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Mars Williams, an American saxophone player known for his work as a member of the Waitresses and later the Psychedelic Furs, passed away at age 68, reported Variety. Williams died on Monday. Williams` sax was a key element of the Waitresses during the group`s short but impactful two-album tenure in 1980-83, heard on the signature songs "Christmas Wrapping," "Square Pegs" and "I Know What Boys Like" as well as saxophone-heavy deep cuts like the title track of their "Bruiseology" LP. According to Variety, the Waitresses`…

Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89.Shorter died Thursday surrounded by his family in Los Angeles, said Alisse Kingsley, a representative for the multi-Grammy winner. No cause of death was given. “Visionary composer, saxophonist, visual artist, devout Buddhist, devoted husband, father and grandfather Wayne Shorter has embarked on a new journey…

Wayne Shorter, one of America’s greatest jazz saxophonists whose career spanned bop, fusion and more, has died in hospital in Los Angeles, aged 89. His publicist confirmed his death to the New York Times.Shorter was a central force in three of the 20th century’s great jazz groups: the Jazz Messengers, led by drummer Art Blakey, who established the mid-century “hard bop” style; the second iteration of Miles Davis’s quintet in the mid to late 1960s that led Davis to his electric period; and the hugely successful fusion…