Obituary

  • Billy Adair, Blair Big Band director and jazz advocate, dies at 66

    Billy Adair, Blair Big Band director and jazz advocate, dies at 66

      February 18, 2014 Media contacts: Kristin Whittlesey (615) 322-7656 kristin.whittlesey@vanderbilt.edu Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu William “Billy” Adair, a teacher, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and backbone of the jazz program at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music, has died. He was 66. Adair,… Read More

    Feb. 18, 2014