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Capitol. Ella Mae Morse (September 12, 1924 – October 16, 1999) [1] was an American singer of popular music whose 1940s and 1950s recordings mixing jazz, blues, and country styles influenced the development of rock and roll. Her 1942 recording of "Cow-Cow Boogie" with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra gave Capitol Records its first gold record.
Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a family of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a rejected prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it ...
Jazz. Occupation (s) Pianist, composer, arranger, conductor. Instrument (s) Piano. Years active. 1940s - 2015. Ralph Simon Sharon (September 17, 1923 – March 31, 2015) was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger. [1] He is best known for working with Tony Bennett as his pianist on numerous recordings and live performances.
In recent years, Gisbert has become an active and highly respected jazz educator, teaching at festivals and conducting clinics across the United States. He also had two stints on the Jazz faculty at the University of Miami in the 2000s. He has also branched out in producing; bringing the up-and-coming conductor and composer, Chie Imiazumi, to ...
Cafêzz is a Caribbean / world / jazz / fusion band formed in San Juan, Puerto Rico during the summer of 2014. Style [ edit ] Reminiscent of the intricate process of coffee roasting, which involves fusing different countries' beans into a perfect blend to create delicious beverages, Cafêzz seeks to hand over diverse sound impressions to the ...
Jack Cole (April 27, 1911 – February 17, 1974) was an American dancer, choreographer, and theatre director known as "the Father of Theatrical Jazz Dance " [1] for his role in codifying African-American jazz dance styles, as influenced by the dance traditions of other cultures, for Broadway and Hollywood. Asked to describe his style he ...
Oleo. (1975) Chicago 'n All That Jazz. (1975) Windows. (1975) Chicago 'n All That Jazz (subtitled Big Band Jazz of the Broadway Musical) is an album by American jazz saxophonist Lee Konitz performing John Kander and Fred Ebb 's songs from the Broadway musical Chicago recorded in 1975 and released on the Groove Merchant label. [1] [2]
Chicago. (musical) Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported. The story is a satire on corruption ...
Layers of the City. (2017) Layers of the City [1] is the 12th album by bassist Ben Allison. It was released on Allison's own Sonic Camera label on June 22, 2017. The album reached #9 on the JazzWeek Charts in July, 2017. [2]
Ultimately, Chestnut continues to dazzle with A Million Colors in Your Mind, revealing ever more tantalizing musical layers". [3] In JazzTimes , Mike Joyce stated: "There’s nothing quite like the sound of pianist Cyrus Chestnut hammering his way through a five chord in a climactic turnaround, as if to underscore his abiding affection for ...