Mauro Nahoum (Mau Nah), José Sá Filho (Sazz), Arlindo Coutinho (Mestre Goltinho); David Benechis (Mestre Bené-X), José Domingos Raffaelli (Mestre Raf) *in memoriam*, Marcelo Carvalho (Marcelón), Marcelo Siqueira (Marcelink), Luciana Pegorer (PegLu), Mario Vieira (Manim), Luiz Carlos Antunes (Mestre Llulla) *in memoriam*, Ivan Monteiro (Mestre I-Vans), Mario Jorge Jacques (Mestre MaJor), Gustavo Cunha (Guzz), José Flavio Garcia (JoFla), Alberto Kessel (BKessel), Gilberto Brasil (BraGil), Reinaldo Figueiredo (Raynaldo), Claudia Fialho (LaClaudia), Pedro Wahmann (PWham), Nelson Reis (Nels), Pedro Cardoso (o Apóstolo), Carlos Augusto Tibau (Tibau), Flavio Raffaelli (Flavim), Luiz Fernando Senna (Senna) *in memoriam*, Cris Senna (Cris), Jorge Noronha (JN), Sérgio Tavares de Castro (Blue Serge) e Geraldo Guimarães (Gerry).

Eldee Young: 1936 - 2007

08 março 2007

Navegando pela internet por sites ligados à cena jazzística de Chicago (http://www.chicagojazzmagazine.com/), tive a triste surpresa de ler a notícia sobre o falecimento em 12.02.2007, em Bangkok, do baixista Eldee Young, a quem tive o prazer de assistir num evento em 2003, na mesma Chicago, no qual o baixista acompanhava Marshall Vente, pianista e bandleader local.

Eldee, pessoa de ótimo humor, foi mais conhecido pelo trabalho com o pianista e educador de Chicago Ramsey Lewis, músico de toque refinado.

Buscando mais dados, cheguei a www.allaboutjazz, que trouxe o texto que segue abaixo:

Bassist Eldee Young, best known for his ten year stint in the ‘50s and ‘60s with the (pianist) Ramsey Lewis Trio, died of a heart attack on February 12, 2007, in Bangkok.

Last May I found myself in Saigon, and was both surprised and delighted to learn that the Eldee Young trio was playing in town. The gig was in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel, a far cry perhaps from Carnegie Hall, and the Montreux or Newport Jazz Festivals, all venues of past glories for the man from the Windy City.

“Eldee, what are you doing in Vietnam?” I asked. “Vietnam? You tell me. I thought I was in Singapore!” And then that infectious laugh.

Although the venues may have changed over the years, what never changed was his cheeky sense of humor, his openness to all people and his enthusiasm for life.

Born in Chicago on January 7, 1936, Eldee Devon Young was already playing bass professionally in a club at the age of thirteen, and was touring in his mid-teens. His first important gig was with King Komax, with whom he played from ’51 to ’54.

In a career spanning nearly sixty years, Eldee Young played with T-Bone Walker, Joe Turner, Chuck Willis, Nancy Wilson, James Moody, Dinah Washington, Sonny Stitt, Jeremy Monteiro and Dizzy Gillespie.

Como dizia João Saldanha, vida que segue...

Beto Kessel

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