From ESP-Disk’:
Sad news here at ESP-Disk’. Our beloved founder, Bernard Stollman, passed away last night. Since last year he had been battling colon cancer that had spread to his spine (he hadn’t wanted it announced), and had also lately had pneumonia and low blood oxygen. He was 85. There will be a memorial service in NYC next month. We will pass along the details after it’s arranged.
From Pitchfork:
Bernard Stollman was the founder of the New York City-based independent record label ESP-Disk. His label released influential jazz records by artists like Albert Ayler, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, Cecil Taylor, and many others. He died last night following a battle with colon cancer, the label reports. […]
• ESP-Disk’: http://espdisk.com
