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A Legacy of Inspiration — It’s Called Gospel Music!

Ron Scott — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 10:31:49 +0000

When most people think of gospel music, the Black church immediately comes to mind — deacons and sisters shouting and animated pastors asking for Amens.

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Oscar Brown Brought African-American Daily Life into Focus

Ron Scott — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:50:30 +0000

Through the 20th century and into the 21st century, a string of African-American male singers have graced stages throughout the United States — singing the

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Jump for Joy It’s Billy Strayhorn’s Birthday

Ron Scott — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:49:47 +0000

🍾 Billy Strayhorn was born on November 29, 1915 in Dayton, Ohio. He was a composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger celebrated for his unforgettable collaborations with

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Birthday Greetings Unchained Melodic Heart Etta Jones

Ron Scott — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 13:10:23 +0000

🎂Etta Jones, born November 25 in Aiken, South Carolina and raised in Harlem, New York, was a jazz singer. Her understated bluesy soulful sound gave her the ability to

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Birthday Greetings Jimi Are You Experienced Hendrix

Ron Scott — Sat, 27 Nov 2021 11:53:32 +0000

🍾James Marshall Hendrix (Aka Jimi Hendrix), born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, was an electric guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although he couldn’t read

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Happy Birthday Tina Something Beautiful Turner

Ron Scott — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:00:06 +0000

🎂Tina Turner (aka Anna Mae Bullock ), born November 26, 1939 in Brownsville, Tennessee. She is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of

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Birthday Greetings Percy Take Time to Know Her Sledge

Ron Scott — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 22:15:35 +0000

🍾Percy Tyrone Sledge (aka Percy Sledge), born November 25, 1940 in Leighton, Alabama, was an R&B, soul and gospel singer. He was best known for his

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Happy Birthday Work Song Nat Adderley

Ron Scott — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:34:40 +0000

🍾Nathaniel “Nat” Adderley, born November 25, 1931 in Tampa, Florida, was a jazz cornetist and trumpeter. He was the younger brother of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley with whom

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Birthday Greetings soft touch Pianist Teddy Wilson

Ron Scott — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:01:32 +0000

Theodore “Teddy” Shaw Wilson (Teddy Wilson), born November 24, 1912 in Austin, Texas, was a jazz pianist. The graduate of HBCU Tuskegee Institute, had a soft

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Happy Birthday I’m Glad There was You Gloria Lynne

Ron Scott — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:00:00 +0000

🍾Gloria Wilson (Aka Gloria Lynne) born November 23, 1929, in Harlem, New York, was a jazz vocalist. Her mother, Mary Wilson, a gospel singer, encouraged young

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Happy Birthday Dean of Saxophonists Coleman Hawkins

Ron Scott — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:53:39 +0000

🍾Coleman Randolph Hawkins (Aka Hawk and Bean), born November 21, 1904 in St. Joseph, Missouri, was a Jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins, known as the Dean of

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Bring in the Noise and the Funk for Savion Glover’s Birthday

Ron Scott — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 18:49:53 +0000

🍾Savion Glover, born November 19, 1973 in Newark, New Jersey, is a tap dancer, actor and choreographer. His appearances and performances include television specials, TV

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Happy Birthday Down Beats’ # 1 Flutist Hubert Laws

Ron Scott — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 17:28:53 +0000

🍾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

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Happy Birthday Silky Saxophonist Houston Person

Ron Scott — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:16:11 +0000

🍾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.

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Happy Birthday to our brilliant actor Alfre Woodard

Ron Scott — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:30:57 +0000

🎂Alfre Woodard was born on November 8, 1952, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is a prominent theater, television and screen actor; and producer in Hollywood; and committed

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Birthday Greetings Perfect Angel Minnie Riperton Rudolph

Ron Scott — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:25:05 +0000

🎂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

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Happy Birthday Jazzberry Jammer Bertha Hope

Ron Scott — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:24:31 +0000

🍾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

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Saxophonist Charlie Yarbird Parker with Strings

Ron Scott — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:28:35 +0000

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,

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Happy Birthday to Ya Jeremy Pelt

Ron Scott — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 11:44:35 +0000

🍾Jeremy Pelt was born November 4, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. Arriving in the Big Apple (NYC), the trumpeter was the new kid on the

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Happy Birthday Gregory Porter

Ron Scott — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 11:21:04 +0000

🎂Gregory Porter was born on November 4, 1971, in Sacramento, California. The singer/songwriter’s gospel roots come from his mother, who was a minister. As a result of

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Birthday Greetings Sean “Diddy” Combs

Ron Scott — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 11:01:38 +0000

🍾Sean Combs was born on November 4, 1969, in Manhattan’s Harlem in New York City and was raised in Mount Vernon. His long list of aliases have included;

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Birthday Greetings Carmen Lundy

Ron Scott — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 10:30:31 +0000

🍾Carmen Latretta Lundy, born November 1, 1954, is a native of Miami, Florida where she earned a reputation on the local jazz circuit before moving

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Happy Birthday Sweet Pappa Lou Donaldson

Ron Scott — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 05:26:00 +0000

🍾Lou Donaldson was born on November 1, 1926 in Badin, North Carolina. The alto saxophonist and composer will celebrate his 95 years young November 2 at Dizzy’s

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Let’s celebrate Ali Farka Toure’s Birthday

Ron Scott — Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:53:29 +0000

Ali Farka Toure was born, Ali Ibrahim Toure (Aka “Ali Farka”) (October 31, 1939), in the Timbuktu region of Mali, Africa. He was the 10th

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Salute to Melba Moore on Her Birthday

Ron Scott — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:06:33 +0000

🎂Melba Moore (aka Beatrice Melba Hill) was born October 29, 1945 in New York City — she was raised in Harlem. She is an actress, singer,

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Happy Birthday to Ya Andy Bey

Ron Scott — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 09:23:44 +0000

🍾Andrew “Andy” W. Bey was born on October 28, 1939, in Newark, New Jersey. The vocalist and pianist is one of the most underrated musicians

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Joyeux anniversaire Richard Bona

Ron Scott — Thu, 28 Oct 2021 08:54:05 +0000

🎂Richard Bona, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist (who favors the electric bass) was born on October 28, 1967, in Minta, Cameroon. His vocal swing tinged with a George

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Birthday Greetings Ruby Dee Actress, Poet, Journalist … .

Ron Scott — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:10:41 +0000

🎂Ruby Dee (aka Ruby Ann Wallace) was born October 27, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Harlem, New York. Ruby was an actress, poet, journalist,

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Birthday Greetings Mahalia Jackson the “Queen of Gospel”

Ron Scott — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:44:12 +0000

🎂Mahalia Jackson earning the title as the “Queen of Gospel” was born on (October 26, 1911), in New Orleans. With her potent contralto voice and huge range,

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Happy Birthday Precious Dianne Reeves

Ron Scott — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 10:38:57 +0000

🎂The jazz vocal stylist Dianne Reeves was born October 23, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan and was raised in Denver, Colorado by her mother after the

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Today Celebrate Bebop Dizzy’s Birthday

Ron Scott — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 10:17:45 +0000

🍾 Dizzy Gillespie (Aka John Birks Gillespie) born October 21, 1917, was an innovative jazz trumpeter, composer, bandleader, educator, and singer who was iconized by his uniquely

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Bassist Ron The Ever “Dressed to the Nines” Carter

Ron Scott — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 10:58:32 +0000

When Harlem was jumping and cats would rather “go to Harlem than to Heaven,” Jazz musicians performed there, more often than not, “dressed to the nines.”

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Rene McLean Speaks to Pan-African Music and Culture

Ron Scott — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 04:06:57 +0000

It has been over a year since alto saxophonist and composer Rene McLean performed in front of a live audience, due to the Pandemic. The

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Louis Armstrong Continuum — “Art in a Time of Emergency”

Ron Scott — Wed, 19 May 2021 12:02:57 +0000

Miles Davis once said in an interview, “Everything we try to play, Pops has already played it.” This praise, coming from such a renowned innovator

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