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Session , session •ashen, fashion, passion, ration •abstraction, action, attraction, benefaction, compaction, contraction, counteraction, diffraction, enaction… Jazz , Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a uniquely American style of music that developed in the early twentieth century in urban areas of the United States. As it grew in… Dizzy Gillespie , Gillespie, Dizzy 1917—
Trumpeter, composer, bandleader
In 1989, the year he became 72 years of age, Dizzy Gillespie received a Lifetime Achievement A… Stephane Grappelli , Violinist, pianist, composer
The only virtuoso violinist in jazz history to inspire four generations of musicians, Stephane Grappelli has achieved in… Art Blakey , Blakey, Art 1919–1990
Jazz musician
Legendary bebop jazz drummer Art Blakey was known for his “frenetic snare drum patterns, fiery cymbals, and eccen… Dixieland , Dixieland jazz is a style that blends New Orleans jazz and classic jazz—also called "Chicago jazz"—of the 1920s. The music is generally thought of as…
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