Our celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month 2024 honors musicians who were born in April while highlighting the contributions made to jazz by Duke Ellington. This week, let’s pay tribute to trombonist, composer, and arranger Locksley Wellington “Slide” Hampton, who was born on April 21, 1932, in Pennsylvania. In case you missed it, check out our JAM kickoff and Duke Ellington retrospective here: Black Music Sunday: It's Jazz Appreciation Month! ”Black Music Sunday” is a weekly series...
As Duke Ellington wrote in his memoir, published the year before he died: “What is music to you? What would you be without music? Music is everything.” I read his words and wonder: What would music be without Ellington’s gifts to us all? This story wraps up our 2024 Jazz Appreciation Month series, which we kicked off with a tribute to The Duke. We’ll finish the month similarly—April 29 is Ellington’s 125th birthday! Over the years, I’ve written several stories that feature and...
Kajol took to Instagram on Saturday to wish her daughter Nysa Devgan on her 21st birthday. Kajol and actor-husband Ajay Devgn have two children – daughter Nysa and son Yug Devgan, 13. Sharing three pictures of the birthday girl, the actor penned a sweet note for her 'darling'. Also read: Ajay Devgn and Kajol's son Yug kisses his grandma on her birthday, Nysa makes cameoKajol's birthday post for NysaKajol wrote, "Happy 21st my darling.. may u always smile and laugh with this same joie de vivre...
Tesla has launched the new Model 3 Performance, the quickest, most powerful Model 3 variant ever.
Those lucky enough to have been to the beautiful city centre Italian restaurant know it is truly a special place. The independent, award-winning, family-run restaurant sources its delicious produce from Scotland and Italy, where it is officially recommended by the Academia Italiana della cucina. It’s remarkable success is down to Victor and Carina Contini, who in addition to their George Street restaurant, are also the force behind The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant at the Scottish National Gallery...
Jazz icon Herbie Hancock performed this week in Tangiers at the end of a four-day jazz festival he launched more than a decade ago, telling AFP the genre is all about unity and diversity. "It's all about teamwork and making joy and sharing that with the people who are listening,"
Isn’t it nice to have Prince Soma attending Weston?
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Today, we say happy birthday to one of the original West Coasters, Too $hort, born on this date in 1966. As one of Hip Hop’s first self-made businessmen, $hort started off his career pumping his own X-rated mixtapes out of the trunk of his car. Releasing fifteen albums between 1987 and 2012, Too $hort has […] The post Happy Birthday To Bay Area Rap Icon Too $hort! first appeared on The Source.
Some YouTube Music for iOS users today are facing a bug where the app opens to a black screen on certain Google Accounts with no ability to play songs. more
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The first criminal trial of a former US president is underway, with Donald Trump facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to hush-money payments allegedly made in 2016 to cover up an affair he had with adult film star Stormy Daniels. Here’s the latest—the key updates and absurd moments—from the historic trial. Public birthday wishes […]