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Sadao Watanabe Day

Sadao Watanabe Day Sadao Watanabe (渡辺 貞夫 Watanabe Sadao) (born February 1, 1933) is a Japanese jazz musician who plays alto saxophone, sopranino saxophone, and flute. He is known for his bossa nova recordings, although his work encompasses many styles with collaborations from musicians all over the world. He has had over ten albums reach…

The Cosmos with M74

The Cosmos with M74 Messier 74 (also known as NGC 628) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces. It is at a distance of about 32 million light-years away from Earth.[5]The galaxy contains two clearly defined spiral arms and is therefore used as an archetypal example of a grand design spiral galaxy.[6] The galaxy’s…

Charlie Musselwhite Day

Charlie Musselwhite Day Charles Douglas “Charlie” Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944) is an American electric blues harmonica player and bandleader, one of the non-black bluesmen who came to prominence in the early 1960s, along with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield, or bands such as Canned Heat. Though he has often been identified as a “white…

Phillip Glass Day

Phillip Glass Day Philip Morris Glass (born January 31, 1937 Baltimore, Md) is an American composer. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the late 20th century. Glass’s compositions have been described as minimal music, similar to other “minimalist” composers including La Monte Young, Steve Reich and Terry Riley. However, Glass has described…

Roosevelt Sykes Day

Roosevelt Sykes Day Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983) was an American blues musician, also known as “The Honeydripper“. Sykes was born in Elmar, Arkansas, and grew up near Helena. At age 15, went on the road playing piano in a barrelhouse style of blues. Like many bluesmen of his time, he…

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