Salutes to Wynton Learson Marsalis on His Birthday
🍾Wynton Learson Marsalis, born October 18, 1961, in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a trumpeter, teacher, and director of Jazz at the Lincoln Center. Wynton has... Read More
Ronald Bunn
Publisher/Editor
Duško Gojković 90th Birthday Celebration at the Unterfahrt
On Thursday evening, October 14, 2021, Unterfahrt, Munich, Germany, Moderator and Professor Claus Reichstaller along with musicians Sam Hylton (piano), Nils Kugelmann (bass), Rich Laughlin... Read More
Poet Ngoma’s Just Anutha Nigga From Palestine
A former member of Amiri Baraka’s “The Spirit House Movers and Players” and the contemporary freedom song duo “Serious Bizness”, Ngoma weaves poetry and song... Read More
Happy Birthday Arthur “Art” Blakey
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🎂Arthur “Art” Blakey, born October 11, 1919 in Pittsburgh, PA. was a Jazz drummer. Rumor has it, Art’s foster father was a devout Seventh Day Adventist.... Read More
Historic 1998 Photo of Renown African-American Artists
We’ve received a copy of this photo of renown African-American Fine Artists taken by Hakim Mutlaq in the 1990s at the Schomburg Cultural Center in... Read More
Birthday Greetings Jazz Pianist Extraordinaire Thelonious Monk
Thelonious Sphere Monk, born October 10, 1917, was a jazz pianist and composer. Thelonious had a unique improvisational style. His genius to this day provides... Read More
Halala Ngosuku Lokuzalwa Johnathan Kenneth Butler
Johnathan Kenneth Butler, born October 10, 1961, is a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist whose musical interests span in R&B, Jazz Fusion and “worship music”.... Read More
Grady Tate — “Sack Full Of Dreams”
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💐Grady Tate, transitioned October 8, 2017, was a jazz and soul-jazz drummer and baritone vocalist. Tate released many solo albums and he lent his voice... Read More