Fergus David Edward Miller (1990 – 9 October 2016), known professionally as Bored Nothing, was an Australian musician who released a self-titled album in 2012. It received some international attention and together with his band Miller had toured internationally. His music is often considered shoegaze or dream pop with its layered vocals, reverb and fuzzy guitars. Harald Devold (13 May 1964 – 19 February 2016) was a Norwegian jazz musician (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute) from Vadsø, Finnmark. He is also known as bouth big band organizer, music producer and music political activist. David Egan (March 20, 1954 – March 18, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist based in Lafayette, Louisiana, who composed, recorded, and performed rock, Cajun-rock, soul, and blues. Dennis Davis (August 28, 1949 – April 6, 2016) was an American drummer and session musician best known for his work with David Bowie. He studied with drummers Max Roach and Elvin Jones before joining the Clark Terry Big Band in 1967. Davis formed the rhythm section which performed on a number of Bowie’s albums released in the 1970s. The snare sound used on Bowie’s Low album is considered one of the most influential musical recording aspects in popular music. The innovative snare sound was the result of early pitch shifting technology coupled with Davis’s sensitive touch as a performer. Bonnie Brown (July 31, 1938 – July 16, 2016) was an American country music singer and member of the Browns, a trio popular in the 1950s. Signed by RCA Victor in 1956, the trio scored their biggest hit when their folk-pop single “The Three Bells” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop and country charts. Joe Shepley (August 7, 1930; March 26, 2016) was an American jazz trumpeter. He worked with Mike Longo, Duke Pearson and others. He can be heard in the docudrama Pumping Iron. Mike Daniels (23 April 1928 –18 October 2016) was a British dixieland revivalist jazz trumpeter and bandleader born in Stanmore, Middlesex, probably best known for his work with his own group The Delta Jazzmen. Roger Cicero (6 July 1970 – 24 March 2016) was a German jazz and pop musician. Brad Kent (died February 3, 2016) was a Canadian musician who played guitar with many of the early Vancouver punk rock bands, particularly Victorian Pork, the band which spawned D.O.A., Pointed Sticks and the Subhumans. Later he went to San Francisco to play guitar for the Avengers with Penelope Houston Paul Alva Smoker (May 8, 1941 – May 14, 2016) was an American composer and jazz trumpeter. He was a member of Joint Venture, who recorded for Enja Records in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Elsie Morison AM (15 August 1924 – 5 April 2016) was an Australian operatic soprano. She won the Dame Nellie Melba Scholarship in 1945, and the Queen’s Prize at the Royal College of Music in 1947. Gary S. Paxton (born Larry Wayne Stevens; May 18, 1939 – July 17, 2016)[2] was an American record producer, recording artist, and Grammy and Dove Award winning songwriter. Paxton was a member of Skip & Flip and The Hollywood Argyles and was the producer of two number one Billboard Hot 100 singles, “Alley Oop” for The Hollywood Argyles in 1960 and “Monster Mash” for Bobby “Boris” Pickett in 1962. “Eddy” Christiani (21 April 1918 – 24 October 2016) was a guitarist, singer, and composer from the Netherlands. He reminisced about his tricky experiences in the Netherlands of both performing for the occupying Nazis and as a resistance supporter in the TV documentary series The World at War. Réagissez à cet article / Comment this article commentaires / comments
