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Daily Roots with Freddie McGregor 3-7-18

RHYTHM ROOTS WORKSHOP Tuesday March 6th noon-2pm Partnership Resources Inc St Louis Park Mounting a performance for Chicka Boom Chicka Boom with Erica, Annie and Marrie nothing will deter the rhythm making for these drummers.

In this beautiful celestial still life composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170 shines at the upper left. Reflecting the light of nearby hot stars, NGC 2170 is joined by other bluish reflection nebulae, a compact red emission region, and streamers of obscuring dust against a backdrop of stars. Like the common household…

Flora Purim (born March 6, 1942) is a Brazilian jazz singer known primarily for her work in the jazz fusion style. She became prominent for her part in Return to Forever with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. She has recorded and performed with numerous artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Evans, Opa, Stan Getz, Mickey Hart…

John Leslie “Wes” Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others. Montgomery was known for an unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side…

Walter E. “Furry” Lewis (March 6, 1893 or 1899 – September 14, 1981) was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. He was one of the first of the blues musicians active in the 1920s to be brought out of retirement and given new opportunities to record during the folk blues revival…

World Music from the Yoruba traditions brought to the diaspora via Candomble y Santeria featuring POPURRI DE CANTOS A OSHUN   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCu51MncMhc&index=43&list=PLEB3LPVcGcWbHKyo-uy8CkVvebHEsluVK

Daily Roots with Dennis Brown 3-6-18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdFzVCT20QE

The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field in Light and Sound Galaxies, galaxies everywhere – as far as the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope can see. This view of nearly 10,000 galaxies is the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos. Called the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, this galaxy-studded view represents a “deep” core sample of the universe, cutting across…

Louis A. “Lou” Levy (March 5, 1928 – January 23, 2001) was an American jazz pianist. Levy was born to Jewish parents in Chicago and started playing piano when he was twelve. His chief influences were Art Tatum and Bud Powell. A professional at age nineteen, Levy played with Georgie Auld (1947 and later), Sarah…