a trombonist, composer, and educator who forged a unique identity in the “new thing” of 1960s jazz, died of cardiac arrest June 3 in his longtime home city of Newark, N.J. It was his 85th birthday. In his work as a leader—most notably on the Blue Note albums (1963) and (1964)—and in the bands of Jackie McLean, Lee Morgan, Archie Shepp, Marion Brown, and Dave Burrell, among others,
Farewells
Jul 30, 2022
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