Discover: Birthday
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…
The Nightside Celebrates Kevin Mahogany
The Nightside Celebrates a friend of The Oasis and a great singer on his birthday on July 30. We lost him in December 2017 but his big baritone lives on.…
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…
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.…
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…
Happy Birthday, Lee Morgan
Lee Morgan was one of hard bop’s greatest trumpeters, and indeed one of the finest of the ’60s. An all-around master of his instrument modeled after Clifford Brown, Morgan boasted…
Celebrating Chick Corea on The Nightside with Andy O'
Armando Anthony Corea would have been 81 this week on June 12. His legacy is enormous and he is a towering figure in the music. Many of his compositions are…
KUVO celebrates Miles Dewey Davis!
Born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Ill. outside East St. Louis, Miles Dewey Davis grew up to become a jazz icon. He came of age in the 1940s as…
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