Discover: Artist Birthday
Three Pianists
Three pianists born on August 16, Bill Evans, 1929, Mal Waldron, 1925 , and Carl Perkins, 1928. Bill Evans was born in Plainfield, NJ, on Aug. 16, 1929, to a…
Happy Birthday to Carlos Santana
Happy birthday to guitarist Carlos Santana, born on July 20, 1947 in Aultán de Naverre, Mexico Delivered with a level of passion and soul equal to the legendary sonic charge…
Ella Fitzgerald Birthday!
Ella Jane Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of…
Happy Birthday Tito!
Tito Puente donned the "King of Latin Jazz," and was a pioneering force in Latin music, known for fusing styles and putting a big-band spin on traditional Latin music. In…
Happy Birthday to Herbie Hancock!
Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. With an illustrious career spanning five decades…
Happy Birthday to Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday, born April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a superstar of her day. She first rose to prominence in the 1930s with a unique style that reinvented the…
Happy Birthday, Nina Simone!
Eunice Kathleen Waymon, known professionally as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights, activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel,…
Today is a Saxy Day! Two Birthdays of incredible Tenor Saxophonists!
Happy Birthday to Sonny Stitt! Sonny Stitt was born on February 2, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was known for his warm tone and recorded more than 100 albums. It…
Happy Birthday Django Reinhardt
(January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) defined the genre of “Gypsy Jazz.” Not only does this genre have a very specific feel, sound, and instruments, the music theory behind…
Happy Birthday, Max Roach
Maxwell Lemuel Roach was an American jazz drummer and composer, one of the most influential and widely recorded modern percussionists. A founder of modern jazz who rewrote the rules of…
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