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Remembering Jack DeJohnette, Drummer, Innovator, & Legend

Jack DeJohnette, one of jazz’s most influential drummers, composers, and bandleaders, passed away on October 26, 2025, at the age of 83. His death marks the end of a remarkable...

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Quincy Jones

Obituary: Quincy Jones passes away at age 91.

Quincy Jones, a towering figure in the music industry whose influence spanned decades and genres, passed away on November 3, 2024, at the age of 91. His death marks the end of an...

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Wayne Shorter passes away aged 89

Last night the sad news that Wayne Shorter had passed away was announced. The news was confirmed by his publicist last night central European time. Wayne died at a Los Angeles...

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Detroit’s Angel of Jazz & Mack Avenue founder dies age 97.

Metro Detroit and the global jazz community lost one of its greatest champions this week. Gretchen Carhartt Valade, businesswoman, and philanthropist, died peacefully on December...

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Chuck Loeb dies age 61.

Today the sad news of the death of guitarist, composer Chuck Loeb reached us. According to his family he passed away last night after battling cancer for several years. Best known...

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Pianist Geri Allen dies age 60

Geri Allen, the renowned jazz pianist and director of jazz studies at the University of Pittsburgh, died Tuesday in Philadelphia of cancer at age 60. Ms. Allen, a Detroit native,...

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