AP - Merl Saunders, a jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with iconic acts including Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead, has died. He was 74. more info

JamBaseHal Kant dies at 77; lawyer represented the Grateful DeadLos Angeles Times - 3 hours agoHal Kant, principal lawyer for the Grateful Dead for more than 30 years, has died. He was 77. By Dennis McLellan Harold Hal Kant, the Grateful Dead's longt... more info

Detroit Free Press — SAN FRANCISCO — Merl Saunders, a jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with iconic acts including Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead, has died. He was 74. more info

All About Jazz — HE CHANGED LIVE MUSIC FOREVERAND LEFT A MARK ON AMERICAN CULTURE THAT'LL NEVER FADE On this day in 1991 one of music's most influential, charismatic and volatile individuals, Bill Graham, died in a helicopter crash in Concord, California. Just 60 y... more info

Yahoo! Music — AP - Merl Saunders, a jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with iconic acts including Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead, has died. He was 74. more info

Associated Press — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Merl Saunders, a jazz and rock keyboardist who collaborated with iconic acts including Miles Davis and the Grateful Dead, has died. He was 74.... more info

JamBase — HE CHANGED LIVE MUSIC FOREVERAND LEFT A MARK ON AMERICAN CULTURE THAT'LL NEVER FADE On this day in 1991 one of music's most influential, charismatic and volatile individuals, Bill Graham, died in a helicopter crash in Concord, California. Just 6... more info

All About Jazz — SAN FRANCISCO -- Keyboardist Merl Saunders, the gentle lion of the San Francisco music scene best known as co-captain of guitarist Jerry Garcia's solo excursions outside the Grateful Dead, died Friday at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center after fightin... more info

Rolling Stone — Keyboardist Merl Saunders, a longtime collaborator with the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band, died this morning at Kaiser Hospital in San Francisco after complications from a stroke. Saunders was 74. Saunders suffered a stroke six years ago and lo... more info

JamBase — Merl Saunders Washington :: 02/14/34 - 10/24/08 Merl Saunders by Bob Minkin Merl Saunders was born Merl Saunders Washington (he dropped the "Washington" for show biz purposes) in San Mateo, California on February 14, 1934; he passed away early th... more info