Issue Articles — Obituaries
Obituary: Dean Lutz (1974-2008)
Dean Lutz, the creator of the New Orleans band Patient Zero, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on June 10 in San Francisco, he was 34. A year after the catastrophic […]
Obituary: John Brunious
Another one of America’s non-renewable resources disappeared when trumpeter John Brunious, leader of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for more than 20 years, died February 12. Brunious and his younger […]
Obituary: John Brunious (1940-2008)
We were saddened by the passing of trumpeter John Brunious of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. On February 12, he suffered a heart attack in Orlando, Florida, his home since […]
Obituary: Kerwin James (1972 – 2007)
With the death of New Birth Brass Band tuba player Kerwin James last month, New Orleans lost another of its trademark musicians. James’ merry bass brass beats provided the underpinning […]
Obituary: Wilson “Willie Tee” Turbinton
World famous jazz musicians “Cannonball” Adderley and Weather Report counted him as one of their favorites. The Geto Boys and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs sampled his songs. He’s Willie Tee, […]
Obituary: Goodbye to Matthew Cormier
Funeral services for 22-year-olds are supposed to be sad occasions, but the family and friends of zydeco musician Matthew Cormier had already cried until their eyes hurt as much as […]
Obituary: Thorny Penfield (1934-2007)
Our New Orleanian friend (and lover of Shakespeare) Professor Thorny Penfield shuffled off this mortal coil early Tuesday morning, August 21, in the company of his beloved wife, Diane, and […]
Obituary: Earl Turbinton (1941-2007)
The eclectic New Orleans avant-garde jazz saxophonist Earl Turbinton, a.k.a. “The African Cowboy,” succumbed to lung cancer August 3 in Baton Rouge. He was 65. The brother of funk keyboardist […]
