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Glenn Frey Day

Glenn Lewis Frey (/fraɪ/; November 6, 1948 – January 18, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, actor and founding member of the rock band the Eagles. Frey was the co-lead singer and frontman for the Eagles, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of the Eagles’ material….

Arturo Sandoval Day

Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. Sandoval, while living in his native Cuba, was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie, finally meeting Gillespie later in 1977. Gillespie became a mentor and colleague, playing with Sandoval in concerts in Europe and Cuba and…

Roscoe Chenier Day

Born: November 6, 1941, St. Landry Parish, LA Died: February 7, 2013 A second cousin of the late zydeco/blues legend Clifton Chenier, Roscoe Chenier is an expressive blues/R&B singer and guitarist who isn’t nearly as well known as his famous relative. Roscoe was born and raised in Louisiana, where he joined a band called Rockin’…

The Cosmos with UGC 12591

Galaxy UGC 12591 is difficult — it has dark dust lanes like a spiral galaxy but a large diffuse bulge of stars like a lenticular.Surprisingly observations show that UGC 12591 spins at about 480 km/sec, almost twice as fast as our Milky Way, and the fastest rotation rate yet measured. The mass needed to hold…

Neil Cowley Day

Neil Cowley (born 5 November 1972) is a dynamic composer whose previous incarnations include Fragile State, the Green Nuns of the Revolution, and the Neil Cowley Trio, which appeared on Later… with Jools Holland in April 2008 and won the 2007 BBC Jazz Award for best album for Displaced.. In 2018 Neil announced he was…

Art Garfunkel Day

Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, poet, and actor. He is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. Highlights of his solo music career include a top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult Contemporary top…

Jack McVea Day

John Vivian “Jack” McVea (November 5, 1914 – December 27, 2000) was an American swing, blues, and rhythm and blues woodwind player and bandleader. He played clarinet and tenor and baritone saxophone. Born in Los Angeles, California, his father was the noted banjoist Satchel McVea, and banjo was Jack McVea’s first instrument. He played jazz…

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