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An excellent veteran tenor saxophonist who was simply longer overlooked and under-featured, Dick Hafer produced a solid impression along with his 1994 Fresh Audio release Prez Impressions (a tribute to Lester Little). He began on clarinet when he was seven, switching to tenor in senior high school. Hafer’s initial major …

In the years following World War II, Dave Shepherd used the clarinet and quickly progressed into among the U.K.’s esteemed and admired music artists. An eclectic performer, which range from Dixieland through most areas of the mainstream towards the fringes of bop, he used many United kingdom and American music …

b. 15 Dec 1911, Lawrence, NY, USA. d. 9 Dec 2003, NEW YORK, NY, USA. While still at senior high school in Lawrence, NY, Shelley started submitting poems to different newspapers. She after that became a dancer and celebrity but by the finish from the 30s got decided to focus …

It looks like the very last thing needed at a Nat Ruler Cole recording program will be another pianist named Cole; which “having coals to Newcastle” groaner within somewhere to be certain. But that’s just what occurred in Cole’s past due profession when the clean balladeer began focusing on his …

Most widely known for his function in Bob Wills’ Tx Playboys, Tiny Moore earned a status among the very best mandolin players ever. He was created Billie Moore in Hamilton State, TX, in 1920 and discovered to try out not merely the mandolin, but also fiddle, banjo, and drums. Earning …

Rapper Rohff produced a name for himself for the France rap picture in the past due ’90s, both along with his hip-hop collective La Mafia K’1 Fry and his very own solo function. His first record, Le Code de l’Honneur, made an appearance in 1999, vaunting large beats and a …

Sort of Walter Kronkite using a guitar, McEnery is most beneficial known for his story songs about news events such as for example his 1941 recording, “Amelia Earhart’s Last Trip.” Jumping between his indigenous South and NEW YORK, McEnery busted from the little time and discovered a wide viewers in …

Francisco Tárrega was a significant Spanish composer whose music and design of electric guitar using became strongly influential in the twentieth hundred years. He was central to reviving your guitar as a single device in recital and concerts. Among his many well-known compositions are Recuerdos de la Alhambra and Danza …

b. James Small, 15 Dec 1939, Carlshalton, Surrey, Britain. Justice authorized to Pye Information in 1960, owing partially to fellow stable-mate vocalist, Emile Ford, who experienced spotted Jimmy performing in a espresso pub. When Justice’s 1st two produces failed in the united kingdom, he relocated to Sweden where his cover …

The fire and passion of traditional Scottish fiddling is reflected in the lightning-fast playing of Johnny Cunningham. A founding person in Silly Wizard, Cunningham was instrumental in dispersing interest in contemporary, tradition-rooted Celtic music. His albums being a soloist so that as an associate of Relativity and Nightnoise possess extended …