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Jazz singer Al Jarreau has passed away at the age of 76, following hospitalization for exhaustion, according to people.com.
The seven-time Grammy Award-winner is best known for his theme song ‘Moonlighting’, for the television show of the same name. His breakout album was 1981’s Breakin' Away.
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February (16)
[12 Feb 2017] Al Jarreau (American Jazz musician), 76, exhaustion
[11 Feb 2017] Jarmila Šuláková (Czech folk singer), 87
[08 Feb 2017] Rina Matsuno (Japanese pop singer for Shiritsu Ebisu Chugaku), 18
[08 Feb 2017] José Luis Pérez de Arteaga (Spanish music critic, musicologist and journalist), 66
[07 Feb 2017] Svend Asmussen (Danish jazz violinist), 100
[07 Feb 2017] Loukianos Kilaidonis (Greek singer-songwriter), 73, respiratory infection
[06 Feb 2017] Ritchie Yorke (Australian music journalist), 73, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
[05 Feb 2017] David Axelrod (American Jazz musician), 83
[05 Feb 2017] Sonny Geraci (American musician for The Outsiders and Climax), 69
[05 Feb 2017] Howard Philpott (British broadcaster for BBC Radio 4), 63, cancer
[04 Feb 2017] Gervase de Peyer (British clarinetist), 90
[04 Feb 2017] Jeff Graham (British radio presenter for Radio Luxembourg and Capital Radio)
[04 Feb 2017] Steve Lang (Canadian musician for April Wine), 67
[04 Feb 2017] Noel Simms (Jamaican reggae musician), 82, lung cancer
[03 Feb 2017] Robert Dahlqvist (Swedish rock musician for The Hellacopters and Dundertåget), 40
[03 Feb 2017] Martin Gotthard Schneider (German theologian and musician), 86
The seven-time Grammy Award-winner is best known for his theme song ‘Moonlighting’, for the television show of the same name. His breakout album was 1981’s Breakin' Away.
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According to a statement from his manager Joe Gordon published by Ebony magazine, the singer was surrounded by family and friends at the time of his passing.
His loved ones asked that in lieu of flowers or gifts, donations be made the Wisconsin Foundation for School Music, an organization that supports music opportunities, teachers, and scholarships for students in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin.
Last week, updates on Jarreau’s Twitter account announced he had entered a hospital for exhaustion and was forced to retire from touring “with complete sorrow.”
“The medical team has instructed that he cannot perform any of his remaining 2017 concert dates,” his team said in the statement.
They continued, “He is thankful for his 50 years of traveling the world in ministry through music, and for everyone who shared this with him – his faithful audience, the dedicated musicians, and so many others who supported his effort.”
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His loved ones asked that in lieu of flowers or gifts, donations be made the Wisconsin Foundation for School Music, an organization that supports music opportunities, teachers, and scholarships for students in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin.
Last week, updates on Jarreau’s Twitter account announced he had entered a hospital for exhaustion and was forced to retire from touring “with complete sorrow.”
“The medical team has instructed that he cannot perform any of his remaining 2017 concert dates,” his team said in the statement.
They continued, “He is thankful for his 50 years of traveling the world in ministry through music, and for everyone who shared this with him – his faithful audience, the dedicated musicians, and so many others who supported his effort.”
February (16)
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