American R&B/Jazz guitarist Cornell Dupree passed away Sunday night at age 69. He began his career playing in the Atlantic Records studio band, recording on albums by Aretha Franklin and King Curtis as a member of Curtis’s band “The King Pins”. He has reputedly recorded on 2500 sessions with artists such as Lena Horne, Archie Shepp, Grover Washington Jr., Snooky Young, and Miles Davis.

Jazz90.1 was first to bring you the lineup of this year’s Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival live from Xerox in downtown Rochester. Jazz90.1 is pleased to again be an official media parter of the XRIJF, which takes place June 10-18th. For more information on the 10th anniversary of this wonderful festival, click here!

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