obituary

Frank DeMiero who started Edmonds College music program in the mid-1970s, has died.

The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.

The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."

Celebrated jazz saxophonist Lou Donaldson has died at the age of 98. Donaldson was known for his warm, fluid style and performed with everyone from Thelonious Monk to George Benson.

Haynes influenced generations of drummers and helped change the direction of jazz improvisation.

The production wizard behind Michael Jackson's Thriller won 28 Grammy awards during a career that spanned more than 70 years as a performer, songwriter, producer and music executive.

Over the course of seven decades, Morgenstern helmed major jazz magazines, wrote books, produced concerts, won multiple Grammys, taught college and oversaw one of the world's largest jazz archives.

Guitarist Russell Malone had been performing in Tokyo with bassist Ron Carter's Golden Striker Trio when he suffered a massive heart attack. His death on Aug. 23, at 60, has left the jazz world in sadness and shock.

John Mayall is credited with helping develop the English take on urban, Chicago-style rhythm and blues that played an important role in the blues revival of the late 1960s.

Matt Driscoll, the popular columnist and opinion editor for the Tacoma News Tribune died unexpectedly on July 22, at the age of 43.