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Miles Davis were his musical idols, and his playing was inspired by jazz drummers such as Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes and Philly Joe Jones. Watts’s career with the Stones ran from the cramped clubs of Britain’s early-1960s blues boom to the international stadium tours that became their metier.

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George “Funky” Brown Dies: Kool & The Gang Drummer & Songwriter Was 74

George “Funky” Brown, the drummer, founding member and one of the main songwriters of pop-R&B group Kool & The Gang, died in Los Angeles last night following a battle with lung cancer. He was 74.

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Richard Davis, bassist on Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’, has died

Van Morrison‘s 1968 album ‘Astral Weeks’. Other non-jazz albums that featured Davis’ playing include Bruce Springsteen‘s ‘Born to Run’ (on the track ‘Meeting Across the River’), Paul Simon‘s ‘There Goes Rhymin’ Simon’ (on ‘Something So Right’) and Bo Diddley‘s ‘Where It All Began’.Davis often served as bandleader within ensembles he performed in, which includes the band put together to record ‘Astral Weeks’ with Morrison. It is believed that Davis had over 3,000 album credits across his decades as a working musician.

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Jazz piano titan McCoy Tyner has died

McCoy Tyner, the hugely influentlal jazz pianist, has died. News of his passing was announced on Friday afternoon via Tyner's nephew on Twitter, and later confirmed on his official Facebook page. Tyner was 81.

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