French media are reporting the death at the age of 85 of pianist Bobby Few.
From Cleveland, Ohio, Few made the move to Paris at the end of the 1960s. Rooted in free-jazz, out of the century-changing Cecil Taylor sound, Few knew Albert Ayler at high school and later played on Ayler's records Music is the Healing Force of the Universe and The Last Album.
Associated with Noah Howard and Frank Wright as the 60s spooled into the 70s Few later became heavily identified with saxophonist Steve Lacy and appeared with Lacy on records throughout the 1980s and 90s for such labels as HatArt and Soul Note among a range of others. RIP.
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