FAREWELLS

, a saxophonist and clarinetist who started out as a bebopper but became a key contributor to the free-jazz movement from the 1970s on, died March 8. He was 83. In groups such as INTERface, Gunter Hampel’s Galaxie Dream Band, Liquid Time, the Glass House Ensemble, and most recently the Nu Band, Whitecage followed his improvisatory muse in partnership with many noteworthy American and European musicians.