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Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career spanning more than 60 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when…

Archie Sheep

Archie Sheep

Archie Shepp (born May 24, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist, educator and playwright who since the 1960s has played a central part in the development of avant-garde jazz. Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, but raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied piano, clarinet and alto saxophone before narrowing his focus to tenor saxophone….

Cosmos NGC 1499

Here is a close-up view of a region of NGC 1499. If the shape of this cosmic cloud seen as a whole in many beautiful pictures evokes California, then we are here in the Sierra Nevada mountains! The shapes carved in the gas and dust clouds and the impression of relief reinforce this comparison with…

Nat Adderley Jr

Nat Adderley Jr

Nathaniel Adderley Jr. (born May 23, 1955) is an American pop and rhythm and blues music arranger and pianist who spent much of his music career arranging as music director for Luther Vandross tours and contributed as co-songwriter on most of Vandross’s albums. His father Nat Adderley (1931–2000) was a composer and jazz cornet and…

Famoudou Don Moye

Famoudou Don Moye

Donald Moye, Jr. (born May 23, 1946), known as Famoudou Don Moye, is an American jazzpercussionist and drummer. He is most known for his involvement with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and is noted for his mastery of African and Caribbean percussion instruments and rhythmic techniques. Moye was born in Rochester, New York, United States,…

Robert Moog

Robert Arthur Moog (/moʊɡ/ MOHG; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005 NY, NY) was an American engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer, which debuted in 1964. In 1970, Moog released a more portable model,…

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