Sir Leslie Ronald “Jimmy” Young CBE (21 September 1921 – 7 November 2016) was an English singer and radio personality. Early in his career he had two number ones and several other top ten hits in the UK chart, but he became better known for his long-running show on BBC Radio 2. “Ray” Columbus (4 November 1942 – 28 November 2016) was a New Zealand Benny Award-winning singer and songwriter, television host, music manager and entertainer, with a career spanning six decades. As the lead singer of Ray Columbus & the Invaders, his best-known hit was “She’s A Mod”. Kashif Saleem, previously Michael Jones (December 26, 1956 – September 25, 2016), was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, record producer, artist, composer, author, director and educator from New York City. At age 15, Kashif joined B. T. Express and performed on stages around the world. Together with Stevie Wonder, he was considered a pioneer in urban music thanks to his specific synthesizer technology approach and the introduction of MIDI in his production. Rino Salviati (12 June 1922 – 2 January 2016) was an Italian singer, guitarist and film actor. After performing with various orchestras, Salviati became well-known as a regular in a popular radio program about guitarists. Starting from the 1950s, he toured all over the world, often alongside Nilla Pizzi. “Bobby” Hutcherson (January 27, 1941 – August 15, 2016) was an American jazz vibraphone and marimba player. “Little B’s Poem”, from the album Components, is one of his best-known compositions. Hutcherson influenced younger vibraphonists. Stanley Joseph Dural, Jr. (November 14, 1947 – September 24, 2016), better known by his stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionist and zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success. Fred Hellerman (May 13, 1927 – September 1, 2016) was an American folk singer, guitarist, producer, and songwriter, primarily known as one of the original members of The Weavers, together with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Ronnie Gilbert. He was also known for producing the record album Alice’s Restaurant (1967) for Arlo Guthrie. Deva Dassy (born Marie-Anne Lambert; 26 August 1911 – 11 March 2016) was a French mezzo-soprano, active in opera and operetta in France from the 1930s to the 1960s who made many radio and studio recordings. She sang major roles in operas such as Werther (Charlotte), Mignon (Mignon), Résurrection (Servant)… Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan (22 August 1939 – 15 May 2016) was an Indian classical music vocalist. He belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana. He specialized in the khayal vocal style and also sang thumri, dadra, and bhajans. He performed in India and abroad in the U.K., Australia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Mauritius, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, China and Afghanistan. He was a top graded artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan. Jit Samaroo (24 February 1950 – 7 January 2016) as a Trinidadian composer and steelpan musician. He was hailed as the country’s most clinically accurate arranger, arranging one tune by the instrument and composing additional tunes to accompany it. He was a versatile composer and occasional bass player in his family band the Samaroo Jets. Gétatchèw Mèkurya (14 March 1935 – 4 April 2016) was an Ethiopian jazz saxophonist. In 1955 he joined the house band at Addis’ Haile Selassie I Theatre, and in 1965 joined the famous Police Orchestra. He was also one of the first musicians to record an instrumental version of shellela, a genre of traditional Ethiopian vocal music sung by warriors before going into battle. Mekurya took the shellela tradition seriously, often appearing onstage in a warrior’s animal-skin tunic and lion’s mane headdress. Robert Milton Cundick Sr. (November 26, 1926 – January 7, 2016) was a Latter-day Saint composer. He also served for many years as an organist at the Mormon Tabernacle. This included accompanying the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and playing organ solos on the weekly broadcast, Music and the Spoken Word. Irving Fields (August 4, 1915 – August 20, 2016) was an American pianist and lounge music artist who was born in New York City. Some of his most noteworthy compositions include “Miami Beach Rhumba”; “Managua, Nicaragua”; and “Chantez, Chantez”. Fields’ most famous album is Bagels & Bongos (1959), with his trio, which sold two million copies. Réagissez à cet article / Comment this article commentaires / comments
