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Eddie Jefferson was shot and killed outside Baker's Keyboard Lounge on May 8, 1979, aged 60. He had left the club with fellow bandleader Cole around 1:35 a.m. and was shot while walking out of the building.
May 11, 1979 · DETROIT, May 10 (AP) — A 41‐yearold unemployed factory worker was arraigned today on charges of murder and possession of a firearm in the killing of Eddie Jefferson, the jazz vocalist. William...
Though possibly not connected, Jazz bandleader and vocalist, Eddie Jefferson (seeing as Detroit has a Jefferson Ave.-do not attempt to Google), was shot outside Baker's Keyboard lounge at 1:35a. May 8th that same year Normile and Willetts were shot.
Eddie Jefferson was born August 3, 1918 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died tragically after a gig with saxophonist Richie Cole, when he was shot outside of a Detroit club on May 9, 1979 by a...
May 4, 2020 · This is not because he lived a life free of tragedies. He lost two wives, witnessed the murder of his best friend and musical partner Eddie Jefferson, struggled with alcoholism, and had the dedicated jazz musician’s usual struggles of squeezing a living wage out of the record companies and the road. He could probably play the blues, because ...
This set at Jazz Showcase was one of Eddie's last concerts, he was shot and killed after his next set at Baker's Keyboard Lounge in Detroit on May 8, 1979 at age 60. The suspect was charged with murder after his tragic death, but was later acquitted in a Detroit criminal trial.
Jul 28, 2011 · But 32 years ago, actress Brenda Vaccarro and altoist Richie Cole witnessed the drive-by shotgun slaying of the architect of Vocalese, Eddie Jefferson, at Bakers' Lounge. Jefferson was shot and killed May 8, 1979, walking out of the venue, after playing a set with co-leader Cole.
