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I still can't believe that this man is gone because it always saddens me to think about Jay's passing. Jay Dee truly was a producer's producer, and no one will ever be able to top Dilla's abilities. I feel as though I am a very fortunate human being; experiencing and finding out about Dilla's music is truly one of the greatest things that has happened in my life. His music is something that I will always be able to confide in whether times are good or bad, and I thank him for that. For those of you fortunate enough to [...]

This was post- "Black Fist Takeover" . Shouts to MissInfo .

Shigeto : Facebook | Twitter I was super inspired from all the love in the air for Jay Dee's Birthday today. Got me thinking about what an inspiration Detroit music is. Then got me thinking about other Detroit artists. Then got me thinking about Aaliyah, another amazing talent that we lost way to soon. So I made this. Inspired by Aaliyah, Jay Dee and Detroit. RIP AALIYAH - RIP JAY DEE - Shigeto Tour Dates: [...]

Tragic news came this weekend that Jaime Cooley passed away on February 4 at the age of 33. Cooley was a fixture in the Portland music scene for many years, having begun working at KNRK at the young age of 17 and working her way through the ranks up to Assistant Program and Music Director. Cooley was part of the unfortunate Entercom layoffs at KNRK in 2008, a very big loss considered how connected she was to local music. Cooley was the champion of tons of local bands and an absolute, pure lover of music. Her enthusiasm and [...]

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Photo and autograph courtesy of the G Archives. Ben Gazzara RIP to actor Ben Gazzara who died at age 81. The Emmy Award winning actor appeared in films such as Anatomy Of A Murder , Capone , Saint Jack , Road House , The Big Lebowski , Buffalo 66 and Summer Of Sam . I met Ben Gazzara many times and he was extremely nice. RIP, Ben! Thanks for being so cool! [...]

The one and only J-Zone will be bringing the funk literally to The Bowery Electric in remembrance of Don Cornelius . For free. Full details via Facebook .

"We wish you love, peace and soul." -Don Cornelius Nativity

All apologies to the Don Mega and Cartagena, but there was only one Don. The late Cornelius, who put himself to sleep at the age of 75. I spoke with him once for the LA Times, in late September of 2010, right around the time the Best of Soul Train was being released. The conversation was brief, maybe 20 minutes or so, but he still had that honey- smoked, ripple-free baritone. Perhaps the most soothing and reassuring voice ever ingrained in my memory. The aural equivalent of a paternal hand on the shoulder - one that conveyed eternal [...]

• Black Milk - Don Cornelius

Today marks the first day of Dilla month. Facebook, twitter, and any popular blog that you may be venturing out to check are also trying to put up their sickest tribute post ever. Even last year, Stones Throw had a video contest, and some of the participants made their own 'Dilla Tribute' to his songs . At this point in time, EVERYONE has either heard about him, or finally know who this famous producer is. Unfortunately, because of his untimely demise is the part of the reason why many (like myself, admittedly) knows of the [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Frederick M. Brown, Getty Images Don Cornelius , who helped popularize black music and culture through ' Soul Train ,' a show he created and hosted for more than two decades, was found dead earlier today (Feb. 1) in Sherman Oaks, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 75. According to sources, the cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound . Police arrived at Cornelius' apartment [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. YouTube.com King Stitt , Jamaica's oldest living DJ, has died after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 72. According to The Washington Post, Stitt's good friend and musicologist Bunny Goodison has confirmed the death of pioneering DJ , who was also being treated for diabetes at a Kingston hospital at the time of his death. Born Winston Spark, the DJ began his [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. AP Photo, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Camilla Williams, the first African-American singer to appear with a major American opera company, died at 92 in Bloomington, Ill., according to the Associated Press . The soprano singer passed away on Jan. 29 due to cancer-related complications. The opera pioneer made her historic debut on May 15, 1946 with the New York City Opera performing the title role in Puccini's [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Gloria Jean, AP Dick Kniss , longtime bassist for famed folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-writer of the John Denver hit 'Sunshine on My Shoulders,' passed away after a bout with pulmonary disease, tje Associated Press reports. He was 74 years old. The famed trio's Peter Yarrow said that Kniss was "our intrepid bass player for almost as long as we performed together."

Filed under: News , R.I.P. www.AndrewMacNaughtan.com Acclaimed rock photographer Andrew MacNaughtan -- who worked with several groups including Rush and Barenaked Ladies -- died earlier this week. He was 47. According to the Toronto Star , the photographer suffered a heart attack in California where he was on assignment photographing Rush. "We're deeply shocked and heartbroken to learn of the sudden passing of our close friend [...]

Filed under: News , R.I.P. Getty Images Clare Fisher, renowned jazz pianist, composer and arranger , has died at the age of 83, the BBC reports. Fisher had been on and off life support during the past month after going into cardiac arrest following complications from a minor surgery. During his lengthy career, Fischer was nominated for 11 Grammy awards , the most recent in 2011 for his instrumental arrangement of 'In the [...]

Wanna send a special RIP to Robert Hegyes , the actor who brought to live the Puerto Rican Jew Juan Epstein on Welcome Back, Kotter , who without his spot-on performance there'd probably never have been a Hip-Hop podcast that Cipha Sounds & Rosenberg birthed, appropriately titled "Juan Epstein". I can only hope they hook up a special episode in his honor. Hegyes passed away at 60 from an apparent heart attack in his Metuchen, NJ home.

The Books - the New York City-bred experimental duo comprised of Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong - have called it quits. In an email to Pitchfork , Zammuto said, "It seems the air has gone out of the Books for the last time. It's been an extraordinarily painful year coming to the realization that there was no way forward for the band. I love the Books and all that it became, and it still feels strange to me that such an odd little project moved people like it did." Zammuto did not elaborate on the reasoning behind the duo's [...]

Mark Reale, the founding guitarist for Riot, has died in a San Antonio hospital after suffering from a subarachnoid hemorrhage, which put him in the coma he had been in for two weeks. The guitarist had been battling Crohn's disease for most of his life, says The Gauntlet. Reale founded Riot in 1975 in New York ...

Filed under: News , R.I.P. David Corio, Redferns Acclaimed reggae producer Winston Riley died Sunday, Jan. 22, after succumbing to multiple gunshot wounds from a November incident at his Kingston Jamaica home, Billboard reports. Riley had been comatose in the months since the shooting, according to his son Kurt. Riley was the target of several unexplained acts of violence in the months prior to the deadly shooting, having been shot in [...]