Jason Moran born in1975, in Houston is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator involved in multimedia art and theatrical installations.Moran recorded first with Greg osby and debuted as a band leader with the 1999 album Soundtrack to Human Motion. Since then, he has released albums with his trio The Bandwagon, solo, as a sideman, and with other bands. He combines post-bop and avant-garde jazz, blues, classical music,stride…

Today we have an Indian jazz musician who is/was tremendously successful. Vijay Iyer ,born in 1971 is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, producer, electronic musician, and writer based in New York. He is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow. He became the Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts (in the Department of Music) at Harvard University in…

I’ve never been so excited to write a post on an 80’s music artist. Today we have the most handsome, dreamy, and talented artist of all time. Yes, this man deserves this hype! ❤ (drumroll please). George Michael!!. Before I begin I must say that George is mainly a pop artist but his R&B is…

Ella Fitzgerald was an American Jazz singer. She was referred to as the First Lady of the song, Queen of Jazz, and lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing and Horn-like improvisational ability particularly in her scat singing. She was born in 1917 in Virginia ,after a tumultuous adolescence,…

Diana Ross was born in 1944 in the state of Michigan. She was a singer, an actress and a record producer. She was the lead singer of the vocal group THE SUPREME (1959-1970). Yes, yes I know! She’s a pop singer, what’s she doing under the jazz column? It’s because Ross was also into R&B…

Frederick Dwayne Hubbard popularly known as Freddie Hubbard was a Jazz trumpeter. While researching for the blog, I read about his life and it was truly inspiring ✨. This man never gave up on music , though life held circumstances against his will. He was one of the “most influential jazz musicians” of all time,…

Today I’m here with another jazz legend ❤. When I was looking for female jazz artists in the 80s-90s period, I found very few artists among them I found Carla Bley very interesting and her music was truly exceptional. This legend wasn’t just a musician but a true rebel. Born in 1938 , Lovelly May…