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  • August 20, 2025
    Terence Michael "Terry" Clarke C.M. (born August 20, 1944, Vancouver) is a Canadian jazz drummer. Clarke studied percussion with Jim…
  • August 20, 2025
    James Elbert Raney (August 20, 1927 – May 10, 1995) was an American jazzguitarist, born in Louisville, Kentucky, United States,…
  • August 20, 2025
    Over 500,000 light years across, NGC 6872 (bottom left) is a truly enormous barred spiral galaxy. At least 5 times…
  • August 20, 2025
    Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948) is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer and lyricist…
  • August 20, 2025
    Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008 Covington, TN) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and…
  • August 20, 2025
    John Lee Clayton Jr. (born August 20, 1952 Venice, CA) is an American jazz musician, classical double bassist, arranger, and…
  • August 20, 2025
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  • August 20, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wbekx00QuM
  • August 19, 2025
  • August 19, 2025
    A gorgeous spiral some 100 million light-years distant, NGC 1309 lies on the banks of the constellation of the River…
  • August 19, 2025
    Miko Stephanovic (August 19, 1908 – August 5, 2005), better known as Lyle 'Spud' Murphy, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist,…
  • August 19, 2025
    Ivan Neville (born August 19, 1959) is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the son of Aaron…
  • August 19, 2025
    Luis Jacinto Muñoz (born August 19, 1953) is a Costa Rican percussionist, producer, arranger and composer. He is a multiple-time…
  • August 19, 2025
    Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer. His work in the 1960s and…
  • August 19, 2025
    James George Hunter (August 19, 1918 – May 28, 1996 Spokane), known professionally as Jimmy Rowles (sometimes spelled Jimmie Rowles),…
  • August 19, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZKYZqNn7NM
  • August 19, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUti1iZdeE
  • August 18, 2025
  • August 18, 2025
    Today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week offers a closeup of a nearby spiral galaxy. The subject is…
  • August 18, 2025
    Pedro Eustache (born August 18, 1959) is a Venezuelan flutist, reed player, woodwind player, composer, instrument maker, and collector. Eustache…
  • August 18, 2025
    Curtis Jones (August 18, 1906 – September 11, 1971) was an American bluespianist. Jones was born in Naples, Texas, to…
  • August 18, 2025
    noch Henry Light (August 18, 1907 – July 31, 1978) was an American classically trained violinist, danceband leader, and recording…
  • August 18, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdWLj72kNIc
  • August 18, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOfG8y8QyTI
  • August 17, 2025
    Music and Drumming are our root foundation to mother earth, consciousness, the spirit realm and love. It is our re-awakening…
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    Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. ONH (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican political activist. He was the founder…
  • August 17, 2025
    Dave “Snaker” Ray Day August 17, 2025 (For a complete listing of Daily Music go to Blog pages at micklabriola.com)…
  • August 17, 2025
    Floyd Westerman, also known as Kanghi Duta (“Red Crow” in Dakota) (August 17, 1936 – December 13, 2007), was a…
  • August 17, 2025
    Although their cause is presently unknown, such unusual atmospheric structures, as menacing as they might seem, do not appear to…
  • August 17, 2025
    Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic…
  • August 17, 2025
    Luther Sylvester Allison (August 17, 1939 – August 12, 1997) was an Americanblues singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in…
  • August 17, 2025
    Ike Abrams Quebec (August 17, 1918 – January 16, 1963) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career in…
  • August 17, 2025
    Jack Sperling (August 17, 1922 – February 26, 2004) was an American jazz drummer who performed as a sideman in…
  • August 17, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjjtDFqsb-A
  • August 17, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyndIl4LhYg
  • August 16, 2025
    NGC 2403 (also known as Caldwell 7) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is an outlying…
  • August 16, 2025
    William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily…
  • August 16, 2025
    Malcolm Earl "Mal" Waldron (August 16, 1925 – December 2, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He…
  • August 16, 2025
    Carl Perkins (August 16, 1928 – March 17, 1958) was an American jazz pianist. Perkins was born in Indianapolis but…
  • August 16, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esvQZayKyT4
  • August 16, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IynBiaTmI9I
  • August 15, 2025
    Fridays Shabbat service with Alex Bonoff, Jayson Rodovsky, Pete Whitman, Dave Burk and mick laBriola. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z2zEUELnQo
  • August 15, 2025
    This image shows the region of the well-known Markarian’s Chain, a visually striking alignment of galaxies located in the constellation…
  • August 15, 2025
    Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (born August 15, 1938) is an American drummer and founding member of The Crusaders. He has worked…
  • August 15, 2025
    Gerardo "Jerry" Velez (born August 15, 1947) is an American musician. Best known for performing with American psychedelic rock musician…
  • August 15, 2025
    Joseph Armand Castro (August 15, 1927 – December 13, 2009) was an American bebop jazz pianist, based primarily on the…
  • August 15, 2025
    George Morrow (August 15, 1925 – May 26, 1992) was an American jazz double bassist. Although most closely associated with…
  • August 15, 2025
    Oscar Emmanuel Peterson CC CQ OOnt (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.…
  • August 15, 2025
    Sevillanas first emerged as a distinct form in the late 18th Century as a variant of the Spanish song form seguidillas,…
  • August 15, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SJ2DjpPx_U
  • August 14, 2025
  • August 14, 2025
    The Sculptor Galaxy (also known as the Silver Coin Galaxy, Silver Dollar Galaxy, NGC 253, or Caldwell 65) is an…
  • August 14, 2025
    David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first…
  • August 14, 2025
    James Edward Wormworth III (born August 14, 1937, in Utica, New York) is an American jazz drummer. He was described…
  • August 14, 2025
    Edwin James Costa (August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962) was an American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer and arranger. In…
  • August 14, 2025
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKjsUTYH_VE