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Working Christmas Blues 2011 w/Del McCoury, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Bobby Charles, Tom Waits, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Marty Robbins, and more.

0December 27, 2011
Sam Rivers, Jazz Artist of Loft Scene, Dies at 88

A leading figures in the postwar jazz avant-garde, Williams played with Tony Williams, T-Bone Walker, and Miles Davis.

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0December 27, 2011
Original Mother of Invention member Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood dead at 69

Motorhead’s vocals were featured in Ruben and the Jets, and MOI’s “Burnt Weeny Sandwich”.

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1December 26, 2011
The twilight of Myra Taylor

Taylor was one of the final links to Kansas City’s heyday as a jazz mecca in the 1930s.

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3December 24, 2011
Working Christmas Blues 2011

w/Del McCoury, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Bobby Charles, Tom Waits, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Marty Robbins, and more.

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0December 24, 2011
Jazz Education Pioneer Clem DeRosa Dies, At Age 86

A drummer, leader, composer, educator, and author, DeRosa was co-founder of the International Association for Jazz Education.

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0December 24, 2011
John Bishop, 1946-2011: Guitarist who performed with Ray Charles and at top venues nationwide

including the London House and Mister Kelly’s in Chicago, formed with his wife one of the top bands for local...

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0December 20, 2011
Bring Out Your Dead 2011

A list of artists who died in 2011 compiled by Bill Reichblum for the KadMusArts blog (includes links to obituaries).

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2December 19, 2011
Vaclav Havel, Czech leader and playwright, dies at 75

As an artist Havel played a key role in the Czech underground scene that included avant-garde band: Plastic People of...

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0December 19, 2011
Jazz trombonist and educator Bob Brookmeyer dead at 81

Brookmeyer was integral to groups led by Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Giuffre, and Clark Terry.

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0December 19, 2011
Session and sideman percussionist Ralph MacDonald dead at 67

Appearing on countless jazz, funk, rock and pop albums spanning several decades, MacDonald might be the most recorded percussionist in...

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0December 18, 2011
Cesária Évora, Singer From Cape Verde, Dies at 70

She brought the music of the tiny Cape Verde islands off Senegal to a worldwide audience.

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6December 16, 2011
Home For Christmas

A compilation of folk, gospel, and bluegrass from the 1982 Book Of The Month Club 3-LP boxset.

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0December 12, 2011
Monday Evening Train

w/Last Train Home, Flexigrass, Matt Munisteri, Toshi Reagon, Corey Harris, Gillian Welch, Cat Power, Valorie Miller, Graham Wilkinson.

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0December 11, 2011
Petr Spálený and Apollobeat: Kocici Knir

A groovy little Czech mash-up of pop, jazz and psych sounds from his early days with Apollobeat.

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0December 10, 2011
Original Highwaymen member Bob Burnett dead at 71

The Highwaymen made “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore” into an international hit in 1961.

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0December 09, 2011
Jimi Hendrix: Early Instrumentals

From his 1965 studio sessions w/Curtis Knight and The Squires.

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0December 07, 2011
Dobie Gray Drifts Away into the hereafter

A versatile singer/songwriter who had many hits but was best known for his enduring 1973 soul anthem, “Drift Away.”

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0December 06, 2011
Let’s Go Bowling!

Comedian Jim Gaffigan narrates your bowling night.

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0December 05, 2011
Howlin’ Wolf guitarist Hubert Sumlin dead at 80

Sumlin played the guitar parts on Smokestack Lightning, Spoonful, and Ain’t Superstitious.

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0December 04, 2011
Bandleader and Latin music pioneer Edmundo Ros dead at 100

The musician, pioneer and bandleader introduced Latin American music to British audiences.

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0December 03, 2011
WAR: The Jungle

An 9-minute medley from WAR’s 1982 comeback album: Outlaw.

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