Gerald William Clayton is a two-time Grammy nominated jazz pianist and composer born in Utrecht, Netherlands, May 11, 1984, and raised in Southern California…
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Carla Bley & Steve Swallow: Lawns - from Very Very Simple - Live, 1996
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Carla Bley: Houses and People - from Sextet, 1987
Personnel: Carla Bley - organ, synth bass; Larry Willis - piano; Hiram Bullock - guitar; Steve Swallow - bass guitar; Victor Lewis - drums; Don Alias - percussion
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Carla Bley (b. May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and one of the relatively few women band leaders in jazz…
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Eric Burdon and War: Paint It Black (Jagger/Richards) - from The Black-Man’s Burdon, 1970
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Eric Burdon (b. May 11, 1941) is a British singer who fronted the seminal ‘British Invasion’ r&b band The Animals, creating powerful hits such as “The House of the Rising Sun”, “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”, “Bring It On Home to Me”, “We’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place”, “Don’t Bring Me Down”…
After The Animals packed it in Burdon had another seminal phase teaming up with Californian funk-rock band War, creating unexpected synthesis between white and black music traditions…
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Birthday of Salvador Dalí - May 11, 1904 - 1989 - Surrealist jester…
Salvador Dali: Melancholy Atomic Uranic Idyll, 1945
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The Carter Family: John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man, 1930
This is the tune Woody used for The Ballad of Tom Joad…
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The Carter Family: Single Girl, Married Girl, August 1927
Sara (vocal & autoharp) and Maybelle (guitar)
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Mother Maybelle Carter - born 104 years ago today….
Photo of Maybelle, Sara and A.P. Carter - The Carter Family
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