“I asked several musicians I respected a lot: Who did the best charts and orchestrations in the city of Chicago?” said Curto. Bob Ojeda, 78, a trumpeter and a member of Local 802 since 1992, died on March 26. Bob Ojeda in the summer of 1960. Prepare a personalized obituary for someone you loved..Prepare a personalized obituary for someone you loved..Echovita offers a solidarity program that gives back the funds generated to families.Here is Ramona Ojeda’s obituary. “I was so taken with him the first night I heard him, I went up and asked how/what he practiced,” said van Nuis in an email. “To him, the music was serious – it could be solemn, but it wasn’t somber. The southpaw joined the club after several mediocre years with the Boston Red Sox. If you know of an upcoming event for Ramona Ojeda, please add one now. “By the age of 21, he had traveled almost all over the world,” said Gil Ojeda. He brings that quirky quality to his arrangements – like maybe a hip little countermelody that’s some other tune.” Stylistically, “He was the quintessential bop and post-bop guy,” said Chicago saxophonist Eric Schneider, referring to bebop, a virtuosic, mid-20th century idiom conceived by Charlie Parker and Gillespie. Las visitas y el rosario serán el domingo 14 de junio de 3 a 5 pm en el Mortuorio Custer Christiansen en Covina. There wasn’t much in jazz that Bob Ojeda couldn’t do. Dada nuestra situación actual con Covid-19, es comprensible si usted y su familia no pueden atender a los servicios. Sin embargo, Express your condolences with flowers sent to Pedro's familyShare your thoughts and memories with family and friends of Pedro Pedro's Obituary. He played trumpet in the rock musical “Hair” in the early 1970s and performed with the Rolling Stones in 1975, according to his website. Originally from Chicago, Mr. Ojeda performed early on with the big bands of Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, Ralph Marterie and Les Elgart. Bob Ojeda was my colleague… View COVID-19 Resources Bob Ojeda rides motorcycles. “He would go around to the (jazz) clubs when he was underage,” said Gil Ojeda. Thus began Ojeda’s whirlwind career. Visitation & Rosary will be ‪on Sunday June 14th from 3 to 5 pm at Custer Christiansen Mortuary in Covina. Bob Ojeda.

Photo by Roger Rhodes.Bob Ojeda was my colleague and friend for 60 years. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. “He and a friend organized a band in the neighborhood when he was 15.

You may also light a candle in honor of Ramona Ojeda.Here are the tributes to Ramona Ojeda who passed away in May, Texas.Would you like to offer Ramona Ojeda’s loved ones a condolence message? Whenever he’d play, I’d hear a twinkle in his eye.” Born Sept. 1, 1941 in Austin, Texas, Ojeda moved with his family a couple months later to Chicago, where he grew up.

La misa será el lunes 15 de junio a las 10 am en la Iglesia del Sagrado Corazón en Covina. Bob was 17, Joel 19, and I 20.Every day on the bus, Bob was writing charts for the band and I would help with the copying. We request for your presence to bless his soul. He was a complete player. However Solicitamos su presencia para bendecir su alma. Ojeda, 78, died March 26 at Elmhurst Hospital of pulmonary problems as a result of multiple surgeries, said Gil Ojeda, his brother. He was already doing orchestration and arranging at that time.” Bob Ojeda attended Farragut High School, but “when he was 16, he just said he wasn’t learning anything there,” said Gil Ojeda. For the past couple decades, Ojeda again was a significant presence in Chicago jazz.