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News from the darkest corners of the
musical universe:
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Tuesday, June 24, 2003 ◦
Peanuts Hucko, a jazz clarinetist who worked with Glenn Miller and Louis Armstrong but was probably best known for his association with Lawrence Welk, died on Thursday in Fort Worth. He was 85 and lived in Denton, Texas.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2003 ◦
Jimmy Knepper, who died on Sunday aged 75, was a highly original and idiosyncratic jazz trombonist whose playing enhanced the music of many bands, from Charles Mingus to Stan Kenton; his highly mobile but lyrical style bore little relationship to the smooth, glassy delivery cultivated by most of his contemporaries, and instantly announced his presence on any recording.
The most noteworthy musical partnership of Knepper's career began in 1957, when he joined Charles Mingus's "Jazz Workshop" ensemble. This was also the beginning of Mingus's most creative period, and it is impossible to imagine such classic Mingus albums of the late 1950s as Blues And Roots, Mingus Ah-Um and his masterpiece, Tijuana Moods, without the unique sound of Knepper's trombone.
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