Gene Lees, jazz historian known for essays, dies at 82
Gene Lees, a jazz historian and critic known for his pugnacious, highly personal essays and biographies of such jazz greats as Oscar Peterson, Woody Herman and Johnny Mercer, died Thursday at his home in Ojai, Calif. He was 82.
Jazz trumpet player Kenny Ball, and leader of Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, has died aged 82.