Jazz musician Duke Ellington has become the first black American (and first actual musician) to be prominently featured on a U.S. coin. A quarter with his image has been released to honour the District of Columbia.
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The February 9 Sound of Jazz series performance by Guido Basso at The Old Mill Inn is now available for listening online at .
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Legendary songwriter/singer Blossom Dearie died peacefully in her Greenwich Village home following a lengthy illness. She was 84 years old. Her longtime manager/representative Donald Schaffer said she died of natural causes.
Read more at allaboutjazz.com and telegraph.co.uk
Freddie Hubbard died on Monday aged 70. He was one of the finest and most influential jazz trumpeters of his age during a career that spanned half a century.
Although most at home in the genre of hard bop, in which he made his name in the 1960s, Hubbard was never afraid to experiment – he collaborated with, among others, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins – and in the 1970s he moved into rock-influenced fusion and later funk before finally returning to his roots.
Read more at telegraph.co.uk
and at nytimes.com
Freddie Hubbard – Misty
The Montreal International Jazz Festival is losing its main corporate sponsor, with General Motors of Canada calling it quits after the 30th edition of the festival next July.
GM is in the midst of a five-year agreement with the festival that saw it contribute an estimated $2.5 million annually towards the event’s $25-million budget. The agreement expires next summer. The automaker has sponsored the event for 10 years in total, and has been associated with several important elements of the festival, including the main outdoor stage and the General Motors Grand Jazz Award given to the best Canadian jazz band.
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