Thursday, December 6, 2012

Ed "Cass" Cassidy

Jazz and rock drummer extraordinaire: one of the founders of Spirit -- via ultimateclassicrock.com.





Oscar Niemeyer aka Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho

Architect; creator of Brasilia -- via the New York Times.

Francis "Franco" Ventriglia



Bass -- via legacy.com.

Theo Brandmuller

Composer, organist, and professor -- via nmz.de.




P.K. Venukuttan Nair

Actor -- via malayalamscinema.in.

Tony Leblanc aka Ignacio Fernandez Sanchez

Actor -- via westernboothill.blogspot.com.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Dave Brubeck

Pianist and composer -- via the New York Times. One of the great jazzmen, he worked in many other genres as well, producing a body of work that rivals Ellington's. His incredible virtuosity, inventiveness, and enthusiasm made jazz a joy, and was part of the soundtrack of my childhood. I have a dozen of his albums; they keep rewarding new listens.









Friday, November 30, 2012

Martin Richards aka Morton Richard Klein

Tony- and Oscar-winning Broadway producer; the guiding force behind the original production and revival and eventual massive success of Kander and Ebb's "Chicago" -- via the New York Times.

Jakes Gerwel aka Gert Johannes Gerwel

Academic and anti-apartheid activist -- via the Washington Post.

Ken Rowe

Former MLB pitcher and long-time coach -- via Bleacher Report.

Maria Susana Flores Gomez

Beauty queen who died in shoot out with police -- via the Telegraph. This is eerily similar to the plot of a recent popular Mexican film, Gerardo Naranjo's 2011 "Miss Bala."



Simeon ten Holt

Composer -- via Gramophone.