Renowned saxophone player Arnie Lawrence died over the weekend at Jerusalem's Hadassah hospital.
Lawrence, who lived in Jerusalem for the last decade of his life, was considered one of the most important jazz teachers in the world. During a storied career, he shared the stage with many renowned jazz players such as Dizzy Gillespie and James Brown.
Lawrence was one co-founder of New York City’s New School; a training ground for many of the world’s greatest musicians.
He moved to Israel in 1997 to found Jerusalem’s international center for creative music, where young Israeli and Palestinian musicians study side-by-side.
The school also hosted foreign music students and scholars. Many of them came to visit their maestro at his deathbed and bid him farewell with a final jam session.
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