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Author: athensccc
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Gábor Szabó
About Gábor István Szabó was a Hungarian-American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music. Albums/Songs: Live in Cleveland 1976 Gypsy ’66 Belsta River Magical Connection Dreams Mizrab Light My Fire The Sorcerer Femme Fatale Small World Lena & Gabor Blowin’ Some Old Smoke More Sorcery Jazz Raga Simpático Nightflight His Great Hits…
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Bobby McFerrin
About Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and conductor. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion.…
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Raul Midón
About Raul Midón is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from New Mexico. Albums/Songs: Invisible Chains: Live From NYC State of Mind A World Within a World Eclectic Adventurist If You Really Want The Mirror Synthesis Gracias a la vida Don’t Hesitate A Night in Monte-Carlo Blind to Reality Bad Ass and Blind Call to Action:…
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Richard Bona
About Richard Bona is a Cameroon-born American multi-instrumentalist and singer. Albums/Songs: Bonafied Richard Bona With DR Big Band – Te Mesia Bondeko Live – The Paris Concert Tiki This is Richard Bona: Anthology Bona Makes You Sweat – Live Reverence The Ten Shades of Blues Heritage Live in Paris Munia: The Tale Scenes From My…
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Astor Piazzolla
About Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music. A virtuoso bandoneonist, he regularly performed his own compositions with a variety of ensembles. In 1992, American music critic Stephen Holden described…
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Cesária Évora
About Cesária Évora GCIH was a Cape Verdean singer known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole. Her songs were often devoted to themes of love, homesickness, nostalgia, and the history of the Cape Verdean people. She was known for performing barefoot and for her habit…
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Hibari Misora
About Hibari Misora was a Japanese singer, actress and cultural icon. She received a Medal of Honor for her contributions to music and for improving the welfare of the public, and was the first woman to receive the People’s Honour Award, which was conferred posthumously for giving the public hope and encouragement after World War…
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Miriam Makeba
About Zenzile Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. Albums/Songs: The World of Miriam Makeba Harry Belafonte & Miriam Makeba Eyes on Tomorrow The…
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Juan Gabriel
About Alberto Aguilera Valadez, known professionally as Juan Gabriel, was a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor. Colloquially nicknamed Juanga and El Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel was known for his flamboyant style, which broke norms and standards within the Latin music industry. Widely regarded as one of the best and most prolific Mexican composers and…
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Carlos Gardel
About Carlos Gardel was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential interpreters of world popular music in the first half of the 20th century. Gardel is the most famous popular tango singer of all time and is…