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For other people named John Lang, see John Lang (disambiguation). Jon Gordon Langseth Jr. (born January 29, 1981), known as Jonny Lang, is an American blues, gospel, rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. [1] He has recorded five albums that have charted on the top 50 of the Billboard 200 chart and won a Grammy Award for Turn Around.
Thelonious Sphere Monk was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious (or Thelious) and Barbara Monk. His sister, Marion, had been born two years earlier. His birth certificate spelled his first name as "Thelious" [1] and did not list his middle name, taken from his maternal grandfather, Sphere Batts. [8]
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Since 2012, Hancock has served as a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he teaches at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. [4] He is also the chairman of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz [4] (known as the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz until 2019).
Najee's musical pursuits began in grade school at age eight, where he began playing the clarinet, [1] but he had a deep desire to play saxophone. He was influenced at this age by listening to his mother's recordings of Miles Davis and other American jazz artists. A pivotal moment in his life came when he made the decision to become a professional jazz musician. In high school, Najee began to ...
Argo. Bernard " Buddy " Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) [1] was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. [2] Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, United States. [1] He discovered his affinity for jazz music at a young age and began ...
Steven Haworth Miller (born October 5, 1943) [1] [2] is an American musician. He is the founder and only remaining original member of the Steve Miller Band, which he founded in 1966, and is the principal songwriter, lead singer, harmonicist, keyboardist, and one of the guitarists. He began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a ...
The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming. At the end of a year, Billboard will publish an annual list of the 100 most successful songs throughout that year on ...