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Jazz Singer and 'Best Kept Secret' Ernestine Anderson Dies at 87
Brazilian Jazz Percussionist Nana Vasconcelos Dead at 71
Famed Jazz percussionist Nana Vasconcelos has died of lung cancer in his hometown of Recife, Brazil. The acclaimed percussionist and master of the single-stringed native Brazilian instrument berimbau died on March 9. He was 71 years old and was actually born in the town of Recife. Vasconcelos found a fair measure of fame in attention in the United States as well as Brazil. 'It's All in the GAME' of the Great American Music Ensemble from Jazzed Media (REVIEW)
Doug Richards is one of the most respected composers/arrangers you've never heard of, so much so that a 2014 tribute CD, 'Bugles Over Zagreb: The Music of Doug Richards' by Rex Richardson, paid tribute to him before he ever even recorded under his own name. Richards put The Great American Music Ensemble (GAME) together in the mid-'80s, toured throughout the '90s, and in 2001, recorded 'It's All In The Game,' yet due to lack of label interest, it sat unheard until now.
