Rickey Woodard August 5th 1950; is an American jazz saxophonist. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1980 on Woodard spent seven years with the Ray Charles band. A member of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Woodard has also recorded with Frank Capp and as a member of Jeannie and Jimmy Cheatham‘s Sweet Baby Blues Band. In 1993,…
Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the Brazilian ensemble Quarteto Novo, he moved to the United States and worked…
Leonard Harold Breau (August 5, 1941 – August 12, 1984) was an American-Canadian guitarist. He blended many styles of music, including jazz, country, classical, and flamenco. Inspired by country guitarists like Chet Atkins, Breau used fingerstyle techniques not often used in jazz guitar. By using a seven-string guitar and approaching the guitar like a piano,…
Performing with the music 6pm Shabbat service at Temple Israel with Inbal Sharett-Singer.
The tenth Friday August 4th 2023 in a series Friday drumming workshops 9 & 12 week back to back Rhythm Roots Workshop Residencies at two Ebenezer Care Locations. Ebenezer Loren on Park Assisted Living 10-1130am (https://www.ebenezercares.org/affordable-housing-loren-on…) in south Minneapolis. Exploring world rhythms from a variety of cultural traditions. June 2nd thru August 25th 2023. Ebenezer…
Sh2-279 (alternatively designated S279 or Sharpless 279) is an HII region and bright nebulae that includes a reflection nebula located in the constellation Orion. It is the northernmost part of the asterism known as Orion’s Sword, lying 0.6° north of the Orion Nebula. The reflection nebula embedded in Sh2-279 is popularly known as the Running…
Huey “Sonny” Simmons (August 4, 1933 – April 6, 2021) was an American jazz musician. Simmons was born on August 4, 1933 in Sicily Island, Louisiana.He grew up in Oakland, California, where he began playing the English horn.[3] (Along with Vinny Golia, Simmons was among the few musicians to play the instrument in a jazz…
Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010) was an American jazz guitarist. During the 1950s, he was in a trio with pianist Oscar Peterson. Born in Farmersville, Texas and raised in the suburbs of Dallas, Ellis first heard the electric guitar performed by George Barnes on a radio program. This experience is…
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