Author: mick

Cosmos M16

The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745–46. Both the “Eagle” and the “Star Queen” refer to visual impressions of the dark silhouette near…

Janis Joplin

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970 Port Arthur, TX) was an American singer and songwriter. One of the most successful and widely known rock performers of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and “electric” stage presence. In 1967, Joplin rose to prominence following an appearance at Monterey…

Owsley Stanley

Owsley Stanley

Augustus Owsley Stanley III (January 19, 1935 – March 12, 2011) was an American-Australian audio engineer and clandestine chemist. He was a key figure in the San Francisco Bay Area hippie movementduring the 1960s and played a pivotal role in the decade’s counterculture. Under the professional name Bear, he was the sound engineer for the…

Horace Parlan

Horace Parlan

Horace Parlan (January 19, 1931 – February 23, 2017) was an American pianist and composer known for working in the hard bop and post-bop styles of jazz. In addition to his work as a bandleader Parlan was known for his contributions to the Charles Mingus recordings Mingus Ah Um and Blues & Roots. He was…

Cosmos IC 348

IC 348 is a young star cluster that illuminates surrounding filamentary dust. The stringy and winding dust appears pink in this recently released infrared image from the Webb Space Telescope. In visible light, this dust reflects mostly blue light, giving the surrounding material the familiar blue hue of a reflection nebula. Besides bright stars, several…

Steve Grossman

Steve Grossman

Steven Mark Grossman (January 18, 1951 – August 13, 2020) was an American jazz fusion and hard bopsaxophonist. Grossman was Wayne Shorter‘s replacement in Miles Davis‘s jazz-fusion band. He played with Chick Corea on the album “The Sun” in 1970, then, from 1971 to 1973, he was in Elvin Jones‘s band. In the late 1970s, he…

David Ruffin

David Ruffin

David Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin; January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991 Whynot, MS) was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–1968) during the group’s “Classic Five” period as it was later known. Ruffin was the lead voice on such…

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