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Conrad Yeatis "Sonny" Clark - (ur. 21 lipca 1931, zm. 13 stycznia 1963) amerykański pianista jazzowy, reprezentant hard bopu. Urodził się w Herminie, górniczym miasteczku w Pensylwanii. W wieku 12 lat przeniósł się do Pittsburgha. Odwiedzając ciotkę w Kalifornii w wieku 20 lat, postanowił zostać na zachodnim wybrzeżu i zaczął pracować z saksofonistą Wardellem Greyem. Następnie wraz z Oscarem Pettifordem przeniósł się do San Francisco, gdzie w 1953 roku nawiązał współpracę z klarnecistą Buddym DeFranco. Clark koncertował z nim w USA oraz Europie do stycznia 1956 roku, kiedy to przyłączył się do The Lighthouse All-Stars, grupy prowadzonej przez Howarda Rumsey'a....

Hailing from Adelaide, Australia Sonny Fodera's story is starting to gain momentum; having started producing music at a young age he has established himself as one of Australia’s premier deep jackin house dj's and producers, artist/remixer. As a dj, his signature sound showcases smooth technical wizardry combined with a music selection geared to satisfy even the most discerning house music listeners. Having played along side the likes of Chuck Love, John Larner, Derrick Carter, the Littlemen, Audio Jack, James Curd to name a few, Sonny Fodera is renowned for his consistently high quality dj sets. As a producer /remixer, Sonny...

Sonny Rhodes (born Clarence Edward Smith, November 3, 1940, Smithville, Texas) is an American blues singer and lap steel guitar player. He has recorded over two hundred songs. "I'm what you call a self-proclaimed Disciple of the Blues!" said Rhodes about his years playing and singing for fans of blues around the world. He has been nominated fifteen times for the Blues Music Awards, and won the Instrumentalist-Other category in 2011. Rhodes was born in Smithville, Texas, he was the sixth and last child of Le Roy and Julia Smith, who were sharecroppers. He received his first guitar at the...

Todd Rhodes (August 31, 1900 – June 4, 1965) was an American pianist and arranger and was an early influence in jazz and later on in R&B. He was born Todd Washington Rhodes, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Rhodes attended both the Springfield School of Music and the Erie Conservatory, studying as pianist and songwriter. In the early 1920s he played with Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, Fats Waller, Rex Stewart, Doc Cheatham, and Don Redman in McKinney's Cotton Pickers, a jazz group. Rhodes lived and played in Detroit in the 1930s. In the late 1940s he started his own group, Todd Rhodes...