birdanddizzy Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 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 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Lee Morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Lee Morgan didn't die on stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Lee Morgan didn't die on stage. neither did Tommy Cooper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Tiny Tim ...a fine jazz singer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdanddizzy Posted January 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Tiny Tim ...a fine jazz singer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 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 - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 however, Abe Lincoln died on stage - and I don't mean the trombonist - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Trumpeter and bandleader Evan Thomas, whose band included Bunk Johnson and George Lewis at the time, was stabbed to death on stage in 1931. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 "St. Louis Boogie," to be correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Didn't Eddie Moore die onstage at Yoshi's? Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 can someone summarize that billy hart interview for those of us who cant download it? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 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 ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosco Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 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 - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makpjazz57 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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