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Happy Birthday to Fats Domino!

Fats Domino, the New Orleans rhythm-and-blues singer whose two-fisted boogie-woogie piano and nonchalant vocals, heard on dozens of hits, made him one of the biggest stars of the early rock…

Celebrating Birthdays! Antônio Carlos Jobim, Etta James, and Benny Golson

Antônio Carlos Jobim (born January 25, 1927, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil—died December 8, 1994, in New York, NY) Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian music, Jobim internationalized…

Happy Birthday, Dianne Reeves

Happy Birthday, Dianne Reeves! Born in Detroit and raised in Denver, Colorado, Reeves became interested in music as a result of her family’s rich musical atmosphere and growing up in…

Ron Carter Meets Charles Burrell

Happy Birthday to Charles Burrell, known as the “Jackie Robinson of classical music,” turns 103 years young on October 4, 2023. Purnell Steen, who is Burrell’s cousin and active historian…

Happy Birthday Aretha Franklin!

Aretha Franklin, in full Aretha Louise Franklin, (born March 25, 1942, in Memphis, Tennessee—died August 16, 2018, in Detroit, Michigan), American singer who defined the golden age of soul music…

Happy Birthday to the Chicano Jazzman — Freddy Rodriguez Sr.!

Today we remember and celebrate the life of saxophonist Freddy Rodriguez Sr. Born on February 9, 1931, in Del Norte, CO, and passed away on March 25, 2020, in Denver,…

Playing the Bass all over the Place, Happy Birthday to Mark Diamond!

Mark's hard-grooving acoustic bass sound was birthed in the New York area, where he learned to play many musical styles. In 1980 he moved to Colorado with the band Arabesque…

Happy Birthday to guitar legend Russell Malone!

Happy Birthday, Russell Malone! An adept jazz guitarist with a clean attack and fluid, lyrical style, Russell Malone often plays in a swinging, straight-ahead style, weaving in elements of blues,…

Dazzle Celebrates Charles Burrell's 102nd Birthday

On Friday, September 30, at 11 am join the Friday Lunch Bunch: Purnell Steen & the Five Points Ambassadors at Dazzle to celebrate the 102nd birthday of bassist Charles Burrell.…

Trumpeter Buddy Bolden

Charles “Buddy” Bolden is said to be the first musician to play jazz music. While this is debatable, it is clear that Bolden’s music helped form the jazz movement. Bolden…

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