It is with the deepest sadness that I have to report that Steve Horowitz passed away today after a long battle with cancer.
Steve, known to BSH readers as Steve H, contributed many album and gig reviews which were always perceptive and frequently with a humorous sting in the tail.
We shared a love of jazz, not always in total agreement, football, never in total agreement and real ale, always in total agreement!
I will forever be thankful for his contributions to BSH which began in 2013 but, even more so, I will cherish his friendship.
Our condolences go out to Sandra - Sandra and Steve were a lovely couple and so supportive of the music.
The photo shows Steve (right) with bandleader Colin Aitchison when they met up at Ned Kelly's in Hong Kong in 2018.
Very sadly missed. Lance (and all at BSH)
More to follow re funeral etc...
6 comments :
Steve will be sorely missed. We often talked beer, football (Brentford and Newcastle) and jazz, sometimes all at the same time!
Very sad to hear the news about Steve.
I used to meet him and Sandra regularly at gigs, particularly at the fondly remembered Splinter sessions at the Bridge, and they were always very welcoming and open to chats about many different topics as well as jazz.
We discovered we were both BSH reviewers when I added a slightly idiosyncratic comment to one of his (as Lance says always interesting) reviews which he took in good spirit. From then on I knew I had found a new friend.
Sincere condolences to Sandra.
JC
Very sad to hear that. Thanks for the notice
Such sad news. I saw him at the Ant Law/ Hitchcock gig at the Bridge where he told me what was going on with him but I had no idea his time remaining was to be so short. We didn't always agree on music either but I recognised his passion and I felt a particular affinity with him since he was the reason Lance re-christened me Steve T. As has been said, a lovely couple and Newcastle Jazz will miss him very much.
It's always sad when one of the writing team leaves us. Happy memories.
Very sad to hear the news about Steve. He'll always be remembered through meeting him at many Jazz gigs around Newcastle, and his BSH contributions too. Sincere condolences to Sandra and family.
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