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Teddy Charles Teddy Charles, 84, a vibraphonist and pianist and a Local 802 member since 1982, died on April 16. Mr. Charles was known as a groundbreaking vibes player and an adventurous composer, who...
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Norman Forsythe Ralph MacDonald Ned Mahoney Isador Rosovsky (Buddy Ross) Stu Satalof Ron Sell Hal Serra Nabil Totah Norman Forsythe Norman Forsythe, 77, a bassoonist and music copyist, died on April...
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Eddie Bert Eddie Bert, 90, a trombonist and a Local 802 member since 1947, died on Sept. 27. Mr. Bert, who was born in Yonkers, was only 18 when he joined the Sam Donahue Orchestra. Two years...
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Stanley Hunte Stanley G. Hunte, 81, a violinist and a member of Local 802 since 1974, died on Oct. 22. Mr. Hunte studied at the High School of Music and Art and later at Juilliard and Queens College....
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Ted Curson Ted Curson Ted Curson, 77, a trumpeter and a Local 802 member since 1957, died on Nov. 4. Mr. Curson was born in Philadelphia and began his musical studies at Philadelphia’s Granoff School...
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LEE ARMENTROUT Lee Armentrout, 103, an arranger, copyist and trombonist, died last Oct. 21. He had been a Local 802 member since 1938. Mr. Armentrout studied piano as a youngster, later taking up...
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Donald Byrd DONALD BYRD Donald Byrd, 80, the jazz trumpeter, died on Feb. 4. He had first joined Local 802 in 1974. When he was still a high school student in Detroit, Mr. Byrd was already performing...
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Dick Hafer Dick Hafer Dick Hafer, 85, a saxophonist and a Local 802 member since 1956, died last Dec. 15, 2012. During Mr. Hafer’s 60-plus years as a professional musician, he played with many of the...
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George Barrow George Barrow, 91, a saxophonist and a member of Local 802 since 1949, died on March 20. Mr. Barrow picked up music relatively late in life, teaching himself the flute, clarinet and...
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Richie Havens Richie Havens, 72, a singer-songwriter and guitarist, died on April 22. He had been a Local 802 member since 1963. Mr. Havens earned his enduring fame at the 1969 Woodstock Festival,...
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Lilo Kantorowicz Glick Lilo Kantorowicz Glick, 98, a Local 802 member since 1941, died on June 3 in her home in North Bennington, Vermont. In an 80-year teaching and performing career as a violinist,...
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John Danser John Danser John Danser, 79, a clarinetist and saxophonist, died on July 22. He had been a Local 802 member since 1952. After emigrating from London at the age of 14, Mr. Danser quickly...
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The Musicians’ Voice
The Musicians’ Voice is an open forum for discussion about the state of union affairs. The letters here do not necessarily express the views of Local 802. E-mail letters to Allegro@Local802afm.org or...
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KIRBY CAMPBELL Kirby Campbell, 97, a member of Local 802 since 1946, died on Sept. 27. Mr. Campbell was a multi-instrumentalist, who played cello along with all of the woodwinds, and even taught...
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Alfred Brown Alfred V. Brown, 84, a violist, violinist, producer, arranger and contractor, died on Nov. 17. He had been a member of Local 802 since 1950. Mr. Brown was a musical trailblazer. He was one...
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Herman “Trigger” Alpert Herman “Trigger” Alpert, 97, the jazz bass player, died on Dec. 21. He first joined Local 802 in 1940.Mr. Alpert played bass with the original Glenn Miller band and was one of...
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Ruth Alsop and Keith Lamar Alsop Ruth Alsop, 82, a member of Local 802 since 1952, died on Jan. 23. Her husband of 49 years, Keith Lamar Alsop, 85, died just over a week later, on Feb. 3. He had been a...
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Reminiscences
Amiri Baraka Amiri Baraka (1934-2014) by Todd Bryant Weeks April is jazz Appreciation Month, so it’s an appropriate time to remember Amiri Baraka, who died on Jan. 9 at the age of 79. He was poet...
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The Gentleman Musician: Remembering Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder(Photo: courtesy Ed Berger) Joe Wilder, 92, a trumpeter and a member of Local 802 since 1949, died on May 9. In tribute, we’d like to reprint below an edited version of an article we first...
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Herb Davidson Herb Davidson, 83, a member of Local 802 since 1946, died on Feb. 7. Mr. Davidson was a pianist, accordionist, vocalist, composer, arranger and producer. In 1971, Mr. Davidson and his...
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