomas, whose band included Bunk Johnson and George Lewis at the time, was stabbed to death on stage in 1931.

[rostasi]

let's not put down Tiny Tim, who actually had a remarkable repertoire of American song - and he did not die on stage. He had his first heart attack on stage (a friend of mine was actually playing in his accompanying band) but he died a few months later -

Well, Allen, that's not quite true.

Tiny collapsed on stage and doctors spent half an hour trying to revive him

while he was laying on the floor just past the stage.

After the ambulance took him to Hennepin County,

they worked on him for a little over an hour and they never could revive him.

Sue Gardner was with him when he died on stage

(and too when he was "officially" pronounced dead a couple of hours later).

By the way, what does your friend have to say about

the shitty way Tiny was treated by the bandleader that night?

Tiny had his peculiarities, but he was always respectful to musicians.

[Dan Gould]

According to his brother Gary, Charles Kynard ...

had a heart attack while performing on stage during the play Evolution of the Blues at the Westwood Theater across the street from the UCLA medical center. Help arrived almost immediately, but to no avail.

[Ken Dryden]

Louis Armstrong's second wife, Lil Hardin Armstrong, suffered a fatal heart attack while performing at a memorial tribute to her ex-husband on Aug. 27, 1971 (she was playing "St. Louis Blues" at the time).

[Christiern]

"St. Louis Boogie," to be correct.

[Kalo]

Not a jazz player, but Bernard Edwards, the bass player of Chic (and the James Jamerson of the disco era), died onstage during a Chic reunion concert in Japan.

[bertrand]

Didn't Eddie Moore die onstage at Yoshi's?

Bertrand.

[Guest]

can someone summarize that billy hart interview for those of us who cant download it? thanks

[mikeweil]

What about Cal Tjader? He suffered a heart attack during a tour on the Phillipine Islands - was that on stage etc.?

Latin bandleader Pupi Campo died of a heart attack on the dance floor in front of the stage his band was playing on, if that counts .....

[Rosco]

Not a jazz player, but Bernard Edwards, the bass player of Chic (and the James Jamerson of the disco era), died onstage during a Chic reunion concert in Japan.

Is that right? I always thought he died in his hotel room.

I've died on my arse on stage. Not the same thing, of course.

[AllenLowe]

just did a little research - Tiny Tim did not die the first time he collapsed on-stage, but three months later at ANOTHER gig - my friend - Joel Eckhaus - was playing uke at the first performance - there's actually a video tape of the incident -

[Man with the Golden Arm]

I've not found a thread about that on the forum, so...

To begin with :

Warne Marsh : He died in 1987 at Dante's (a club in L.A.) while playing one of his favorite standards "Out Of Nowhere".

Do you know more jazz musicians who died on stage ?

I had no idea Warne died while playing.

Yes, but the name of the club was Donte's.

What an infernal typo!

[makpjazz57]

I believe vocalist Sylvia Syms died while performing on stage at the Algonquin in New York, 1992. Or perhaps as she finished her set?

Marla