Ataraxia

Celebrating musical icons born on February 9th. BILL EVANS is an American jazz saxophonist, who was a member of the Miles Davis group in the 1980s. Evans plays tenor and soprano saxophones. He has recorded over 17 solo albums and received two Grammy Award nominations. WALTER PAGE was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, best known for his groundbreaking work as a double bass player with Walter Page's Blue Devils and the Count Basie Orchestra. ... CAROLE KING KLEIN is an American singer-songwriter who has been active since 1958. She is the most successful female songwriter of the latter half of the 20th century in the US, having written or co-written 118 pop hits on the Billboard Hot 100. STOMPIN TOM CONNORS, was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has released four dozen albums, with total sales of nearly four million copies. . . . . . . . #ataraxia #ataraxiajazz #hardbop #postbop #bebop #torontojazz #jazzintoronto #torontomusicians #jazz #musicislife #musicians #bornonthisday #billevans #walterpage #caroleking #stompintomconnors

Honouring musical icons born on February 6th. BOB MARLEY, was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and musician. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, his musical career was marked by fusing elements of reggae, ska, and rocksteady, as well as his distinctive vocal and songwriting style. NATALIE COLE was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Cole was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer wi...th the hits "This Will Be", "Inseparable", and "Our Love". LARRY GRENADIER is an American jazz double bassist. He has played with Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheny, Paul Motian, Charles Lloyd, Enrico Rava, Danilo Perez, Chris Potter, Joshua Redman and Kurt Rosenwinkel. RICHIE HAYWARD was an American drummer best known as a founding member and drummer in the band Little Feat. He performed with several bands and worked as a session player. SIMON PHILLIPS is a US-based English jazz, pop and rock drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He worked with rock bands during the 1970s and 1980s and was the drummer for the band Toto from 1992 to 2014. JERRY MAROTTA is an American drummer He has played with Peter Gabriel, Hall and Oates, John Mayer, Iggy Pop, Tears for Fears, Elvis Costello, Cher, Paul McCartney, Carly Simon, Joan Armatrading and many others. GORDON DOWNIE was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer and activist. He was the lead singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its formation in 1984 until his death in 2017. KATE MCGARRIGLE was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle. In the 1960s they established themselves in Montreal's burgeoning folk scene while they attended school. . . . . . . . #ataraxia #ataraxiajazz #hardbop #postbop #bebop #torontojazz #jazzintoronto #torontomusicians #jazz #musicislife #musicians #bornonthisday #bobmarley #nataliecole #larrygrenadier #richiehayward #simonphillips #jerrymarotta #gorddownie #katemcgarricle

Celebrating jazz giants born on February 5th. VINCENT COLAIUTA is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2014. HAL BLAINE was an American drummer and session musician, estimated to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the history of the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. ... Al KOOPER is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears. Kooper has played on hundreds of records, including ones by the Rolling Stones, B. B. King, the Who, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Alice Cooper, and Cream. RICHARD LAIRD is an Irish bassist who is best known for his place in the jazz fusion band Mahavishnu Orchestra. In 2009, he rediscovered photos he had taken that feature Miles Davis, Chick Corea, Wayne Shorter, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Elvin Jones, Keith Jarrett and many others. . . . . . . . #ataraxia #ataraxiajazz #hardbop #postbop #bebop #torontojazz #jazzintoronto #torontomusicians #jazz #musicislife #musicians #bornonthisday #vinniecolaiuta #halblaine #alkooper #ricklaird