The Lawrence University Jazz & Improvisational Music Department proudly pays tribute on this new page dedicated to our LU Jazz Alumni iCons.
JEFF PIETRANGELO ('74) 1952-2012
It's sad but fitting that our first iCon tribute is to trumpeter Jeff Pietrangelo who passed away on December 27th. Belovedly known during his Lawrence and Matrix years as "Chimp," Jeff shall always be remembered as one of Lawrence's greatest student jazz and classical music performers, and he continued after graduation to a career as a world class jazz performing artist.
Read the terrific homage to Chimp by his LUJE and Matrix bandmate Kurt Dietrich ('73) in the first quarterly newsletter of the recently launched Wisconsin Association for Jazz Education (Matt Buchman ,LU '91, president):
WIAJE Newsletter.pdf
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Obituary
