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Trombonist Abe Lincoln existed within a little coterie of jazz music artists who have been named after U.S. presidents. Another two members of the unofficial professional branch had been New Orleans trumpeter Thomas Jefferson and Georgia-born golf swing/R&B trombonist George Washington. Lincoln was extremely active being a scorching jazz participant …

Before there is it show The Beverly Hillbillies, there is a country music trio with the same name, led by composer/musician Zeke Manners, who also hosted popular radio programs in “LA” and NY through the ’40s and ’50s. Manners also penned a lot more than 100 tracks during his profession, …

Akwid’s Sergio Gomez and Francisco Gomez immigrated to California from Mexico seeing that kids and settled in to the cross-cultural live cable of South Central LA. There they shaped the Juvenile Style DJ staff as teenagers and followed the nicknames “Wikid” (Sergio) and “AK” (Francisco). Enthusiastic about the beats and …

Given birth to John Donald Abney in Baltimore, the pianist Don Abney certainly still left his fingerprints around jazz background, or in least around the ivories of varied pianos utilized to accompany performers such as for example Louis Armstrong and Benny Carter or the fantastic jazz performers Ella Fitzgerald, Carmen …

Malibu, California’s Whitestarr first began in 2000 because the bedroom four-track task of lead vocalist Cisco Adler, the child of music and film market magnate Lou Adler, before he teamed up with past users of Backbone69 beneath the Whitestarr banner. Though bicycling through lineup adjustments, Adler finally discovered balance in …

Similar to Iron & Wine and identical indie outfits, Sea Wolf may be the project name of the single singer/songwriter who drafts in additional musicians because the occasion warrants. That vocalist/songwriter is usually Alex Chapel, a California indigenous who appears to local writers like John Steinbeck and Jack port London …

A high drummer from the 1930’s and 40’s, Nick Fatool was best-known for his association with Bob Crosby and dixieland configurations. Strangely enough, he didn’t regularly use Crosby until 1949 and he spent the majority of his formative years playing in swing-oriented big rings. Fatool began playing drums in Providence, …

Math & Technology was the indie pop-styled part task of P.J. Olssen drummer John Wolf. Constructed from a hodgepodge of musical tools, mixers, mics, Macs, results, and tape decks, Mathematics & Science produced simplistic however effective pop out of technical clicks and buzzes. The eponymous debut lowered from Brick Crimson …

LA art-punkers S.T.U.N. created in 2000 about guitarist and lyricist Neil Spies, vocalist Christiane J., bassist Nick S., and drummer Bobby Alt. Extended, the band’s name was “Scream Toward the Uprising of Noncomformity,” which aptly clarifies the attitude and activism indicated in Spies’ acerbic polemics. After gigging throughout L.A.’s internet …

California rock-band Rooney emerged in 2002, building their live debut starting to warm up for Phantom World, a far more experienced L.A.-centered group who distributed similar traditional pop influences (E.L.O., the Seaside Boys) plus a family member. Younger brother of acting professional and previous Phantom World drummer Jason Schwartzman, Rooney …