Astronomers have discovered a very slowly rotating X-ray pulsar still embedded in the remnant of the supernova that created it. This unusual object was detected on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, using data from a number of telescopes, including ESA’s XMM-Newton. A puzzling mismatch between the…
Edgar “Eddie” Gómez (born October 4, 1944) is a jazz double bassist born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1966 to 1977. Gómez emigrated with his family from Puerto Rico at a young age to New York, where he was raised. He started on double bass in…
Steve Swallow (born October 4, 1940) is a jazz bassist and composer noted for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley.He was one of the first jazz double bassists to switch entirely to electric bass guitar Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Swallow studied piano and trumpet, as a child, before turning…
Amos Leon Thomas, Jr. (October 4, 1937 – May 8, 1999) was an American avant-garde jazz singer from East St. Louis, Illinois. Thomas studied music at Tennessee State University. In the 1960s he was a vocalist for Count Basie, among others. In 1969, he released his first solo album for Bob Thiele‘s Flying Dutchman label….
Rhythm Roots Workshop at PRI Minneapolis Wednesday October 3rd, 2018 Rhythm Roots Workshop returns to PRI Partnership Resources Inc in Minneapolis. 1130am-130pm Drumming rehearsal sessions for MIA “Expressing Me” showcase on October 19th. Drumming for the Developmentally Disabled community. With Joe & the Just Do It ensemble!
Westerhout 40 or W40 (also designated Sharpless 64, Sh2-64, or RCW 174) is a star-forming region in our galaxy located in the constellation Serpens Cauda. In this region, interstellar gas forming a diffuse nebula surrounds a cluster of several hundred new-born stars.The distance to W40 is 436±9 pc (1420±30 light-years), making it one of the closest…
Stephen Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 – August 27, 1990) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, and one of the most influential guitarists in the revival of blues in the 1980s. Vaughan was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He began playing guitar at the age of seven, inspired by his older…
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