The Artists We Lost in 2019
By DownBeat I Dec. 26, 2019
Harold Mabern (1936–2019)
(Photo: Jimmy Katz)
Before she staked her claim on the Central Avenue jazz scene in Los Angeles, trumpeter Clora Bryant was a featured soloist in the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
(Photo: LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC University Libraries)
João Gilberto (1931–2019)
(Photo: Beatriz Schiller/Elektra Musician/DownBeat Archives)
Joseph Jarman (1937–2019)
(Photo: Angela Lee & Joe Banks/DownBeat Archives)
From jazz pianists and r&b firebrands to avant-garde stalwarts, DownBeat offers a look back at some of the musicians, artists and writers we lost during 2019.
• Ginger Baker (1939–2019)
• Clora Bryant (1927–2019)
• Frank Caruso (1948–2019)
• Dr. John (1941–2019)
• João Gilberto (1931–2019)
• Ira Gitler (1928–2019)
• Joseph Jarman (1937–2019)
• Michel Legrand (1932–2019)
• Harold Mabern (1936–2019)
• Ken Nordine (1948–2019)
• Larry Willis (1942–2019)
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