R.I.P.

Joe Zawinul (visionary keyboardist, founder of the groundbreaking jazz fusion group the Weather Report & leader of The Zawinul Syndicate, with whom he toured for the last twenty years), passed away last Tuesday, aged 75. He had been suffering from a rare form of skin cancer.



Weather Report performing 'Teen Town' (1977)

Tribute to Joe Zawinul from John Fordham of The Guardian

Notorious BIG: Bigger Than Life trailer

Courtesy of Rugged Entertainment via the site also known as one of the five reasons why Hip Hop is not dead.

R.I.P.

Bobby Byrd - the legendary soloist, co-vocalist and sideman of the late, great James Brown. He passed away last Wednesday evening from complications with cancer, aged 73.

Pitchfork Media report

R.I.P.

Max Roach - Jazz drumming great.
NY Times article from the 16th August, 2007.

Tanja Liedtke - Dancer / Choreographer, set to become the artistic director of 'The Sydney Dance Company'. Dead at just 29.
Article in The Sydney Morning Herald from the 20th August, 2007.

Anthony Wilson - British music entrepreneur, broadcaster.
BBC article from the 11th August, 2007.

R.I.P.

Ingmar Bergman

The First Post photo obituary.

Michel Serrault

IMDB (Internet Movie Database) report / obituary.

Michelangelo Antonioni

IMDB obituary.