4th January 2023

Obituary, 2022 Jazz Goodbyes

by Matt Groom

A short video-tribute to some of the musicians, composers, record producers and other creatives who died in 2022, including saxophonists Pharoah Sanders, Barbara Thompson MBE and Ronnie Cuber, record producers Creed Taylor and Sue Mingus, and instrumentalists Jaimie Branch, Charnett Moffett and Joey DeFrancesco.

The music is 'Movement 2' from Promises by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra, released in 2021.

Matt Groom - Head of Jazz

After spending much of the nineties producing music programmes for cable television, at the turn of the millennium Matt became a music publicist, before joining Presto to become Head of Jazz. He enjoys making electronic noises for his own amusement, and was once in an improv trio with real jazz musicians.

Obituary, 2022 Jazz Goodbyes

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