Gábor István Szabó (8 March 1936 – 26 February 1982) was a guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music. Gábor Szabó was born in Budapest, Hungary, and began playing guitar at the age of 14, inspired by jazz music heard on Voice of America radio broadcasts.[1] He escaped Communist Hungary in 1956,…
George Edward Coleman (born March 8, 1935) is an American jazz saxophonist known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master. Coleman was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was taught how to play the alto saxophone in his teens by his older…
Mississippi John Hurt John Smith Hurt (possibly March 3, 1892 – November 2, 1966), better known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country bluessinger and guitarist. Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine. He worked as a sharecropper and began playing at dances and parties,…
Gabacho Maroc is a French group which performs a captivating fusion of North African traditions, jazz and trance music.
Daily Roots with the Ethiopians 3-8-18
RHYTHM ROOTS WORKSHOP Wednesday March 7th noon-2pm Partnership Resources Inc Minneapolis Gold Star percussion team gearing up for performance on March 28th.
This tantalizing array of nebulas and stars can be found about two degrees south of the famous star-forming Orion Nebula. The region abounds with energetic young stars producing jets and outflows that push through the surrounding material at speeds of hundreds of kilometers per second. The interaction creates luminous shock waves known as Herbig-Haro (HH)…
Born March 7, 1970 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, percussionist Paoli Mejias’ rise to Latin jazz fame is a story of sweat and dedication. Completely self taught, Paoli purchased his first set of congas at age twelve, inspired by records of conga great Carlos “Patato” Valdés and Latin jazz innovators Batacumbele and Irakere. Learning by…
Born: March 7, 1967 Dan Papirany is an adventurous Jazz pianist, composer who understands and follows the eloquent philosophy that is to play melodic phrases and rich harmonies. Originally starting out as a drummer at seventeen years of age, he discovered the music of Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett’s piano playing which led him to…
Music with Nigerian drummer Baba Olatunji
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