Pianist Earl Wild dies at 94
Wild, the first pianist to give a solo recital on American television, died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010 at his home in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 94.
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.