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Johnson met guitarist and future Khruangbin bandmate Mark Speer in 2004 at the Red Cat Jazz Cafe in Houston. The two later worked together as hired players in Pastor Rudy Rasmus' St. John's United Methodist Church gospel band in the city, where Johnson played organ and Speer played guitar. [6]
Kat Edmonson. ( Aarhus Jazz Festival, Denmark, 2013) Born and raised in Houston, Edmonson is the only child of a single mother who enjoyed songs from the Great American Songbook and traditional pop from the 1940s and '50s. She wrote her first song at age nine while riding the school bus. [ 2]
James Oscar Smith (December 8, 1928 [ 1] – February 8, 2005 [ 2]) was an American jazz musician who helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music . In 2005, Smith was awarded the NEA Jazz Masters Award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the highest honor that America bestows upon jazz musicians.
Herbie Mann was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, to Jewish parents Harry C. Solomon (May 30, 1902 – May 31, 1980), who was of Russian descent, and Ruth Rose Solomon (née Brecher) (July 4, 1905 – November 11, 2004), of Romanian descent who was born in Bukovina, Austria-Hungary but immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 6.
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August 8, 2024 at 8:00 AM. The purr-fect cafe for cat lovers is coming to the Central Coast. After almost a year of searching for the right spot, The Caffeinated Cat Café plans to open in Grover ...
Billy Rogers. The Crusaders (formerly known as The Jazz Crusaders) were an American jazz/ jazz fusion group performing from the 1960s to the 2010s. The group was known as the Jazz Crusaders from their formation in 1960 until shortening their name in 1971. The Crusaders played a wide assortment of genres, including straight ahead jazz, urban R&B ...
Boston's New Cat Sanctuary Cafe Supports the Local Community. This community-driven cafe is a coffee bar, cat lounge, and bookstore. According to their website, “All net profits will go to two ...