Author: verde

  • June 17, 2025
    Nicky Marrero (born June 17, 1950, in the Bronx, New York City) is an American Latin jazz percussionist, of Puerto…
  • June 17, 2025
    Jerry Fielding (born Joshua Itzhak Feldman; June 17, 1922 – February 17, 1980)was an American jazz musician, bandleader, arranger, and…
  • June 17, 2025
    Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship…
  • June 17, 2025
    Charles Walter Rainey III (born June 17, 1940 Cleveland) is an American bass guitarist who has performed and recorded with…
  • June 17, 2025
    Tony Scott (born Anthony Joseph Sciacca; June 17, 1921 – March 28, 2007) was an American jazz clarinetist, arranger, composer,…
  • June 17, 2025
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  • June 17, 2025
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  • June 16, 2025
    Genevive Jean LaBriola born 6-16-26 died 6-28-2013
  • June 16, 2025
    This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is…
  • June 16, 2025
    Alfred Viola (June 16, 1919 – February 21, 2007) was an American jazz guitarist who worked with Frank Sinatra for…
  • June 16, 2025
    Lamont Herbert Dozier (June 16, 1941 – August 8, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit.…
  • June 16, 2025
    Bebe Barron (June 16, 1925 – April 20, 2008) and Louis Barron (April 23, 1920 – November 1, 1989) were…
  • June 16, 2025
    Eli "Lucky" Thompson (June 16, 1924 – July 30, 2005) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist whose playing…
  • June 16, 2025
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  • June 16, 2025
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  • June 15, 2025
    An image from the cosmos taken with my telescope remotely installed in Portugal. This superb trio of galaxies is located…
  • June 15, 2025
    Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who…
  • June 15, 2025
    Gideon "Mgibe" Nxumalo  (15 June 1929 in Kimberley, Cape Province – 24 December 1970) was a South African jazzpianist and…
  • June 15, 2025
    Nasheet Waits is an American jazz drummer. Waits is a New York native who has been active on the jazz…
  • June 15, 2025
    John Arthur "Jaki" Byard (June 15, 1922 – February 11, 1999) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. Mainly…
  • June 15, 2025
    Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazzpianist and composer known for his swing…
  • June 15, 2025
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  • June 15, 2025
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  • June 14, 2025
    Today, we take you to the constellation Cepheus, to explore a fascinating celestial landscape where Earth and Sea seem to…
  • June 14, 2025
    Alan White (14 June 1949 – 26 May 2022) was an English drummer, best known for his almost 50-year tenure…
  • June 14, 2025
    Dewey "Spooner" Lindon Oldham Jr. (born June 14, 1943) is an American songwriter and session musician. An organist, he recorded…
  • June 14, 2025
    Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr. (June 14, 1931 – November 23, 1995), known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist…
  • June 14, 2025
    William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He has worked…
  • June 14, 2025
    Kenny Drew Jr. (June 14, 1958 – August 3, 2014) was an American jazz pianist. His music is known for…
  • June 14, 2025
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  • June 14, 2025
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  • June 13, 2025
    The Templars were closely tied to the Crusades. As they became unable to secure their holdings in the Holy Land,…
  • June 13, 2025
    Erev Shabbat Service at Temple Israel music with Alex Bonoff, Jayson Rodovsky, Joel Sayles, Pete Whitman and mick laBriola. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S61UwiQlfM
  • June 13, 2025
    In this Hubble Space Telescope image the bright, spiky stars lie in the foreground toward the heroic northern constellation Perseus…
  • June 13, 2025
    John Kahn (June 13, 1947 – May 30, 1996) was an American bassist. From 1970 to 1995, Kahn was Jerry…
  • June 13, 2025
    Esther Zaied, better known by her married name Esther Ofarim (Hebrew: אסתר עופרים; born June 13, 1941), is an Israeli…
  • June 13, 2025
    Uriel Jones (June 13, 1934 – March 24, 2009) was an American musician. Jones was a recording session drummer for…
  • June 13, 2025
    Attila Cornelius Zoller (June 13, 1927 – January 25, 1998) was a Hungarian jazzguitarist. After World War II, he escaped…
  • June 13, 2025
    William M. "Wild Bill" Moore (June 13, 1918 – August 1, 1983) was an American R&Band jazz tenor saxophone player.…
  • June 13, 2025
    The basic compás for Farruca is a bar of E7 with a distinctive melody (b-c#-d- b) on the second string…
  • June 13, 2025
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  • June 12, 2025
    On April 20, 2023 the shadow of a New Moon raced across planet Earth's southern hemisphere. When viewed along a…
  • June 12, 2025
    Juan del Encina (12 July 1468 – 1529/1530) was a Spanish composer, poet, priest, and playwright,  often credited as the…
  • June 12, 2025
    Geri Antoinette Allen (June 12, 1957 – June 27, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. She taught…
  • June 12, 2025
    Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional…
  • June 12, 2025
    Marcus Batista Belgrave (June 12, 1936 – May 24, 2015) was an American jazztrumpet player from Detroit, born in Chester,…
  • June 12, 2025
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  • June 12, 2025
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  • June 11, 2025
    Rho Ophiuchi (ρ Ophiuchi) is a multiple star system in the constellationOphiuchus. The central system has an apparent magnitude of…
  • June 11, 2025
    Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer and conductor best known for his…
  • June 11, 2025
    Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel; June 11, 1956) is an American jazz funk avant-garde bassist, composer and producer born in…
  • June 11, 2025
    Hazel Dorothy Scott (June 11, 1920 – October 2, 1981) was a Trinidadian jazz and classical pianist and singer. An…
  • June 11, 2025
    Bernard Lee "Pretty" Purdie (born June 11, 1939) is an American drummer, and an influential R&B, soul, funk and jazz…
  • June 11, 2025
    Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West…
  • June 11, 2025
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  • June 11, 2025
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  • June 10, 2025
    Massive stars forge heavy elements in their cores and, after a few million years, end their lives in powerful supernova…
  • June 10, 2025
    M.S. Gopalakrishnan, a.k.a. MSG, (10 June 1931 – 3 January 2013) was a violinist in the field of Carnatic music.…