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Author: athensccc
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Cannonball Adderley
About Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Albums/Songs: Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderley Alabama Concerto Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners Things Are Getting Better Presenting Cannonball Adderley Sophisticated Swing Cannonball Enroute In the Land of Hi-Fi Cannonball’s Bossa Nova Somethin’ Else…
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Chico Hamilton
About Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He came to prominence as sideman for Lester Young, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, and Lena Horne. Hamilton became a bandleader, first with a quintet featuring the cello as a lead instrument, an unusual choice for a jazz band in the 1950s, and subsequently leading…
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Erroll Garner
About Erroll Louis Garner was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad “Misty”, his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first recorded in 1956 with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, and played a prominent part in the 1971 motion picture Play Misty for…
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Acker Bilk
About Bernard Stanley “Acker” Bilk, was an English clarinetist and vocalist known for his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register style, and distinctive appearance – of goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat. Albums/Songs: Some of My Favorite Things Stranger on the Shore Cocktails for Two Mood for Love A Touch of Latin Mr. Acker Bilk Stranger on the…
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Vulfpeck
About Vulfpeck is an American funk band founded in 2011 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, by Jack Stratton, Theo Katzman, Woody Goss and Joe Dart. The band has released four extended plays, six studio albums and one live album through their own record label. The band gained recognition in 2014 for releasing Sleepify, a silent album…
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Ronny Jordan
About Robert Laurence Albert Simpson, known professionally as Ronny Jordan was a British guitarist and part of the acid jazz movement at the end of the twentieth century. Jordan described his music as “urban jazz”, a blend of jazz, hip-hop, and R&B. Albums/Songs: At Last After 8 Bad Brothers A Brighter Day Light to Dark…
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Chuck Mangione
About Charles Frank Mangione is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. Albums/Songs: 70 Miles Young Alive! A & M Gold Series Everything for Love Eyes of the Veiled Temptress Greatest Hits The Hat’s Back 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chuck Mangione Love Notes Hey Baby! Disguise Chuck Mangione’s Finest Hour…
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Osibisa
About Osibisa is a British-Ghanaian-Caribbean Afro-rock band founded in London in the late 1960s by four expatriate West African and three London based Caribbean musicians. Albums/Songs: Ojah Awake Osibisa Sunshine Day – Their Greatest Hits Jambo The Best of Osibisa Africa We Go Go Sunshine Day Criss Cross Rhythms Happy Children Welcome Home Super Fly…
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Supertramp
About Supertramp were a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. Marked by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies, the group were distinguished for blending progressive rock and pop styles as well as for a sound that showcased Hodgson’s distinctive playing on his Wurlitzer electric piano. The classic lineup,…
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Gordon Lightfoot
About Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. Credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s, he has been referred to as Canada’s greatest songwriter, having several gold and multi-platinum albums and songs covered by some of…