Abdullah Ibrahim, previously known as Dollar Brand, is a South African pianist and composer born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cape Town, ranging from traditional African songs to the gospelof the AME Church and Ragas, to…
Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013 Chattanooga, TN) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States. Although Lateef’s main instruments were the tenor saxophone and flute, he also played oboe and bassoon, both rare in jazz, and non-western…
“Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.” Marcus Garvey
The M100 galaxy, cataloged as Messier 100 and NGC 4321, is one of the most impressive and widely studied spiral galaxies in the sky. Located in the Berenice’s Hair constellation, approximately 53 million light years from us, M100 is an important part of a large group of galaxies located in our cosmic neighborhood : Virgo…
James Hamish Stuart (born 8 October 1949) is a Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer. He was an original member of the Average White Band. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Stuart attended Queens Park School in Glasgow and left to form his first professional band ‘The Dream Police’. He recorded a couple of singles…
Owen Joseph “Sonny” Igoe (October 8, 1923 – March 28, 2012) was an American jazz drummer and music educator who, toured with the orchestras of Tommy Reed (1913–2012), Les Elgart, Ina Ray Hutton, Benny Goodman, and Woody Herman from the mid-1940s to the mid-1950s. From the mid-1940s to 1988, he performed on over 79 recordings…
Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III (October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986 Highland Park, MI) was an American jazzbaritone saxophonist and composer. He composed 42 pieces, was the leader on eighteen albums spanning 28 years, and participated in 600 sessions as a sideman. He worked with an array of musicians, and had especially fruitful collaborations…
End of content
End of content