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The melodic guitar and piano playing and vocal harmonies of Tokyo-born Makato Kubota laid the building blocks for Tokyo-born and Hawaii-raised vocalist Sandii (born: Sandy O’Neale) rise to international stardom. With endorsements from David Bowie as well as the Eurythmics, Kubota and Sandii’s music group, Sandii as well as the …

b. 13 November 1932, Philadelphia, Pa, USA. Pop singer-songwriter Overflow performed around vocalist Billy Graves as ‘The Nation Lads’ on Jimmy Dean’s CBS tv program in 1957. Overflow achieved his just strike in 1959 when his cover edition from the French-adapted ‘The Three Bells (The Jimmy Dark brown Track)’ reached …

Clarinetist Paul Hindberg began playing inside a Stockholm dance music group, however in 1954 he come up with this combo, which also included Rune Ofwerman on piano, Lars Pettersson on bass, Sven Idar performing the vibes, and Gunnar Nyberg in the drums. Sven Bollhem and Kurt Weil also protected the …

Vocalist Bas Sheva was created Beatrice Kurzman to a wealthy and prominent Jewish family members in Philadelphia. When Kurzman went into present business she followed the name “Bas Sheva” (i.e., the Biblical “Bathsheba”) to be able never to embarrass her family members. She formally researched the tone of voice and …

A bandleader in his personal right as well as the inventor of two albums under his personal name in the ’50s, jazz drummer George Jenkins was also known for his loyal support to jazz celebrities such as for example Lionel Hampton, Erroll Garner, Louis Armstrong, and Benny Carter. It had …

Boyce Dark brown was an eccentric, a rare alto saxophonist who preferred to try out freewheeling Chicago jazz, an erratic person with some outlandish views and, ultimately, among the hardly any monks who doubled (in least briefly) being a jazz musician! He became a specialist musician when he was 17, …

Though their present show-biz personas (Martin like a boozy crooner, Lewis as an obnoxious telethon host) seem miles aside, at onetime Martin & Lewis were arguably the final great comedy team to exist. Their tv, nightclub, and film appearances were unequalled successes, producing them youngsters heroes and the latest act …

Temba was one of the musicians to take pleasure from popularity through the 1950s by exploiting the trend for kwele; the flute playing design that depended on tipping the flute at an position to make a wide selection of shades and “thicknesses.”

Early ’50s and ’60s organist who was simply unheralded yet played standards, uptempo tunes and pop hits in soul jazz style. He normally just worked well either in duo or trio format.

Program co-led by pianist Joe Bushkin and bassist Eddie Safranski.