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.
English composer Vaughan Williams was born in 1872 so today would have been his 140th birthday. Here is his amazing Tallis Fantasia, based on a theme by another English composer, Thomas Tallis ( Jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Monk was born in North Carolina on this day in 1917. He had an unorthodox approach to piano playing which can be seen and heard here in a live concert. Einojuhani Rautavaara was born in Finland, today in 1928. Here is his amazing Cantus Arcticus written for an orchestra and recordings of birdsong. Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu was born on this day in 1930. He is known for writing beautiful orchestral textures that combine Eastern and Western musical tradi |