Versatile jazz violinist Johnny Frigo died this week at age 90. Frigo played with Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra in the 1940s, and formed his own Soft Winds Jazz Trio in 1947. His hits included "I Told You ...

For most of his long career, Johnny Frigo, who has died aged 90 of pneumonia, was an accomplished double-bassist who occasionally played violin. It took an appearance on the Johnny Carson television ...

Johnny Frigo, a musician's musician who co-wrote such standards as "Detour Ahead" and "I Told You I Love You, Now Get Out," has died in Chicago after a fall. He was 90. By Tony Gieske, The Associated ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Johnny Frigo, a jazz violinist and bassist who helped start the Soft Winds Trio and co-wrote such standards as “Detour Ahead” and “I Told You I Love You, Now ...

Johnny Frigo, 90, a versatile jazz violinist and bassist who toured with Jimmy Dorsey and collaborated on a jazz standard recorded by Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, died early Wednesday at a ...

Johnny Frigo, 90, a musician whose skill, encyclopedic song recall and late career switch from bass to violin made him a legend in jazz joints from Chicago to Europe, died Wednesday, July 4, of ...

Violinist, bassist, singer, and songwriter Johnny Frigo was a true Renaissance man of jazz. Born in Chicago in 1916, Frigo began taking violin lessons when he was 7. After three years, his mother ...

Johnny Frigo, a highly respected jazz violinist and bassist who helped start the Soft Winds Trio and co-wrote such standards as “Detour Ahead” and “I Told You I Love You, Now Get Out,” died Thursday ...

CHICAGO, July 5 (UPI) -- Legendary Chicago jazz musician Johnny Frigo, who famously switched from bass to violin late in his career, has died at the age of 90. The Chicago Tribune reported that Frigo ...

Johnny Frigo was born in 1916 on the south side of Chicago. His earliest gigs were playing string bass and tuba in nightclubs and amusement parks. In the early 1940's, Johnny played bass in the Chico ...