William Geary “Bunk” Johnson
William Geary “Bunk” Johnson was a prominent figure in the history of jazz music. Born on December 27, 1879, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Johnson made...
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Reece “Goose” Tatum
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Reece “Goose” Tatum excelled at two sports, baseball and basketball, but is most famous for his basketball career with the Harlem Globetrotters. Known as “Goose”...
Maude Craig
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Maude Evangeline Craig Sampson Williams (1880-1958), a suffragist, civil rights activist, and educator, was born and raised in East Central Austin. After she graduated from...
CHANCELLOR J. WILLIAMS
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Prominent in the pantheon of Afrocentric scholars is Chancellor James Williams, the son of a former slave, born on December 22, 1898, in Bennettsville, South...
Harriette Vyda Simms Moore
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Harriette Vyda Simms Moore was an African American educator, Civil Rights leader, and the wife of Harry Tyson Moore who was the founder of the...
Pharoah Sanders
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Farrell Sanders, also known as Pharoah Sanders, was born on October 13, 1940, in Little Rock, Arkansas. His early exposure to music, through his family...
Tony Williams
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Tony Williams, born in Chicago in 1945, is widely regarded as one of the most influential drummers in jazz history. His innovative approach to rhythm...
McCoy Tyner
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McCoy Tyner was an American jazz pianist and composer, known for his distinctive style and his contributions to the development of modern jazz. He was...
Ron Carter
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Ron Carter is an American jazz double bassist and composer. He was born on May 4, 1937, in Ferndale, Michigan, and began playing cello at...
Wynton Marsalis
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Successful jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (born 1961) is America’s top modern purist of the genre. Influenced by the jazz artists from the early 1900s through...