🎂Baby Washington, (aka Justine Washington) born November 13, 1940 in Bamberg, South Carolina — but was raised in Harlem, New York. She is one of... Read More
🍾Booker T. Jones, born November 11, 1944, in Memphis, Tennessee, is one of Soul and Rock music’s premier musicians — a multi-instrumentalist and a musical... Read More
🍾Hannibal Lokumbe (aka Marvin Peterson), born November 11, 1948, is a composer and jazz trumpeter. Over the past 4 decades, he has composed classical works for... Read More
🍾Hubert Laws was born on November 10, 1939, in Houston, Texas. The flutist and saxophonist, who refuses to be categorized, is enjoying a career spanning... Read More
🍾Houston Person was born November 10, 1934, in Florence, South Carolina. The jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer attended the HBCU South Carolina State College.... Read More
🎂Minnie Riperton Rudolph was born November 8, 1947 on the Southside of Chicago, Illinois. The life-cut-too-short singer-songwriter is best known for her four-octave soprano range — rumored... Read More
🍾Bertha Hope, born November 8, 1936, in Los Angeles, California, is a most accomplished jazz pianist, composer and educator. As an elder in the jazz... Read More
This year’s 28th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in New York City (August 28-29) celebrated the alto saxophonist and composer’s 100th Birthday, born August 29,... Read More