Lincoln Barrington “Sugar” Minott (25 May 1956 – 10 July 2010) was a Jamaican reggae singer, producer and sound-system operator. After working as a selector on the Sound of Silence Keystone sound system, and then his own Gathering of Youth system, he began his singing career as part of The African Brothers in 1969, along…
Norman Gary Foster (born May 25, 1936) is an American musician who plays saxophone, clarinet, and flute. He is considered a crossover artist, performing jazz, pop, and classical music. He has been prominent in the film, television, and music industries for five decades, having performed on over 500 movie scores and with over 200 orchestras….
Marshall Belford Allen (born May 25, 1924) is an American free jazz and avant-garde jazz alto saxophone player. He also performs on flute, oboe, piccolo, and EWI (an electronic valve instrument made by Steiner, Crumar company). Allen is best known for his work with Sun Ra, having recorded and performed mostly in this context since…
Jimmy Hamilton (May 25, 1917 – September 20, 1994) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, who was a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Hamilton was born in Dillon, South Carolina, United States, and grew up in Philadelphia. Having learned to play piano and brass instruments, in the 1930s he started playing the latter in…
Teaching a Rhythm Roots Workshop Residency at Cerenity Humboldt Senior Care center in St Paul. (https://cerenityseniorcare.org/cerenity-senior-care-humboldt-st-paul-mn/). 6th in a series of 9 workshops exploring cultural rhythms from an array of world traditions.
Zamya Theater performs Challenge to Change today Wednesday May 24th 9am at the Dorthy Day Center of Catholic Charities in St Paul. Music provided by mick laBriola.
A nearby star has exploded and humanity’s telescopes are turning to monitor it. The supernova, dubbed SN 2023ixf, was discovered by Japanese astronomer Koichi Itagaki three days ago and subsequently located on automated images from the Zwicky Transient Facility two days earlier. SN 2023ixf occurred in the photogenic Pinwheel Galaxy M101, which, being only about…
Max Bennett (May 24, 1928 – September 14, 2018) was an American jazz bassist and session musician. Bennett grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and Oskaloosa, Iowa, and went to college in Iowa. His first professional gig was with Herbie Fields in 1949, and following this he played with Georgie Auld, Terry Gibbs, and Charlie Ventura….
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