Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, b. New Orleans, July 4, 1900, d. July 6, 1971, was a brilliant American jazz

The pianist and bandleader William "Count" Basie, b. Red Bank, N.J., Aug. 21, 1904,   d. Apr.   26, 1984,

Jazz drummer-bandleader Art Blakey, b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 11, 1919, d. Oct. 16, 1990, was known

Miles Dewey Davis, Jr., b. Alton, Ill., May 25, 1926, d. September 28,   1991,   was   a  jazz trumpeter,

The Dorsey brothers each led popular SWING era bands. James, b. Shenandoah, Pa., Feb. 29, 1904,

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, b. Washington, D.C., Apr. 29, 1899, d. May 24, 1974, was a pianist and

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, b. Cheraw, S.C., Oct. 21, 1917, d. Jan. 6, 1993, was a jazz trumpeter-

The "King of Swing" during the SWING era of the 1930s and '40s, the     clarinetist   Benjamin   David

Charles Christopher "Bird" Parker, Jr., b. Kansas City, Kans., Aug. 29,   1920,   d. Mar. 12, 1955,   was an

Jazz drummer Bernard "Buddy" Rich was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., June 30 (some   sources   say   Sept.     30),

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This is the 54th mela Belongs to the 9th chakra. 6h mela in the 9th chakra Brahma...

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