Mark Whitfield (born October 6, 1966) is an American jazz guitarist. Whitfield was born in Lindenhurst, New York. He is probably better known for his recordings as bandleader for both the Verve and Warner Bros. Records record labels. He has worked with Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Courtney Pine and Nicholas Payton, Chris Botti, among others….
Millicent Dolly May Small, CD (born 6 October 1946), is a Jamaican singer-songwriter, best known for her 1964 recording of “My Boy Lollipop“. Small was born at Gibraltar in Clarendon, Jamaica, the daughter of a sugar plantation overseer. Like many Jamaican singers of the era, her career began by winning the Vere Johns Opportunity Hour…
Little Sonny (born Aaron Willis, October 6, 1932, Greensboro, Alabama) is an American electric blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter.His early mentor and inspiration was Sonny Boy Williamson II. Nevertheless, Little Sonny stated that his nickname was originated by his mother: “[She] called me ‘Sonny boy’ from the time I can remember.” He has released…
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NGC 1027 is an open cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1787. It is visible at the eastern part of the constellation, between two emission nebulae, the Heart and Soul Nebula. However, it is not physically associated with the two nebulae, lying in the foreground, about 3,000 light years…
Clifton Anderson (born October 5, 1957) is an American jazz musician, a trombone player. He grew up surrounded by music. His father was a church organist /choir director, and his mother a singer and pianist. It was no surprise that Clifton exhibited an affinity for music at an early age. When he was just seven…
James Blanton (October 5, 1918 – July 30, 1942) was an American jazz double bassist. Blanton is credited with being the originator of more complex pizzicato and arco bass solos in a jazz context than previous bassists. Blanton was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He originally learned to play the violin, but took up the bass…
World Music on Flamenco Fridays with Miguel de los Reyes Poco a poco Miguel de los Reyes consiguió montar su propio espectáculo y trabajar mano a manos con figuras consagradas como Concha Piquer o Estrellita Castro entre otros. Igualmente montó el Ballet de Arte Español compuesto de cantaores, bailaoras, palmeros, y una gran cantidad de primeras…
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