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. Aleander Tanev was an innovative composer from Bulgaria. Here is his Pizzicatos (Italian for plucked used usually as a direction for string instruments) for ch
Donald Eugene Cherry (November 18, 1936 – October 19, 1995) was an American musician with a wide range of musical interests. He started his career as a jazz player but became interested in music from all over the world. He ended up playing a wide variety of instruments including the pocket trumpet you see him with here.
Lucky Philip Dube (3 August 1964 – 18 October 2007) was a South African reggae musician. He recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and Afrikaans in a 25-year period and was South Africa's biggest selling reggae artist.
Wyclef Jeanelle Jean born October 17, 1969) is a Haitian American rapper, singer, record producer, and politician. He first received fame as a member of the acclaimed group the Fugees. This is from one of his solo projects. See if you can spot Bob Dylan in the video......
Arthur "Art" Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an award winning jazz drummer and band leader. Many of the greatest jazz musicians served their apprenticeship under his guidance and he is rightly regarded as a jazz legend.
Leonard Bernstein (August 25, 1918 – October 15, 1990) was a composer, pianist and conductor. Here he is conducting his own composition, Candide Overture, almost dancing his way through it.
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