Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Hooper developed an interest in music, drums, and percussion at an early age. Starting in middle school with band director George Magruder, he began devoting much of his time to the study of music. While he was a student at Wheatley High School (Houston) , he formed the band the Swingsters, then the Modern Jazz Sextet.
The Crusaders at Knebworth Park, UK, Capital Radio Jazz Festival, 1982. High school friends Joe Sample (piano), Wilton Felder [2] (tenor saxophone) and Nesbert "Stix" Hooper (drums) formed their first band together, the Swingsters, in Houston, Texas in 1954.
Frank Lenord Clayman Cook (January 6, 1942 – July 9, 2021) was an American drummer and member of blues bands Canned Heat, Pacific Gas & Electric and Bluesberry Jam. For a time he was also the manager of Pacific Gas & Electric.
Pacific Drums and Percussion (or PDP for short) is a musical instrument brand established by the Drum Workshop Inc., in 1999, with the purpose of providing its percussion instruments at more affordable prices. [2] [3] Pacific Drums products are manufactured in China, Taiwan, and Mexico.
[2] [3] He has remarked on the cultural diversity of growing up in Houston, with people from all over the world living in the region and playing their music, as influencing his sound. [ 4 ] Johnson is an alumnus of Texas All State Symphonic Wind Ensemble and studied orchestral percussion with instructor Jim Whitfill.
Tippin' on Through is a live album by saxophonist Curtis Amy recorded in 1962 for the Pacific ... John Houston - piano; Bob Whitlock ... Bob Whitlock - bass; Lawrence ...
In September 2022, the Houston Health Department announced that testing of surface soil samples from around the Union Pacific rail yard found dioxin, a highly toxic chemical compound associated ...
Houston, Texas 11-18-1972 is a live album by the rock band the Grateful Dead. It was recorded on November 18, 1972, at Hofheinz Pavilion in Houston, Texas , and includes most of the second set of the concert.