VAN NUYS, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- Jazz drummer and bebop pioneer Stan Levey, who gave up music for photography in his later years, has died at age 79 in Van Nuys, Calif.

VAN NUYS, Calif., April 22 (UPI) -- Noted modern jazz drummer Stan Levey, who played with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, has died at the age of 79 in a California hospital.

ORANGE PARK, Fla., Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Guitarist Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland, who played with Elvis Presley, Hank Williams and Patsy Cline, has died at an Orange Park, Fla., hospital.

NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) -- Drummer Elvin Jones, who played with jazz's influential John Coltrane Quartet, has died in New York after months of failing health. He was 76.

NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- After five decades in music and playing or recording with virtually every jazz legend, bassist Percy Heath finally has a recording to call his own.

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