Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Today is April 23. Singer, guitarist and keyboard player John Miles, of the John Miles Band, was born on this date in 1949. Advertisement Songwriter Harold Arlen died at age 81 on this date in 1986. He wrote "Over the Rainbow," which was recorded by Judy Garland, Gene Vincent and Jerry Lee Lewis, among others. Blues singer and guitarist Lonesome Sundown died at age 66 on this date in 1995. Blues discographer Leonard Kuntstat died at age 70 on this date in 1996. Looking at today's hip happenings... Wynton Marsalis, the Neville Brothers, Wayne Shorter and the Count Basie Orchestra are among the headliners at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which takes over the Big Easy April 26 through May 5. Downbeat.com reports that now in its 32nd year, the Soul Daddy of all jazz festivals features not only jazz, but blues, gospel, zydeco and American roots music of nearly every description -- particularly if it's native to the South. It's being held at the 35-acre New Orleans Fairgrounds. Twelve tent stages will present acts simultaneously, with more than 600 bands appearing throughout the week. Advertisement Also on the bill -- String Cheese Incident, Abbey Lincoln, Taj Mahal, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Los Hombres Calientes, Wild Magnolias, Nicholas Payton, and Blind Boys of Alabama. Pop and rock acts will include Lenny Kravitz, Melissa Etheridge, India.Arie, Blues Traveler and Better Than Ezra. (Web site: nojazzfest.com) (By UPI's Penny Nelson Bartholomew, sitting in for Ken Franckling)
