The Sons Of Jah were a vocal trio formed in Trenchtown, Jamaica, in 1976, led from the enigmatic Trevor Bow (b. Kingston, Jamaica, Western Indies). Throughout his profession he continues to be assisted by way of a selection of vocalists, including Derrick Donaldson, Bunny MacKensie and Howard Haughton. The group’s …

A blues combo that fuses modern styles using the vintage Chicago audio from the ’50s, Mississippi High temperature was formed within the Windy Town in 1991 by Israeli-born, Belgian-bred vocalist and harp guy Pierre Lacocque. The band’s tale started when blues guitarist and vocalist Jon McDonald asked Lacocque on-stage throughout …

Maker Nick Martinelli’s credits are the number 1 R&B strikes “PERSONALLY I THINK Good AROUND” and “House” by Stephanie Mills, Regina Belle’s “ALLOW IT TO BE ENJOY IT Was,” and Loose Ends’ “Hangin on the String (Contemplating)” and “DECELERATE.” For some of his strikes, Martinelli caused bassist Douglas Grisby, guitarist …

Long well-known in the brand new England area, the brand new Dark Eagle Jazz Music group continues to be quite consistent since its formation in Sept. 1971 by cornetist Tony Pringle. The first choice, whose style is dependant on Bunk Johnson, Child Howard and (to a smaller extent) Child Thomas …

Ray Draper was a fantastic tuba soloist, mostly of the in the 1950s to make use of the device for bop improvisations. After going to the Manhattan College of Music, he performed and documented with Jackie McLean (1956-1957), caused Donald Byrd, and documented with John Coltrane (1958). Draper was with …

Vocalist, songwriter, and pianist Neil Sedaka enjoyed two distinct intervals of commercial achievement in two slightly different varieties of pop music: initial, as a teenager pop celebrity in the past due ’50s and early ’60s, after that being a vocalist of older pop/rock within the ’70s. Both in stages, Sedaka, …

There may possibly not be another performer that can compare with keyboardist Pete Levin, who hasn’t only played an array of sounds in and away of popular music, but made his tag as a considerable jazz participant. Levin was created Dec 20, 1942, in Boston, and his parents weren’t musicians …

Pepper Adams handled the baritone saxophone using the driven service of hard bop and fueled the best horn having a propulsive strength that caused him to become nicknamed “the Blade” for his “slashing and chopping technique,” which had a humbling impact upon musicians luckily enough to gig with him. From …

Pat Blossoms grew up consuming Thomas “Excess fat” Waller, and schooled himself within the challenging artwork of Harlem stride piano, eventually creating a stunning technique. For a time through the mid-’40s, he actually worked well for the Victor record business as a Excess fat Waller imitator inside a belated maneuver …

b. Percival Davis, 5 January 1887, Birmingham, Western world Midlands, Britain, d. 25 Sept 1941, Ipswich, Suffolk, Britain. A prolific lyricist and librettist for the London and NY stage, Gray started out being a performer before collaborating with composer Nat D. Ayer over the rating for The Bing Children Are …