From his webpage:

JON LUCIEN DIED ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 18, 2007 OF RESPIRATORY
FAILURE and OTHER COMPLICATIONS. JON WAS ONE THE MOST REMARKABLE
MUSICIANS, SONGWRITERS and SONG INTERPRETERS THAT GRACED OUR LIVES

REST IN PEACE
JON LUCIEN - JAN 8, 1942 to AUGUST 18, 2007


"I would say my sound is a romantic sound...it's water...it's
ocean...it's tranquility."

More than any other singer, Jon Lucien captures the essence of
romance. His voice is rich and expressive, his best songs are
perceptive poetic tales of devotion, trust, hope, harmony and
spirituality. Three dimensional parables of love lost and love found
and relationships filled with the promise of a new day. He seems to
possess an innate ability to evoke an atmosphere and create images
not only through his lyrics but the colors of his music.

In the 28 years since the release of his debut album, connoisseurs
and assorted in-the-know types have spoken his name with the utmost
hushed reverence. His seamless melding of jazz, R and B, Caribbean
rhythms and Brazilian music proved to be a decisive early influence
on what would be simplified and marketed as the twin formats
of "quiet storm" and "smooth jazz," although very few artists working
in either format approach Lucien's level of artistry or innovation,
not to mention originality...


***How many trains/TRANES must pass before we begin to give heartbeat
props to the living?***