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Muhal Richard Abrams

Muhal Richard Abrams

Muhal Richard Abrams (born Richard Lewis Abrams; September 19, 1930 – October 29, 2017) was an American educator, administrator, composer, arranger, clarinetist, cellist, and jazz pianist in the free jazzmedium. He recorded and toured the United States, Canada and Europe with his orchestra, sextet, quartet, duo and as a solo pianist. His musical affiliations constitute…

Lol Coxhill

Lol Coxhill

George Lowen Coxhill (19 September 1932 – 10 July 2012) known professionally as Lol Coxhill, was an English free improvising saxophonist. He played soprano and sopranino saxophone.

World Music Memorial Robert Tree Cody

World Music Memorial Robert Tree Cody

Renowned Native American flutist and vocalist, powwow performer, multi-award recipient, and Lifetime Achievement Awardee, Robert Tree Cody (Maricopa/Dakota), peacefully departed on September 14, 2023. He graced this world for 72 years. Enormous in stature, standing at an impressive height of 2.07 meters (6.79 feet), the indomitable “Tree” was among the trailblazers who disseminated traditional Native…

Cosmos Arp 107

This Hubble Picture of the Week — taken using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) — shows Arp 107, a celestial object that comprises a pair of galaxies in the midst of a collision. The larger galaxy (in the left of this image) is an extremely energetic galaxy type known as a…

P.F. Sloan

P.F. Sloan

Philip Gary “Flip” Sloan (né Schlein; September 18, 1945 – November 15, 2015), known professionally as P. F. Sloan, was an American singer and songwriter. During the mid-1960s, he wrote, performed, and produced many Billboard Top 20 hits for artists such as Barry McGuire, the Searchers, Jan and Dean, Herman’s Hermits, Johnny Rivers, the Grass…

Emily Remler

Emily Remler

Emily Remler (September 18, 1957 – May 4, 1990) was an American jazz guitarist, active from the late 1970s until her death in 1990. Born in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Remler began guitar at age ten. She listened to pop and rockguitarists like Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Winter. At the Berklee College of Music in…

Steve Marcus

Steve Marcus

Steve Marcus (September 18, 1939 – September 25, 2005) was an American jazz saxophonist. Marcus was born in The Bronx, New York, United States. He studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, between 1959 and 1961. He gained experience playing in the bands of Stan Kenton, Herbie Mann and Larry Coryell from…

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