News has only just reached artSMart of the death on July 10 after a long struggle with emphysema of popular jazz pianist Dave Lithins. Born in Port Elizabeth, Dave Lithins performed in South Africa as well as abroad for over 35 years and had played at the Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Grahamstown since 1994.

Apart from his live jazz album titled Live at the Green Dolphin Vol 1: Stop Look and Lithin, he appears onThe Best of ‘97, a compilation of some of the best moments of the 1997 Standard Bank Jazz Festival. Both are on the Lion’s Head Records label.