The career of Eddie DeHaas is a travel odyssey with don’t assume all terminus a familiar one for jazz players. The bassist, whose documenting partners are the wonderful female vocalist Chris Connor, the tortured trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker, as well as the rip-roaring tenor saxophonist Von Freeman, can be …

Blessed Paul Petersen in Minneapolis, MN, the musician later referred to as St. Paul was inspired by his mom, who was simply an achieved pianist. At 17, Petersen became among several artists to arrive beneath the tutelage of Prince, signing up for the act enough time as keyboardist. Furthermore to …

b. Julius Withers Monk, 10 November 1912, Spencer, NEW YORK, USA, d. 22 August 1995, NEW YORK, NY, USA. After their studies at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music Monk performed piano in NEW YORK and France. Linking up with Herbert Jacoby, owner of New York’s Le Ruban Bleu, Monk became …

b. 2 January 1901, Pelahatchie, Mississippi, USA, d. c.1972, Bakersfield, California, USA. Learning acoustic guitar and mandolin from your unrecorded George Hendrix as a man, Lacey relocated to Jackson, where he added towards the musical suggestions of Tommy Johnson and Ishman Bracey. In 1927, he documented a solitary, but exceptional …

Seattle-based art rock-band Obscured by Clouds took their name from Red Floyd’s 1972 album from the same name, and their sound also shows the spacy, electronic-induced psychedelia of this era — but with contemporary sound reinforcements and technical digital improvements. William Weikart may be the human brain trust and creator …

Birmingham, AL-born Henry Strzelecki (sometimes credited while Henry P. Strzelecki) began in nation music in his teenagers, saving with songwriter Baker Knight around the Decca label out of Nashville in the middle-’50s. He used his sibling Larry in an organization, the Four Flickers (later on the Four Matters), who toured …

The Exploding Celebrity Orchestra happened when the Chicago Cultural Middle as well as the Jazz Institute approached cornetist and composer Rob Mazurek about piecing together an avant-garde jazz ensemble to get a Chicago live concert. Mazurek constructed an orchestra of improvising Chicago music artists (including several people of Tortoise), rehearsed …

A seminal Bronx DJ through the 1970s, Afrika Bambaataa ascended to godfather position with “World Rock and roll,” the 1982 hip-hop vintage that combined the beats of hip-hop with techno-pop futurism inspired by German pioneers Kraftwerk. Actually before he started documenting in 1980, Bambaataa was hip-hop’s most important DJ, an …

Fake organizations usually result from record label professionals eager to earn money by advertising an “ideal” music group they come up with from scuff. Famous for example the Monkees and Milli Vanilli. Thinkman was such an organization, however the idea originated from bandleader/songwriter/maker Rupert Hine and contains a storyline to …

Not really a person but a four-piece punk music group from Richmond, VA, Ann Beretta contains guitarists/vocalists Rob Huddleston and Leer Baker, bassist Chris Rupp, and drummer Russ Jones. Featuring associates from the defunct regional action Inquisition, the group produced in 1996 and was intensely influenced by famous brands the …