Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017 Milwaukee, WI) was an American singer and songwriter. His 1981 album Breakin’ Away spent two years on the Billboard 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. The album won Jarreau the 1982 Grammy for Best…
Don Drummond (12 March 1934 – 6 May 1969) was a Jamaican ska trombonist and composer. He was one of the original members of The Skatalites, and composed many of their tunes. In 1966, Drummond was convicted of murdering his 23-year-old lover, Anita “Marguerita” Mahfood. Drummond was born at the Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica,…
Rhythm Roots Workshop Residency @ Saint Therese Senior Living of Woodbury March 11th 2024 Teaching a Rhythm Roots Workshop Residency at Saint Therese Woodbury fifth in a series of 9 Mondays thru April 8th 1-230pm. Celebrating cultural rhythms to the Senior community for healing and memory care.
Astronomers are well-known for naming objects with odd conventions, and the cometary globule GN 16.43.7.01 seen in this Picture of the Week is no exception. Cometary globules have nothing to do with comets aside from appearance: they are named for their dusty head and elongated, dark tail, as seen in this image taken with the…
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950 NY, NY) is an American jazz singer and songwriter. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing,…
Leroy Jenkins (March 11, 1932 – February 24, 2007) was an American composer and violinist/violist. Jenkins was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. As a youth, he lived with his sister, his mother, two aunts, his grandmother, and, on occasions, a boarder, in a three-bedroom apartment. Jenkins was immersed in music from an early age,…
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992 was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. In 1992,…
Alex or Aleck Miller (originally Ford, possibly December 5, 1912 – May 24, 1965), known later in his career as Sonny Boy Williamson, was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He was an early and influential blues harp stylist who recorded successfully in the 1950s and 1960s. Miller used various names, including Rice…
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