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Early Jazz Musician Deaths
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Music Asked by: tomwaits-ga List Price: $4.00 |
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19 Apr 2002 11:54 PDT
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Name 100 20th century jazz musicians who died before the age of 45, what they died of and when. | |
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Re: Early Jazz Musician Deaths
Answered By: zrica-ga on 19 Apr 2002 18:57 PDT Rated:  |
Hello, tomwaites: Here’s a list of 56 jazz musicians, including instruments, cause of death, birth and death dates, and a link to the musician’s bio. All of these musicians died at or before 45 years of age. For more information on jazz musicians, visit: Jazz Magazine http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ All Music Jazz Guide http://www.allmusic.com/cg/x.dll?p=amg&sql=F0JAZZ Jazz, A Film by Ken Burns http://www.pbs.org/jazz/ Thanks for trying out the new Google Answers service. I’m glad I was able to find so many musicians for you that fit your criteria. I hope this helps! Zrica 1. Albert Ayler Saxophone drowned 1936-1970 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bbxfibka96akc 2. Mildred Bailey Vocalist natural causes 1907-1951 http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF96/Ismael/jazz/1930/baileym.html 3. Bix Beiderbecke Trumpet/Brass alcoholism 1903-1931 http://ms.cc.sunysb.edu/~alhaim/brief.htm 4. Leon "Chu" Berry Saxophone/Reeds car accident 1908-1941 http://wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us/people/hallfame/1998berr.htm 5. Jimmy Blanton Bass tuberculosis 1918-1942 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/goldenage/blanton.htm 6. Al Bowlly Vocalist bomb explosion 1899-1941 http://www.cdnow.com/cgi- bin/mserver/SID=1300943877/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/discography.html/frompage=music /ArtistID=BOWLLY*AL/select=biography 7. Lenny Breau Guitar drug problems 1941-1984 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Brmf4zfgheh2k 8. Clifford Brown Trombone/Brass car accident 1931-1956 http://members.tripod.com/~hardbop/brownie.html 9. Jeff Buckley Vocals/Guitar/Organ drowned 1966-1997 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1JEFF|BUCKLEY 10. Randy California Vocalist/Guitar drowned 1951-1997 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bib5uak2k5m3v 11. Helen Carr Vocalist car accident 1927-1960 http://www.shepherd-express.com/shepherd/23/08/night_and_day/grooves.html#The 12. Eva Cassidy Vocalist cancer 1933-1963 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bkvnyxdfb8ol0 13. Paul Chambers Bass natural causes 1935-1969 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Byuaxqj2bojaa 14. Charlie Christian Guitar liver cancer 1916-1942 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1CHARLIE|CHRISTIAN 15. John Coltrane Saxophone/Reeds liver cancer 1926-1967 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bbt5k8qptbt94~C 16. Eddie Costa Piano/Keyboards car accident 1930-1962 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B081gtq1ztu45 17. Eric Dolphy Saxophone/Reeds diabetic coma 1928-1964 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B67d8vwpva9yk~C 18. Don Ellis Trumpet/Bandleader heart problems 1934-1978 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B5unyxdfbjols 19. James Reese Europe Conductor stabbed 1881-1919 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B43jqeay14x87 20. Marvin Gaye Vocalist shot by father 1939-1984 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bu69ss34ba3ng~C 21. George Gershwin Vocals/Composer brain tumor 1898-1937 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1GEORGE|GERSHWIN 22. Donny Hathaway Vocalist/Composer suicide 1945-1979 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bjudsyl3jxpnb 23. Tubby Hayes Vibraphone/Sax/Flute heart trouble 1935-1973 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bz9n8b5c4tsqe 24. Bertha "Chippie" Hill Vocalist/Dancer hit & run accident 1905-1950 http://www.redhotjazz.com/chippiehill.html 25. Billie Holiday Vocalist heart & liver disease, drugs 1915-1959 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bge8zefwkhgf8 26. Elmo Hope Piano/Composer drug problems 1923-1967 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B2s520r3ac48v 27. Phyllis Hyman Vocalist suicide 1941-1995 http://discomuseum.com/PhyllisHyman.html 28. Bobby Jaspar Saxophone/Flute heart ailment 1926-1963 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1BOBBY|JASPAR 29. Freddie Keppard Trumpet/Brass tuberculosis 1889-1933 http://www.redhotjazz.com/keppard.html 30. Kenny Kirkland Piano/Keyboards found dead in apartment 1955-1998 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B5zfqoa8abijd 31. Eddie Lang Guitar botched operation 1902-1933 http://www.redhotjazz.com/lang.html 32. Scott LaFarro Bass/Violin car accident 1936-1961 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1SCOTT|LAFARO 33. Booker Little Trombone/Brass uremia 1938-1961 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B71867ub0h0jw 34. Glenn Miller Trombone/Arranger plane crash 1904-1944 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B56dsa9igy238 35. Wes Montgomery Guitar heart attack 1925-1968 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bogjqeai04xk7~C 36. Lee Morgan Trombone/Brass shot by girlfriend 1938-1972 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bsudfyl6jxpcb 37. Fats Navarro Trombone/Brass tuberculosis 1923-1950 http://csis.pace.edu/~varden/navarro/bio.html 38. Oliver Nelson Saxophone/Reeds heart attack 1932-1975 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B5q6ftr89kl1x 39. Charlie Parker Saxophone/Reeds drugs, bad health 1920-1955 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B3ae67uy070j3~C 40. Jaco Pastorius Bass/Violin fatal injuries from club brawl 1951-1987 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1JACO|PASTORIUS 41. Bud Powell Piano/Keyboards mental breakdown 1924-1966 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Baxkbikn6bb79 42. Art Porter Saxophone boating accident 1961-1996 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B3c821vjjzzza~C 43. Chano Pozo Congo/Percussion killed in bar fight 1915-1948 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B55rn282c055a 44. Michel Petrucciani Piano/Keyboards pulmonary infection 1962-1999 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B8q2tk60x9krf 45. Django Reinhardt Guitar cerebral hemorrhage 1910-1953 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bsq63tr89kl3x 46. Rhasaan Roland Kirk Saxophone/Reeds stroke 1935-1977 http://www.eclipse.net/~fitzgera/rahsaan/rrkhome.htm 47. Woody Shaw Trombone/Brass hit by a train 1944-1989 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1WOODY|SHAW 48. Calder Spanier Saxophone struck by car 1964-1997 http://www.charliehunter.com/players/calder.html 49. Billy Stewart Vocals/Drums/Piano car accident 1937-1970 http://www.soul-patrol.com/soul/billystewart.htm 50. Frank Teschemacher Saxophone/Clarinet car accident 1906-1932 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bemf6zfiheh8k 51. Bobby Timmons Piano/Keyboards cirrhosis of the liver 1935-1974 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bltouakjk5m3k 52. Fats Waller Piano/Keyboards pneumonia 1904-1943 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B6zdqoaeabijp 53. Dinah Washington Vocalist accidental overdose 1924-1963 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=1DINAH|WASHINGTON 54. Chick Webb Drums/Percussion Precarious health, operation 1909-1939 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B5yr9kect7q7q 55. Nick Webb Guitar pancreatic cancer 1954-1998 http://elvispelvis.com/nickwebb.htm 56. Lem Winchester Vibraphone gun accident 1928-1961 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bz7qvad3kv8w2 |
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4 stars for a good attempt to get to 100. 100 would have got you 5 stars. Great links, I will definitely check them out. |
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Re: Early Jazz Musician Deaths
From: astearns-ga on 19 Apr 2002 17:27 PDT |
Here's 39, and an interesting book reference http://www.upress.state.ms.us/catalog/spring2002/jazz_and_death.html Jazz and Death Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats By Frederick J. Spencer, M.D. Sites used after google searching for: jazz musician "cause of death" http://www.findagrave.com http://elvispelvis.com/fullerup.htm: FULLER UP THE DEAD MUSICIAN DIRECTORY http://www.dead-or-alive.org/ Ayler, Albert b. July 13, 1936 d. November 25, 1970 Cause of death: Suicide by drowning Beiderbecke, Bix (Leon) b. March 10, 1903 d. August 6, 1931 Cause of death: Lobar Pneumonia brought on by alcoholism Berry, Leon 'Chu' [original burial site] b. September 13, 1908 d. October 31, 1941 Cause of death: Injuries from car accident Beiderbecke, Bix : Age 28 (b. 10 March 1903, d. 6 August 1931 Cause of death: Alcoholism Berry, Chu : Age 31 d. 30 October 1941 Cause of death: Car Crash Bowlly, Al : Age 42 Died: Apr 17, 1941 Cause of death: Bomb Breau, Lenny Age 43 Born August 5, 1941, Died August 12, 1984 Cause of death: Murder Brown, Clifford : Age 25 (b. 30 October 1930, Wilmington, Delaware, USA, d. 26 June 1956) Cause of death: Car Crash Buckley, Jeff : Age 30 (b. 17 Nov 1966, d. 29 May 1997) Cause of death: Drowning Randy California: Age 45 (b. Randy Wolfe, 20 Feb. 1951, Los Angeles, d. 2 January 1997). Cause of death: Drowning Cassidy, Eva: Age 33 d.1963 Cause of death: Cancer Carr, Helen : Age 36 or 38 Died 1960 Cause of death: Car Crash Coltrane, John b. September 23, 1926 d. July 17, 1967 Cause of death: Cancer Europe, James Reese : Age 38 (Born: Feb 22, 1881 in Mobile, AL; Died: May 9, 1919 in Boston, MA) Cause of death: Stabbing Gaye, Marvin Age 44 d. 1 April 1984 Cause of death: Gunshot Hathaway, Donnie b. 1 October 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA, d. 13 January 1979) Cause of death: Suicide Hayes, Tubby b. January 30, 1935 d. June 8, 1973 Cause of death: second heart operation Hill, Bertha "Chippie" : Age 45 (Born: March 15, 1905 in Charleston, SC, Died: May 7, 1950 in NYC) Cause of death: Car Crash Holiday, Billie b. April 7, 1915 d. July 17, 1959 Cause of death: Influenzal pneumonia Hope, Elmo : Age 43 (Born: June 27, 1923 -- Died: May 19, 1967) Cause of death: Pneumonia, Heart Attack Phyllis Hyman: Age 45 (b: July 6, 1941 in Philadelphia, PA, d:June 30, 1995 in New York, NY) Cause of death: Suicide Jaspar, Bobby (Robert-Louis-Joseph) b. February 20, 1926 d. March 4, 1963 Cause of death: heart surgery. LaFaro (LaFaro), Scott (Rocco Scott) b. April 3, 1936 d. July 6, 1961 Cause of death: Auto crash (his car left the highway, struck a tree, and burned) Eddie Lang: Age 29 Died: March 26, 1933, New York, NY Cause of death: Botched tonsillectomy Montgomery, Wes (John Leslie) b. March 6, 1925 d. June 15, 1968 Cause of death: Heart attack Morgan, Lee Age 33 d. 19 February 1972, NYC Cause of death: Gunshot Parker, Charlie 'Bird' b. August 29, 1920 d. March 12, 1955 Cause of death: Heart failure/pneumonia/cirrhosis of the liver from years of drug and alcohol abuse Pastorius III., John Francis 'Jaco' 'Jaco' b. December 1, 1951 d. September 21, 1987 Cause of death: Beaten to death by a nightclub bouncer trying to enter a club in a disheveled condition Porter, Art b. 1961 d. November 23, 1996 Cause of death: Drowned in boating accident Pozo, Chano Age 33 d. 2 December 1948, NYC Cause of death: Gunshot Reinhardt, Django b. January 24, 1910 d. May 16, 1953 Cause of death: Brain hemmorhage Shaw, Woody Age 44 d.1989 Cause of death: Kidney failure after subway accident Sheppard, James Age 33 d. 24 January 1970) Cause of death: Gunshot Spanier, Calder : Age 33 (died 4 Dec 1997) Cause of death: Car Crash Stewart, Billy : Age 33 (Born: Mar 24, 1937 in Washington, D.C., Died: Jan 17, 1970 in Neuse River, NC) Cause of death: Car Crash Teschemacher, Frank : Age 25 (b. Mar 13, 1906 in Kansas City, MO, d. Feb 29, 1932 in Chicago, IL) Cause of death: Car Crash Waller, Thomas 'Fats' b. May 21, 1904 d. December 15, 1943 Cause of death: pneumonia Webb, Chick b. 1909 d. June 16, 1939 Cause of death: After operation Webb, Nick died in 1998 at age 43 Cause of death: Pancreatic Cancer |
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Re: Early Jazz Musician Deaths
From: tomwaits-ga on 20 Apr 2002 05:13 PDT |
Thank you, astearns. Wow, I'll be picking up that book. That's wild. |
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Re: Early Jazz Musician Deaths
From: prognathous-ga on 22 Apr 2002 03:09 PDT |
One more name that springs to mind is Wardell Gray, the great tenor saxophonist. Quote: "Wardell Gray disappeared during the last week of May, 1955, right after the Moulin Rouge opened. Later, the 34 year old tenor man's body turned up in the desert outside of Las Vegas. He had been dead for several days and his neck was broken. Without performing an autopsy, local authorities declared that Gray died of a drug overdose and closed the case. Unable to overcome the damage caused by Gray's mysterious death, the Moulin Rouge was gone by the end of 1955. Exactly how Wardell Gray's neck got broken, and how his body made its way to the desert, remains unexplained to this day." http://www.oklahomajazz.com/w_gray.htm Prog. |
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Re: Early Jazz Musician Deaths
From: plotinus-ga on 05 May 2002 06:11 PDT |
I'm surprised not to see James Booker on the list. Booker was probably the greatest jazz and blues pianist of all time, but was never very famous because of his mental instability. He would sit at the piano and either play it better than anyone had ever heard, or just sit giggling for half an hour. He was born in New Orleans - where else? - in 1939, and died there in 1983 from a drug overdose. |
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Clifford Brown correction
From: godfreyb-ga on 29 Oct 2002 01:50 PST |
In the answer above, Clifford Brown's instrument is incorrectly listed as "trombone". He played trumpet. |
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Re: Early Jazz Musician Deaths
From: shakes-ga on 29 Oct 2002 11:44 PST |
here's another... Emily Remler -guitar died of a heart attack at 32 http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1099215163/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/discography.html/frompage=music/ArtistID=REMLER*EMILY/select=biography |
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Re: Early Jazz Musician Deaths
From: letmegetback2ya-ga on 06 May 2003 20:54 PDT |
let us not forget about Gabor Szabo. Outstanding jazz acoustic guitarist who used an amplifier to get a spacy feedback sound. Gabor Szabo died 2 young....about 46 years old. Carlos Santana cites him as a great influence, and recorded one of his songs (part of black magic woman)...Gabor Szabo used to team up with Gary Mcfarland (who also died young)...If you want information on Gabor, than, of course...type "gabor szabo" into the best search engine in the universe. |
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