Well, this is sad . . . percussionist and trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez, cofounder and leader of the Fort Apache Band, died Monday in Madrid from cardiac arrest caused by smoke inhalation from a fire in his home. He was 69.
The one and only time we saw González was when the Fort Apache Band played the Lake George Jazz Weekend back in 1986. We had to look the date up on the internet and if asked before we had researched it, we would have guessed that the performance was at least five years later than that. Time flies.
But whatever the date, he made an impression, and we're so sad to learn of his passing. Double bummer: while doing our research on the Lake George Jazz Festival web site, we saw that festival founder and impresario Paul Pines died last summer at age 77.
Every year, more dreams and fewer masters.
Also, we're apparently pack rats. We still have the souvenir coffee mugs from the Lake George Jazz Weekend:
Also, we're apparently pack rats. We still have the souvenir coffee mugs from the Lake George Jazz Weekend:
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