Hal Blaine is the accompanist to Phil Spector’s “Wall of Sound” and one of the most sought-after session drummers in L.A. He has played on forty Number One singles.Blaine, who was born Harold Simon Belsky in 1929, became a professional drummer in 1948. In 2000, Blaine...
Trumpeter Clifford Brown, a brilliant improviser and a model for clean-living in jazz, was born (October 3) in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1930.Brown was a pioneering trumpeter when it came to bebop and hard-bop, an artist whose effervescent personality, warm tone and...
The second full-length release for the California rapper/singer-songwriter It was released on January 15, 2016 , features guest appearances from BJ the Chicago Kid, The Free Nationals, The Game, Rapsody, Schoolboy Q, and the Timon Family Choir.Malibu was supported by...
