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The Andromeda Galaxy (/ænˈdrɒmɪdə/), also known as Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224, is a spiral galaxy approximately 780 kiloparsecs (2.5 million light-years) from Earth, and the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Its name stems from the area of the Earth’s sky in which it appears, the constellation of Andromeda. The 2006 observations…

Shirley Scott (March 14, 1934 – March 10, 2002) was an American jazz organist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Scott studied trumpet and piano in school. As a performer in the 1950s, she played the Hammond B-3 organ. Her recordings with Eddie “Lockjaw” Davisincluded the hit “In the Kitchen”. Influenced by gospel and blues, she played…

Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, musician, composer, and film producer. His career spans six decades in the entertainment industry with a record 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and…

Georg Philipp Telemann (24 March [O.S. 14 March] 1681 – 25 June 1767) (German pronunciation: [ˈteːləman]) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family’s wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a…

born 11-24-55 died 1-12-2019 To my shock I just found out my dear friend Viktoria Sears passed away in January. Viktoria was a dynamo in every way conceivable. A Chiropractor, Message Therapist, Acupuncturist, Healer, Spiritualist, Mystical Adventurer, Inca Shaman and Four Winds Member with a driving inner force that was unprecedented and relentless. She is…

NGC 4698 is a barred spiral galaxy located around 55 million light years away from Earth in the constellation of Virgo. It belongs to the Virgo Cluster of galaxies and is positioned near the northeastern edge of this assemblage. The morphological classification of NGC 4698 in the De Vaucouleurs system is SA(s)ab, which indicates a…