Alzheimer's disease in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 27, 2009, according to his publicist. Awards He received a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant in 1989. In his career, Russell also received the 1990 National Endowment for the Arts American Jazz Master Award, two Guggenheim Fellowships, and the British Jazz Award, among others. He has been elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, won the Oscar du Disque de Jazz Award, the Guardian Award, the American Music Award, six NEA Music Fellowships and numerous others. He taught throughout the world, and was a guest conductor for German, Italian, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish radio groups. Discography As leader The Jazz Workshop (RCA Victor, 1957) New York, N.Y. (Decca, 1959) George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot (Decca, 1960) Jazz in the Space Age (Decca, 1960) Stratusphunk (Riverside, 1960) Ezz-thetics (Riverside, 1961) George Russell Sextet in K.C. (Brunswick, 1961) The Outer View (Riverside, 1962) The Stratus Seekers (Riverside, 1962) George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall (SABA, 1965) Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 (Flying Dutchman, 1970) Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (Flying Dutchman, 1971) The Esoteric Circle (Flying Dutchman, 1971) The Essence of George Russell (Sonet, 1971) Listen to the Silence (Concept, 1973) Outer Thoughts (Milestone, 1975) Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved By Nature - 1980 (Soul Note, 1980) New York Big Band (Soul Note, 1982) Trip to Prillarguri (Soul Note, 1982) Live in an American Time Spiral (Soul Note, 1983) The African Game (Blue Note, 1985) So What (Blue Note, 1986) New York (Electric Bird, 1988) The London Concert (Label Bleu, 1995) It's About Time (Label Bleu, 1996) The 80th Birthday Concert (Concept, 2005) Things New (RLR, 2007) George Russell Sextet Live in Breman and Paris 1964 (Gambit, 2008) As sideman Gil Evans, Svengali (Atlantic, 1973) Sheila Jordan, Portrait of Sheila (Blue Note, 1962) Lucy Reed, This Is Lucy Reed (Fantasy, 1957) References Bibliography Further reading Heining, Duncan (2010) George Russell: The Story of an American Composer. Scarecrow Press. External links Katsui Sudo's George Russell discography Lydian Chromatic Concept ModalJazz.com George Russell music Jazz Portraits from the WGBH Archives: George Russell a radio documentary from WGBH Radio Boston George Russell – Daily Telegraph obituary 1923 births 2009 deaths African-American jazz musicians American jazz composers American male jazz composers American jazz educators American jazz pianists American male pianists American music arrangers American music theorists Culture of Boston