Jazz musician dies from complications following a car accident

According to ContactMusic.com, Stacy Rowles, 54, a celebrated jazz musician, passed away on October 27, 2009 at her home in Burbank, California following a car accident. Rowles died from complications follwing the collision that occurred on October 13, 2009.

Rowles was a jazz trumpeter, fluegelhorn player and singer. She played regularly in several all-female jazz groups, including the Jazz Birds and Maiden Voyage. She was the daugher of jazz legend Jimmy Rowles and gained prominence on the Los Angeles jazz scene in the 1980s.

Stacy and her father recorded her 1984 album Tell It Like It Is and their 1992 duet album, Looking Back, among others. They also played together often until shortly before his death in 1996. Stacy is survived by her sister Stephanie Rowles and her brother Gary.

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