Author: mick

Diego LaBriola Memorial Day June 5th 2018 On June 5th 2002 Diego was struck and killed by a vehicle at 3942 Cedar Ave So. in Minneapolis. Today there will be a Vigil from 9am to midnight, on the site. Flowers, incense  & candles welcome. Or visit and sign to his web site http://www.diego-labriola.virtual-memorials.com/main.php?action=view&mem_id=6547&logoff=true

This image of the Omega Nebula (Messier 17), captured by ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), is one of the sharpest of this object ever taken from the ground. It shows the dusty, rosy central parts of the famous star-forming region in fine detail. The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula, Checkmark Nebula, and the Horseshoe…

Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drums at the age of four. He graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy  in Michigan, then studied…

Jerry González (born June 5, 1949) is an American bandleader, trumpeter and percussionist of Puerto Rican descent. Together with his brother, bassist Andy González, he has played an important role in the development of Latin jazz during the late 20th century. During the 1970s, both played alongside Eddie Palmieri and in Manny Oquendo‘s Conjunto Libre,…

Nawang Khechong is a Tibetan flute player and composer. Nawang was born in Tibet, but following the Chinese invasion of 1949/1950, his family moved to India, where Nawang studied meditation and Buddhist philosophy. He spent eleven years as a monk, including four years as a hermit meditating in the Himalayan foothills under the guidance of the…

With  Rocky Dawuni, Mermans Mosengo and Jason Tamba filmed live in the desert at Joshua Tree.

This photo shows a colour composite mosaic image of the central part of the Orion Nebula, based on 81 images obtained with the infrared multi-mode ISAAC instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory. The famous Trapezium stars are seen near the centre and the photo also shows the associated cluster…

Paquito D’Rivera (born June 4, 1948) is a Cuban-born American saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer who plays and composes jazz and classical music. Paquito Francisco D’Rivera was born in Havana, Cuba. His father played classical saxophone, entertained his son with Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman records, and he sold musical instruments. He took D’Rivera to clubs…

Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist who is known in the genre of free jazz. Since the 1960s, he has released more than 100 albums. He plays many types of saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, sopranino, C-melody, mezzo-soprano) and clarinet (E-flat, B-flat, contrabass), in addition to flute,…