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b. Steven Walter Ledford, 2 June 1906, Bakersville, Mitchell State, NEW YORK, USA, d. 19 Sept 1980. Among 12 kids, with help from his dad, he began playing fiddle aged seven and gained a competition 2 yrs later on. His 1st professional work arrived as an associate, with two siblings, …

b. Charles Robert W, 2 June 1941, Wembley, Middlesex, Britain. W started playing drums in child years and demonstrated an inclination towards traditional jazz. He performed in your free time until, in 1963, he turned musical allegiances and became a member of the Rolling Rocks. The music group experienced started …

b. Helen Myrl Carter, 12 Sept 1927, Maces Springs, Scott State, Virginia, USA, d. 1 June 1998, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The eldest little girl of Mom Maybelle Carter from the renowned Carter Family members. At age eight, she was playing mandolin, piano, piano accordion and electric guitar and in 1939, …

An extremely talented bop-based pianist, Gildo Mahones labored in obscurity within the LA area for quite some time. Mahones played in early stages with Joe Morris (in 1948) and Milt Jackson. Over time in the Military, he was Lester Young’s regular pianist from 1953 to 1956. Mahones gigged using the …

Bunny Berigan enjoyed a comparatively brief amount of fame, enduring from 1931 through 1939 — for the very first half of these 8 years a rapidly growing name inside the music business, as well as for the second like a star prior to the general public, featured within the rings …

“The King from the Highlands,” Calum Kennedy was the premier Gaelic singer from the postwar generation, reviving the customs of Scottish folk music through some stage productions and tv series that spotlighted his unmatched flair for showmanship. Given birth to within the Hebridean isle of Lewis on June 2, 1928, …

b. Reginald Carey Harrison, 5 March 1908, Huyton, Britain, d. 2 June 1990, Manhattan, NY, USA. An elegant and urbane professional, Harrison had an extended and distinguished profession in dramatic and light humor jobs both in the theater and in movies, but is going to be appreciated by the general …

Electric powered bassist and producer Matthew Garrison may be the son of bassist Jimmy Garrison. Because the early ’90s, he provides documented and toured with an array of top-flight music artists including Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Joni Mitchell, Meshell Ndegeocello, as well as the Globe Saxophone Quartet, to …

The nephew of trumpeter Phil Napoleon and younger brother of fellow pianist Teddy Napoleon, Marty Napoleon gained his greatest fame using Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars during two stints. Napoleon was a fairly versatile participant whose design generally dropped between golf swing and bop. Originally a trumpeter, center troubles triggered him to …

b. Calvin Curtis Whilby, 2 June 1976, St. Catherine, Jamaica, Western world Indies. Whilby grew up by his grandmother within a Christian environment and demonstrated loyal towards the beliefs until she passed away. Pursuing his grandmother’s demise he shifted to Kingston and resolved within the notorious Rema region where he …