Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941 NOLA), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana. Widely recognized as a pivotal figure in early jazz, Morton was jazz’s first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in…
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Rhythm Roots Residency Performances Friday October 19th 2018 11:45am Featuring PRI Partnership Resources Inc St Louis Park and Minneapolis sites Percussion Ensembles “Chicka Boom Chicka Boom” and “Just Do It” Part of the Expressing Me-A Showcase of Creativity from Makers of All Abilities at MIA Minneapolis Institute of Art in the Reception Hall of the…
Sharpless 132, LBN 473 Sharpless 132 is a very faint emission nebula often overlooked by astrophotographers. It’s on the border of the constellations of Cepheus and Lacerta. It’s estimated to be about 10,000 light years away. The star field is very rich, so the nebula is almost lost amidst all the stars.
Masabumi Kikuchi (菊地 雅章 Kikuchi Masabumi, 19 October 1939 – 6 July 2015) was a Japanese jazz pianist and composer known for his eclectic music that ranges from vanguard classical to fusion and digital music. He worked with a large number of diverse musicians, including Lionel Hampton, Sonny Rollins, Woody Herman, Mal Waldron, Joe Henderson,…
Willie Lee Perryman (October 19, 1911 – July 25, 1985), usually known professionally as Piano Red and later in life as Dr. Feelgood, was an American blues musician, the first to hit the pop music charts. He was a self-taught pianist who played in the barrelhouse blues style (a loud percussive type of blues piano…
World Music on Flamenco Fridays with Cameron y Paco de Lucia performing Tangos. The flamenco tango is distinct from the flamenco rumba primarily through the guitar playing. In Rumba the guitar flows more freely, whereas in Tangos the accents on beats 2, 3 & 4 are marked clearly with heavy strumming.
Prawn Nebula, IC 4628, is an emission nebula located in the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way, around 6000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. It forms part of the tail of the “False Comet” anchored by the bright open cluster NGC 6231.
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