Monday, February 3rd
passings
Susan Alcorn (1953–January 31, 2025), pedal steel guitarist
Live, Rochester, N.Y., 2018
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2024
Saturday, February 17th
passings
Seiji Ozawa, conductor, September 1, 1935–February 6, 2024
Vienna Philharmonic (Seiji Ozawa, cond.) with Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), live, Tokyo, 2020; Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Nostalghia: In Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky (for violin and orchestra), 1987
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2023
Wednesday, December 6th
passings
Mars Williams, saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor, May 29, 1955-November 20, 2023
With Psychedelic Furs, “Sister Europe,” live, 2013, excerpt
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With Tim Daisy (drums), live, Chicago (Hungry Brain), 2014, excerpt
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Mars Williams’ “The Devil’s Whistle” (with Nels Cline [guitar], James Brandon Lewis [saxophone], Jason Marsalis [drum kitchen], Michael Zerang [trash can drum kit], et al.), live, New Orleans (Music Box Village), 2022, excerpts
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2023
Monday, October 23rd
passings
Carla Bley, composer, pianist, arranger, bandleader, May 11, 1936–October 17, 2023
Carla Bley Big Band (CB, piano, compositions), live, Paris, 1988
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2023
Thursday, August 10th
passings
Robbie Robertson, guitarist, songwriter, singer, July 5, 1943–August 9, 2023
The Band, live (“Time to Kill,” “The Weight,” “This Wheel’s on Fire,” “Up on Cripple Creek”), live, Pittsburgh, 1970
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2023
Tuesday, August 8th
passings
Tristan Honsinger, cellist, etc., October 23, 1949–August 5, 2023
With Schuichi Chino (piano), live, Italy (Trieste), 4/7/23
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With Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, 2021
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With Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet), Herb Robertson (trumpet, etc.), Kresten Osgood (drums, etc.), live, Copenhagen, 2018
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With Cecil Taylor Quintet (CT, piano; Harri Sjostrom, soprano saxophone; TH, cello; Thurman Barker, marimba, percussion; Paul Lovens, drums), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1995
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2023
Thursday, July 27th
passings
Sinead O’Connor, singer, December 8, 1966–July 26, 2023
Today, remembering her, we revisit three posts.
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January 3, 2010
What other pop star has made such stunning contributions as a guest artist?
With Willie Nelson, “Don’t Give Up” (1993)
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With the Chieftains, “The Foggy Dew” (1995)
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With Shane MacGowan, “Haunted” (1995)
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January 4, 2012
Forget the weird press—she can sing.
“Paddy’s Lament” (trad.), TV broadcast (Ireland), 12/19/11
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April 24, 2016
two takes
“Trouble Will Soon Be Over”
Blind Willie Johnson, 1930
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God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson (2016)
2023
Saturday, July 22nd
passings
Tony Bennett, singer, August 3, 1926–July 21, 2023
With Bill Evans (1929–1980, piano), “Lucky to Be Me,” “My Foolish Heart,” “When in Rome,” “We’ll Catch up Some Other Time,” “A Child Is Born,” “Make Someone Happy,” “Together Again,” 1976
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2023
Saturday, June 24th
passings
Peter Brötzmann, saxophonist, clarinetist, March 6, 1941–June 22, 2013
With his quartet (PB [reeds], Alexander Von Schlippenbach [piano], Peter Kowald [bass], Paul Lovens [drums]), live, Poland (Warsaw), 1974
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With Last Exit (PB [reeds], Sonny Sharrock [guitar], Bill Laswell [6-string bass], Ronald Shannon Jackson [drums, voice]), live, Germany (Frankfurt), 1994
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With Chicago Tentet (PB [saxophones], Ken Vandermark [saxophones], Joe McPhee [saxophones], Roland Ramanan [trumpet], Toshinori Kondo [trumpet], Jeb Bishop [trombone], Fred Longberg-Holm [cello], Kent Kessler [bass], Michael Zerang [drums], Paal Nilssen-Love [drums]), live, France (Le Mans), 2004
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2023
Tuesday, May 30th
passings
Tina Turner (aka Anna Mae Bullock), singer, November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023
“A Fool in Love,” live (TV show [Hollywood a Go-Go]), 1965
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“River Deep – Mountain High,” 1966 (original promo, edited)
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Rehearsing with Ikettes in dressing room
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