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This document is an extract from the necrology file of the Gaylord Music Library, Washington University, available online at http://library.wustl.edu/units/music/necro/ index.html. It comprises those names that are listed in the dictionaries and encyclopedias cited following the double bar (||); note that a Few individuals appeal' in these works under a variant of their name other' than that under which they are listed here (+), or under a group or relative's name (*). Variant information is given following the initial report of death without any attempt to resolve the conflict. Obituary notices are listed chronologically within each element of the entry.
I would like thank my colleagues at Gaylord Music Library, Brad Short and Emily Heslop, who kept me supplied with a steady stream of obituaries. Thanks also to my wife, Rosemary Hahn, for more obits, and for proofreading.
Corrections or contributions to the Necrology may be addressed to the editor: Paul Hahn, Gaylord Music Library, Washington University, Campus Box 1061, One Brookings Drive. St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 or by e-mail: manynote@wustl.edu
DICTIONARIES AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS CITED Baker Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (9th ed., 2001) EPM4 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed., 2006) Grove The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001) Grove Amer The New thrive Dictionary of American Music (1986) GroveJazz The New drove Dictionary of Jazz (2d ed., 2002) GroveOpera The New Grave Dictionary of Opera (1992) GroveWomen The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers (1994) IWWM-Cla International Who's Who in Classical Music (23rd ed., 2007) IWWM-Pop International Who's Who in Popular Music (9th ed., 2007)
2007 NECROLOGY
Arden, Don. British rock manager, d. 7 21 2007 in Los Angeles, CA at 81: b. Harry Levy 1/4/1926 in Manchester. Times Online 7/24/2007.||EPM4
Ayler, Donald, jazz trumpeter, d. 10/21/ 2007 in Northfield, OH at 65; b. 10/5/1942 in Cleveland, Oil. JazzTimes.com, 11/ 6/2007; Guardian Unlimited, 11/16/2007.||EPM4. GroveJazz
Baez, Albert V., scientist, father of Joan Baez and Mimi Farina, d. V20/2007 in San Mateo County, CA at 94: b. in Puebla, Mexico. NewYork Times On the Web. 3/27/2007.||IWWM-Pop *
Balkwill. Bryan Havell, British conductor, d. 2/24/2007 at 84; b. 7/2/1922 in London. Telegraph.co.uk, 3/9/2007. d. 2/25/2007. Guardian Unlimited. 4/3/ 2007. d. 2/25/2007 in Beaconsfield. Opera. v. 58 no. 5, May 2007.||Baker, Grove-Opera, IWWM-Cla
Balliett, Whitney. jazz critic, d. 2/1/2007 in Manhauan at SO; b. 4/17/1926 in Manhattan. New York Sun online, 2/2/2007; New York Times On the Web, 2/3/2007; NEWYORKER.COM, 2/5/2007; Cadence, v. 33 no. 3, March 2007. Whitney Lyon Balliett. washingtonpost.com, 2/2/2007; Independent Online Edition, 2/5/2007; Guardian Unlimited, 2/5/2007; Jazz Journal International, v. 60 no. 4, April 2007.||Grove, GroveAmer, GroveJazz
Bampton, Rose, soprano/mezzo, d. 8/21/ 2007 in Bryn Mawr, PA at 09; b. in Ohio. STLtoday.com, 8/23/2007. b. 11/28/1907 in Lakewood, OH. New York Times On the Web, 8/23/2007; Opera, v. 58 no. 11, November 2007; Opera News, v. 72 no. 5, November 2007.||Baker, Grove, Grove-Amer, GroveOpera, IWWM-Cla
Barber, Bill, pioneering jazz tubaist, d. 6/18/2007 in Bronxville, NY at 87; b. John William Barber 5/21/1920 in Hornell, NY. New York Times On the Web, 6/29/2007; washingtonpost.com, 6/30/2007; Boston .com, 7/1/2007; latimes.com, 7/2/2007; Cadence, v. 33 no. 8, August 2007. also played classical and theatrical gigs, d. in Copiague, NY. Jazz Journal International, v. 60 no. 9, September 2007.||EPM4. GroveJazz
Barcelona, Danny, jazz drummer, d. 4/1/ 2007 in San Gabriel, CA at 77; b. 7/23/ 1929 in Waipahu, HI. latimes.com, 4/9/ 2007. also bandleader.starbulletin.com, 4/6/2007; YahoolNews, 4/10/2007; New York limes On the Web, 4/11/2007; latimes.com, 4/14/2007. b. 8/23/1929. Telegraph.co.uk, 4/18/2007; Jazz Journal International, v. 60 no. 6, June 2007. d. in Monterey Park, CA. Cadence, v. 33 no. 5, May 2007.||GroveJazz
Batiste, Alvin. jazz clarinetist and educator, d. 5/6/2007 in New Orleans, LA. Yahoo!News, 5/6/2007; STLtoday.com, 5/6/2007; Rolling Stone, no. 1027, 5/31/ 2007. also composer, pianist, and saxophonist, d. at 74; b. 11/7/1932 in New Orleans, LA. washingtonpost.com, 5/7/ 2007; Boston.com, 5/7/2007; AOL.com, 5/7/2007; Iatimes.com, 5/7/2007; New York Times On the Web, 5/7/2007; Times Online, 5/12/2007; SunHerald.com, 5/12/2007; Guardian Unlimited, 6/1/ 2007: Cadence, v. 33 no. 6, June 2007; Jazz Journal International, v. 60 no. 7, July 2007.||EPM4, GroveJazz, IWWM-Pop
Bell, Carey, blues harmonica player and bassist, d. 5/6/2007 in Chicago, II. at 70; b. Carey Bell Harrington 11/14/1936 in Macon, MS. Modern Guitars Magazine online, 5/7/2007; washingtonpost.com, 5/8/ 2007; SFGate.com, 5/8/2007; Boston.com, 5/8/2007; New York Times On the Web, 5/8/2007; YahoolNews, 5/8/2007; Rolling Stone, no. 1027, 5/31/2007; Cadence, v. 33 no. 6, June 2007: Jazz Journal International, v. 60 no. 7, July 2007.||EPM4
Big Moe, rapper, d. 10/14/2007 in Houston, TX at 33; b. Kenneth Moore. Click2Houston.com, 10/15/2007.||EPM4
Bitgood, Roberta, a.k.a. Roberta Wiersma, music minister, organist, composer, and voice teacher, d. 4/15/2007 in New London, CT at 99; b. 1/15/1908 in New London, CT. American Organist, v. 41 no. 6, June 2007; Tracker, v. 51 no. 3, Summer 2007. || Grove, GroveAmer, GroveWomen
Blair, Janet, actress and singer, d. 2/19/ 2007 in Santa Monica, CA at 85; b. Martha Janet Lafferty 1921 in Altoona, PA. AOL.com. 2/21/2007; STLloday.com, 2/20/2007. b. Martha Jane Lafferty 4/23/ 1921. Independent Online Edition, 2/22/ 2007.||EPM4
Blyth, Alan, British clitic, d. 8/14/2007 in I.avenham at 78; b. 7/31/1929. Opera, v. 58 no. 10, October 2007.||Grove, Grove-Opera, IWWM-Cla
Bradshaw, Richard, British opera and choral conductor, d. 8/15/2007 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 63; b. 1944 in Rugby. globeandmail.com, 8/16/2007; New York Times On the Web, 8/18/2007; Opera, v. 58 no. 10, October 2007. b. 4/26/ 1944. Opera News. v. 72 no. 5. November 2007.||IWWM-Cla
Brecker, Michael, jazz tenor saxophonist, d. 1/13/2007 in New York City at 57; b. 1949 in Philadelphia. Newsday.com, 1/13/2007; AOL.com, 1/14/2007: New York Times On the Web, 1/14/2007; chicagotribune.com, 1/15/2007; Rolling Stone, no. 1020, 2/22/ 2007; Down Beat, v. 74 no. 3, March 2007. Michael Leonard Brecker; b. 3/29/1949. washingtonpost.com, 1/15/2007; Boston .com, 1/15/2007. also composer. VOANews.com, 1/17/2007; Jazz Journal International, v. 60 no. 3, March 2007. d. 1/12/2007. Cadence, v. 3.3 no. 3, March 2007.||Baker, EPM4, Grove, GroveJazz
Brewer, Teresa, jazz singer, d. 10/17/2007 in New Rochelle, NY at 76; b. 1931 in Toledo, OH. STLtoday.com, 10/17/2007; Cbs4.com, 10/17/2007; Rolling Stone, no. 1039, 11/15/2007. b. Theresa Breuer 5/7/1931. New York Times On the Web, 10/18/2007. b. 3/7/1931. Guardian Unlimited, 10/19/2007. b. Theresa Veronica Breuer 5/7/1931. Independent Online Edition, 11/19/2007.||Baker, EPM4, Grovejazz, IWWM-Pop
Brodie, Paud Zion, Canadian classical saxophonist, d. 11/19/2007 in Toronto, Ontario at 73: b,4/10/1934 in Montreal, Quebec, globeandmail.com, 11/24/2007.||Baker
Brooks, Donnie, a.k.a. Johnny Faire, rock singer, d. 2/23/2007 in Panorama City, CA at 71; b. John Dee Abohosh 2/6/1936 in Dallas, TX. latimes.com, 2/28/2007.||EPM4
Bruce. Carol, actress and singer on stage and screen, d. 10/9/2007 in Woodland Hills, CA at 87; b. Shirley Levy 11/15/1919 in Great Neck, NY. atimes.com. 10/14/ 2007; Independent Online Edition, 10/17/ 2007.||EPM4
Budden, Julian Medforth, British musicologist, radio producer and host, d. 2/28/ 2007; b. 4/9/1924 in Hoylake, Merseyside. Guardian Unlimited, 3/7/2007: Opera America Newsline, v. 16 no. 7. April 2007. d. in Florence: b. in Hoylake, Cheshire. Independent Online Edition, 3/26/2007; Opera, v. 58 no. 5, May 2007.||Baker, Grove, GroveOpera, IWWM-Cla
Byrd. Bobby, soul keyboardist and vocalist, d. 9/12/2007 in l.oganville, GA at 73. Cadence, v. 33 no. 10/11/12, October/ November/December 2007. also bandleader; b. 8/15/1934 in Toccoa, GA. Rolling Stone, no. 1036, 10/4/2007.||F.PM4
Campbell, Jimmy, British singer and songwriter, d. 2/12/2007 in Liverpool; b. 1/4/1944 in Liverpool....
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