Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974 Washington DC) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s onward, and…
Persian ney (flute) virtuoso and vocalist Hossein Omoumi
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The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), or Nubecula Minor, is a dwarf galaxy near the Milky Way. It is classified as a dwarf irregular galaxy. It has a diameter of about 7,000 light-years, contains several hundred million stars, and has a total mass of approximately 7 billion times the mass of the Sun. The SMC contains a…
Mickey Tucker (born April 28, 1941, Durham, North Carolina) is an American jazz pianist and organist. When he was six, he started on piano, eventually playing in church. He performed in the 1960s with Little Anthony and the Imperials and Damita Jo, and also accompanied comedian Timmy Rogers. He entered the jazz world in 1969,…
John Martin Tchicai (April 28, 1936 – October 8, 2012) was a Danish free jazz saxophonist and composer. After moving to New York City in 1963, Tchicai joined Archie Shepp‘s New York Contemporary Five and the New York Art Quartet. He played on John Coltrane‘s Ascension, and Albert Ayler’s New York Eye and Ear Control, both…
Mario Bauzá (April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993) was an Afro-Cuban jazz musician. He was one of the first to introduce Cuban music to the United States by bringing Cuban musical styles to the New York City jazz scene. While Cuban bands had popular jazz tunes in their repertoire for years, Bauzá’s composition “Tangá”…
Ethiopian Music by Mahmoud Ahmed – Yager Betua Aynama https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQzJe6dAf5Q
Performing at MLK park in Minneapolis for Arbor Day 2018 with Steve Sandberg, Jim McCreary, Hilary Johnson, Tom Wells, Ralph Campbell, mick laBriola and many more. https://www.minneapolisparks.org/activities__events/events/arbor_day/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7W4-DLFEA
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