The brother of the late, great Lester "Pres" Young, of the fabulous sax and the indecipherable syntax and porkpie hat goes to meet his bro in the jazz hall in the sky: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/arts/music/10young.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
And it was Johnny Griffin the other day too...
Is Sonny still with us?
*Google*
YES!!
And Isaac Hayes now too I've just heard...
Hope IvyLeagueOfGentlemen gets well soon, we can't afford to lose anybody else.
Jimmy McGriff has also left us on May 24... He will always be remembered for great instrumentals such as "All about my Girl", "I've Got a Woman" and "The Worm"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_McGriff
I hadn't heard about Isaac...
Lee Young,
Johnny Griffin,
Jimmy Giuffre,
Isaac Hayes,
Jimmy McGriff
Rest in peace! You guys left great footprints and you won't be forgotten!