The Jazz World Lost Two Important Figures This Weekend,
as the influential saxophonist Michael Brecker succumbed to leukemia at the age of 57 and pianist Alice Coltrane (John Coltrane's wife) died of respiratory failure at the age of 69. Coltrane's last recording was issued in 2004; Brecker wrapped up his final album just two weeks ago, and it will be released posthumously.