Klaus Voormann ( born 29 April 1938 ) is a German Grammy Award-winning artist, musician, and record producer.

Appalled at the desperate situation affecting his homeland and relatives, Bengali musician Ravi Shankar first brought the issue to the attention of his friend George Harrison in the early months of 1971, over dinner at Friar Park, according to Klaus Voormann ’ s recollection.

* Klaus Voormann, artist, musician, and record producer who was associated with the early days of The Beatles.

Lawrence Ferlenghetti and Bruce Lippincott have concentrated on writing a new poetry for reading with jazz that is very closely related to both the musical forms of jazz, and the vocabulary of the musician.

In addition to his experiments in reading poetry to jazz, Patchen is beginning to use the figure of the modern jazz musician as a myth hero in the same way he used the figure of the private detective a decade ago.

It is difficult to draw the line between stereotype and the reality of the jazz musician.

Seen by the public, the musician is the underdog par excellence.

While he is worldly, the musician often cultivates public attitudes of childlike astonishment and naivete.

The musician is non-intellectual and non-verbal ; ;

Many of these aspects will be seen as comparable to those of the ideal detective, but where the detective is active and militant, the jazz musician is passive, almost a victim of society.

Paul Paray, rounding out his current stint with the orchestra, is a solid musician, and the Philharmonic plays for him.

Getz is a difficult musician to categorize.

Any musician playing Beethoven here, where Beethoven was born, is likely to examine his own interpretations with special care.

The Constantinois Malouf style is saved by musician from whom Mohamed Tahar Fergani is one of the best performers.

* Argentine reggae musician Fidel Nadal is descended from Angolan slaves.

* Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician ( born 1952 )

In jazz an unscored collaborative arrangement is called a " head arrangement " ( Randel 2002, p. 294 ; it is in the head of the musician ( s )).

Amy Lee Grant ( born November 25, 1960 ) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music.

According to an apocryphal tale from this era, in a televised face-off, either Capp ( on the Dick Cavett Show ) or ( more commonly ) conservative talk show host Joe Pyne ( on his own show ) is supposed to have taunted iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa about his long hair, asking Zappa if he thought he was a girl.

Göran Bror Benny Andersson () ( born 16 December 1946 ), known professionally as Benny Andersson, is a Swedish musician, composer, former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA ( 1972 – 1983 ), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia !.

John W. Haley, his eldest son, wrote Sound and Glory, a biography of Haley, while his youngest daughter, Gina Haley, is a professional musician based in Texas.

His youngest son Pedro is also a musician.

* Blind Lemon Jefferson is the featured musician on a State of Texas license plate.

Toni Morrison once described Bill Clinton as the first black president, because of his warm relations with African Americans, his poor upbringing and also because he is a jazz musician.

Charles William " Bill " Mumy, Jr. (; born February 1, 1954 ) is an American actor, musician, pitchman, instrumentalist, voice-over artist and a figure in the science-fiction community.

* Adrian Utley ( born 1957 ), English musician best known as a member of the band Portishead

Jeffry Ross Hyman ( May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001 ), best known by his stage name Joey Ramone, was an American musician, vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the punk rock band the Ramones.

Keith John Moon ( 23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978 ) was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who.

After completing the Unleashed Tour with Fleetwood Mac, Stevie began work on her first solo album in a decade with David A. Stewart ( musician and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics ), who announced this via his Twitter in February 2010.

George Michael " Micky " Dolenz, Jr. ( born March 8, 1945 ) is an American actor, musician, television director, radio personality and theater director, best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the 1960s made-for-television band The Monkees.

Peter Tork ( born Peter Halsten Thorkelson, February 13, 1942 ) is an American musician and actor, best known as the keyboardist and bass guitarist of The Monkees.

The music was written ( based on a folk tune ) by Christina Macpherson, who wrote that she " was no musician, but she would do her best.

Krist Anthony Novoselic II (; ; born May 16, 1965 ) is an American rock musician, best known for being the bassist and co-founder of the grunge band Nirvana.

Sir Michael Philip " Mick " Jagger ( born 26 July 1943 ) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and a

John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. ( born March 2, 1962 ), known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor, best known as the founder and the lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983.

A comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, Albertson is perhaps best known for his roles as Manny Rosen in The Poseidon Adventure ( 1972 ), Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ( 1971 ), Amos Slade in the 1981 animated film The Fox and the Hound ( 1981 ), and as Ed Brown in the 1974 – 1978 television sitcom Chico and the Man.

Henry Fillmore ( 3 December 1881 – 7 December 1956 ) was an American musician, composer, publisher, and bandleader, best known for his many marches and screamers.

Billie Joe Armstrong ( born February 17, 1972 ) is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter, and guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt.

Brian Douglas Wilson ( born June 20, 1942 ) is an American musician, best known as the leader and chief songwriter of the group The Beach Boys.

David Byrne ( born May 14, 1952 ) is a Scottish-born American musician and artist, best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991.

After sportswriter Danny Tanner's wife Pam is killed in a collision by a drunk driver, he recruits his brother-in-law Jesse ( a rock musician ) and quirky best friend Joey ( a comedian ) to help raise his three daughters, D. J., Stephanie, and Michelle, in his San Francisco home.

* Vivian Stanshall, musician, painter, singer, broadcaster, songwriter, poet and writer, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, grew up in Grove Road, Walthamstow.

Michael John McKean ( born October 17, 1947 ) is an American actor, comedian, writer, composer and musician, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Squiggy's friend, Leonard " Lenny " Kosnowski, on the sitcom Laverne & Shirley ; and for his work in the Christopher Guest ensemble films, particularly as David St. Hubbins of Spinal Tap.

* Jacob van Eyck, Dutch musician and composer of the 17th century, best known for his extensive collection of solo pieces for the soprano recorder Der Fluyten Lust-hof.

Tom Smothers ( born Thomas Bolyn Smothers III on February 2, 1937 ) is an American comedian, composer and musician, best known as half of the musical comedy team The Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick.

* Tom Smothers ( born Thomas Bolyn Smothers III on February 2, 1937 ) American comedian, composer and musician, best known as half of the musical comedy team The Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick.

Greg Flesch ( born 1960 ) is a guitarist and musician, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies ( credited as Gene Pool ).