Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945 Dallas, TX) is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. As both a solo act and member of two successful bands, Stills has combined record sales of over 35 million albums. He was ranked number…
John Jenkins (January 3, 1931 – July 12, 1993) was an American jazz saxophonist. Born in Chicago, Jenkins initially studied clarinet in high school but switched to saxophone after six months on the instrument. He played in jam sessions led by Joe Segal at Roosevelt College from 1949-1956. He played with Art Farmer in 1955…
erbert Horatio Nichols (January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the jazz standard “Lady Sings the Blues“. Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics. He was born in San Juan Hill, Manhattan, New York, United States, to parents from…
Fred White, a drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire, has died, according to an announcement from the band and his family. He was 67. Fred White’s brother, Earth, Wind & Fire founding member Verdine White, said in a social media post on Monday that he “is now drumming with the angels!” Verdine White remembered his…
Anita Pointer, Frequent Lead Singer of Famed Sister Act, Dies at 74 She was the lead vocalist on all three of the Pointer Sisters’ Top 40 hits in the group’s early years, and she helped define its pop sound in the 1980s. Anita Pointer, the sweet and occasionally sultry lead vocalist on many hits of…
Against an inky black backdrop, the blue swirls of spiral galaxy NGC 6956 stand out radiantly. NGC 6956 is a barred spiral galaxy, a common type of spiral galaxy with a bar-shaped structure of stars in its center. This galaxy exists 214 million light-years away in the constellation Delphinus. Scientists used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope…
Troy Andrews (born January 2, 1986), also known by the stage name Trombone Shorty, is an American musician, producer, actor and philanthropist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known as a trombone and trumpet player but also plays drums, organ, and tuba. He has worked with some of the biggest names in rock, pop, jazz,…
Ari Brown (born February 1, 1944) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and pianist. Brown grew up in Chicago and attended Wilson College, where he met musicians such as Jack DeJohnette, Henry Threadgill, Roscoe Mitchell, and Joseph Jarman. He played piano in R&B and soul outfits into the 1960s, then switched to saxophone in 1965. He…
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