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Don Patterson

Don Patterson

Don Patterson (July 22, 1936 – February 10, 1988) was an American jazz organist. Patterson played piano from childhood and was heavily influenced by Erroll Garner in his youth. In 1956, he switched to organ after hearing Jimmy Smith play the instrument. In the early-1960s, he began playing regularly with Sonny Stitt, and he began releasing material…

Junior Cook

Junior Cook

Herman “Junior” Cook (July 22, 1934 – February 3, 1992) was an American hard bop tenor saxophone player. Cook was born in Pensacola, Florida. A member of a musical family, he started on alto saxophone before switching to tenor during his high school years. After playing with Dizzy Gillespie in 1958, Cook was a member…

Rhythm Roots Workshop Residencies Ebenezer Assisted and Independent Care

Rhythm Roots Workshop Residencies Ebenezer Assisted and Independent Care (the site does not allow participants faces in pics). 10-1130pm The eight Friday July 21st 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…)…

Cosmos NGC 4945

NGC 4945 (also known as Caldwell 83) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Centaurus, visible near the star Xi Centauri.The galaxy was discovered by James Dunlop in 1826 and is thought to be similar to the Milky Way Galaxy, although X-ray observations show that NGC 4945 has an unusual energetic Seyfert 2 nucleus…

Floyd McDaniel

Floyd McDaniel

Born: July 21, 1915 Died: July 22, 1995, Chicago, IL Known for blues-drenched jazz and jazz-drenched blues, Floyd McDaniel was a part of the Chicago scene for most of his 80 years. The singer/guitarist was born in Athens, Alabama but spent much of his life in the Windy City, where he’d moved to when he…

Cat Stevens

Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. To date, he has sold over 100 million records and has over 2 billion streams. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in…

Sonny Clark

Sonny Clark

Conrad Yeatis “Sonny” Clark (July 21, 1931 – January 13, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who mainly worked in the hard bop idiom. Clark was born and raised in Herminie, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town east of Pittsburgh. His parents were originally from Stone Mountain, Georgia. His miner father, Emery Clark, died…

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