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Stephane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli 1908-97, French jazz violinist, b. Paris. Trained at the Paris Conservatory as a classical violinist, he became enamored of American jazz and devoted himself to the idiom, successfully melding African-American and European forms. From 1934-37 he and the guitarist Django ... Read more |
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Marian McPartland
Marian McPartland Pianist, composer Few women in jazz have become as successful an instrumentalist as pianist Marian McPartland, who has been a mainstay on the American jazz scene since moving to the United States from England in the 1940s. As a white female who was not a native American,... Read more |
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Jazz Age
JAZZ AGE JAZZ AGE. The novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald coined the term "Jazz Age" retrospectively to refer to the decade after World War I and before the stock market crash in 1929, during which Americans embarked upon what he called "the gaudiest spree in history." The Jazz Age is inextricably... Read more |
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Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman 1891-1967, American conductor, b. Denver. Whiteman played viola in the Denver Symphony Orchestra and in 1915 joined the San Francisco Symphony. During World War I he was an army band leader. In 1924 he inaugurated the period of "symphonic jazz" when he introduced Gershwin's ... Read more |
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Nat Adderley
Nat Adderley Cornetist, composer For The Record… Formed A Legendary Quintet Many Accomplishments A Jazz Purist Years of Declining Health Selected discography Sources A major player in hard bop jazz during the 1950s, Nat Adderley pioneered the genre of soul jazz. He commanded an extraordinary... Read more |
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong 1900–1971 Jazz trumpet player, singer At a Glance… Noted for Roles in Musical Films Achieved Posthumous Recognition Worldwide Selected discography Sources Louis Armstrong is frequently regarded by critics as the greatest jazz performer ever. With both his trumpet and... Read more |
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Airto
Airto Moreira Percussionist Groundbreaking Groups, Solo Career Reviews Mixed, Influence Unmistakable A World Music Pioneer Selected discography Sources Multi-faceted percussionist Airto Moreira is one of the main forces behind the infusion of Latin percussive sounds in jazz and,... Read more |
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George Benson
George Benson 1943– Jazz guitarist and vocalist Discovered by John Hammond Success with Pop Vocal Track Moved Between Jazz and Pop Selected discography Sources George Benson is one of the few musicians who has successfully crossed the divide between jazz and black popular music, neither... Read more |
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Don Cherry
Don Cherry Trumpeter Education Beyond School Forged Free Jazz With Coleman In Search of World Music Selected discography Sources By the late 1980s, through the efforts of pop stars like Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, and David Byrne, the musical expressions of peoples as far-flung as South... Read more |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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Optimistic notes ; Jazz may be a dying art form, but it still lives in...
...this has been going on in popular music...but the broader world of commercial success...surface. Great jazz musicians have...surprisingly, the list of jazz players in town...by drummer and jazz devotee Dan Hull...with the future of ... |
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Jazz notes: Big jazz around town
...05-2001 Jazz notes: Big jazz around town...everything that's going on. We'll beready...an all-star jazz concerton Wednesday...president of Blue Note Records and chairman...said,"As the jazz industry ... |
 "The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)")
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Jazz festival at Shell hits just the right note -- Pianos in the Park puts...
...people as well as in the place, going from Delta blues to jazz to R&B and Stax Records...in the Delta. His father, a jazz guitarist, exposed him to the...the largest and most famous jazz festivals in the world, the Montreux ... |
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Sounding a Blue Note: Jazz falls on hard times in a city with an illustrious...
...Lancaster has played the world over--from the underground...corridors of Philly to the jazz clubs of Paris...In all, if we're going to cooperate and perpetuate the jazz market in Philadelphia...doesn't consider jazz musicians, one of... |
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Announces Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Benefit...
...released by Blue Note Records with all profits going to relief funds...PRNewswire/ -- Jazz at Lincoln Center...channel 70, the Real Jazz channel. Higher...will be recorded by Jazz at Lincoln Center...jazz. With the ... |
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Monterey Serves Up Jazz By The Bay
...featuring Black/Note Quintet, David...access to.In a world where the ability...The Monterey Jazz Festival, unlike...three days of jazz. The jazz lasted until...fare.Any jazz lover, I think...heavenly strains of ... |
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Jazz's unique Hunter.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(RIFFS)
...musician in the world who plays an eight...What you guys are going to see there is...of urban jazz and jazz rock has attracted...plays is clearly jazz, but the genre...typically interested in jazz. His first album on Blue ... |
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All That Jazz
...05-28-1994 All That Jazz.The jazz world was saddened this week...with many of the giants in jazz. Included are associations...pills, junk." After going on tours with different...Tis interesting to note that for years, ... |
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Radio 2 jazzes up the evening schedule; Desmond Carrington to lead Friday...
...performances and news from the jazz world from the UK and around...Cool, the story of Blue Note Records. Jamie can't...able to present an hour of jazz and jazz-related music at such a civilised hour. "We're going to present ... |
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Revampedbebop withno Jazz.(Entertainment)
...throughout the world use pop, rock...would play too many notes too fast, and...want to say NO to jazz completely, we...new way to play jazz. The meaning was...What can a jazz fan expect to hear...instruments. We keep the ... |
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