SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Friends and family of Georgia musician Ben Tucker are planning to say farewell with a New Orleans-style jazz funeral.

The jazz bassist played with greats from Herbie Mann to Quincy Jones. He died Tuesday when a speeding car crashed into his golf cart. Tucker was 82.

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