Nick Menza (July 23, 1964 – May 21, 2016) was an American musician best known as the former drummer for American Thrash Metal band Megadeth from 1989-1998 and again in 2004 as well as one final return in 2014. He recorded drums on four of Megadeth’s albums. Jimmy Riley (22 May 1947 – 23 March 2016), was a Jamaican singer who in addition to recording solo was also a member of the Sensations and The Uniques and was the father of Tarrus Riley. He had several hits in the 1970s, including “Tell The Youths The Truth”, “Nyah Bingi”, and “Clean up the Streets”, and continued to be successful in the 1980s, working with Sly & Robbie’s Taxi productions. In 1983, Riley topped the UK reggae chart with his version of Marvin Gaye’s “Sexual Healing”. Gegham Grigorian (29 January 1951 – 23 March 2016) was an Armenian operatic tenor. In the 1970s he was already a famous singer in the former Soviet Union. But politics interfered, and he was put on the so-called restricted artists list and not allowed to leave the Soviet Union for eight years, until 1990. Gegham Grigorian made a great contribution in the formation and establishment of company of soloists. Until now, in St.Petersburg and throughout Russia, opera fans remember the beautiful and dramatic voice and a magnificent performance of Gegham Grigorian. “L. C.” Ulmer (August 28, 1928 – February 14, 2016) was an American delta blues musician. He was a regular performer for over half a century, playing at festivals and clubs throughout the United States and elsewhere, but particularly in the Deep South. Ulmer was featured in the 2008 documentary film M for Mississippi: A Road Trip Through the Birthplace of the Blues. He could play up to 12 musical instruments at one time. Roy Harris (15 June 1933 – 9 February 2016) was a British folk singer known for his role in the starting the folk club movement in southern Wales in the 1960s. He was often referred to as the “gentleman of folk song” due to his warm personality and congeniality as a folk club host. Harris primarily sang unaccompanied sea and military songs. Over the years Harris recorded over a dozen albums. Saulius Sondeckis (11 October 1928 – 3 February 2016) was a Lithuanian violinist, conductor, orchestra leader and professor. He founded the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra in 1960 and was its artistic director and principal conductor until 2004. Leslie Bassett (January 22, 1923 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer of classical music, and the University of Michigan’s Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his Variations for Orchestra. Dan Hicks (December 9, 1941 – February 6, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter who combined cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop, and gypsy music. He led Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. He is perhaps best known for the songs “I Scare Myself” and “Canned Music.” His songs are frequently infused with humor. Nina Dorda (August 27, 1924 – February 26, 2016) was a Soviet pop and soprano singer, a Honored Artist of Russia. According to the post-Soviet criticism, Dorda was a genre singer and embodied the charming image of a modern girl in her manner of speech. Her songs were perceived as sincere, fervent, sly, and sad. Her tunes quickly caught on with the public and her pleasant tone of voice, soft and intimate manner of execution, and sparkling mischief made audiences from around the world fall in love with her. Hans Reffert (19 July 1946 – 21 February 2016) was a German musician and composer. Although possibly best known for his work with Guru Guru, Reffert was involved with a number of ensembles, including Flute & Voice, Zauberfinger, Sanfte Liebe, and Schrammel & Slide. Reffert studied guitar with Sigi Schwab and flute and composition in Mannheim. Winston “Merritone” Blake OD (19 November 1940 – 27 February 2016) was a Jamaican sound system operator, record producer, nightclub owner, promoter, and occasional recording artist, working under the pseudonyms Blake Boy and Judge Winchester. Winston Blake said: “We were here before reggae, when R&B records were played alongside calypso, mento and country and western, that’s what filled Jamaica’s dance floors back then… When rock and roll came in, R&B dried up in the U.S. that’s when Jamaica started making its own music.” He organised talent competitions, and started producing locally successful records. Francisco Kraus Trujillo (21 October 1926 – 27 February 2016) was a Spanish baritone. Francisco’s baritone voice has a wide vocal range, up to a high B with powerful bright, dark, rich notes, placed high in the mask. In 1962 he formed his own company and toured Spain for four years, singing zarzuela. Houshang Ostovar (January 30, 1927 – January 7, 2016) was a Persian symphonic music composer and Instructor. Ostovar was a professor at the Tehran Conservatory of Music. Mostly performed by he Tehran Symphony Orchestra his works inspired from Persian folk and classical music in a modern form. He is also known as a developer of different genres of western music such as Jazz in Iran. Réagissez à cet article / Comment this article commentaires / comments
