Pete Cosey, jazz guitarist with Miles Davis, dies at 68 June 11, 2012 - 18:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Pete Cosey, a jazz guitarist who was best known for his work in Miles Davis' electric band in the 1970s has died aged 68, BBC News reported. His daughter said he died at a Chicago hospital of complications from surgery on 30 May. During the 1960s Cosey was a member of the studio band for Chess Records, playing for the likes of Etta James, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. But it was his creative sound that attracted the attention of Davis. He liberally applied the distortion pedal to his licks, punctuated by wah-wah effects, and appeared on some of Davis' most experimental albums including Agharta, Pangaea, Get Up With It and Dark Magus. "Pete's sound was something quite amazing," Wendy Oxenhorn, from the Jazz Foundation of America told the Chicago Tribune. "He took blues, funk, rap and jazz and combined it into a new sound." In recent years, Cosey had suffered from health problems, but the musician had been playing music in children's hospitals and schools. He also featured in Martin Scorsese's 2003 blues documentary, The Blues: A Musical Journey.   Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”.   Partner news |  Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |
