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Omar Sosa

Omar Sosa

Omar Sosa (born April 10, 1965) is a jazz pianist from Cuba. A native of Camagüey, Cuba, Sosa studied percussion at the Escuela Nacional de Musica and Instituto Superior de Arte. In the 1980s he started the band Tributo, recording albums and touring with the band.He worked with Cuban vocalist Xiomara Laugart and several Latin…

Claude Bolling

Claude Bolling

Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer,arranger, and occasional actor. He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A child prodigy, by the age of 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny…

Hayedeh

Hayedeh

Ma’soumeh Dadehbala ( Masume Dadebâlâ; April 10, 1942 – January 20, 1990), known professionally as Hayedeh was an Iranian singer with a contralto vocal range. Known for her wide range of voice, her career spanned over two decades, and she has been widely described as one of the most popular and influential musicians of Iran. On…

Kishori Amonkar

Kishori Amonkar

Kishori Amonkar (10 April 1932 – 3 April 2017) was an Indian classical vocalist, belonging to the Jaipur gharana, or a community of musicians sharing a distinctive musical style. She is considered to be one of the foremost classical singers in India. She was a performer of the classical genre khyal and the light classical genres…

Cosmos Gum 41

Located in the picturesque southern constellation of Centaurus, the Gum 41 nebula takes up most of this image brought to you by the VLT Survey Telescope, hosted at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. Let’s take a closer look at this intricate structure. 7,500ly Set against a colorful backdrop of stars, Gum 41 is a pleasantly…

Reuben Wilson

Reuben Wilson

Reuben Wilson (April 9, 1935 – May 26, 2023) was an American jazz organist in the soul jazz tradition. Widely sampled and influential among acid jazz musicians, he is best known for his album Got to Get Your Own. Wilson was born in Mounds, Oklahoma, and his family moved to Pasadena when he was 5….

Steve Gadd

Steve Gadd

Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945 Irondequoit, New York) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1984. Gadd’s performances on Paul Simon‘s “50 Ways to…

Mance Lipscomb

Mance Lipscomb

Beau De Glen “Mance” Lipscomb (April 9, 1895 – January 30, 1976) was an American bluessinger, guitarist and songster. Lipscomb was born April 9, 1895, near Navasota, Texas. His father had been born into slavery in Alabama; his mother was half African American and half Native American. As a youth, Lipscomb took the name Mance…

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