Author: mick
Cosmos Simeis 147
Supernova remnant Simeis 147. Also cataloged as Sharpless 2-240, the filamentary nebula goes by the popular nickname the Spaghetti Nebula. Seen toward the boundary of the constellations of the Bull (Taurus) and the Charioteer (Auriga), the impressive gas structure covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky, equivalent to 6 full moons. That’s about 150 light-years…
Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990 LA,CA) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians, which included other greats such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell. Gordon’s height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as “Long Tall…
José Melis
José Melis Guiu (February 27, 1920 – April 7, 2005) was a Cuban-American bandleader and television personality. Melis was born in Havana, Cuba. He studied at the Havana Conservatory of Music and a Cuban government scholarship enabled him to continue his education in Paris. When he was 16, he arrived in the United States, graduated…
Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey (born Mildred Rinker; February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a Native American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as “The Queen of Swing”, “The Rockin’ Chair Lady” and “Mrs. Swing”. She recorded the songs “For Sentimental Reasons“, “It’s So Peaceful in the Country”, “Doin’ The Uptown Lowdown”, “Trust in Me“, “Where…
Rhythm Roots Workshop Residency @ Saint Therese Senior Living of Woodbury
Rhythm Roots Workshop Residency @ Saint Therese Senior Living of Woodbury February 26, 2024 Teaching a Rhythm Roots Workshop Residency at Saint Therese Woodbury third in a series of Mondays thru April 8th 1-230pm. Celebrating cultural rhythms to the Senior community for healing and memory care.
Cosmos NGC 1841
This densely populated group of stars is the globular cluster known as NGC 1841, which is found within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way galaxy that lies about 162 000 light-years away. Satellite galaxies are galaxies that are bound by gravity in orbits around a more massive host galaxy….
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