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. (Along with Vinny Golia, Simmons was among the few musicians to play the instrument in a…
Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921– March 28, 2010 Farmersville, TX) was an American jazzguitarist. During the 1950s, he was in a trio with pianist Oscar Peterson. Ellis was proficient on the instrument by the time he entered North Texas State University. He majored in music, but because the university did not have a guitar…
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed “Satchmo“, “Satch“, and “Pops“,was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several eras in the history of jazz.Armstrong received numerous accolades including the Grammy Award for Best Male Vocal Performance for Hello,…
The Lagoon Nebula (catalogued as Messier 8 or M8, NGC 6523, Sharpless 25, RCW 146, and Gum 72) is a giant interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius. It is classified as an emission nebula and has an H II region. The Lagoon Nebula was discovered by Giovanni Hodierna before 1654 and is one of only…
Hamid Drake (born August 3, 1955 Monore, LA) is an American jazz drummer and percussionist. By the close of the 1990s, Hamid Drake was widely regarded as one of the best percussionists in jazz and improvised music. Incorporating Afro-Cuban, Indian, and African percussion instruments and influence, in addition to using the standard trap set, Drake…
Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940 Chicago) is an American composer, jazzinstrumentalist, and educator, known for being “a technically superb – if idiosyncratic – saxophonist”. The Penguin Guide to Jazz described him as “one of the key figures” in avant-garde jazz; All About Jazz stated in 2004 that he had been “at the forefront of…
Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. Bennett was named an National Endowments for the Arts Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center…
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