Jazz Journalcontributors for your pointless bitchery needs. Beyond Sketches Of Spain Tete Montoliu And The Construction Of Charlies Good Tonight The Life, the Times, and the Rolling JJ 04/80: Beyond the Mainstream: Herbie Hancock. He passed away surrounded by family and friends, including Steve Rodby, who worked with Mays in Methenys group. It entered jazz lore Read More Favorite Number, You never quite knew what Chicago bassist Kelly Sill was going to play (or what he was going to say). He always looks sick and frail and he does like it up the ass. Not covered up; but if he was HIV+ or living with AIDS it was not known as that at the time. shit. Otherwise, you'll just have to find some other site He died of mesothelioma which is not that rare. or there must have been famous people before Rock Hudson who died? He was 84. [quote] omeone in a Prince thread right after he died said that Jamie Foxx was the one who infected Prince with HIV. From the first notes we played together, we had an immediate bond. His pioneering work has been recognized with eleven Grammy Awards. For all the people who don't think fat people die of AIDS, Robbin Crosby from the metal band RATT was almost 400 lbs when he died. our privacy/terms or if you just want to see the damn Sometime in 1978, IIRC. However, the pianist was not solely a sideman for Metheny. Harry Hamlin always had the GAYEST roast beef lips. I think Harry Hamlin has AIDS. Isn't it an open secret in NY music circles that this certain individual - who's discussed in a current DL thread because of a book by his daughter - died of an Aids-related illness? He was my dear uncle, mentor, and friend and words cannot express the depth of my grief. He was 66. r104 - I did several Google searches and read several obits and nothing mentions AIDS related symptoms typical in 1990. Lyle Mays - Eberhard Album Tee $25.00 USD. Published since 1970, JazzTimesAmericas Jazz Magazineprovides comprehensive and in-depth coverage of the jazz scene. [quote]While we now know about AIDS deaths in the early eighties, the first reports of a "mystery" disease killing gay men weren't published until 1982. And as 1981 progressed things began to ramp up rapidly. R150, you really really need to shut the fuck up and pressure wash your dildo cabinet, it's not gonna clean itself you dumb filthy whore. Lyle Mays, a jazz keyboardist whose work, chiefly with the Pat Metheny Group, won nearly a dozen Grammy Awards, has died at his home in Los Angeles. When I was involved in AIDS projects in Hawaii in the late 80s, we used to meet for information sharing once a month at the office of a professor at the U. of Hawaii in Honolulu. A lot of wisdom here in this dad-blamed thread. With the amount of people who die from the disease every year, statistics say that notable deaths are unaccounted for. Rumors have been swirling around the death of Jim Henson, who was the creator of The Muppets. Composer and keyboardist Lyle Mays, best known for his long partnership with Pat Metheny, has died at the age of 66. 2004-2023 Synthtopia, All Rights Reserved, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9fY9fQm4lo, Teenage Engineering Intros CM-15 Portable Large-diaphragm Condenser Microphone, Desktop Conversion Kit For Korg Wavestate, Opsix & Modwave Synthesizers, Behringer Pro-800 Synthesizer Now Shipping, With a $399 List Price, Polyverse Music & Infected Mushroom Release Free Wider 2.0 Plugin, Ableton Intros A Free Guide To Building Max Devices, Sinevibes Dense Brings Vintage Oscillator Sound To The Korg Prologue, Minilogue XD & NTS-1, UVI KAWAI Vintage Legacy Brings Back Vintage '80s Sounds. R205/R206, Miles Davis was also a homosexual on the Down Low his entire life. I'm actually NOT surprised because it sounds like pure speculation. [quote]Clayburgh had chronic lymphocytic leukemia for 20 years. Lyle David Mays (1953-2020) - Find a Grave Memorial It wasnt even on my mind to do an acoustic record. [1], Mays was posthumously awarded the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards in 2022 for his composition "Eberhard".[32]. That death certificate has never been verified and is usually dismissed as fake. click ACCEPT. The Grammys | GRAMMY.com The first is regarding Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Carrying on the familys musical tradition, his niece Aubrey Johnson, a promising jazz vocalist, released her debut album in 2019. I heard a guy from the National Enquirer on the radio and he was pretty firm about how they stand by their story. By Emily Blackwood Written on Feb 26, 2019. Mays died in Los Angeles at the age of 66 on February 10, 2020 "after a long battle with a recurring illness". He was regarded by both professional musicians and music fans as one of the most innovative and creative jazz pianists and keyboardists, but he personally considered himself more of a serious contemporary composer with an advanced approach to classical music, harmonic aesthetics, and structural development through long forms. He collaborated with electronic keyboard instrument makers, Kurzweil and Korg, to develop their new sounds since he had great knowledge of both computer programming and music synthesis that he learned by himself. Just heard about his death. Lyle Mays, a pianist, best known for his connection with guitarist Pat Metheny, died February 10 in Los Angeles at the age of 66. Not all, of course, but I'd gamble that most. Lyle Mays Death: and Cause of Death. His broad intelligence and musical wisdom informed every aspect of who he was in every way. He had a lot of pulmonary stuff going on anyway. He sheepishly grinned at me and then the two of them whispered for a bit. He was drinking (we all were drinking) and schmoozing with the star of the show - a very well-known popular, handsome, charming, straight actor, better known for game shows and talk shows than for an actual acting career. This thread is from 2016. Both will be sadly missed. Interesting the number of people who supposedly got infected by infected blood following a transfusion during surgery Amd yet - we also know - or its been long rumoured - that they were utter sleazes. I don't see the point in spreading totally unfounded rumors. Some features on this site require registration. [4], Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Filles de Kilimanjaro by Miles Davis (both recorded in 1968) were important influences. 202 here. Jamie Foxx is not gay!! At the time of his death, he was 67 years old. Thank you for the music. He was 66. I was almost resistant to the idea, though. r199 there's a difference between being positive and dying of AIDS. But you always knew that Read More Kelly Sill, My introduction to Joeys music was in 1995 when I was given his Live at the 5 Spot CD as a Christmas gift and immediately Read More In Memoriam: Joey DeFrancesco, America's jazz resource, delivered to your inbox. Of course not! Who is out there that died from HIV, but the information was never made public? My favorite Pianist! Mays remained with the Pat Metheny Group until 2010when he not only left the group, but also began paying increasingly less attention to the music business in general. Brad Davis from Midnight Express, now known but at the time only 2 people knew he had AIDS at the time of death. Mays final post-retirement release, The Ludwigsburg Concert (2016), is an archive recording from 1993. Pat Metheny Group Co-Founder Lyle Mays Dies at 66 Keyboard master, composer, founding member of the Pat Metheny Group and self-taught architect, Lyle Mays died in Los Angeles on the morning of 10th February 2020 aged 66. I could have read that as early as 1979 or 1980. Who could imagine me with a gay man?? [quote]Anyone who had "cancer" from 1981 to 1995 and was gay had AIDS. He also recorded a series of childrens albums that found him working with actors Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep. Across more than 30 years, every moment we shared in music was special., noted Pat Metheny. [5] His teacher allowed him to practice improvisation after the structured elements of the lesson were completed. There was a huge media buzz in the SFBA, many more cases of the mysterious set of symptoms were turning up amongst the gay male population. He died in 1985 EXCUUUUSE me, but I was not a homersexshul. r10 I don't think that was covered up, it was just said that he got it from blood transfusion, or at least later on AIDS/HIV was mentioned as cause of death. The title stems from the long personal crisis in Mays' life that inspired it. And these words are all true. Every week I watch Autopsy:The Last Hours Of where a medical examiner examines the coroner's reports as well as past medical history of a celebrity death. [19] John Loftus reported on ABC radio that Arafat had died of AIDS. Embrace leaving shows early and maybe do some cross-training. I remember Arsenio Hall had a discussion about it on his show. His broad intelligence and musical wisdom informed every aspect of who he was in every way. 139. I even [italic]said[/italic] I didn't believe it, for Crissake. Lyle Waggoner Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com Back at Davids room, there was a knock on the door. Please click here to register for free. A certain known to be closeted athlete who died of AIDS years ago. And I know we only hear about the pussyhound sleaziness side of them - but when guys are that compulsive sexually - I often wonder if were only seeing a small part of the story. This man created synth and piano textures that were astounding. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the Caltech Fund. Arafat's long time personal doctor confirmed he died of AIDS, although that's not the official cause of his death. Hello and thank you for being a DL contributor. Very sad indeed! (What the person died of) Manner of Death= Classification system developed for public health statistics based on the circumstances under which death occurred (How the person died); Manners of death currently includes 5 categories: Accident= An . All rights reserved. If we were talking Lyle Menendez, that's one I'd believe in a hearbeat. Mays had a "long battle with a recurring illness," according to Pat Metheny's website. r/MandelaEffect - Billys mays cause of death Pianist Lyle Mays passed away in Los Angeles on February 20, 2020 at age 66. Apparently he was a chain smoker and never quit. Redirecting to /news/grammy-winning-jazz-keyboardist-lyle-mays-dies-66 (308) True, r219, but let's face it. His technique was equally impressive and is music will forever make dream of this golden era, of which he is one of the best representative. Queen Elizabeth II's official cause of death might never be revealed, as Buckingham Palace remains tight-lipped on the circumstances that precipitated her passing. "Along the same lines, I often wondered why Magic Johnson didn't try the IV drug use excuse.". no r114, but Ibread here both men had the same middle-aged bareback gay pornstar as a "friend". Or do they think their wit is SO original that no one in the years this thread has been ongoing thought of that? This is suggested because his symptoms were characteristic of an AIDS-related illness. Photo: Getty. Lyle Mays Death Fact Check, Birthday & Age | Dead or Kicking His death was announced by his niece, vocalist Aubrey Johnson, who posted the news to social media late on the evening of the 10th. #506 Lyle Mays, Jazz Pianist, 1953-2020 Lyle Mays with Steve Rodby (left) and Pat Metheny, 1981 (photo: Ralph Quinke/ECM Records) The first time I saw Lyle was at a place called Harry Hope's in Cary, Illinoisthe same town where I went to high school, actually. "Miles Davis. He was a heroin addict into the 80s. Giggling to themselves as they post yet again .. R125, I have to admit, I even chuckled at that. Published February 8, 2021 - Paul Wertico. The Legacy of Lyle Mays Is on Display in Eberhard, His Final Recording Unless otherwise indicated, all content copyright Jazz Journal 1948-2023. While his parents held steady day jobs, both harbored a deep love of music and played instruments: His father was a self-taught guitarist, and his mother played piano and organ, mostly in church. Lots of people. John had been clean for many years by the time he died. He was 66. The first time I heard San Lorenzo was on my car radio on WJZZ in Detroit circa 1977. died of HIV/AIDS. Regarding the comment above claiming Alzado died from a brain tumor. Local Maryland Obituaries - Legacy.com There isnt a contemporary keyboard player that hasnt felt Lyle Mays influence. Lyle Mays, the jazz pianist and lifelong collaborator with guitarist Pat Metheny, died in Los Angeles a couple weeks ago. R135 nope, that's indeed George Michaels last foto. I remember a Time magazine cover story on AIDS appearing in 1981 or 1982. All rights reserved. It was commonly known he was gay. Lyle Mays, the keyboardist who spent a significant portion of his career recording and performing as a member of the Pat Metheny Group, died Feb. 10 at Adventist Hospital in Simi Valley, California. Weird r177. Hmmmmmmm. r108 AIDS deaths go back at least to the 1960s, what an idiotic and/or manipulative thing to say. It was reported as a rare type of cancer. Mays was particularly influenced by the legendary American architect, designer, the father of American modernism, and fellow Wisconsinian, Frank Lloyd Wright. Hmmmmmmm. "Our family was experiencing a lot of difficulties," Mays, 40, said. Lyle Mays | Obituary | Beyond the Dash He was 66 . In the final years of his life Michael Jacksons body type experienced some severe changes. From his legendary status and strong voice in the Pat Metheny Group to his sparsity of solo recordings and trepidations about the music business ("The music business left us."), enjoy a conversation with the self-proclaimed non-jazz keyboardist, Lyle Mays. Convy - brain cancer 1991". Years ago I read an article in a local weekly about a gay man, still relatively healthy twenty years after his diagnosis, in which he stated that he was able to determine the day he contracted the disease. The renowned R&B/funk group, Earth, Wind & Fire, recorded Lyle's most beloved original composition from his first solo album, "Close to Home" for their 1990 album, Heritage as an interlude and he participated in the arranging and recording session for the piece. He was 66. Lyle Mays Interview LA Times Lyle Mays 1981 saw the release of their duo album, As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls, and Metheny had a hand in producing some recordings where Mays took top billing: 1993s Fictionary (with bassist Johnson and drummer DeJohnette) and 2000s Solo (Improvisations For Extended Piano). Bernstein, along with many others on this list, smoked like a chimney. Lyle Mays, better known by the Family name Lyle David Mays, was a popular Musician. Thanks, caulixtla, found it here: From there, Mays became the longest tenured member of the Pat Metheny Group, co-writing much of the bands material and blending acoustic piano with an ever-growing array of synthesizers to add misty textures and whimsy to their sessions. Hello. I like that he realized the music industry had changed so much and that he felt confident about a career change! Anyone who had "cancer" from 1981 to 1995 and was gay had AIDS. Maybe that's not it, but he does look frail. Unfortunately for him and Mrs. Spaeth, no one knew he had AIDS. Could Prince, George Michael, David Bowie be included? [6] During his senior year of high school, at summer national stage band camp in Normal, Illinois, he was introduced to jazz pianist Marian McPartland. I've always wondered about country singer Marty Robbins who died in 82 and had definite AIDS face in his last years. NEW YORK Lyle Mays, a keyboardist, composer, and arranger best known for his long association with guitarist Pat Metheny, died Monday at Adventist Hospital in Simi Valley, Calif. Speaking of Brad Davis, his daughter is now a trans man. Rock music developed from the rock and roll music that emerged during the 1950s and includes a diverse . Did Prince "accidentally" overdose on his AIDS medications? Oh, he was full blown alright. Itll be fun. Shock, shock, shock! No! DownBeat is an internationally registered trademark of Maher Publications. Sourced told the . In late 2004, after effectively being confined for over two years by the Israeli army, Arafat became ill, fell into a coma and died at the age of 75. Appreciation of the impresario is short on jazz detail but shows the gulf between the 60s and the culturally superficial, shallow present. Who knows if this is true but Jamie did on of his stand up acts where he talks about how pretty Prince was. There are lots of murder cases where someone was slowly poisoned. r227 / r228: I know that, I was just sharing the rumor I'd heard since it was germane to the thread. He died in 1980, before there was any known connection between HIV and gay sex. I remember it not being very detailed or urgent. I really think your playing is the best Ive heard you play, Mays told writer Martin Johnson. What about in the early eighties before people knew what it was. I kind of feel like the music industry has left me, he said in a revealing podcast interview for Jazziz in 2016, and his observation that people were increasingly reluctant to pay for music has proven to be remarkably prescient. r231: Of heroin, at least. Yes indeed, we too use "cookies." Another vote for Lyle Alzado & Gregory Hines. Celebrate your homophobic hero at your local church, not here at this Lounge where the Gay is loud and proud, presenting hole while draining pasta. Word on the street has it that a masseuse worked on his nose five or six times a day because it was so badly damaged from excessive use. It was in an article about. Lyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 February 10, 2020)[1] was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group. Send flowers, find service dates or offer condolences for the lives we have lost in maryland. The number 9 is the peak of change because this is the time to close an old cycle and open a new cycle. I'm alone, negative and sad. John Lennon looked so bad due to years of smoking, drinking, drug addiction and poor diet. by Anonymous reply 19 August 31, 2016 7:21 AM That's very interesting, R119. He was still a heavy coke user. Mays was a cofounder of the Pat Metheny Group in 1977, and remained a member for 33 years. He was a handsome local politician with an eye on higher offices. Shorter performing at the 2015 Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle. George Michael's ex-boyfriend said he was HIV positive. Steve had truly bizarre eating habits. He became extremely skinny and frail. His final release, 2015s The Ludwigsburg Concert, was an archive recording from a 1993 performance in Germany. I loved his sounds, i.e the ARP, Oberheim MOOG, and other beautiful sounding synths and keys he used. And yet his widow did not sue nor have a settlement with any hospital/medical provider. He didnt say AIDS deaths didnt exist until 1980, he said it was before there was a correlation between HIV and gay sex. that's really good of you r18 - you a great person !! Feb 10, 2020: Lyle Mays, of Pat Metheny Group, Dies. Mays had a "long battle with a recurring illness," according to musician. No, President Reagan didn't do anything but there were lots of stories about him not doing anything so I knew something was going on because there were stories that nobody was doing anything. We are changing the login scheme for contributors for simpler login and to better support using multiple devices. Composer and keyboardist Lyle Mays, best known for his long partnership with Pat Metheny, has died at the age of 66. r25 i think you wandered into the wrong thread. Lyle Mays: I was scared to death. [32] Discography [ edit] As leader/co-leader [ edit] LOS ANGELES Lyle Mays, a jazz keyboardist whose work, chiefly with the Pat Metheny Group, won nearly a dozen Grammy Awards, died Monday in Los Angeles, it was announced. By 1962, Haitians made up the second largest group of well-educated experts (out of the 48 national groups recruited), that totaled around 4500 in the country. Peace to him and his family. But did he say he got it from GM or mutual Paul Stag?? r109 - Yeah, right after Prince died lots of speculation on DL (and elsewhere) that he had symptomatic HIV. It's very likely AIDS came and when in cycles killing a few here and there. Getty Images. The Israelis had wanted wanted him dead for years. As it is there have been documentaries about him, I watched one several years ago. Mays, who died Monday at age 66, had a "long . While still in school, he wrote most or all of the arrangements and What Was contains one of the most brilliant piano solos ever. RIP Brother! His death was announced via his Facebook page: "It is with deep sadness that I share that my uncle, Lyle Mays, passed away this morning in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones, after a long battle with a recurring illness. On the first two records I did [Lyle Mays and Street Dreams], I spent a lot of time in preproduction orchestrating things. Henry Mancini was also rumored to have died from AIDS. He wrote a half hour of music that was so beautiful and so expansive and worked so well with the story.. [244] The earliest retrospectively described case of AIDS is believed to have been in Norway beginning in 1966. An acoustic quartet featuring Bob Sheppard, Marc Johnson and Mark Walker, it has several pieces from Fictionary rubbing shoulders with reworkings of Metheny Group favourites Au Lait (from Offramp) and Are We There Yet (from Letter From Home). Rumor has it that John Lennon looked so skinny and ill just before he got shot in 1980 because he was seriously sick, and some have suggested it was HIV or AIDS that was the cause. Mays had an extraordinary career as a core musical architect and sound designer of the group for more than three decades. [22] He composed several contemporary classical pieces, such as "Twelve Days in the Shadow of a Miracle", a piece for harp, flute, viola, and synthesizer recorded in 1996 by the Debussy Trio. PS: Bowie looks like Melissa Etheridge -- or some other aging lez -- here (?). The shocker came six months after her death when The L.A. County Coroner announced that the husband of Brittany Murphy, Simon Monjack, had died from the same acute pneumonia and severe anemia. R259 you mean Ernest? Lyle Mays. [4], While growing up in rural Wisconsin, Mays had a lot of curiosity but had to learn many things all by himself due to a lack of available resources and information. So yeah - he died in an elevator from a drug patch. r205 there was no cover up on that one. From the old SUMMERSTOCK MEMORIES thread: The one story where I really cant tell you the name of the star involved a magical summer night. [2][3] Metheny and Mays composed and arranged nearly all of the group's music, for which Mays won eleven Grammy Awards. Convy was a womanizer, the kind that robbed the cradle. They casually dropped it into conversation one day as if it was common knowledge, but added something like 'but nobody talks about it'. At one point in the middle of this crisis, he had a marvelous recovery with some drug therapy. Cause of death, according to his niece, vocalist Aubrey Johnson, was "a long battle with a recurring illness." The explanation for his death at the time was pure hokum. Do any of these posters who keep spouting Nancy Reagan and Blanche Devereaux even read the thread, FFS? I was like thanks [shrugs]. An eponymous 1986 debut carried on in the Metheny Group vein, while the lush Braziliana of Street Dreams (1988) juxtaposed big band and chamber orchestra. The same neo-romantic streak that had made Wichita Falls so appealing echoed through the work, and Mays interest in classical composers from Bach to Bartk was very apparent. In 1975 he met Pat Metheny at the Wichita Jazz Festival and later founded the Pat Metheny Group. Oh Christ, R225, Lennon was strung out on heroin in the 1970s - the entire decade. What you died from hardly mattersthe fact is, YOU'RE DEAD, so who gives a rat's ass what from? But given his interest in music and that he was playing piano at the time, it became something that he had to figure out.. Medical Examiner: Heart Attack Likely Killed Billy Mays Obituary: We Remember Lyle Mays from Pat Metheny Group R27 read the fucking title of the thread. In some respects it neatly squared Mays career circle, though it is only really when his five solo albums are viewed as a totality that the extraordinary breadth of his talents can be fully appreciated. I saw Chamberlain at dozens of tennis events through the years - US Open and Virginia Slims in the Garden - and he was always alone. Jacques Demy - the french director ("The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and "The Young Girls of Rochefort") died of Aids in 1990 at the age of 59. He was a heroin addict into the 80s. Fortunately for Mays, he had cultivated other interests throughout his life. I have every Album from the Pat Metheny Group and have seen him more than 20-times in Concert. I haven't been able to locate the article, I'd very much like to see it again. (Scroll down to below the "Sugar Blues" blurb.). Bowie, rumors. People dont want to pay for music anymore. Will play my Lyleoid patch on my Pro 2 tonight in his memory. Amazing focus and amazing clarity. Had a deep and abiding love of the twink, the fresher the better. The synergistic effect he and Pat Metheny had together on song composition was truly special. [4] In 1985, Metheny's and Mays's compositions were performed by the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago in the critically-acclaimed production of Orphans by Lyle Kessler. Lyle Mays - JAZZIZ Magazine Have known several guys who had reputations as lotharios with the ladies - who also werent averse to threeways with other guys - and lotsa other bi and gay fun besides. Nowadays, + people will be put on toxic drugs & will die of liver cancer from the cocktail, not full-blown AIDS.