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The songleader, civil rights activist and scholar died Tuesday at the age of 81.
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"Overall, I am most interested in telling stories," Homer Jackson, director of the Philadelphia Jazz Project, once explained. Since his passing on July 13, Philly's cultural scene is left to remember him as one of its most devoted connectors and chroniclers.
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With his sterling technique, grounded by a warmly centered tone, Jim Rotondi brought a level-headed calm to the role of a trumpet hero. He died on July 7 at 61.
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The adult contemporary star, who became a reluctant giant of smooth jazz in the 1980s, died on Sunday after a six-year battle with prostate cancer.
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Davis led the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Britain's Glyndebourne Festival, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera in Chicago.
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A dedicated archivist, Michael Cuscuna had more than 2,600 album credits as a producer, most of them archival reissues, and many involving the Blue Note catalog. He died on 75 in Stamford, Conn.
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An alert, expressive drummer, Albert "Tootie" Heath was also the last of the legendary Heath Brothers. He died on April 3 in Santa Fe, NM, at 88.
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Casey Benjamin, whose saxophone gleam and vocoder-processed singing exerted a deep influence on the last 20 years of jazz-infused hip-hop and R&B, died on March 30 in Maryland. He was 45.
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Pianist and composer Jim Beard toured with Steely Dan and collaborated with Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny and many others. He died on March 2 at 63.
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The legendary nightclub singer died Saturday in her hometown of Havana, according to a statement on social media from Cuba's Ministry of Culture.