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Old 12-08-2017, 11:28 AM   #3665 (permalink)
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Hearing a few murmurs that Sunny Murray has passed on but I can't find anything to verify it.
https://avantmusicnews.com/2017/12/08/rip-sunny-murray/

Not a very detailed confirmation, but it's zipping through the jazz world right now and I have no reason not to believe it. He was 81.

RIP to the man who freed drums and taught us that they can be used for pure emotion. A true innovator.

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