MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSIC

MUSICIANS

Allan, Mitch [Mitchell Allan Scherr]

Born in Baltimore, Maryland

Amos, Tori [Myra Ellen Amos] (1963-)

Born in Newton, North Carolina, August 22, 1963
Lived in Maryland, 1965-1984

Anthony, Larry Eugene (Jazz), Jr. (1977-)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 23, 1977

Street musicians near Baltimore Farmers' Market, Holliday St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Balthrop, Carmen Arlene (1948-2021)
  
  Born in Washington, D.C., May 14, 1948
  Died in Mitchellville, Maryland, September 5, 2021
• Barr, Niki
  
  Lives in Maryland
• Barrueco, Manuel (1952-)
  
  Born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, December 16, 1952
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Bartz, Gary (1940-)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 26, 1940
• Bernstein, Andrew

• Blake, Eubie [James Hubert] (1887*-1983)
  *(government records show that Blake's birthdate was 1887, though he later listed 1883)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 7, 1887
  Died in Brooklyn, New York, February 12, 1983
  

  Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute & Cultural Center
  847 North Howard St. Baltimore, MD 21201

Street musician, Baltimore Farmers' Market, near Holliday St., Baltimore, Maryland, August 2012. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Blitzkrieg, Atari [Chris Moore] (1980-)
  
  Born in Maryland, August 16, 1980

Bowie, Lester (1941-1999)

Born in Frederick, Maryland, October 11, 1941

Died in Brooklyn, New York, November 8, 1999

Braxton, Toni M. (1967-)

Born in Severn, Maryland, October 7, 1967

Brothers Osborne (John & T. J. Osborne)

Born in Deale, Maryland (John, April 27, 1982; T. J., November 18, 1984)

Brown, Anne Wiggins (1912-2009)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 9, 1912

Died in Oslo, Norway, March 13, 2009

Street musician, East Pleasant St. near Fallsway, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Byrne, David (1952-)
  Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, May 14, 1952
  Lived in Arbutus, Maryland
• Callahan, William Rahr (Bill) (1966-)
  Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, June 3, 1966
• Calloway, Blanche Dorothea Jones (1902-1978)
  
  Born in Rochester, New York, February 9, 1902
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 16, 1978
• Calloway, Cabell (Cab) III (1907-1994)
  
  Born in Rochester, New York, December 25, 1907
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, 1918-1927
  Died in Hockessin, Delaware, November 18, 1994
• Cassidy, Eva (1963-1996)
  Born in Oxon Hill, Maryland, February 2, 1963
  Died in Bowie, Maryland, November 2, 1996
• Chasez, JC [Joshua Scott] (1976-)
  
  Born in Bowie, Maryland, August 8, 1976
• Chestnut, Cyrus (1963-)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 17, 1963
• Clifton, Bill [William August Marburg] (1931-)
  
  Born in Riderwood, Maryland, April 5, 1931

• Coyne, Joshua (1993-)
  
  Born in Kansas City, Missouri, March 5, 1993
  Lived in Potomac, Maryland, 2006-2011
• Dailey, Albert Preston (1939-1984)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, June 16, 1939
  Died in Denver, Colorado, June 26, 1984
• Donnay, Gabriel Francis (Gabe) (1989-2021)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 7, 1989
  Died in Los Angeles, California, March 29, 2021
• Durante, Maggie Rose (1988-)
  
  Born in Potomac, Maryland, May 19, 1988
• Duritz, Adam Frederic (1964-)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 1, 1964

High school musicians, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2017. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Elliot, Mama Cass [Ellen Naomi Cohen] (1941-1974)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 19, 1941
  Died in London, England, July 29, 1974
• Endicott, Samuel Bingham (1974-)
  
  Born in Brookmont, Maryland, August 13, 1974
• Ennis, Ethel (1932-2019)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, November 28, 1932
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, February 17, 2019
• Fahey, John (1939-2001)
  
  Born in Takoma Park, Maryland, February 28, 1939
  Died in Salem, Oregon, February 22, 2001
• Fallon, Neil (1971-)
  
  Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, October 25, 1971
  Lives in Silver Spring, Maryland
• Fields, Wilfred (Mickey) (1932-1995)
  
  Born in Towson, Maryland, 1932
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, January 16, 1995
• Fleisher, Leon (1928-2020)
  
  Born in San Francisco, California, July 23, 1928
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, August 2, 2020
• Gaster, Jean-Paul (1971-)
  
  Born June 19, 1971
  Lives in Frederick, Maryland

Grow, Sam

Born in Mechanicsville, Maryland

Hahn, Hilary (1979-)

Born in Lexington, Virginia, November 27, 1979

Lived in Baltimore, Maryland

Higgs, Daniel (1964-)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1964

Violinist Hilary Hahn at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, February 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Hines, Brendan P. (1976-)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 28, 1976
• Holiday, Billie [Eleanora Fagan] (1915-1959)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 7, 1915
  Died in New York, New York, July 17, 1959
• Jett, Joan [Larkin, Joan Marie] (1958-)
  
  Born in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1958
  Lived in Rockville, Maryland, 1967-1974
• Kihn, Gregory Stanley (1949-)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, July 10, 1949

• Larkins, Ellis (1923-2002)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in May 15, 1923
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, September 30, 2002
• Larson, Nathan (1970-)
  
  Born in Maryland, September 12, 1970
• Legrand, Victoria Garance Alixe (1981-)
  
  Born in Paris, France, May 28, 1981
  Lives in Baltimore, Maryland
• Lin, Jenny (1973-)
  
  Born in Taiwan, 1973
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland

Pianist Jenny Lin, Community Concerts at 2nd Presbyterian Church, 4200 St. Paul St., Baltimore, Maryland, November 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Lofgren, Nils Hilmer (1951-)
  
  Born in Chicago, Illinois, June 21, 1951
  Lived in Bethesda, Maryland
• Madden, Benjamin Levi (Benji) (1979-)
  Born in Waldorf, Maryland, March 11, 1979
• Malphurs, Tammy Rivera (1986-)
  Born in in Tappahannock, Virginia, July 30, 1986
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland
• McCleary, Tracy (1914-2003)
  
  Born in 1914
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, December 24, 2003
• Milian, Christina (1981-)
  Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, September 26, 1981
  Lived in Waldorf, Maryland, 1981-1994
• Ocasek, Ric (Richard Otcasek) (1944*-2019)
  
  *(some records list his birthday as 1949)
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 23, 1944
  Died in New York, New York, September 15, 2019

Ponselle, Rosa (1897-1981)

Born in Meriden, Connecticut, January 22, 1897
Died in Baltimore, Maryland, May 25, 1981

Portnoy, Edan (1978-)

Born in Washington, DC, 1978

Lived in Rockville, Maryland

Prankster, Mary

Lived in Maryland

Puciato, Gregory John (1980-)

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 27, 1980

Purdie, Bernard Lee (Pretty) (1939-)

Born in Elkton, Maryland, June 11, 1939

Rogers, Maggie (1994-)

Born in Easton, Maryland, April 25, 1994

Pianist, Baltimore School for the Arts, 712 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Sam i [Sam Spiegel] (1979-)
  
  Born October 31, 1979
  Lived in Maryland
• Shakur, Tupac [Lesane Parish Crooks] (1971-1996)
  
  Born in New York City, New York, June 16, 1971
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland, 1984-1988
  Died in Las Vegas, Nevada, September 13, 1996
• Smith, Todd (1975-)
  
  Born in Rockville, Maryland, December 3, 1975
• Snowden, Elmer C. (1900-1973)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 9, 1900
  Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1973
• Stack, Andy
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland
• Transeau, Brian Wayne (BT) (1971-)
  
  Born in Rockville, Maryland, October 4, 1971
• Wasner, Jennifer Lynn (1986-)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 16, 1986
• Webb, Chick [William Henry] (1905*-1939)
  (*some records list his birthday as 1909)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 10, 1905
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, June 16, 1939
• Weinrich, Robert Scott (Wino) (1961-)
  
  Born in 1961
  Lived in Rockville, Maryland
• Willis, Larry (1942-2019)
  
  Born in Harlem, New York, December 20, 1942
  Died in Baltimore, Maryland, September 29, 2019
• Young, Bryan (1974-)
  
  Born in Washington, DC, July 6, 1974
  Lived in Baltimore, Maryland

• Zappa, Frank (1940-1993)
  
  Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 21, 1940
  Died in Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1993

Frank Zappa "Born in Baltimore" bust at Southeast Anchor Library, Eastern Ave. & South Conkling St., Baltimore, Maryland, February 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. The bust was a gift in 2009 to City of Baltimore from Lithuanian nonprofit organization ZAPPART. It is a replica. The original, the work of sculptor Konstantinas Bogdanas, stands in Vilnius, Lithuania.

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