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Rhythm Roots Workshop @ St Therese Senior Communities
October 23rd 2023, seventh in a series of nine Monday workshops. Teaching a Rhythm Roots Workshop Residency at two locations; St Therese New Hope the AVENGERS Percussion Ensemble and Oxbow Lake BOOMERANG KANGAROOS Percussion Ensemble Senior Living (https://www.sainttherese.org/) on Mondays 10am & 1pm September 11th thru November 6th 2023. Celebrating world rhythms and cultures for…
Cosmos Arp-Madore 2339-661
This striking image captures the interacting galaxy pair known as Arp-Madore 2339-661, so named because they belong to the Arp-Madore catalogue of peculiar galaxies. However, this particular peculiarity might be even odder than first meets the eye, as there are in fact three galaxies interacting here, not just two. The two clearly defined galaxies are…
Ernie Watts
Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden‘s Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa‘s album The Grand Wazoo he played the “Mystery Horn”, a straight-necked C melody saxophone. He…
Frank Hewitt
Frank Hewitt (October 23, 1935 – September 5, 2002) was an American hard bop jazz pianist. Born in Queens, New York, Hewitt lived most of his life in Harlem. His mother was a church pianist, and he initially studied classical and gospel music, but switched to jazz after hearing a Charlie Parker record. He took…
Sonny Criss
William “Sonny” Criss (23 October 1927 – 19 November 1977) was an American jazz musician. An alto saxophonist of prominence during the bebop era of jazz, he was one of many players influenced by Charlie Parker. William Criss was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 15….
Cosmos IC 4812
Corona Australis is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Its Latin name means “southern crown”, and it is the southern counterpart of Corona Borealis, the northern crown. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. The Ancient Greeks saw Corona…
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