Author: mick

  • October 21, 2025
    Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and…
  • October 21, 2025
    John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator…
  • October 21, 2025
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  • October 21, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XoUbECiGNk
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    William Jones Jr. (October 20, 1929 – April 1991) was a jazz drummer. He is known for playing and recording…
  • October 20, 2025
    Today’s ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week features a galaxy that Hubble has captured multiple times over more than 20 years.…
  • October 20, 2025
    Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the leader…
  • October 20, 2025
    Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996 Chicago) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor…
  • October 20, 2025
    Zap Mama is a Belgian singer-songwriter, performer, composer, lyricist, activist, video artist and ethno-vocal therapist born in the Democratic Republic of…
  • October 20, 2025
    Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (né Lemott,later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941 NOLA), known professionally as Jelly Roll…
  • October 20, 2025
    Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954 Danbury, Connecticut) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman.…
  • October 20, 2025
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  • October 20, 2025
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  • October 19, 2025
    According to organizers, nearly 7 million people attended "No Kings" rallies on October 18, 2025, in over 2,700 cities and…
  • October 19, 2025
    "Just because you're not a drummer doesn't mean you don't have to keep time." Thelonious Monk
  • October 19, 2025
    The Flying Bat Nebula, also known as Sh2-129, is a large, faint emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. It is…
  • October 19, 2025
    Donald David Guard (October 19, 1934 – March 22, 1991) was an American folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist.…
  • October 19, 2025
    Farid al-Atrash (Arabic: فريد الأطرش; October 19, 1910 – December 26, 1974), also spelled Farid El-Atrache, was a Syrian-Egyptian singer,…
  • October 19, 2025
    Winston Hubert McIntosh OM GCOT (19 October  1944 – 11 September 1987), professionally known as Peter Tosh, was a Jamaican reggae…
  • October 19, 2025
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  • October 19, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peZzceCE2kA
  • October 18, 2025
    C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is a non-periodic comet discovered by the Mount Lemmon Survey in images obtained on 3 January 2025.…
  • October 18, 2025
    William Cox (born October 18, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for performing with Jimi Hendrix. Cox is the…
  • October 18, 2025
    Esperanza Emily Spalding (born October 18, 1984), sometimes professionally known with the stylized name of esperanza spalding, is an American…
  • October 18, 2025
    Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961 NOLA) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the…
  • October 18, 2025
    aura Nyro (born Laura Nigro; October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter and singer. She achieved critical…
  • October 18, 2025
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  • October 18, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiaekG1Q0UE
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    Emmanuel “Rico” Rodriguez MBE (17 October 1934 – 4 September 2015), also known as Rico, Reco or El Reco, was…
  • October 17, 2025
    Friday Shabbat service with Emily Boskoff, Shawn (piano), Jeff Bailey, Pete Whitman and mick laBriola. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PUy-GDo6_fk
  • October 17, 2025
    The Ring Nebula (also catalogued as Messier 57, M57 and NGC 6720) is a planetary nebula in the northern constellation…
  • October 17, 2025
    David Nesta "Ziggy" Marley (born 17 October 1968) is a Jamaican reggae musician, songwriter, producer, author and philanthropist. The eldest…
  • October 17, 2025
    Luiz Floriano Bonfá (17 October 1922 – 12 January 2001) was a Brazilian guitaristand composer. He was best known for…
  • October 17, 2025
    Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004 Muskogee, OK) was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for…
  • October 17, 2025
    William Randolph "Cozy" Cole (October 17, 1909 – January 9, 1981) was an American jazz drummer who worked with Cab…
  • October 17, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye9sG-yMj_Y&list=RDEMeauCl37zh1RuVGh54M7dJg&start_radio=1
  • October 17, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngCbyLLHBO8&list=PLCB91157881160643
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    Angel Cachete Maldonado When Ruben Angel “Cachete” Maldonado died Friday, January 11 (2020), Puerto Rico lost a giant. The visionary,…
  • October 16, 2025
    Roger G. Hawkins (October 16, 1945 – May 20, 2021) was an American drummerbest known for playing as part of…
  • October 16, 2025
    Sh 2-1, also known as Sharpless 1, is the combination of a diffuse HII emission nebula and reflection nebula in…
  • October 16, 2025
    Robert Hall Weir ( Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding…
  • October 16, 2025
    Edward Hoh (October 16, 1944 – November 7, 2015 Forest Park, Ill) was an American rock drummer who was active…
  • October 16, 2025
    Christa Päffgen (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪsta ˈpɛfɡn̩]; 16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988), known by her stage name Nico, was…
  • October 16, 2025
    Joseph Lee Williams (October 16, 1903 – December 17, 1982 Oktibbeha County, Mississippi) was an American Delta blues guitarist, singer,…
  • October 16, 2025
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  • October 16, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn7UrpQA02g
  • October 15, 2025
    NO KINGS DAY 10-18-25 Lisa Fuglie & Mark Anderson from Monroe Crossing and I will be performing for protest in…
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    The Andromeda Galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy and is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. It was…
  • October 15, 2025
    Nellie Rose Lutcher (October 15, 1912 – June 8, 2007) was an American R&B and jazz singer and pianist, who…
  • October 15, 2025
    Natesan Ramani (15 October 1934 – 9 October 2015), commonly known as N. Ramanior N. Flute Ramani, was an Indian…
  • October 15, 2025
    MacHouston "Mickey" Baker (October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012 Louisville, KY) was an American musician, best known for his…
  • October 15, 2025
    Fela Aníkúlápó Kútì (Yoruba: born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; 15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997) was a Nigerian musician and…
  • October 15, 2025
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  • October 15, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownvW47c010
  • October 14, 2025
    James "Son" Thomas (October 14, 1926 – June 26, 1993) was an American Delta blues musician and sculptor. Thomas was…