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		<title>Remembering Hank Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 14:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hank Jones July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010 Dear Readers; This morning&#8217;s post is by guest contributor, pianist Brian Buchanan. Brian shares his thoughts about legendary jazz pianist Hank Jones, who died May 16, 2010 at the age of 91 in New York City. Cindy REMEMBERING HANK JONES by Brian Buchanan On my journey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Jazz Legend Rob McConnell Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 13:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jazz obituaries, Canada Rob McConnell 1935 &#8211; 2010 McConnell Renowned for Work With Boss Brass Canada loses another jazz legend with the death of valve trombonist Rob McConnell, who died of cancer in a Toronto hospital on Sunday, May 1. The internationally renowned musician and bandleader who best known for his work with Boss Brass, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz Drummer Ed Thigpen Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jazz music news Ed Thigpen 1930 &#8211; 2010 Thigpen Drummer of Choice for Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald One of jazz music&#8217;s brighest stars has gone out with the death of legendary drummer Ed Thigpen, who died January 13th at the age of 79 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Thigpen, who was born in Chicago and raised in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edmonton Jazz Supporter Craig Magill Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jazz music news, Canada Craig Magill 1941-2009 photo credit Brian Gavriloff, The Journal, File Jazz Community Reels from Loss Edmonton&#8217;s jazz community is reeling from the news that Craig Magill, a long-time supporter, has died December 31 while in New York. Magill, who was 69, suffered a massive brain injury after a fall, accidentally losing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor Dies at 80]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz Drummer Louis Bellson Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jazz music news, deaths Louis Bellson 1924-2009 Master Drummer Helped Create the Footprint for Jazz Louis Bellson, the world famous jazz drummer who helped establish the footprint for jazz music in America, has died at the age of 84 in Los Angeles. The jazz musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, and educator is credited with pioneering the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz Singer Blossom Dearie Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jazz music news, obituaries Blossom Dearie 1926 &#8211; 2009 Vocalist&#8217;s Career Spanned More Than 50 Years New York jazz singer and pianist Blossom Dearie has died. The woman whose voice was as sweet as her name died on February 9th of natural causes in her Greenwich Street apartment. She was 82. Blossom Dearie&#8217;s highly distinctive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saxophone Titan David &#8220;Fathead&#8221; Newman Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jazz music obituaries David &#8220;Fathead Newman 1933-2009 Versatile Reed Man Played with a Who&#8217;s Who of Jazz, Blues Tenor saxophone giant David &#8216;Fathead&#8217; Newman has succumbed to pancreatic cancer on Tuesday in Kingston, NY. He was 75. Newman was a key member of Ray Charles&#8217; band for a dozen years and can be heard on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jazz Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard Dies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[jazz news, obituaries Freddie Hubbard 1938-2008 Virtuoso trumpeter considered one of the greats in jazz Freddie Hubbard, regarded as one of jazz music&#8217;s most gifted trumpeters of the post-bebop &#8217;60s and &#8217;70s, died Monday at Sherman Oaks Hospital in Los Angeles. He died at age 70 of complications from a heart attack he suffered Nov. [...]]]></description>
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