Aston Family Man Barrett Memorial Aston was a pivotal foundation artist of the entire Reggae genre. Have a great new adventure Mr Barrett! Influential “Architect of Reggae” played on near-entirety of Wailers’ catalog in addition to classic albums by Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, and countless more. Aston Barrett, the Jamaican bassist known as “Family Man”…
Donald Kinsey Memorial Donald was a close friend of Marcus and Marcus let me know about Donald today. We are all former Chicagoans. Donald helped put Marley on the map! Have a great new adventure Donald! Legendary American Blues guitarist Donald Kinsey, who recorded and toured with Reggae greats Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, has…
Performing for Erev Shabbat Friday February 16th 6pm with speaker Jonah Kaplan. Music with Jayson Rodovsky, Jeff Bailey, Pete Whitman and mick laBriola.
Planetary nebulae like Heckathorn-Fesen-Gull 1 (HFG1) and Abell 6 in the constellation Cassiopeia are remnants from the last phase of a medium sized star like our Sun. In spite of their shapes, planetary nebulae have nothing in common with actual planets. Located in the bottom left part of the featured photo, HFG1 was created by…
William Henry Deppenschmidt (February 16, 1936 – March 20, 2021) was an American jazz drummer. Deppenschmidt’s father, a saxophone player, led an orchestra under the name Buddy Williams after playing with and arranging for Paul Whiteman, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller. When he was four, Deppenschmidt and his mother moved from Philadelphia to…
William Ballard Doggett (February 16, 1916 – November 13, 1996) was an American pianist and organist. He began his career playing swing music before transitioning into rhythm and blues. Best known for his instrumental compositions “Honky Tonk” and “Hippy Dippy”, Doggett was a pioneer of rock and roll. He worked with the Ink Spots, Johnny…
Giuseppe “Joe” Venuti (September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978) was an American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist. Considered the father of jazz violin, he pioneered the use of string instruments in jazz along with the guitarist Eddie Lang, a friend since childhood. Through the 1920s and early 1930s, Venuti and Lang made many…
FANDANGO: For dance it is always fandango de huelva. There are two main types of melodies used for dance, with a final remate they call “por bulerias” but it never felt like buleria to me. After you figure out how you will structure any falseta or estribillo (chorus that might repeat or go between coplas)…
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Shiny NGC 253 is one of the brightest spiral galaxies visible, and also one of the dustiest. Some call it the Silver Coin Galaxy for its appearance in small telescopes, or just the Sculptor Galaxy for its location within the boundaries of the southern constellation Sculptor. Discovered in 1783 by mathematician and astronomer Caroline Herschel,…
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