Salute to Melba Moore on Her Birthday 2 min read 🎂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,... Read More
Ron Scott
Salute to Melba Moore on Her Birthday 2 min read
Happy Birthday to Ya Andy Bey 1 min read 🍾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... Read More
Joyeux anniversaire Richard Bona 1 min read 🎂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... Read More
Birthday Greetings Ruby Dee Actress, Poet, Journalist … . 🎂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,... Read More
Birthday Greetings Mahalia Jackson the “Queen of Gospel” 🎂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,... Read More
Happy Birthday Precious Dianne Reeves 1 min read 🎂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... Read More
Today Celebrate Bebop Dizzy’s Birthday 1 min read 🍾 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... Read More
Bassist Ron The Ever “Dressed to the Nines” Carter 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.”... Read More