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Chuck Riggs
Charles "Chuck" Riggs (born August 5, 1951) is an American jazz drummer. Early life Riggs was born in Westerly, Rhode Island. Career Riggs played with Scott Hamilton (musician), Scott Hamilton for many years beginning in 1976; their association lasted well into the 1990s. In the late 1970s and 1980s, he played with Bob Wilber, the World's Greatest Jazz Band, Chris Flory, Benny Goodman, Kenny Davern and Dick Wellstood, Flip Phillips, Ruby Braff, and Jay McShann. He was a member of the Concord Jazz All-Stars (alongside Hamilton, Dave McKenna, and Gray Sargent) in the early 1990s, and worked later in the 1990s with Keith Ingham, Jon-Erik Kellso, and Ken Peplowski. Riggs was featured on The Cotton Club (soundtrack), ''The Cotton Club'', the soundtrack for the 1984 The Cotton Club (film), film of the same name. References ;Footnotes ;General references *Gary W. Kennedy, "Chuck Riggs". ''The New Grove, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westerly, Rhode Island
Westerly is a town on the southwestern shoreline of Washington County, Rhode Island, first settled by English colonists in 1661 and incorporated as a municipality in 1669. It is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state with a population of 23,359 as of the 2020 census. The Pawcatuck River flows on the western border of Westerly and was once renowned for its own species of Westerly salmon, three of which are on the town's official seal. The river flows from inland, emptying into Little Narragansett Bay. It also serves as the boundary between Westerly and Pawcatuck, Connecticut. Three large salt ponds lie along the coast of Westerly which serve as shallow, reef-like pools whose outer walls form the long, white beaches for which the town is renowned. From west to east, these ponds are Maschaug Pond, Winnapaug Pond, and Quonochontaug Pond. The Westerly area was known for its granite and stone-cutting industry, which quarried a unique stone known as Westerly granite. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
