May 26, 2026 11:08 AM
Sonny Rollins Passes Away at 95
Sonny Rollins, the iconic saxophonist, composer and improviser whose career stretched from the origins of bebop to 21st…
Queva Jayne Lutz, owner of the 55 Bar in New York, died Feb. 22.
Born in Harlingen, Texas, Lutz left home at 16 and moved to California, where she owned a bookstore before moving to New York in 1977. Lutz created a casual, intimate environment for musicians to stretch out and explore new material within the confines of the 55 Bar, located at 55 Christopher St.
Lutz is survived by her son, Scott Ellard, and his wife, Beth; grandchildren, Aerin and Nicholson; mother, Nickie; brother, Jess; and sister-in-law, Janie.
A memorial service will be held at Manhattan’s St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 619 Lexington Ave., on March 15 at 6 p.m. No flowers please.
For more information, visit: www.stpeters.org
Onstage, Rollins would move about restlessly, thrusting his tenor sax in the air as he blew.
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