R.I.P. Ronald Shannon Jackson, 1940-2013

The magisterial drummer-composer-bandleader died on Saturday from leukemia.

Memorial service:

American Legion
1250, Mansfield Ave
Ft Worth, Tx 76104
10/24/2013
7-9pm

A remembrance I penned for the Fort Worth Weekly is here. His New York Times obituary is here. His Fort Worth Star-Telegram obituary is here.

There will not be another like him.