Tom Grant (jazz musician) Tom Grant (jazz musician) Tom Grant (born February 22, 1946) is an American smooth jazz/jazz fusion pianist and vocalist. Tom Grant was born in Portland, Oregon, to a musical family. His father was a tap dancer who owned a record store in Portland, and his brother was an avant-garde jazz pianist. Grant learned to play piano and drums when he was young. After graduating from the University of Oregon, he traveled to New York City in 1970 with Native American saxophonist Jim Pepper. This led to Grant touring and recording with jazz greats Woody Shaw, Charles Lloyd, and Tony Williams.
Emil Krupa-Krupinsky Emil Krupa-Krupinsky Emil Krupa-Krupinsky (Krupinski) (1872- 1924) German portrait painter, genre painter and graphic artist. Krupa-Krupinski studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Eduard von Gebhardt and Fritz Roeber. Eugen struggle influenced him. Krupa-Krupinski was a member of the Artists' Union "Düsseldorfer Malkasten" and later co-founded the Bonner Kunstverein. His most famous image is the "Loreley" (1899), which has been widely reproduced in print. It is now in the City Museum Trier. His paintings were often published as postcards. He was also active as a commercial artist. During World War I he served in Lauenburg Rifle Battalion No.9. He painted for