by Bman | Aug 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Leonard Gaskin (August 25, 1920 – January 24, 2009) was an American jazz bassist born in New York City.Gaskin played on the early bebop scene at Minton's and Monroe's in New York in the early 1940s. In 1944 he took over Oscar Pettiford's spot in Dizzy Gillespie's...
by Bman | May 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 – July 17, 1983) was an American blues musician also known as "The Honeydripper". He was a successful and prolific cigar-chomping blues piano player whose rollicking thundering boogie was highly influential.Born in Elmar, Arkansas,...
