Category Archives: Jazz

Jazz legend Billy Taylor dead at 89

By doris | Published: December 31, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Billy Taylor, one of the most influential American jazz musicians of the second half of the twentieth century, died Tuesday at the age of 89, according to a statement posted on his official Web site. Taylor passed away in New York due to heart failure, his daughter Kim Taylor-Thompson [...]

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Jazz singer-activist Abbey Lincoln dies

By doris | Published: August 15, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — Abbey Lincoln, a jazz singer and songwriter known for her phrasing, emotion and uncompromising style, died Saturday in New York at age 80. She had been declining in health for the past year. Her death was confirmed by friend and filmmaker Carol Friedman, who has been working on [...]

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