Category: Obituaries

The following is an official statement from the family of the late Elvin Jones, received at the JazzTimes office earlier today, December 14. The family … Read More “Keiko Okuya […]

13 October 1940 – 24 September 2022The musician salutes the long career of the fellow saxophonist, the master of spiritual, ‘cosmic’ jazz who was ‘like a third grandfather’ to him […]

Luckily for UK jazz-lovers, my friend and north London neighbour Brian Blain, who has died aged 92, was the very best and most influential kind of fan – a fervently […]

David Ornette Cherry, a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and poet who worked to merge the jazz tradition with classical and various African and world music traditions, died … Read More “David Ornette […]

Mick Goodrick, a guitarist and teacher who was arguably the most influential guitar pedagogue in the history of jazz, died November 16 at his home … Read More “Mick Goodrick […]

American jazz pianist whose influence stretched from Britfunk groups in the 1970s to modern performers such as Mariah Carey The American jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, who has died aged 87, […]

US saxophonist who started his career with Sun Ra and John Coltrane and went on to find a more spiritual voice The distinctive sound of Pharoah Sanders’ tenor saxophone, which […]

Sue Mingus, the fourth wife and widow of Charles Mingus who for over 40 years curated his music and ensured its regular public performance, died … Read More “Sue Mingus […]

Pharoah Sanders, a pioneering tenor saxophonist and composer who became synonymous with the spiritual jazz aesthetic, died September 24 at a hospital in Los Angeles, … Read More “Pharoah Sanders […]