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RatPacksaxophonist
(1928 2019)
TenorsaxophonistArnoMarshwas
bestknownforhisassociationwith
bandleaderWoodyHerman,with
whomhestartedplayingin1951.
Hison-offtenurelastedthroughthe
restofthedecade,duringwhichhe
alsoledhisownensembleinGrand
Rapids,Michigan.Marsh,whose
otherclientsincludedStanKenton
andLionelHampton,laterbecame
a memberofvariousLasVegas
housebands,backingthe Rat Pack
attheSandsHotel.
AmazingRhythm Aces
frontman
(1949 2019)
Songwriter,guitaristandlead
vocalistRussellSmithstartedout
withKnoxvillecomboFatbackin
thelate’60s,spearheadingtheir
transitionintotheAmazingRhythm
Acesthefollowingdecade.The
country-rockers’biggestUShit,
Smith’s“ThirdRateRomance”,
landedin1975.Helefttogosolo
intheearly’80s,jugglinghisown
careerwiththatofa hit-making
songwriterforRandyTravis,Don
Williams,RickyVanShelton, Tanya
Tuckerandmore.
WestSideStory arranger
(1919–2019)
ArrangerSidRaminfirsthooked
upwithfellowcomposerLeonard
Bernsteinon1953’sBroadwayrun
ofWonderfulTown. Thepair
reunitedfouryearslater,when
BernsteinaskedRaminto
orchestratehistheatreproduction
ofWestSideStory. Thiscontinued
intothe 1961 filmadaptation,for
whichRaminwonanOscar.Also
a skilledcomposer,Raminwrote
“MusicToWatchGirlsBy”,a hitfor
BobCrewe,AndyWilliams and
variousothers.
JerryGarciacollaborator
(D.O.B.UNKNOWN2019)
Verastiledrummerandkeyboardist
BillVittbeganontheCalifornian
sceneofthelate’60s,performing
livewithMichaelBloomfieldand
SonsOfChamplin.Hewentonto
backJerryGarcisandHowardWales
on1971’sjazz-rockeffort,Hooteroll?
aswellassharingbillingwith
Garcia,organistMerlSaundersand
bassistJohnKahnon1973’sLiveAt
Keystone, recorded over two nights
inBerkeley.
BillHaleysideman
(1924 2019)
AsDickRichards,drummerDick
BoccelliwasscoutedbyBillHaley
forhisnewbackingband,the
Comets,in1953.Heremainedfortwo
years,a timeframethatincluded
the live debut of “Rock Around The
Clock”,althoughHaleychosetouse
BillyGussakonthestudioversion.
RichardswasoneofthreeComets
toquitovera paydisputein1955,
thoughhereunitedwithvarious
ex-membersinthe’80s.
Rockjournalist and
historian
(19542019)
JamesHenkestartedoutatRolling
Stonein1977,a 16-yeartenurethat
sawhimwritethefirstsignificant
profileofU2intheUSmediaand
travelwithBruceSpringsteenand
othersonAmnestyInternational’s
HumanRightsNow!tourin1988.
Hequittoaccepta positionat
ElektraRecords,beforebecoming
ChiefCuratorofCleveland’s
RockAndRockHallOfFamein
1994.Heremainedwith the
museumuntil2013.
Annieco-creator
(19342019)
MartinCarnin’sstagecareer
beganasa castmemberinthe
originalBroadwayproduction
ofWestSideStory, buthewenton
toachievegreaterrenownasa
lyricistandtheatredirector.His
mostfamousaccomplishment
wasco-creatingAnnie, whichran
onBroadwayforwellover2,000
performances,beginningin1977.
HealsowroteforBarbraStreisand,
worked withNational Lampoon
andreceivedtwoEmmysfor
1972’sTVspecialS’Wonderful,
S’Marvelous,S’Gershwin.
PeteTownshend’s
guitartech
(1951 2019)
In1975,whileemployedattheTop
Gearmusicalinstrumentshopin
London’sDenmarkStreet,Fender
expertAlanRoganbecamePete
Townshend’sguitartech.It was
anexactingrolethatlastedfor
over 40 years.AmongRogan’s
otherillustriousclientswereEric
Clapton,GeorgeHarrisonandKeith
Richards.A talentedmusicianin
hisownright,heplayedguitaron
ArethaFranklin’scoverof“Jumpin’
JackFlash”andalsorecorded with
PreludeandBluesClub.
Britishactor
(1927 2019)
FreddieJonesspenthisfinaldecade
inthecastoflong-runningITV
soapEmmerdale, thoughhebegan
hiscareerinthetheatreintheearly
’60s.Afterspendingtimewiththe
RoyalShakespeareCompany,
Jones’bigbreakcamewith1968’s
GranadaTVadaptationofThe
Caesars, inanaward-winningturn
asClaudius.Hisfilmcareergained
tractionwith1980’sTheElephant
Man(assadisticringmasterBytes),
followedbyFirefoxand Dune.
ROB HUGHES
JOÃO GILBERTO
(1931–2019)
S
INGER/guitaristJoão
Gilbertomadehis
reputationinhisnative
Brazilwith1959’sChega
DeSaudade, interweaving
elementsoftraditionalsambawith
cooljazz.Thealbumwasproduced
andarrangedbythesimilarly
influentialTomJobim,whorecorded
Gilbertousingseparatemicrophones
forvoiceandguitar,lendinghisairy
vocalsandswinginggroovesan
intimatesenseofharmony.Indeed,
soseductivewasGilberto’sstyle
thatMilesDavis,havingseenhim
atNewYork’sCarnegieHallin1962,
declaredthathe’d“soundgood
readinga phonebook”.
Theguitarist’sinternational
breakthrougharrivedwith1964’s
Getz/Gilberto, wherebyheandUS
saxophonist Stan Getz were backed
byJobimonpiano,bassistSebastião
NetoanddrummerMiltonBanana.
A keysellingpointwastheinclusion
of“TheGirlFromIpanema”,
sunginEnglishbyGilberto’swife
Astrud,withherhusbandduetting
inPortuguese.Issuedasa single,
minusJoão’svoice,it provedtobe
a hugeglobalhit,secondonlyto
TheBeatles’“Yesterday”whenit
comestothemostrecordedsongs
ofalltime.Getz/Gilbertowentonto
winthreeGrammys,thefirsttimea
jazzLPhadtriumphedintheAlbum
OfTheYearcategory.Gilberto
continuedtorecordata steadily
slowingrateoverthedecades,
reunitingwithhisAmericanfoilon
1966’sliveGetz/GilbertoVol 2 and
1976’sTheBestOfTwoWorlds, which
featuredhisnewwife,Miúcha.Their
daughter,BebelGilberto,is now
a popularartistinherownright.
João’slaststudioeffort,theCaetano
Veloso-producedJoãoVozE Violão,
earned him a Grammy in 2001.
Brazil’s“O Mito”
(TheLegend):
JoãoGilberto
on stage in 1960
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