Author: mick

In the heart of monstrous Tarantula Nebula lies huge bubbles of energetic gas, long filaments of dark dust, and unusually massive stars. In the center of this heart, is a knot of stars so dense that it was once thought to be a single star. This star cluster, labeled as R136 or NGC 2070, is…

John Robert “Joe” Cocker, OBE (20 May 1944 – 22 December 2014) was an English singer and musician. He was known for his gritty voice, spasmodic body movement in performance and definitive versions of popular songs of varying genre. Cocker’s cover of the Beatles‘ “With a Little Help from My Friends” reached number one in…

Charles Davis (May 20, 1933 – July 15, 2016) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Davis played alto, tenor and baritone saxophone, and performed extensively with Archie Shepp and Sun Ra. Born in Goodman, Mississippi, Davis was raised in Chicago. He graduated from DuSable High School before studying at the Chicago School of Music….

Edward Louis Smith (May 20, 1931 – August 20, 2016) was an American jazz trumpeter from Memphis, Tennessee. After graduating from Tennessee State University he attended graduate school at the University of Michigan. While studying at the University of Michigan, he played with visiting musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thad Jones and Billy…

Virelai is a Danish band that plays medieval music with reconstructed instruments from the period. The group is named after the ancient French Virelai dance and love song form from the Middle Ages . The band performs primarily in medieval markets around the country, but has also released four CDs. The group has also been…

This richly coloured cloud of gas called RCW 34 is a site of star formation in the southern constellation of Vela (The Sails). This image was taken using the FORS instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in northern Chile. RCW 34, also known as Gum 19, is a star-forming region located in the southern constellation…

Thomas Wright “Tom” Scott (born May 19, 1948) is an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He was a member of The Blues Brothersand leads the jazz fusion group L.A. Express. Scott was born in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of prolific film and television composer Nathan Scott, who had more than 850 television…

Cecil McBee (born May 19, 1935) is an American jazz bassist, one of the most influential in the history of jazz. McBee has recorded as a leader only a handful of times since the 1970s, but has contributed as a sideman to a number of jazz albums. McBee was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 19,…