Rhythm Roots Workshop Ecumen North Branch Senior Living Monday May 6th 2024 seventh Class. Teaching a Rhythm Roots Workshop Residency. At Ecumen North Branch Senior Living twice a week Mondays & Thursdays 1-230pm starting Monday April 15th 2024 thru May 13th. Celebrating world cultures through drumming and chanting. The percussion ensemble is “Baby Boomers” performing…
The celestial object showcased in this week’s Hubble Picture of the Week is the spiral galaxy UGC 9684, which lies around 240 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Boötes. This image shows an impressive example of several classic galactic features, including a clear bar in the galaxy’s centre, and a halo surrounding its disc….
David Friesen (born May 6, 1942) is an American jazz bassist. He plays double bass and electric upright bass. Friesen began playing bass while serving in the United States Army in Germany. He played with John Handy and Marian McPartland and following this, with Joe Henderson; in 1975, he toured in Europe with Billy Harper….
Hasaan Ibn Ali (born William Henry Langford, Jr.; May 6, 1931 – 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Ibn Ali was strongly influenced by Elmo Hope, and his playing was rapid and intense, retaining a sense of rhythm even when his style became increasingly unconventional. Only one recording of his playing – The…
Denys Justin Wright (6 May 1924 – 8 February 1992), known professionally as Denny Wright, was a British jazz guitarist. A session musician for many years, Wright frequently acted as arranger and “fixer” for recording sessions. He was a prolific jazz and orchestra composer. He led many bands, from small ensembles to night club bands…
In 1975 The Powderhorn Puppet Theater later to become In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater launched the first Mayday Procession and Event in Powderhorn Park. I worked with HOBT starting in 1985 touring to Sweden and Denmark. Previously I had done one of the first Drum Jams on Mayday in Powderhorn…
Messier 83 or M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the constellation borders of Hydra and Centaurus. Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille discovered M83 on 17 February 1752 at the Cape of Good Hope. Charles Messier added it to his catalogue of…
Adolphe Paul Barbarin (May 5, 1899 – February 17, 1969) was an American jazz drummer from New Orleans. Barbarin grew up in New Orleans in a family of musicians, including his father Isidore, three of his brothers (including Louis), and his nephew (Danny Barker). He was a member of the Silver Leaf Orchestra and the…
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