Alexander Emil Caiola (September 7, 1920 – November 9, 2016) was an American guitarist, composer and arranger, who spanned a variety of music genres including jazz, country, rock, and pop. He recorded over fifty albums and worked with some of the biggest names in music during the 20th century, including Elvis Presley, Ray Conniff, Ferrante…
Walter Theodore “Sonny” Rollins (born September 7, 1930) is an American jazz tenor saxophonistwho is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including “St. Thomas“, “Oleo“, “Doxy“, and “Airegin“, have become jazz…
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas, during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his…
Rhythm Roots Workshop @ Memory Café Jewish Family and Children’s Service Wednesday September 2023. The third and last in a series of drum workshops at JFCS. Rhythm Roots Workshop working three Wednesdays at Memory Café at Jewish Family and Children’s Service (https://jfcsmpls.org) August 9th, 23rd and Sept 6th 2023 130-3pm working with dementia patients and…
As stars die, they create clouds. Two stellar death clouds of gas and dust can be found toward the high-flying constellation of the Swan (Cygnus) as they drift through rich star fields in the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Caught here within the telescopic field of view are the Soap Bubble (lower left) and…
George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the songwriter, Syd Barrett, in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd’s lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1985. Pink Floyd achieved international success with the…
Charles Moffett (September 6, 1929 – February 14, 1997) was an American free jazz drummer. Moffett was born in Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended I.M. Terrell High School with Ornette Coleman. Before switching to drums, Moffett began his musical career as a trumpeter. At age 13, he played trumpet with Jimmy Witherspoon, and later formed…
Edward Lozano Duran (September 6, 1925 – November 22, 2019) was an American jazz guitarist from San Francisco. He recorded often with Vince Guaraldi and was a member of the Benny Goodman orchestra during the 1970s. Duran started on piano at age seven and switched to guitar at 12. By fifteen he was performing professionally…
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