Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black Artists Group in St. Louis. In 1977, he founded the World Saxophone Quartet with David…
Temple Israel Tot Shabbat service Friday September 13th 2024 6pm. Music with Inbal Sharett-Singer, Jayson Rodovsky, Jeff Bailey, Pete Whitman and mick laBriola.
Even though this theory is in dispute, the story is intriguing. One of the most popular theories, however, links Friday the 13th with the fall of a fearsome group of legendary warriors—the Knights Templar. Founded around 1118 as a monastic military order devoted to the protection of pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land following the…
Project 49’ was the name code for our second project with the ‘Altaïr of Atlas Astrophotographers’ team, an idea that looked a bit crazy on paper, but that we knew could only be achieved under optimum conditions… The idea was to produce an ultra-detailed image of the Rho Ophiuchi complex, as well as some of…
William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, and created the bluegrass music genre. Because of this, he is often called the “Father of Bluegrass“. The genre takes its name from his band, the Blue Grass Boys, who named their group for the bluegrass of Monroe’s…
Leon Brown “Chu” Berry (September 13, 1908 – October 30, 1941 Wheeling, WV) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist during the 1930s. He is perhaps best known for his time as a member of singer Cab Calloway‘s big band. According to music critic Gary Giddins, musicians called him “Chu” either because he chewed on the…
Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian and American composer, music theorist, teacher and writer. He was among the first modernists who transformed the practice of harmony in 20th-century classical music, and a central element of his music was its use of motives as a means of coherence. He…
Whereas the Verdiales is a lively folk dance associated with violins and tambourines, the Abandolao is traditonally a slower song accompanied on the guitar. In fact, abandolao means “to the guitar,” bandola being a regional synonym for ‘guitar.’ The form is also known as Fandango Abandolao. The Abandolao is essentially a slow Verdiales, the underlying compás a three count pattern…
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