Discover: Birthday
Sam Mayfield Talk About Long-time Bandmate Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke was born on March 21, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known as one of the founding fathers of soul in the 1960's, he has been called "a key transitional…
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…
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…
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