May 16, 2012
Published in the Washington Post Chris Richards, Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 4:42 PM Chuck Brown, the gravelly voiced bandleader who capitalized on funk’s percussive pulse to create go-go, the genre of music that has soundtracked life in black Washington for more than three decades, died May 16 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was 75.The death, [...]
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May 5, 2012
Jamaican double bassist Lloyd Brevett, whose band The Skatalites pioneered ska music and paved the way for reggae, has died at the age of 80. Published: 4 May 2012 Last updated at 05:58 ET@ BBC News Entertainment & Arts The Skatalites formed in 1964 and combined jazz, R&B and mento to create ska and take [...]
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