by Bman | Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone (/ˈniːnə sɨˈmoʊn/), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music. Simone aspired to become a...
by Bman | Feb 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (February 21, 1903 – October 7, 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer; best known as half of the guitar-piano duo he formed with Leroy Carr in the late 1920s and early 1930s, he was an acoustic single-note picker in the...
by Bman | Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered one of the giants of American music. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including...
by Bman | Feb 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Jimmy Spruill (June 9, 1934 – February 15, 1996) also known as Wild Jimmy Spruill, was an American New York based session guitarist.Spruill was born into a sharecropping family in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. As a budding guitarist he was weaned on...
by Bman | Feb 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Richard Trice was born in Hillsborough, North Carolina on February 10, 1910. In his youth he heard the records of Blind Boy Fuller and walked six miles to Durham to meet Fuller. They struck up a friendship and Fuller later invited Richard and his brother Willie to go...
