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Highly respected jazz guitarist Freddy Rundquist dies aged 91, of complications from pneumonia, at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Influential British jazz trumpeter and bandleader Ian Carr dies aged 75. In the last decade of his life, he suffered a series of strokes that led to the early onset of Alzheimer's disease, forcing him to spend his last years in a succession of care homes.
A gig by The Fall at The Point, Cardiff, Wales, is cancelled because singer Mark E. Smith has broken his hip for the second time.
Robert Smith of The Cure is given the Godlike Genius Award at the NME Awards in Brixton Academy, London, England, UK, Europe. Other winners on the night include MGMT, Muse and Oasis.
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President Barack Obama honors Stevie Wonder at The White House in Washington, DC, USA, with the second annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The event includes a one hour concert featuring performances by Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Martina McBride, Esperanza Spalding, Will.i.am, and Mary Mary.