RIP

Acclaimed bassist George Mraz, who appeared on over 200 albums in his career, died on Sept. 16, at 77.

Bobby Sanabria, the host of Latin Jazz Cruise on WBGO, played with Larry Harlow for more than 25 years. He remembers the titan of salsa with this tribute.

A trailblazing figure in public radio who served for more than two decades as program director at WBGO, Thurston Briscoe, died on Monday morning in Morristown, N.J.

Jerry Granelli's subtle pulse was a key ingredient in trios led by pianists Mose Allison, Denny Zeitlin and Vince Guaraldi — notably on Guaraldi’s iconic soundtrack work for many of the Peanuts television specials.

Known for his idiosyncratic, wide-ranging style and the radical politics of his early years, Louis Andriessen had a profound impact on modern music as an uncompromising creator and prominent teacher.

After making a strong impression in the turbulent 1960s, Greene never stopped exploring, from a perch on a houseboat in Amsterdam.

The Connecticut-born bassist was known both for his attack on the fingerboard and the decades he spent nurturing the next generation of players.

Best known for marquee associations with singers — like Carmen McRae, Joe Williams and Betty Carter — Norman Simmons was a pianist and composer of refinement and soul. He died on May 13.

After cutting his teeth in Detroit, a move to New York near the middle of the century found him directly in the center of a deeply important moment for jazz.

An announcer at WBGO for more than a decade, as well as a fixture at SiriusXM, Eulis Cathey died on April 27. His colleague, friend and fellow Buffalo native Sheila Anderson remembers him fondly.