Following a long illness, Jackie Cain died Monday afternoon in her New Jersey home. She was 86. She and Roy Kral combined their talents in 1946. They incorporated the spirit of bebop in their work with Charlie Ventura��s sextet, capturing the public imagination with ��East of Suez�� and ��I��m Forever Blowing Bubbles.�� Recorded with Ventura at a concert in Pasadena, California, in 1949, the records received widespread radio airplay in the days when that was still a route to jazz stardom. Following their marriage, the duo steadily gained popularity as Jackie and Roy, a collaboration that lasted until Kral��s death in 2002. The Ventura sextet also brought other young musicians to prominence. Here are Jackie and Roy in Pasadena with Ventura, tenor saxophone; Boots Mussulli, alto sax; Conte Candoli, trumpet; Bennie Green, trombone; Kenny O��Brien, bass; and Ed Shaughnessy, drums.



Jackie and Roy��s success as a team overshadowed Ms. Cain��s ability as a soloist. The purity of her voice, her flawless intonation, the intelligence and musicality of her phrasing, made her one of the finest jazz-oriented vocalists of her generation.



Jackie Cain, RIP

Private funeral services have been scheduled for pianist