Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer and poet. Here is his beautiful Tintagel, composed whilst staying in the Cornish town of the same name.
Carlo Cecere (7 November 1706 – 15 February 1761) was an Italian composer of operas, concertos and instrumental duets including some mandolin duets and a concerto for mandolin.
Arturo Sandoval (born November 6, 1949) is a jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer. He was born in Cuba although he now lives in the US. He is renowned for his dexterity and his high notes, a very difficult thing to do on the trumpet.
Arthur "Art" Tatum, Jr. (October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist and virtuoso who played with phenomenal facility despite being nearly blind since birth.
Tatum is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, and he was a major influence on later generations of jazz pianists. He was hailed for the technical proficiency of his performances, which set a new standard for jazz piano virtuosity. Listen to the phenomenal Tiger Rag. Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American vocalist and guitarist known for her interpretations of classic songs. Here she is singing Fields of Gold written by Sting.
Sippie Wallace (born as Beulah Thomas, November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986) was an American singer-songwriter. Her early career in local tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". During the 1920's and 30's she sang with all the jazz and blues greats. She continued performing in to her 80's!.
Ali Ibrahim “Farka” Touré (October 31, 1939 – March 7, 2006) was a Malian singer and guitarist, and one of the African continent’s most internationally renowned musicians. His music is widely regarded as representing a point of intersection of traditional Malian music and its North American cousin, the blues. Here he is with fellow Malian Toumani Diabate playing kora.
Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician and rapper. He was the DJ of the influential hip-hop group Run-DMC During the 1980s, Run-D.M.C. became the biggest hip-hop group and are credited with breaking hip-hop into mainstream music.
Woodrow Charles "Woody" Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987), was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist and big band leader. Leading various groups called "The Herd," Herman was one of the most popular of the 1930s and '40s bandleaders. His bands often played music that was experimental for their time.
Sofia Gubaidulina,(born October 24, 1931) is a composer of half Russian, half Tatar ethnicity.
Gubaidulina's music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental combinations. In Erwartung combines percussion (bongos, guiros, temple blocks, cymbals and gongs among others), bayan and saxophone quartet. |