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Aaron Copland November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the “Dean of American Composers”. The open, slowly changing harmonies in much of his music are typical of…

Stanley Dural Jr. (November 14, 1947 – September 24, 2016), Lafayette, LA better known by his stage name Buckwheat Zydeco, was an American accordionistand zydeco musician. He was one of the few zydeco artists to achieve mainstream success. His music group was formally billed as Buckwheat Zydeco and Ils Sont Partis Band  (“Ils Sont Partis”…

George Andrew Cables (born November 14, 1944) is an American jazz pianist and composer. NY, NY  

Ellis Louis Marsalis Jr. (November 14, 1934 – April 1, 2020) NOLA, LAwas an American jazz pianist and educator. Active since the late 1940s, Marsalis came to greater attention in the 1980s and 1990s as the patriarch of the musical Marsalis family, when sons Branford and Wynton became popular jazz musicians.

Have you ever seen the Andromeda galaxy? Although M31 appears as a faint and fuzzy blob to the unaided eye, the light you see will be over two million years old, making it likely the oldest light you ever will see directly. The featured image captured Andromeda just before it set behind the Swiss Alpsearly…

John Paul Hammond (born November 13, 1942 in New York City) is an American singer and musician. The son of record producer John H. Hammond, he is sometimes referred to as John Hammond Jr.