Deaths & Honors

The grand old man of jazz Sammy Nestico died..

Making timeless music was a lifelong calling during the eight-decade career of renowned composer and arranger Sammy Nestico. His music highlighted albums by artists such as the Count Basie Orchestra, Michael Bublé, Barbra Streisand, Phil Collins, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich and Bing Crosby. The nine-time Grammy nominee passed away in his …

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American composer and creative writer Michael Boo died.

Michael Boo was a composer, creative writer and church choir director (vocals and hand bells) from Chesterton, Indiana. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago and a Master of Music in Composition and Theory from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. As …

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No one sang “Déshabillez-moi” like her: Juliette Greco

Juliette Greco had many additional names: “The Black Sun of Paris”, “The Grand Dame of Chanson”, or just affectionately “Jujube”, as she mentions in her autobiography, she was called. She died on 23 September at the age of 93. With her France lost the last great chansonette besides Edith Piaf …

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