Pianist and prolific composer, including celebrated musicals (especially Shuffle Along [co-written by Noble Sissle] and Eubie), enjoying a career that stretches for eight decades, beginning in 1898(Born 7 February 1883, Baltimore, MD, US)
Twitter @HerbertEkweEkweBlake plays “Charleston Rag”, which he originally composed in 1899 as “Sounds of Africa”, in New York, 1980
(Born 6 February 1898, Moberly, Missouri, US)
Renowned economist, economic advisor to the Biafran resistance government during the Igbo genocide perpetrated by Nigeria, 29 May 1966-12 January 1970(Born 6 February 1924, Ojoto, Igboland)
Iconic musician who with fellow Jamaican artists Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailers and others, beginning in the 1960s, transform reggae into a driving global music genre of social justice and change(Born 6 February 1945, Nine Mile, Jamaica)
(Bob Marley & the Wailers, “Exodus” [musicians and performers: Marley, lead vocal, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion; Aston “Family Man” Barrett, fender bass, guitar, percussion; Carlton Barrett, drums, percussion; Tyrone Downie, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals; Alvin “Seeco” Paterson, percussion; Julian (Junior) Marvin, lead guitar; I Threes (Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, Judy Mowatt), backing vocals; recorded: Harry J studio, Kingston, Jamaica, 1976 & Island Studio, London, England, January-April 1977])
(Nnenna Okore, “Akaraka”, 2013)
Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe(Nnenna Okore: acclaimed sculptor and academic – professor of art, North Park University, Chicago)
(John Coltrane Sextet, “Brazilia” [personnel: Coltrane, tenor saxophone; Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone; McCoy Tyner, piano; Reggie Workman, bass; Elvin Jones, drums; recorded: live, Village Vanguard, New York, US, 1 November 1961])
