Windward Passage (French: Passage au Vent; Spanish: Paso de los Vientos) is a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola...
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Windward Passages is a live album by jazz pianist Dave Burrell that is considered "a widely acclaimed jazz-opera." It was recorded on September 13, 1979...
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Windward Passages is a studio album released by jazz pianist Dave Burrell and saxophonist David Murray. It was recorded in 1993 and released later that...
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The Battle of the Windward Passage was a small naval action between French and British fleets that occurred on 17 to 19 October 1760 during the Seven Years'...
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Windward may also refer to: Windward High School, a school in Bellingham, Washington, United States Windward Islands, in the West Indies Windward Islands...
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the Windward Passage (Paso de los Vientos), the Mona Passage (Canal de la Mona), the Anegada Passage to Guadeloupe Passage, the Dominica Passage to Martinique...
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sloop Ranger, then cruised the Leeward Islands, Jamaica Channel and Windward Passage. He accepted the King's Pardon in 1719 and moved to New Providence...
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Midnight for Nippon Columbia. In 1978 he composed a jazz opera entitled Windward Passages, in collaboration with Swedish poet and lyricist Monika Larsson, with...
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recordings of rehearsals with Nicolette Larson and Linda Ronstadt, while Windward Passage features Young live with The Ducks (something previously covered on...
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Gulf of Mexico, south of the Straits of Florida, northwest of the Windward Passage, and northeast of the Yucatán Channel. The main island (Cuba), at 104...
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claimed by both the United States and neighbouring Haiti, in the Windward Passage. Navassa Island was claimed for the United States on September 19,...
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North American Plate and the Caribbean Plate. It extends from the Windward Passage, going south of the Sierra Maestra of Cuba toward Guatemala. The transform...
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shipping between the American eastern seaboard and the Canal through the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti increased in the area of Navassa, which proved...
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1976) Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk (1978) Lush Life (1978) Windward Passages (hatART, 1979) Live at the Black Musicians' Conference, 1981 (1981)...
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and an instrumental guitar showcase entitled "Windward Passage." Early in the summer "Windward Passage" was done in a kind of psychedelic/surf manner...
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North. In the Windward Channel – a line joining Caleta Point (74°15′W) in Cuba and Pearl Point (19°40′N) in Haiti. In the Mona Passage – a line joining...
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Hurricane Tomas (category Hurricanes in the Windward Islands)
shear and dry air. Tomas later reintensified into a hurricane near the Windward passage. Along the hurricane's path, 44 fatalities occurred, 8 of whom were...
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kilometres (50 mi) away from Haiti at its closest point, across the Windward Passage (close enough to see lights on Haiti on a clear night). Guantánamo...
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Navassa Island, which lies in the Caribbean Sea at the south end of the Windward Passage between the islands of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)...
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For Aunt Louise (1993) Love and Sorrow (1993) Shakill's II (1993) Windward Passages (Black Saint) (with Dave Burrell, 1993) David Murray Quintet (1994)...
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Sv of water from the North Equatorial Current flowing through the Windward Passage and 12 Sv of water from the South Equatorial Current which flows along...
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U-129 followed on 26 January. U-126 sailed on 2 February to patrol the Windward Passage between Cuba and Hispaniola; and five large Italian submarines sailed...
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Wiberg, Eric (6 July 2013). "Passenger ship Delmundo lost in the Windward Passage to U-600". Eric Wiberg Nautical Author & Historian. Eric Troels Wiberg...
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the New World. On December 6, 1492, three Spanish ships entered the Windward Passage that separates Cuba and Haiti. At sunrise, Columbus noticed an island...
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more southerly part of this chain, starting with Dominica, is called the Windward Islands. Dominica was originally considered a part of the Leeward Islands...
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where it overlays the Sierra Maestra (mountains), and borders the Windward Passage of the Caribbean Sea in the south. It is crossed by the Bano, Guantánamo...
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features Burrell collaborator David Murray and a parallel release with Windward Passages (Black Saint). This album was released by Gazell Records. The album...
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Robert Johnson 9:13:51:02 1969 Blackfin Kenneth DeMeuse 9:10:21:00 1971 Windward Passage Mark Johnson 9:09:06:48 1977 Merlin Bill Lee 8:11:01:45 1997 Pyewacket...
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1976) Dave Burrell Plays Ellington & Monk (1978) Lush Life (1978) Windward Passages (hatART, 1979) Live at the Black Musicians' Conference, 1981 (1981)...
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depression over the highly mountainous island, before emerging north of the Windward Passage on August 12. The disorganized tropical depression turned to the west...
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