The music world is mourning the loss of acclaimed jazz guitarist Russell Malone, who died Friday, August 23, at the age of 60.
Russell had a storied career playing with Jimmy Smith, Diana Krall, Harry Connick Jr., George Benson, Ron Carter, Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, Freddy Cole, David Sanborn and many others. He also released several solo albums.
Russell was a great friend of WBGO and came into the WBGO Studios several times to talk about his music. The audio segment above is from a 2004 conversation on WBGO with the legendary announcer Michael Bourne courtesy of the WBGO Archive 45.
Daybreak host Gary Walker who was also extremely close to Russell, expressed his deep sadness over the passing of the such a wonderful musician and person. When Malone first came to New York City, Gary interviewed him on WBGO.
Russell Malone, dead at the age of 60. He will be greatly missed by all of us.
