Mar 11

OBIT PICS from LEBRECHT: KENNY BALL

Posted on March 11, 2013 by lebrecht

Jazz trumpet player, 22 May 1930 – 7 March 2013

Kenny Ball backstage at the Barbican, London

Kenny Ball pictured in London’s Embankment gardens during rehearsals. 13 June 1962.
© Mirrorpix/Lebrecht Authors

Louis Armstrong presenting Kenny Ball with a golden disc for his single Midnight in Moscow.
© Mirrorpix/Lebrecht Authors

Kenny Ball performing at the Barbican

Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen leaving London for New York after waiting for work permits, 10 May 1965.
© Mirrorpix/Lebrecht Authors

Jan 30

Nina Simone 10th death anniversary

Posted on January 30, 2013 by lebrecht

The tenth death anniversary of Nina Simone, the black American singer, songwriter, pianist and civil rights activist, falls on 21st February 2013. She was born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, the sixth child of a preacher’s family in North Carolina. She was a classically trained pianist, who made her name in the world of jazz and blues. Her famous songs are legion but include ‘Don’t Let Me be Misunderstood’, ‘Sinnerman’, ‘I Put a Spell on You’.

Jan 07

Claude Nobs, who founded the world-renowned Montreux Jazz Festival, is in a coma following a skiing accident.

Posted on January 7, 2013 by lebrecht

The 76-year-old “fell while practising cross-country skiing” during the Christmas holidays, said a statement on the festival’s official website.

He had surgery in Lausanne, Switzerland, but remains unconscious, the statement continued.

UPDATE 10TH JANUARY: Nobs sadly passed away, he was 76.

The festival, which takes place on the shores of Lake Geneva, has featured the likes of Miles Davis and Santana. (source BBC News website)

(over 200 Montreux jazz images on www.lebrecht.co.uk)

Claude Nobs, in his chalet ‘Le Picotin’, June 2006.
© Rodrigo Carrizo Couto/Lebrecht

American composer, arranger & producer Quincy Jones with Claude Nobs, Switzerland, July 2006.
© Rodrigo Carrizo Couto/Lebrecht

Claude Nobs, in his chalet ‘Le Picotin’, June 2006.
© Rodrigo Carrizo Couto/Lebrecht

Jan 03

Obituary images of Sam Rivers, American jazz saxophonist, 25 September 1923 – 26 December 2011

Posted on January 3, 2012 by lebrecht

The American jazz saxophonist, Sam Rivers, died aged 88 last week. Our photographer, Jan Persson, captured Rivers performing in Copenhagen in October 1969. For more images search our online image library at www.lebrecht.co.uk

: Sam Rivers playing the flute during a concert in Copenhagen in 1969

: Sam Rivers with saxophone in Copenhagen in 1969

: Sam Rivers playing the saxophone in Copenhagen in 1969

Dec 20

Obituary pictures of Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer, 27 August 1941 – 17 December 2011

Posted on December 20, 2011 by lebrecht

Cesária Évora, nicknamed the ‘barefoot diva’ for performing without shoes, has died aged 70. Lebrecht Music & Arts has wonderful performance shots of Évora, some of which were taken at the jazz festival in Cussac Fort Médoc, Gironde, France. Search online at www.lebrecht.co.uk for more images.

: Cesaria Evora performing at at the jazz festival in Cussac Fort Medoc, Gironde, France, on 20 July 2007

: Cesaria Evora performing at at the jazz festival in Cussac Fort Medoc, Gironde, France, on 20 July 2007

: Cesaria Evora performing at at the jazz festival in Cussac Fort Medoc, Gironde, France, on 20 July 2007

Nov 29

Chuck Mangione – Music & Arts birthday

Posted on November 29, 2011 by lebrecht

Chuck Mangione, American jazz musician and flugelhorn player, is 71 today, 29th November 2011

Nov 02

Preview of London Jazz Festival opening at the Southbank Centre on 11 November 2011

Posted on November 2, 2011 by lebrecht

The Southbank Centre will be playing host to the London Jazz Festival later this month. Legends such as Ornette Coleman, Roy Haynes and Archie Shepp will be playing alongside new talents like Nathaniel Facey from 11-20 November.

Lebrecht Music & Arts represents some of the world’s leading jazz photographers and has wonderful portraits of many of the performers taking part. Search online at www.lebrecht.co.uk for more photographs.