Honoring giants who passed in 2025
A shortlist of some of the master musicians who passed in 2025
A Jazz on the Tube playlist
1. Bunky Green (1933-2025) – Tension & Release (00:00)
2. Al Foster (1943-2025) – Aloysius (07:42)
3. Roy Ayers (1940-2025) – Vibrations (15:04)
4. Andy Bey (1939-2025) – Celestial Blues (18:01)
5. George Freeman (1927-2025) – Jungle Strut (21:13)
6. Cleo Laine (1927-2025) – Crazy Rhythm (28:31)
7. Hal Galper (1938-2025) – Waiting for Chet (32:12)
8. Chuck Mangione (1940-2025) – Feels so Good (40:17)
9. Nancy King (1940-2025) – Cheek to Cheek (43:44)
10. Eddie Palmieri (1936-2025) – La Libertad/Comparsa (52:27)
11. Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) – Toccata from Gillespiana (01:04:03)
12. Sheila Jordan (1928-2025) – Dat Dere (01:08:55)
13. Alan Bergman (1925-2025) – The Way We Were (01:11:37)
14. Hermeto Pascoal (1936-2025) – Sâo Jorge (01:16:10)
15. Akiko Tsuruga (1967-2025) – So Cute, So Bad (01:18:46)
16. Anthony Jackson (1952-2025) – Not Yet (01:25:33)
17. Mike Wofford (1938-2025) – Speedball (01:31:36)
18. Jack DeJohnette (1942-2025) – Silver Hollow (01:38:48)
19. Herb Gardner (1938-2025) – Slow Boat to China (01:45:09)
20. Phil Upchurch (1941-2025) – All I want from you (01:44:58)
21. Gordon Goodwin (1954–2025) – Hit the Ground Running (01:50:20)
22. Jim McNeely (1949-2025) – In This Moment (01:55:15)
23. Ray Drummond (1946-2025) – Things ain’t what they used to be (02:02:44)
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P.S. At the end of every year, we put together a short (and frankly incomplete) playlist to honor some of the giants who passed in the previous year.
It’s a bittersweet project.
Sorrow at the loss of such great souls…Joy in the appreciation of what beautiful gifts they made to all of us with their lives.
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