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Recognizing the accomplishments of musicians who have touched us

"A Presence that will be missed; music that will never be gone."


Al Wilson, soul singer

Alexander 'Sandy' Courage, composer and arranger

Alton Ellis, rocksteady singer

Art Ferrante and Lou Teicher, classical pianists

Barry Beckett, country rock producer and keyboardist

Bill Harrell, bluegrass singer and guitarist

Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly singer

Billy Powell, rock keyboardist

Blossom Dearie, jazz singer

Bo Diddley, rock pioneer

Bob Bogle, rock guitarist

Bob Florence, jazz keyboardist

Bud Shank, jazz flutist and alto saxophonist

Charlie Walker, country singer

Connie Haines, big band singer

Dan Seals, pop and country singer

Danny Federici, rock keyboardist

Davey Graham, folk guitarist

David "Fathead" Newman, jazz saxophonist

Delaney Bramlett, rock guitarist

Dewey Martin, rock drummer

Dickie Peterson, rock vocalist and bassist

Donald "Ean" Evans, rock bassist

Earl Palmer, New Orleans session drummer

Earle H. Hagen, composer and arranger

Eartha Kitt, pop singer

Eddy Arnold, country singer

Ellie Greenwich, rock songwriter

Erik Darling, folk banjoist

Estelle Bennett, rock singer

Freddie Hubbard, jazz trumpeter

Gordon Waller, rock singer

Hank Crawford, jazz saxophonist

Hank Locklin, country singer/songwriter

Hiram Bullock, jazz and rock guitarist

Ira B. Tucker. gospel singer

Isaac Hayes, soul pioneer

Israel "Cachao" Lopez, mambo pioneer

Jack Lawrence, songwriter

Jay Bennett, rock keyboardist, guitarist and producer

Jerry Finn, rock producer and engineer

Jerry Reed, country guitarist

Jerry Wexler, Rhythm and Blues Producer

Jim Carroll, rock poet

Jimmy Carl Black, rock drummer

Jimmy Giuffre, jazz clarinetist

Jimmy McGriff, jazz keyboardist

Jo Stafford, big band singer

Joe Beck, jazz guitarist

John Dawson, rock guitarist

John Martyn, rock guitarist

Johnny Griffin, jazz saxophonist

Joyce “Dottie” Rambo, gospel singer/songwriter

Kelly Groucutt, rock bassist and vocalist

Kenny Rankin, jazz singer and guitarist

KoKo Taylor, blues singer

Larry Levine, rock producer and engineer

LeRoi Moore, rock saxophonist

Les Paul, guitar pioneer

Levi Stubbs, Motown singer

Louis Bellson, jazz drummer

Lux Interior, rock singer

Mary Travers, folk singer

Maurice Jarre, composer

Merl Saunders, rock keyboardist

Michael Jackson, pop singer

Miriam Makeba, African folk singer

Mitch Mitchell, rock drummer

Molly Bee, country singer

Nappy Brown, Rhythm and Blues singer

Neal Hefti, jazz composer

Nick Reynolds, folk singer

Norman Whitfield, Motown producer and songwriter

Odetta, folk singer

Rashied Ali, jazz drummer

Randy Bewley, rock guitarist

Randy Cain, soul singer

Richard 'Rick' Wright, rock keyboardist

Robert 'Syke Dyke' Reed, go-go keyboardist

Roderick Burton II (aka Dolla), rap artist

Ron Asheton, Rock guitarist

Ruedi Rymann, Swiss yodeler

Sam Butera, jazz saxophonist

Shakir Stewart, Def Jam executive VP

Steve Foley, Rock drummer

Stephen Bruton, Country guitarist

Uriel Jones, Motown drummer

Vern Gosdin, Country singer/songwriter

Vic Mizzy, composer and arranger

Wayman Tisdale, jazz bassist

Yma Sumac, Exotica singer

Tags: 2008, 2009, deaths, honor, memoriam

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Jim Carroll (1949 - 2009)

An incantatory rock-and-roll poet.

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I Remember Clifford performed by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers

Brownie died at age 25, from a car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

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