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Charles Tyler
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Charles Tyler

Charles Lacy Tyler (July 20, 1941 – June 27, 1992) was an American jazz saxophonist. He focused on baritone & alto saxophone and also played clarinet. Tyler was born in Cadiz, Kentucky, United States, and spent his childhood years in Indianapolis. He played piano as a child and clarinet at the age of seven, before…

Ernie Wilkins

Ernie Wilkins

Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1922 – June 5, 1999 St Louis, MO) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He also wrote for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was musical director for albums by Cannonball Adderley, Dinah Washington, Oscar Peterson, and Buddy…

Cosmos NGC 5101/5078

This sharp telescopic field of view holds two bright galaxies. Barred spiral NGC 5101 (middle left) and nearly edge-on system NGC 5078 (middle right) are separated on the sky by about 0.5 degrees or about the apparent width of a full moon. Found within the boundaries of the serpentine constellation Hydra, both are estimated to…

Commander Cody

Commander Cody

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen were an American country rock band founded in 1967. The group’s leader and co-founder was pianist and vocalist George Frayne IV, alias Commander Cody (born July 19, 1944, in Boise, Idaho; died September 26, 2021, in Saratoga Springs, New York). The band became known for marathon live shows….

Buster Benton

Buster Benton

Arley “Buster“ Benton (July 19, 1932 – January 20, 1996) was an American bluesguitarist and singer. He played guitar in Willie Dixon‘s Blues All-Stars and is best known for his solo rendition of Dixon’s song “Spider in My Stew.” Benton was tenacious, and despite the amputation of parts of both legs in the latter part…

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