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Today in Music – Happy 80th Birthday, Wayne Shorter (Aug 25, 1933)

So you can probably count on you fingers how many musicians are still performing beyond the age of 80. Two that I can think of off the top of my head are  B.B. King and Tony Bennett, and when Wayne Shorter, plays the Hollywood Bowl on Wednesday of this week, he will have join that group! Wayne was born in Newark, New Jersey on August 25,1933. For some unknown reason, I know Wayne’s name, but have not really listened to any of his best albums. I know I have heard his sax before, I have some Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers,…

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Today (what’s left of it) in Music – Milt Jackson’s Birthday!

So for the longest time my favorite vibraphonist was Gary Burton and he still may be my favorite, but coming in a close second is Milt Jackson, who would have celebrated his 89th birthday today! From Wikipedia:  Milton “Bags” Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with several hard bop and post-bop players. A very expressive player, Jackson…

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Musical Roots – Happy Birthday, Buddy Guy!

So today is the birthday of one of the Blues Legends George “Buddy” Guy was born July 30, 1936. Now for some reason I never got into Guy’s music until the last few years but his 2010 release Living Proof was of of my favorites that year. I guess I was too busy listening to the guys he influenced like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. From Wikipedia: Buddy Guy In the 1960s Guy was a member of Muddy Waters’ band and as a house guitarist at Chess Records. He can be heard on Howlin’ Wolf’s ‘Killing Floor’…

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