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Cosmos M57
The Ring Nebula (M57) is more complicated than it appears through a small telescope. The easily visible central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably deep exposure – a collaborative effort combining data from three different large telescopes –explores the looping filaments of glowing gas extending much farther from the nebula‘s central star.…
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Steve Khan (born Steven Harris Cahn; April 28, 1947) is an American jazz guitarist. Steven Harris Cahn was born in Los Angeles. His father, lyricist Sammy Cahn, “loved to hear any and all versions of his songs”. He took piano lessons as a child and played drums for the surf rock band the Chantays. The…
Read MoreOliver Jackson
Oliver Jackson (April 28, 1933 – May 29, 1994), also known as Bops Junior, was an American jazz drummer. Jackson was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, where he played in the 1940s with Thad Jones, Tommy Flanagan, and Wardell Gray, and had a variety show with Eddie Locke called Bop & Locke. After working…
Read MoreMario Bauzá
Prudencio Mario Bauzá Cárdenas (April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993) was an Afro-Cuban jazz, and jazzmusician. He was among the first to introduce Cuban music to the United States by bringing Cuban musical styles to the New York City jazz scene. While Cuban bands had had popular jazz tunes in their repertoire for years,…
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Cosmos vdB 123
vdB 1231, as designated in the van den Bergh catalog2, is a blue reflection nebula7 located in the constellation Serpens approximately 800 light years (230 +/- 20 parsecs)3 from the Earth. This colorful nebula is embedded in a large cloud of dust and gas known as the Serpens Cloud3. This cloud overlays a rich field…
Read MoreJim Keltner
James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as “the leading session drummer in America”. Keltner was inspired to start playing because of an interest in jazz, but the popularity of jazz was declining during…
Read MoreConnie Kay
Conrad Henry Kirnon (April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994) known professionally as Connie Kay, was an American jazz and R&B drummer, who was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Self-taught on drums, Kay began performing in Los Angeles in the mid-1940s. His drumming is recorded in The Hunt, the recording of a famous…
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