George Wein

George Wein

male, 84 years old
Boston University, Jazz Fest, Jazz and Heritage Festival, Playboy Jazz Festival, JVC, kool…newport folk festival, jazz, newportjazzfestival
George Wein (born October 3, 1925) is an American jazz promoter and producer who has been called "the most famous jazz impresario" and "the most...
Paul Gonsalves

Paul Gonsalves

male, deceased (1974)
Count Basie Orchestra member, Portuguese, Mainstream jazz saxophonist, American jazz tenor saxophonist, Bebop saxophonist, Swing saxophonist…Jazz tenor saxophonist, jazz, newportjazzfestival, jazz musician
Paul Gonsalves (July 12, 1920, Brockton, Massachusetts - May 15, 1974, London, England), an American jazz tenor saxophonist of Cape Verdean (mixed...
Jimmy Giuffre

Jimmy Giuffre

male, 88 years old
American jazz clarinetist, Cool jazz saxophonist, Cool jazz clarinetist, American jazz saxophonist, Four Brother, James Peter Giuffre…Jazz clarinetist, jazz, newportjazzfestival, Jazz saxophonist, jazz musician
James Peter Giuffre (born in Dallas, Texas, April 26, 1921) is an American jazz composer, arranger and saxophone and clarinet player. Giuffre first...
Bert Stern

Bert Stern

male, 80 years old
photographer, celebrity, vogue, Documentary film, travel, National Film Registry…Jazz on a Summer's Day, newportjazzfestival
Bertram Stern (born 3 October 1929) is an American fashion and celebrity portrait photographer. His best known work is arguably a collection of...
Steve Lacy

Steve Lacy

male, deceased (2004)
Dixieland jazz musician, Avant-garde jazz musician, cancer death, Reflections, jazz, dixieland music…newportjazzfestival, Jazz soprano saxophonist
Steve Lacy, born Steven Norman Lackritz in New York, was a jazz soprano saxophonist. Lacy began his career playing dixieland music with much older...

Scott Lafaro

male, deceased (1961)
New York road accident death, died in a road accident, newportjazzfestival, double bass, Sicilian-American, Accidental death…Jazz bassist, jazz musician
Rocco Scott LaFaro was an influential jazz bassist. Born in Newark, New Jersey, LaFaro grew up in a musical family (his father played in many big...
Tony Scott

Tony Scott

male, deceased (2007)
Anthony Sciacca, Folk-jazz clarinetist, Cool jazz clarinetist, bebop, Post-bop clarinetist, American jazz clarinetist…cool jazz, newportjazzfestival, Jazz clarinetist
Tony Scott (born Anthony Sciacca June 17, 1921 - March 28, 2007) was a jazz clarinetist known for an interest in folk music around the world. For...
Willis Conover

Willis Conover

male, deceased (1996)
Voice of America Music USA, Voice of America Jazz Hour, Communism, voice of america, lung cancer, jazz…newportjazzfestival
Willis Conover (October 18, 1920-May 17, 1996) was a jazz producer and broadcaster on the Voice of America for over forty years. He produced jazz...
Misha Mengelberg

Misha Mengelberg

male, 74 years old
Gaudeamus International Composers Award, Free improvisation pianist, Avant-garde pianist, Modern Creative pianist, Post-bop pianist, Absurdist…jazz musician, newportjazzfestival, jazz pianist, jazz
Misha Mengelberg (born June 5, 1935) is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. He won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award in 1961. Mengelberg...
Han Bennink

Han Bennink

male, 67 years old
Free jazz percussionist, Dutch jazz percussionist, Dutch jazz drummer, Free jazz drummer, Avant-garde drummer, Avant-garde percussionist…free jazz, jazz musician, jazz drummer, newportjazzfestival, jazz
Han Bennink (born April 17, 1942) is a Dutch jazz drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist. Bennink was born in Zaandam, the son of a...