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Jeff Alessandrelli February 11, 2021 With the Covid-19 pandemic, there have obviously been dozens of books that haven’t received the shine they might have under normal circumstances. One in particular that I’ve enjoyed is Jaydn DeWald’s essay collection Sheets of Sound, out via the UK press Broken Sleep. Discussing the author’s background as a skateboarder, as a jazz musician, as a reader, teacher and writer, Sheets of Sound lovingly meanders across 239 pages. DeWald writes how “[i]n jazz, the listener is a voyeur, not an addressee. I believe the same is true for a lot of writ...

Mary Lou Williams, third from left, with friends in her New York apartment (photo: Alamy). In 1954 in Paris, the pianist Mary Lou Williams walked off the jazz bandstand at age 44, suddenly and at the very height of her fame. She had finally succumbed to her midlife panic and bouts of self-loathing that were enough to make just about anyone want simply to exit the stage. Thus began a chain of events leading to her conversion to Catholicism and to a new life’s purpose in composing jazz Masses worthy of performance at the Vatican. More than this, Williams came to write “Mary Lou’s Mass”...

Jazz Pianist, prolific film composer Claude Bolling passes away at 90 ANI | Updated: Jan 03, 2021 09:37 IST Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): Claude Bolling, a French jazz pianist and composer whose work can be heard in over 100 films, died on December 29 in Garches, France. He was 90. According to Variety, Bolling's representatives announced his death on his website. No cause was given. Bolling, who was born on April 10, 1930 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France-- was a child prodigy and began playing piano professionally by the age of 14 with the likes of...

Claude Bolling obituary Leading figure in French jazz, as a pianist, composer and bandleader, who also wrote more than 100 film scores Claude Bolling’s hero was Duke Ellington, which prompted the writer Boris Vian to give him the nickname ‘Bollington’. Photograph: Christian Ducasse/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images Claude Bolling’s hero was Duke Ellington, which prompted the writer Boris Vian to give him the nickname ‘Bollington’. Photograph: Christian Ducasse/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images JohnFordham Thu 31 Dec 2020 10.23 EST Last modified on Wed 13 Jan 2021 08.01 EST Claude Bolling, the piani...

AFP via Getty Images toggle caption AFP via Getty Images A shot of jazz pianist Claude Bolling and friends, taken on a beach in Cannes, France in 1969. AFP via Getty Images French jazz pianist, bandleader and composer Claude Bolling, whose work spanned jazz clubs, the big screen, and Carnegie Hall, died Tuesday at the age of 90. His death was announced by his representatives. Americans knew Bolling best for a recording project with noted French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal which contained Bolling's sparkling "Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano." The album, w...