Gustavo “El Loco” Quintero (December 23, 1939 – December 18, 2016) was a Colombian singer-songwriter. He is considered one of the great representatives of the Colombian tropical music (“Musica Tropical”). “Milt” Okun (December 23, 1923 – November 15, 2016) was an American arranger, record producer, conductor, singer and founder of Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. Okun transformed the careers of a dozen or more major U.S. artists who under Okun’s tutelage became some of the most successful musical acts of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. A special on PBS alludes to Okun as one of the most influential music producers in history. His career lasted over 50 years, from the folk revival to the twenty-first century. Blakdyak (25 July 1969 – 21 November 2016) was a Filipino actor-comedian and singer. He was known as “The King of Pinoy Reggae”. Blakdyak’s music is reggae with ska and spiced up with novelty. With his chart-topping singles “Good Boy” and “Noon at Ngayon”, Blakdyak has become the first local solo reggae act to achieve tremendous success in the entertainment field. Jean-Claude Risset (18 March 1938 – 21 November 2016) was a French composer, best known for his pioneering contributions to computer music. He was a former student of André Jolivet and former co-worker of Max Mathews at Bell Labs. After the discrete Shepard scale Risset created a version of the scale where the steps between each tone are continuous, and it is appropriately called the continuous Risset scale or Shepard-Risset glissando. Amar Ezzahi (January 1, 1941 – November 30, 2016) was an Algerian singer and mandola player. He was the figurehead of Chaabi, the traditional music of Algiers. He only gave one concert on February 10, 1987 in Algiers. Instead, he performed in open spaces like cafes and terraces, mostly during family gatherings. Moreover, he shunned the media and turned down copyright checks. “Jean” Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016) was an American honky tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the No. 1 spot. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956–81, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955. “Gato” Barbieri (28 November 1932 – 2 April 2016) was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist and composer who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. Karel Růžička (2 June 1940 – 26 September 2016) was a Czech jazz pianist, composer and music teacher. During his career, he has collaborated with numerous notable jazz musicians, such as Karel Krautgartner, Luděk Hulan, Rudolf Dašek, George Mraz and many others. In 1993, he won the Czech Grammy award. Roland Dyens (October 19, 1955 – October 29, 2016) was a French classical guitarist, composer, and arranger. He studied guitar with the Spanish classical guitarist Alberto Ponce and analysis with Désiré Dondeyne. He won several prizes in competitions for classical guitar performance as well as for composition. As a performer, Dyens was known for his extraordinary capacity for improvisation. Unique among classical musicians, Dyens frequently opened his concerts with an improvised piece, in order to help him get a feel for the hall and the audience. His guitar music draws on many elements of folk music and jazz, and has become popular with players. Hidayat Inayat Khan (6 August 1917 – 12 September 2016) was an English-French classical composer, conductor and Representative-General of the International Sufi Movement. He is a founding member of the European Composers’ Union, and his music has frequently been broadcast internationally. Kitty Kallen (May 25, 1921 – January 7, 2016) was an American popular singer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, to include the Swing era of the Big Band years, the post-WWII pop scene and the early years of rock ‘n roll. Kallen performed with popular big band leaders of the 1940s, including Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James, before establishing a solo career. Réagissez à cet article / Comment this article commentaires / comments
