🍾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
🎂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
🎂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
🎂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
🎂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
🍾 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
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