The RIP topic

As 2013 seem to be a deadly year for musicians or 'artists' in Discogs, I suggest to post here any death for artist present in Discogs (because some death aren't so exposed than others and it annoy me to see a musician I like die and knowing it 2 years after because he died the same day than Michael Jackson or Lou Reed)

For memory, some artists who died in 2013: Frank Wess and probably many more...)

And this week: Tabu Ley Rochereau (king of congolese rumba)

Martin Sharp (2)

Here's a few more for your list:

Patti Page

No idea Bobby Bland and Kevin Ayers had gone. Both massive talents. RIP

And Richard Street.

dani72
Cedric "Im" Brooks

didn't know for him, and as you didn't know Bobby Bland or Kevin Ayers ed away this year, I think this topic could be a good idea

TwinPowerForce
this topic could be a good idea

+1 definitely!
Some more I Marie-Claire Alain

just yesterday, British jazz pianist Stan Tracey

french film director Édouard Molinaro (1928-2013)

dani72
Tim Dog

Wouldn't put him here that fast :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Dog#Alleged_death

Kris Kross

Not sure if its Kris or Kros thats dead?

DIFFO
Not sure if its Kris or Kros thats dead?

It was Mac Daddy (2)) that died this year.

One more very recently, Arik Einstein. He was one of Israel's most loved singer-songwriters.

Maybe its just me but I find it interesting reading about how some of the artists died. Mo-Do) took his own life.

It struck me how young some of them were too. Chris Levoir was 31 years old.

oh wow junior murvin and cedric im brooks.... did not know. :(

that just changed my evening substantially.

How morbid.

Chris Howland, popular in since the 50s.

Japanese experimental/noise artist Aube, well-known among fans of such stuff.
Discussed here - http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/groups/topic/377753

Veteran jazz drummer Chico Hamilton died just recently.
Philly soul producer and arranger, the man behind the trademark "The Sound Of Philadelphia" Marvin Junior of The Dells

US Jazz guitarist Jef Lee Johnson.

http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/artist/Da+Boy+Tommy
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/artist/Walter+One
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/artist/Firestone
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/artist/Mark+V.

RIP

Personally I find RIP storms embaressing. Mourning should be a private thing.
A list of dead artists doesn't feel good to me and I don't see any reason for it, besides being curious in its worst meaning.

mrformic
Mourning should be a private thing

IMO mourning should be exactly what each individual feels like. There's no norm or there shouldn't be one.

mrformic
A list of dead artists doesn't feel good to me and I don't see any reason for it, besides being curious in its worst meaning.

it's just that when you're not all your time on the web/social network... some deaths are eclipsed by other: nobody speak of Tony Brevett's death because he died the same day than Lou Reed, many reggae fans discover he's dead 2 months after... When you like the music of an artist, knowing he's dead is an information (more in a tribute way than a morbid voyeurism all you want)

I think this is very useful info as long as we don't get into cause of deaths and the artists' personal life (I think THAT would be embarassing). At least for me it's nothing about mourning. I hardly ever mourn over the artists personally, because I never knew them in person. But of course I'm sad that they won't be making any more music. Such dates as birth and death are important to know. And they don't write obituaries of all musicians in the newspapers.

Not exactly "world famous", but still an important personality in certain genres and areas, and also a friend to some of us here:
Transformation.

Sad to hear about Kevin Ayers, a brilliant songwriter and leader of the "Canterbury" scene.

_________________________________

please ... STOP ... to say it's morbid ... we are all JUST fans ... ok?

yesterday: Jean-Louis Foulquier (french radio host, actor, singer, founder of the festival Francofolies )

December is a horrible month... just yesterday, ultra-great jazz guitarist Jim Hall

Yesterday, John Barry.

Blue_meth
Yesterday, Kate Barry, daughter of Jane Birkin and John Barry.

also stepsister of Serge Gainsbourg and french film director Jacques Doillon.

this week: The Child Of Lov: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Child_of_Lov
Martijn Teerlinck aka Cole Williams aka The Child of Lov aka Sun Patzer

Bryan Carlstrom (American producer, various genres)
Claudio Leo (Italian guitarist, founder of Lacuna Coil)

last thursday: french singer Général Alcazar

Not sure I would consider Margaret Thatcher an artist.

jaseywacey
Not sure I would consider Margaret Thatcher an artist.

that's why I added the ' ':

TwinPowerForce
musicians or 'artists' in Discogs

saturday, english actor Peter O'Toole (2) (Lawrence of Arabia)

Tom Parker
I can't find any articles about it, but on the facebook page it is referred to, 18th April of this year.
https://www.facebook.com/TheNewLondonChorale

Lubomír Dorůžka died yesterday, nearly 90 years old.
Not a musician, but a very important music writer and organizer. He's done especially much for Czechoslovak jazz music. In particular in the "old dark times" when "jazz" was still considered evil, he cofounded and led the International Jazz Festival Prague.
I had the opportunity to visit him at his home a few years ago and chat with him about this and that, also exchanging emails every now and then. He was still active until this year as writer and radio presenter.

during the month:
[Invalid Artist]: drummer for Standells
british composer John Tavener
photograph Saul Leiter

Jazz/latin drummer and a prolific session musician Steve Berrios 25 July 2013. I hadn't noticed this before.

Jazz musician Yusef Lateef ed away yesterday.

http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/artist/1273140-Paul-B%C3%A4umer
Paul Baumer, Bingo Players. Probably the current highest profile chart career of anyone on here, and youngest?

Lord Infamous died a few days ago too!!

Just saw that, last week:
Zbigniew Karkowski

Spanish singer-actress Lolita Sevilla on Dec. 16.

yesterday, Everly Brothers

also, this week, american rappers KayO Redd

and composer Wojciech Kilar (Coppola's Dracula, Le Roi et L'Oiseau)

spanish bassist The Rippers (3)

RIP Amiri Baraka
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25679718

Jan Kuehnemund

RIP trumpeter Roy Campbell Jr.
http://jazztimes.com/articles/116780-trumpeter-roy-campbell-jr-dies-at-61

recently:
producer David Richards
American singer Benjamin Curtis

Nelson Ned

:(

yesterday: conductor Claudio Abbado

yesterday: french singer François Deguelt, known for the hit song "Le ciel, les oiseaux et ta mère"

US country singer and songwriter Ray Price, on Dec. 16, 2013
US blues musician Tabby Thomas, on Jan. 1, 2014

TwinPowerForce
yesterday: french singer François Deguelt, known for the hit song "Le ciel, les oiseaux et ta mère"

I assume you meant Le Ciel, Le Soleil Et La Mer
;)

thokoth
I assume you meant Le Ciel, Le Soleil Et La Mer
;)

of course, a private joke for french speaking people

thought Discogs was a community that loves sharing infos (and not keeping for them), but just saw by chance that legendary folk singer Pete Seeger died january 27th 2014

R.I.P. Pete, saw the report on yesterday's BBC News 24, with a tribute from Billy Bragg. A musical inspiration for many.

Saw it yesterday too, an American friend posted on facebook. Reminiscing how he had seen Pete with Arlo Guthrie on Pete's birthday and how Arlo had come out pre-concert to ask that when he gave the signal, would everyone sing Happy Birthday to Pete. A true American icon.

29/01/2014: French author and satirical cartoonist Cavanna (Hara Kiri, Charlie Hebdo, ...)

RIP Maximilian Schell.

German actor and Schlager singer Fred Bertelmann ed away on January 22, 2014.

Kein.Mensch
IMO mourning should be exactly what each individual feels like. There's no norm or there shouldn't be one.

What a worthwhile statement!
And I just want to say that you're not alone with this feeling of individualism. Especially on Wikipedia, each ed member can speak up that in case he/she deceases, either their real name can be revealed, getting put zero or well-chosen images on their page, or even just the profile deleted silently without any notice.
Each to their own.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

I'm very saddened by this.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/02/us-hoffman-casualties-idUSBREA110IY20140202

I am particularly fond of the film and his portrayal of Lester Bangs in Almost Famous.

Today: Shirley Temple - RIP!

Was really shocked when editing a release of Somehow Recordings it appeared that one of the label mainstays, Tim David Brice, had died on 22 Jan. 2014 .... can't have been that old, the guy. What a waste of talent.

31 january: Marvin Gaye

Kralle - 16 February 2014. RIP.

Bob Casale) - 17 february 2014

Oh, that's sad. ;( RIP, Kralle.

stassen
Kralle - 16 February 2014. RIP.

that is really sad, lived not far away from my place and only was 66. My word .... I saw one of their first gigs in a record shop in Bremen. :-(((

Today, 24/2/2014: Ghostbuster's Harold Ramis (and director of the cult movie Groundhog Day)

Kelly Holland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgdJmJjFGJc

A sad day for the Flamenco guitar, today has ed away Paco De Lucía, a real genius:
http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/artist/20184-Paco-De-Luc%C3%ADa

If you didn't know about his work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9RS4biqyAc#t=17
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ97E5s13Gg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16i4OXJTPW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o8vszqVL2U#t=10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzG7K4-lY0#t=10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVAA9xi98Ys

A lot of 30 years-old French girls to comfort: boyband Quentin Elias recently died (don't believe his profile, he's far away from "one of the most memorable artists of our time." a profile that really need cleaning)

Guitarist Ronny Jordan ed away on 13 January 2014, aged 51.

yesterday, french film director Alain Resnais

didn't find other sources but Jerry Corbitt just died

Bad weekend for the late 60's garage rock scene:
14th march: Gary Burger (who also was elected mayor of Turtle River, Minnesota if I believe Wikipedia)
15th march: [Invalid Artist], will Stooges go on withtout the Asheton bros ?

also just saw that Freak Antoni died in february

Today Ottavio Garaventa

http://discogs.librosgratis.biz/artist/2480603-Ottavio-Garaventa

Just saw that great italian composer Riz Ortolani died in late january (thanks for those who know but don't share this kind of info with the community :-(

For memory, he was the composer of the music of many cult movies like Riz Ortolani - Confessione Di Un Commissario Di Polizia Al Procuratore Della Repubblica (Colonna Sonora Originale Del Film) and a lot of western spaghetti
His music was also used in Various - Django Unchained (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

March 24th, 2014: Dave Brockie)

Portugal's rock scene mourns the ing of João Ribas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGQaIZtT-a4

yesterday: D.O.A. (2) - War On 45

31/03/2014 Frankie Knuckles :(

streppe
31/03/2014 Frankie Knuckles :(

I just read about that somewhere else. It's sad as he was a house music legend.

That is very sad.
I had hoped that it was a sick April Fool joke :-(

recently: french reggae singer Orange Street)

april 5th, 2014: soul jazz trombonist Wayne Henderson

Bassist Jason McCash ed away Saturday, aged 37

Peaches Geldof died today aged 25

this thread gets a +1 from me, I never can keep up with them all.

Mickey Rooney died yesterday as well

disneyfacts
Mickey Rooney died today as well

Whaaaaat? Damn. :( All the greats are leaving us. :(