Van Nachtclubs in Tijuana tot Wereldberoemde Gitaarvirtuoos 20 juli | De geboortedag van Carlos Santana. een van de meest invloedrijke gitaristen uit de geschiedenis van de rockmuziek. Met zijn unieke fusie van rock, jazz, blues en Afro-Cubaanse ritmes creëerde hij…
A Living Legend June 18 | The birthday of Paul McCartney —one of the most successful and admired musicians in the history of pop music. As co-founder, singer, and bassist of The Beatles, he forever changed the course of…
The Architect of new sound languages. June 12 | The birth date of jazz legend Chick Corea (1941–2021). From hard bop to jazz fusion, from chamber music to Latin-Afro-Cuban fire: Chick Corea traversed styles with a freedom that made him one of the…
Extravagant innovator with a sound of his own. June 7 | The birthday of Prince (1958–2016) – one of the most revolutionary and versatile musicians in the history of pop music. With his unique blend of funk, rock, R&B, soul, new wave…
The Soul of the Soprano Saxophone June 5 | Birthday of Kenny G (1956) – the best-selling instrumentalist in modern music history. With his distinctive soprano saxophone and his silky smooth jazz sound, Kenneth Bruce Gorelick enchanted millions of listeners for decades…
Legendary Rolling Stones Drummer June 2 | Birthday of Charlie Watts (1941 – 2021), one of the greatest drummers in rock history. For nearly six decades, he formed the beating heart of The Rolling Stones – one of the most…
Picasso of jazz. May 26 | Birthday of Miles Davis (1926–1991), one of the greatest musicians in the history of jazz and twentieth-century music. In his fifty-year career, he went through several musical revolutions: bebop, cool jazz, hard…
The voice that changed the world. May 24 | Birthday of Bob Dylan, one of the most influential musicians and poets of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In 2016, Dylan received the Nobel Prize for Literature — the first musician ever…
The immortal voice of French chanson. May 22: Birthday of Charles Aznavour (1924-2018), French-Armenian singer, with more than 1,200 recorded songs in multiple languages, worldwide recognition as “Entertainer of the Century” and an indelible legacy in French chanson…
Tchaikovsky | King of Ballet May 7 | Birthday of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), the most beloved composer of all time. Without him, swans would be just birds and nutcrackers merely kitchen utensils. His biography follows further down in this blog. The digital…