Peter Morris, Author at Sound Forums

[ATTACH=CONFIG]194423.vB5-legacyid=1088[/ATTACH]Harman/Kardon founder & Chairman Emeritus of Harman International, Dr. Sidney Harman has passed away from complications of leukemia. He was 92. Full obit here: [URL=”https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/business/media/14harman.html?hp”]https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/business/media/14harman.html[/URL] From [URL=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Harman”]Wikipedia[/URL]: [B]Sidney Harman[/B] (August 4, 1918 – April 12, 2011) was an American businessman who has been active in education, government, industry, and publishing. …

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]194370.vB5-legacyid=904[/ATTACH]Pinetop Perkins, one of the most active musicians I’ve ever met passed away yesterday. He was 97 and didn’t begin his solo/bandleading career until he was 75. [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/arts/music/pinetop-perkins-delta-boogie-woogie-master-dies-at-97.html?hp[/URL] Thanks for the boogie-woogie and blues, we’ll miss you.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]194308.vB5-legacyid=656[/ATTACH]Jazz pianist and composer George Shearing has passed away at age 91. RIP, George. I’m listening right now… Thanks. [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/arts/music/15shearing.html[/URL] From the NYT Article: “[I]George Shearing, the British piano virtuoso who overcame blindness to become a worldwide jazz star, and whose composition “Lullaby of Birdland” became an enduring jazz standard, …

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