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Early Jazz Guitarist
Published: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005
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Death on 9/11
Early Jazz Guitarist
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005
Al Casey, a guitarist whose playful acoustic rhythms and solos were a defining feature of Fats Waller’s band in the 1930’s and 1940’s, died on Sunday [9/11] in Manhattan. He was 89….
Mr. Casey played and recorded with Louis Armstrong in 1944 when both were recognized as leading jazz musicians in the Esquire magazine readers’ poll….
A 90th birthday celebration for Mr. Casey, scheduled for Thursday evening at St. Peter’s Church, 54th Street and Lexington Avenue, will now be his musical memorial service, open to the public.
That’s St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.
See also the previous entry.