Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter

male, 76 years old
Jazz fusion saxophonist, Jazz tenor saxophonist, Hard-bop saxophonist, Post-bop saxophonist, Crossover jazz saxophonist, Modal jazz saxophonist…From Newark, New Jersey, musician, jazz musician, graduated from new york university, NewYorkUniversity
Wayne Shorter (born August 25 1933) is an American jazz composer and saxophonist. Commonly regarded as one of the more important American jazz sax...
Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli

male, 34 years old
Brooklyn, New York City, Black Star, New York City musician, Swahili language, Alternative hip hop, NewYorkUniversity…musician, New York musician
Talib Kweli (born Talib Kweli Greene in Brooklyn, New York City on October 3, 1975) is an American MC from Brooklyn, New York. He is one of the...
Gina Gershon

Gina Gershon

female, 47 years old (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Gina L. Gershon, Jewish, actor, butch, Jew's harp, scissor sister…NewYorkUniversity, musician
She's sitting in a funky little tea room in Beverly Hills, picking at her sandwich and politely fending off any question she's not sure how to...
Donald Byrd

Donald Byrd

male, 77 years old
Jazz-funk trumpeter, Jazz fusion trumpeter, Crossover jazz trumpeter, Hard-bop trumpeter, Post-bop trumpeter, funk musician…Howard University, Rutgers University, Wayne State University, musician, jazz musician
Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan. He...
Camryn Manheim

Camryn Manheim

female, 48 years old
Delia Banks, American Actress, Emmy Award winner, Ghost Whisperer, University of California, Santa Cruz alumni, Debra Frances Manheim…University of California at Santa Cruz, from New Jersey, NewYorkUniversity, born in Caldwell, New Jersey, musician
Camryn Manheim is an Emmy Award-winning American movie and television actress born on March 8, 1961 in Caldwell, New Jersey. Her interest in acting...
Mark Levine

Mark Levine

male
Grammy Awards of 2005, Street Signs, Ozomatli, Grammy, Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts…University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine faculty, world beat musician, NewYorkUniversity
Mark LeVine is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. He's also a religious scholar and a musician. He received his B.A....
Isaac Stern

Isaac Stern

male, deceased (2001)
Beethoven, fiddler on the roof, dubbed, vivaldi, mendelssohn, dubbing…Classical musician, musician, University of Illinois, Johns Hopkins University, Hebrew University (Jerusalem), Harvard University
Isaac Stern was one of the finest violin virtuosi of the twentieth century. Born in Kremenetz, Ukraine on July 21, 1920, Isaac Stern was ten months...
Milton Babbitt

Milton Babbitt

male, 93 years old
Juilliard School faculty, Jewish, serialism, Classical composer, serial, Classical musician…musician, New England Conservatory, University, NewYorkUniversity, Northwestern University
Milton Byron Babbitt (born May 10, 1916) is an American composer. He is particularly noted for his pioneering serial and electronic music.
Idina Menzel

Idina Menzel

female, 38 years old
musician, Jewish person, actor-singer, film actor, actress, Musical theatre actor…from Nassau County, New York, from New York City, New York musician, New York University alumni, Born in Syosset, New York
Menzel holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts . She is married to fellow performer Taye Diggs and appeared on...
Adolph Green

Adolph Green

male, deceased (2002)
Jewish, metro goldwyn mayer, American, the bronx, greenwich village, Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee…NewYorkUniversity, musician
Adolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of...
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