OBITUARIES

This folder includes obituaries for jazz musicians or persons of significance to the Australian jazz community, written by several contributors. Jazz writers interested in contributing are welcome to contact the editor by filling out the form in the CONTACT tab.Click on the INDEX box to access a list of obituaries contained in this folder.

OBITUARY: TOM BAKER 1952-2001

by Bruce Johnson

JazzChord, Dec 01/Jan 02

Tom (John Thomas) Baker was born in Oakdale, California, on September 14, 1952, just over 100 miles from San Francisco. He died in Holland, on October 23, 2001, aged 49. Tom Baker began piano lessons at the age of six, with the parental expectation that he would one day become a concert pianist. His interests, however, lay more with contemporary pop, but it was a concert by a US Marines band in San Francisco that turned his attention to brass instruments…

OBITUARY: MADDY YOUNG 1972-1997

 by Eric Myers

JazzChord, Summer 1997/98

Members of the Sydney jazz community were shocked and saddened at the news that the 25-year-old guitarist Madeleine (Maddy) Young took her own life on November 10, 1997...

OBITUARY: BRYCE ROHDE 1923-2016

by John Shand

Sydney Morning Herald, February 28, 2016

Bryce Rohde and Jack Brokensha arrived in Canada in 1953 filled with optimism about pursuing their musical careers in the Americas. The first music they heard, however, was the sound of a cell door slamming...