Author: mick

Cosmos NGC 7023

These cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile starfields of theconstellation Cepheus. Called the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 is not the only nebula to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, this deep telescopic image shows off the Iris Nebula’s range of colors and symmetries embedded in surrounding fields of interstellar dust. Within…

Henry Butler

Henry Butler

Henry Butler (September 21, 1948 – July 2, 2018) was an American jazzand blues pianist. He learned piano, drums, and saxophone in school. He received a college degree and graduate degree and taught at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. He worked as a soloist and in groups in Los Angeles and New York…

Tommy Potter

Tommy Potter

Charles Thomas Potter (September 21, 1918 – March 1, 1988 Philadelphia, PA) wasan American jazz double bass player, best known for having been a member of Charlie Parker‘s “classic quintet”, with Miles Davis, between 1947 and 1950.

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ(September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, social and political conflict, and sexual and romantic love, desire, regret, and loss. He was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of…

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