Zapateado as an instrumental flamenco music form is said to have the polyrhythm of 3/4, 2/4, 6/8… This reminds us of another polyrhythmic flamenco style: Tanguillos, ‘little tangos’ from Cadiz. One of the old Zapateado music pieces was actually called Zapateado de Cadiz, which was danced by historic Spanish dancers such as Josefa Varga in…
New stars are born from the remnants of dead stars. The gaseous remnant of the gravitational collapse and subsequent death of a very massive star in our Milky Way created the G296.5+10.0 supernova remnant, of which the featured Mermaid Nebula is part. Also known as the Betta Fish Nebula, the Mermaid Nebula makes up part…
David Bromberg (born September 19, 1945 Philadelphia, PA) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. An eclectic artist, Bromberg plays bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock and roll. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the same time. Bromberg has played…
Ellen Naomi Cohen (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974 Baltimore, MD), known professionally as Cass Elliot, was an American singer. She was also known as “Mama Cass“, a name she reportedly disliked. Elliot was a member of the singing group the Mamas & the Papas. After the group broke up, she released five solo…
Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017 Chicago) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazz medium. He recorded and toured the United States, Canada and Europe with his orchestra, sextet, quartet, duo, and as a solo pianist. Abrams started…
Cora “Lovie” Austin (September 19, 1887 – July 8, 1972) was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, singer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period. She was born Cora Taylor in Chattanooga,…
Living in the Twilight Zone “A sickness known as hate. Not a virus, not a microbe, not a germ — but a sickness nonetheless, highly contagious, deadly in its effects. Don’t look for it in the Twilight Zone — look for it in a mirror. Look for it before the light goes out altogether.” ~Rod…
Louis Myers Born : September 18, 1929 in Byhalia, Mississippi. Died : September 05, 1994 in Chicago, Illinois. American blues guitarist, harmonicist, bassist, arranger and singer. Associated with the Chicago blues scene of the 1960’s and on, having backed and played with countless Chicago notables. Brother of guitarist/bassist Dave Myers.
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