Author: mick

Russian Hurdy-Gurdy instrumentalist

Jimmy McGriff McGriff at Organ Summit, Toronto, 2004 Background information Birth name James Harrell McGriff Born April 3, 1936 Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Died May 24, 2008 (aged 72) Voorhees Township, New Jersey Genres Jazz, blues, soul-jazz Occupation(s) Musician, bandleader Instruments Organ Years active 1960–2007 Labels Groove Merchant, Jell, Sue, Solid State James Harrell McGriff (April 3, 1936 – May 24, 2008) was…

Scott LaFaro Birth name Rocco Scott LaFaro Born April 3, 1936 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. Died July 6, 1961 (aged 25) Geneva, New York Genres Jazz, bebop, cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz Occupation(s) Musician Instruments Double bass Years active 1955–1961 Labels Riverside, Atlantic Associated acts Bill Evans, Buddy Morrow, Chet Baker, Victor Feldman, Stan Kenton, Stan Getz, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell, Eric Dolphy, Ira Sullivan, Barney Kessel, Cal Tjader, Benny Goodman, Pat…

Harold Vick Background information Birth name Harold Edward Vick Born April 3, 1936 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States Died November 13, 1987(aged 51) New York, New York, United States Genres Hard bop, Soul jazz Instruments Tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute Years active 1950s–1987 Labels Blue Note Records, RCA Victor Associated acts Grant Green, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Shirley Scott Harold Vick (April 3, 1936 – November 13,…

Featuring Don Drummond 4-3-18

Two extremely bright stars illuminate a greenish mist in this and other images from the new GLIMPSE360 survey. This fog is comprised of hydrogen and carbon compounds called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are found right here on Earth in sooty vehicle exhaust and on charred grills. In space, PAHs form in the dark clouds…

Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist known as the “Godfather of Fusion”. Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He was raised by his stepfather Gene, a chemical engineer, and his mother Cora,…

Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling pop music records over the course of his 60-year career. His genres included pop, rock, blues, country, bluegrass, standards, gospel and surf records. He was awarded six gold records. His…

Marvin Gaye (/ɡeɪ/;born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984 Washington DC) was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. Gaye helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, including “Ain’t That Peculiar“,…

Booker Little, Jr. (April 2, 1938 – October 5, 1961) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. He appeared on a number of recordings, both as side-man and as leader. Little was closely associated with Max Roach, but also performed with John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy and was strongly influenced by Sonny Rollins and Clifford Brown….