Holy cow! I had no idea he was still battling cancer. He was so young. Really sad news.
Very sad - I liked his music very much. I even saw him live once when he played in Balingen, many years ago.
Quote:"Discovered" in a Toronto club in 1982 by Texas blues guitarist, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan, Healey astonished music fans with his outrageous technique. Self-taught by age 4, he laid the electric guitar across his lap and played it in much the same way as a pianist manipulates a keyboard.
Quote:...Healey's real passion was vintage American jazz.
Healey hosted a long-running CBC Radio series, My Kinda Jazz, before moving the program to Toronto's Jazz-FM station, relying solely on his personal collection of 35,000 rare and obscure 78 rpm recordings and an encyclopedic knowledge of the music and personalities he featured in the show.
Healey also played trumpet and clarinet, and in the past decade recorded three albums of vintage jazz with Jeff Healey's Jazz Wizards, including It's Tight Like That.
Healey was an internationally known star who shared stages with B.B. King and Vaughan, and recorded with George Harrison, Mark Knopfler and blues legend Jimmy Rogers.
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While my guitar gently weeps
Damn. What a cryin' shame.
Never heard of him and I think Ive got evry piece of music MArk Knoepfler evver did, even his work with Chet Atkins. Ill have to check to see wheher Ive got any of his music.
Hiw work sounds more Urban country or "easy listening" to me
Mostly Blues and Jazz, farmerman.
See the light
He did things in his own manner and was quite accomplished. He played the trumpet from the side of his mouth and he was told he could not do that. I don't think he understood could not because he could and he did.
He was an inspiration and will be missed.
I really enjoyed the "My Kind of Jazz" radio program. He was a natural, easy educator. I learned a lot about blues and jazz from him, which surprised me.
Thx 2 packs...
Sight is a somewhat rare thing.
Healey had a wonderful version.
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