Bobby Robinson (1917-2011): An Unreleased History

Bobby Robinson (1917-2011): An Unreleased History

RIP to Bobby Robinson. Below for Music, "the Lime to the lemmon, the lemmon to the lime"
The Link Above for a great OBIT from Dan Charnas author of The Big Payback.

R.I.P. Percy Sutton

The pic is by Ozier Muhammad for The New York Times. The Apollo Theater paid its respects to Percy E. Sutton on Sunday. Mr. Sutton, an eminent politician, died on Saturday at 89. The NY Times has the story by Kareem Fahim and Stacy Solie. Just click on the pic above, RIP Mr. Sutton.

All The People Who Died

R.I.P. Jim Carroll. Link to your obit by Willian Grimes from the Times (on the Andrew Serban pic).

A Pair of Aces. R.I.P.

We mourned the loss of two of Latin Music's greats privately in March and April but here are their obits. Ralphie Mercado, and Manny Oquendo.E.P.D. and thank you for the music. By Douglas Martin & A.E. Velez for the NY Times

Cachao - we thank you sir.

"Cachao is our musical father. He is revered by all who have come in contact with him and his music," Andy Garcia said in a statement Saturday. "Maestro . . . you have been my teacher, and you took me in like a son. So I will continue to rejoice with your music and carry our traditions wherever I go, in your honor", said Garcia.


That photo is from photographer Carl Philippe Juste, and the quote is from the LA times obituary on the great Israel 'Cachao' Lopez, who died Sunday night at Coral Gables Hospital in Fl. He was 89.

Here is the obituary from the NY Times, by Jon Pareles, entitled Mambo's Inventor Dies at 89.
Below is the King of Mambo in a brief interview from Distrikt Magazine posted on youtube.




I had the pleasure of meeting you a few times sir. It was a privilege.