Jazz Icon Ken Peplowski
Discovered Lifeless in Cabin After Lacking Cruise Set
Revealed
Acclaimed jazz bandleader Ken Peplowski has died … and his sudden passing occurred proper earlier than he was to play on a cruise already at sea, TMZ has discovered.
A passenger on The Jazz Cruise tells TMZ … the famend clarinetist and saxophonist died yesterday. Ken was speculated to play on the cruise within the late afternoon with a quartet … and was a no-show. A search ensued and he was discovered useless inside his cabin. His loss of life was introduced previous to the massive band essential function live performance later that evening. The ballroom was shocked … with loads of gasps after which silence.
A assertion from the area of interest cruise’s govt director, Michael Lazaroffreads partially … “He was a fantastic musician, however he was additionally one of many best entertainers ever. I have no idea any musician who revered the bandstand greater than Ken. He was at all times ready, love performing together with his fellow musicians, and, man, may he play!”
A good friend and radio station WBGO‘s former director of editorial content material wrote … Ken had been “affected by a number of myeloma” and the jazz icon “battled the customarily deadly illness with a novel mixture of braveness, fortitude and humor.”
The Jazz Cruise is planning a extra intensive remembrance, per Lazaroff.
Ken was 66.
RIP