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  • August 27, 2025
    "God glows and flames....Eternity, believe it or not; it's as real as shit!" Aldous Huxley
  • August 27, 2025
    Lev Sergeyevich Termen (27 August [O.S. 15 August] 1896 – 3 November 1993), better known as Leon Theremin, was a Russian…
  • August 27, 2025
    To see more stars and faint nebulosity in the Pleiades star cluster (M45), long exposures are made. Many times, less…
  • August 27, 2025
    Cesária Évora GCIH (  27 August 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna,…
  • August 27, 2025
    Alice Lucille Coltrane (McLeod; August 27, 1937 – January 12, 2007 Detroit), also known as Swamini Turiyasangitananda (IAST: Svāminī Turīyasaṅgītānanda)…
  • August 27, 2025
    Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist…
  • August 27, 2025
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AS9L4aH2l0
  • August 26, 2025
    NGC 281, IC 11 or Sh2-184 is a bright emission nebula and part of an H II regionin the northern…
  • August 26, 2025
    Wally Murphy (August 26th 1954-Sept 3rd 2024), American pedal steel guitarist (Asleep At The Wheel, 1981-85; STEEL), born in the…
  • August 26, 2025
    Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in…
  • August 26, 2025
    Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian; August 26, 1949 – May 30, 2019) was a singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz,…
  • August 26, 2025
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  • August 26, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwj2LUY662M&list=PLAdXQKpfW8r9SLvmeCuF87mlNps_csuSs
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    "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad…
  • August 25, 2025
    Today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a galaxy whose asymmetric appearance may be the result of…
  • August 25, 2025
    Pat Martino (born Patrick Carmen Azzara; August 25, 1944 – November 1, 2021 Philedelphia, PA) was an American jazz guitarist…
  • August 25, 2025
    Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023 Newark, NJ) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader. Shorter…
  • August 25, 2025
    Leonard Bernstein (born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator,…
  • August 25, 2025
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  • August 25, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UtsY1w1QPg
  • August 24, 2025
    Keno Duke (August 24, 1927) was a drummer and composer known for his work on the 1975 album Contemporaries: Crest…
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    I Spoke on MPR on August 24th 2022 about music and healing. They quoted me. "Music & drumming are deeply…
  • August 24, 2025
    Happy Independence Day of Ukraine 2025 З Днем Незалежності України
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    At the core of the Crab Nebula lies a city-sized, magnetized neutron star spinning 30 times a second. Known as…
  • August 24, 2025
    John Cipollina (August 24, 1943 – May 29, 1989) was a guitarist best known for his role as a founder…
  • August 24, 2025
    Oteil Burbridge (born August 24, 1964 DC) is an American multi-instrumentalist, specializing on the bass guitar, trained in playing jazz…
  • August 24, 2025
    Mimi Fox is an American jazz guitarist and educator. Fox's mother was a jazz singer and her father owned a…
  • August 24, 2025
    Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup (August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1974 Forest, Mississippi) was an American Delta blues singer,…
  • August 24, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1IRgUzCKM
  • August 24, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YRzIy2S47Q
  • August 23, 2025
    Gil Coggins (August 23 1928-February 15, 2004) was an American jazz pianist. Coggins was born to parents of West Indian…
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    On the nights of August 22–23, the sky will host a rare Black Moon, an event that occurs only once…
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    Avery Sharpe (born August 23, 1954) is an American jazz double-bassist, electric bassist, composer, educator and founder of the artist-owned…
  • August 23, 2025
    Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English musician who was the drummer for the…
  • August 23, 2025
    Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the…
  • August 23, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2NpdlXhYKA&list=PLYA74rNWCIOdDPaiEBGzSqR96WOacRSbZ&index=4
  • August 23, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x3VjqCGT0Q
  • August 22, 2025
    Lex Humphries (August 22, 1936 – July 11, 1994) was an American jazz drummer. He worked with two musicians known…
  • August 22, 2025
    Temple Israel Erev Shabbat Service Friday 8-22-25 6pm with Alex Bonoff, Jayson Rodovsky, Pete Whitman, Joel Sayles and mick laBriola.…
  • August 22, 2025
    This colorful telescopic view towards the musical northern constellation Lyra reveals the faint outer halos and brighter central ring-shaped region…
  • August 22, 2025
    Achille Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the…
  • August 22, 2025
    Malachi Favors (August 22, 1927 – January 30, 2004) was an American jazz bassist who played with the Art Ensemble…
  • August 22, 2025
    Sonny Thompson (probably August 23, 1916 – August 11, 1989), born Alfonso Thompson or Hezzie Tompson, was an American R&B…
  • August 22, 2025
    John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1912 or 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.…
  • August 22, 2025
    Sosegá is a newly created flamenco form (a palo) inspired by the unhurried pace and contemplative lifestyle of Granada, Spain.…
  • August 22, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWbwgPFi_rE
  • August 21, 2025
    The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen…
  • August 21, 2025
    Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers; August 21, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, radio broadcaster and actress who has had…
  • August 21, 2025
    William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984 Red Bank, New Jersey) was an American jazz pianist,…
  • August 21, 2025
    Steven Bruce Smith (born August 21, 1954 Whitman, Massachusetts) is an American drummer best known as a member of the…
  • August 21, 2025
    Arthur Stewart Farmer (August 21, 1928 – October 4, 1999 Council Bluffs, IA) was an American jazztrumpeter and flugelhorn player.…
  • August 21, 2025
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  • August 21, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x26x8B25wHk
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