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Idris Muhammad

Idris Muhammad

Idris Muhammad was born on November 13,1939-July 29th 2014 and began playing the drums at age 8 in his native New Orleans. By the time he was 16, he was performing in jazz bands. Muhammad became known as one of the most innovative drummers in soul music of the 1960’s, performing with singers Sam Cooke,…

Hampton Hawes

Hampton Hawes

Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr.(November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) LA, CA was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir Raise Up Off Me, which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975.

Happy Diwali Day 2023

Diwali, one of the most popular Hindu festivals, is celebrated by devotees all over the world. Also known as the festival of lights, it symbolises the victory of good over evil and commemorates Lord Ram’s return to the Ayodhya kingdom after a 14-year exile.

Cosmos WR 134

WR 134 is a variable Wolf-Rayet star located around 6,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus, surrounded by a faint bubble nebula blown by the intense radiation and fast wind from the star. This nebula is surrounded by Halpha emission, giving that red background to the Oiii blue bubble.

Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal (Fula: , born 13 June 1953) is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary. Maal sings primarily in…

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young OC OM (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer and songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining the folk-rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the beginning of his solo career, often with backing by the band Crazy Horse, he…

Sam Jones

Sam Jones

Samuel Jones (November 12, 1924 – December 15, 1981) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist, and composer. Sam Jones was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, to a musical family. His father played piano and drums and his aunt played organ in church. In 1955, he moved to New York City and began his…

Bukka White

Bukka White

Booker T. Washington “Bukka” White (born on November 12, between 1900 and 1909; died February 26, 1977) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. Booker T. Washington White was born on a farm south of Houston, in northeastern Mississippi. He was born on November 12; various years between 1900 and 1909 are recorded –…

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