Bassist and occasional singer Charles Dungey was a flexible musician who performed with a number of performers. In the ’60s he could possibly be heard as an associate of saxophonist Hank Crawford’s music group and in the ’70s he performed and documented with J.J. Cale. During his profession he toured …

Modern Christian entertainer Danny Gans considered performing following a sports career didn’t workout. Gans was drafted into baseball’s small leagues after graduating from university, but experienced an Achilles’ tendon damage that finished his dreams. After recovering he considered standup humor, but discovered that the humor circuit and his Christian values …

The Nashville Brass midwifed country music’s transformation through the earthy grit of honky tonk towards the lush sophistication from the Nashville sound, introducing the tenets of big-band golf swing to make a distinctly contemporary and radio-friendly interpretation of traditional American roots music. The Nashville Brass was the brainchild of trumpeter …

Blessed in Louisville, Kentucky, Hammond B-3 organist Sarah McLawler grew up in the cathedral with gospel music. She examined body organ at an Indiana Conservatory. Inspired heavily with the music from the big rings, McLawler utilized to sneak into night clubs in Indianapolis to listen to Lucky Millinder’s big music …

A longtime luminary from the Cleveland folk picture, singer/songwriter John Bassette was among the 1st regional artists to record and make music for his personal independent label. Created Dec 28, 1941, in Hampton, VA, Bassette was the boy of the Baptist preacher. After participating in Virginia Union University, he relocated …

A trumpeter and vocalist with the term “breathing” located inside his surname can’t fail, so that it is no real surprise that the profession of Frank Galbreath spans minstel displays, classic jazz, tempo and blues and vocal music. On the way he caused a number of the biggest brands, gigging …

Clora Bryant remains to be a sadly under-recognized music pioneer. The lone feminine trumpeter to collaborate with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, she performed a critical function in carving a location for females instrumentalists in the male-dominated globe of jazz, during the period of her decades-long profession proving herself not …

Wayne Cross is an excellent exemplory case of someone whose name may suit their character, Cross as with angry. Various information from his profession indicate he could have had a lot to become peeved about. He and partner Harold Cromer, among the great faucet dancers, got a humor and dance …

A screenwriter enthusiastic about jazz turns up on the offices from the creation firm Bregman Entertainment in Hollywood. He comes with an appointment to produce a pitch to Pal Bregman, a manufacturer, movie director, and article writer who in addition has been an excellent achievement in the music business as …

Among the best-known arrangers from the post-World Battle II period, Marty Paich had stronger jazz qualifications than a lot of his peers, because of his active existence within the Western Coast scene through the ’50s. Paich was created in Oakland, CA, on January 23, 1925; he began like a pianist, …