Topic: Musicians/Artists

  • August 29, 2025
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  • August 28, 2025
    Ustad Vilayat Khan (28 August 1928 – 13 March 2004) was an Indian classical sitarplayer, considered by many to be…
  • August 28, 2025
    George Ivy Hunter (August 28, 1940 – October 6, 2022 Detroit), known as Ivy Jo Hunter, was an American R&B…
  • August 28, 2025
    Orestes López Valdés (August 28, 1908 – January 26, 1991), nicknamed Macho, was a Cuban multi-instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. As…
  • August 28, 2025
    Bhekizizwe Joseph Shabalala (28 August 1940 – 11 February 2020) was a South African singer and musician who was the founder…
  • August 28, 2025
    Kenneth Sidney "Kenny" Drew (August 28, 1928 – August 4, 1993 NY) was an American-Danish jazz pianist. His first recording,…
  • 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
    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 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 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 24, 2025
    Keno Duke (August 24, 1927) was a drummer and composer known for his work on the 1975 album Contemporaries: Crest…
  • 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 23, 2025
    Gil Coggins (August 23 1928-February 15, 2004) was an American jazz pianist. Coggins was born to parents of West Indian…
  • August 23, 2025
    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 22, 2025
    Lex Humphries (August 22, 1936 – July 11, 1994) was an American jazz drummer. He worked with two musicians known…
  • 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 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 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
    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 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 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 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
    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 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 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…