I just found out that the great, great pianist Geri Allen died last month at the age of 60. Now, that's something to regret, far too young for someone like her to go. She should have had at least two more decades. I love Geri Allen's playing.
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Hey, 60 year olds, especially jazz musicians with unhealthy lifetyles, die all the time. Spare me your bogus sentimentality.
ReplyDeleteI remember John Coltrane at the end -- when he was dying of drug addiction, racism and monaural recording.
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