Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck was born on June 24th of 1944 in Wallington, England. His first exposure to the electric guitar was at six years old: he heard Les Paul play “How High The Moon,” a moment he describes as the beginning of his musicianship. Les Paul and other blues artists such as B.B. King [...]
Jazz Influenced- Corinne Bailey Rae
December 17, 2012 | By
Corinne Bailey Rae (born as Corrine Jacqueline Bailey) was born on the 29th of February, 1979 in Leeds, West Yorkshire (North England). Her deep love for music began to grow as a result of her learning classical violin in school and singing along with services in church. In her teenage years she developed a great [...]
Jazz Influenced- Andrew Bird
December 4, 2012 | By
Andrew Wegman Bird was born July 11th, 1973 in Chicago, Illinois. Trained in the Suzuki method of violin from the age of four, Bird studied violin at Northwestern University, graduating in 1996. This virtuosic multi-instrumentalist utilizes specific techniques to mold his sound: a loop pedal, a violin, a guitar, some whistling and singing, and [...]
Jazz Influenced- Norah Jones
November 20, 2012 | By
Geethali Norah Jones Shankar was born on March 30th of 1979, the daughter of Robbie Shankar (the famous sitar player) and concert producer Sue Jones. She moved from NYC to Texas in 1986 and grew up there with her mom. Showing an affinity for music very early on, by high school she was playing both [...]
Jazz Influenced – Jamie Cullum
September 14, 2012 | By
Jamie Cullum was born on August 20th, 1979 in Rochford, UK. By the time he was 8, Jamie was playing both piano and guitar, and by his teens he was frequenting in various rock bands, adding drumming to his eclectic skill set. Little known, his gateway to jazz originated in hip-hop, from which he traced [...]
Jazz Influenced – Steely Dan
January 5, 2012 | By
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, collectively known as Steely Dan, are two men of flourishing but refined musical taste.
Jazz Influenced – Stevie Wonder
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Steveland Hardaway Judkins Morris was born May 13th, 1950 in Saginaw, Michigan. Because of his six-week premature birth, the blood vessels didn’t develop to the front of his eyes resulting in detached retinas and blindness from a very young age.
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