Saxophonist Tony Campise passed away Sunday morning (3/7/2010) of a brain hemorrhage following surgery for head injuries suffered after a fall in October. Campise was a fixture on the Austin music scene and His1992 album “Once in a Blue Moon” received Grammy nominations for “Best Jazz Album of the Year” and “Best Instrumental Solo” He was 67 years old. See link.

Johnny Dankworth–Sir John Dankworth–has died at 82. The alto saxophonist, composer and band leader and his wife, the singer Cleo Laine, have been pillars of jazz in England since the early 1950s. To read the BBC’s announcement of his death. The saxophonist, whose career spanned more than half a century, died yesterday in King Edward VII hospital, London. He had been ill for several months. Dankworth enjoyed a parallel career as a film and television composer, and wrote the theme tune for television shows The Avengers and Tomorrow’s World, as well as scores for films of the 1960s, such as Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Servant and Modesty Blaise. (more…)

Jazz drummer Ed Thigpin has passed away. For more information, click here.