John Fordham's worthy obituary to this very influential man appeared on The Guardian's website this lunchtime so will be likely to be in tomorrow's edition

I saw him many times in concert from the late 1950s onwards. Often his tours included a top American guest which was still very unusual in those early days including Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and, best of all, Mahalia Jackson.