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1911 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1911. Events March * 18 – The Irving Berlin album ''Alexander's Ragtime Band'' was released. Unknown date * The composer and pianist Scott Joplin published his opera Treemonisha. Standards Births ; January * 25 – Truck Parham, American upright bassist (died 2002). * 30 ** Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpeter (died 1989). ** Frank Weir, British orchestra leader and saxophonist (died 1981). ; March * 7 — Louis Cottrell Jr., American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (died 1978). * 10 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975). * 16 – Harper Goff, Afro-Cuban clarinetist, saxophonist, and trumpeter (died 1993). * 31 – Freddie Green, American guitarist (died 1987). ; April * 2 — Cag Cagnolatti, American trumpeter (died 1983). * 12 – Tullio Mobiglia, Italian saxophonist and bandleader (died 1991). * 16 – Alton Purnell, American pianist (died 1987). * 21 ** John G. Blowers Jr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1993. Events April * 10 – The 20th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 10–12). June * 2 – The 21st Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (June 2–13). * 5 – The 22nd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 5–8). * 29 – The 14th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 – July 9). July * 1 – The 3rd Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 1 – 15). * 2 ** The 16th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 2–11). ** The 27th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 2–17). * 10 ** The 18th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague (July 10–12). ** The 28th Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 18). * 13 – The 34th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 13 – 18). August * 13 – The 10th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 13–15). September * 17 – The 36th Montere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Bauza
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1960 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1960. Events October * 16 – The Cannonball Adderley Quintet records '' At the Lighthouse'' at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California. June * 30 – The 7th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (June 30 – July 4). Album releases *Art Blakey **'' The Big Beat'' **''A Night in Tunisia'' *Tina Brooks: '' True Blue'' *Betty Carter: '' The Modern Sound" *June Christy **" The Cool School" **"Off-Beat" *Ornette Coleman: "Change of the Century" *John Coltrane: ''Giant Steps'' *Eric Dolphy: ''Outward Bound'' *Gil Evans: '' Out of the Cool'' *Jimmy Giuffre: '' Piece for Clarinet and String Orchestra/Mobiles'' *Joe Harriott: ''Southern Horizons'' *the Jazztet **"Big City Sounds" **''Meet the Jazztet'' * Sam Jones: ''The Soul Society'' *Duke Jordan: ''Flight to Jordan'' *Stan Kenton: '' Road Show'' *Herbie Mann: ''Flute, Brass, Vibes and Percussion'' *Charles Mingus: ''Charles Mingus Presents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zilas Görling
Karl Zilas Görling (April 21, 1911, Hudiksvall – April 11, 1960, Stockholm) was a Swedish jazz saxophonist. His brother was Miff Görling. The Görling brothers both played in Frank Vernon's band in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Zilas Görling also played in the TOGO (band), TOGO group (:sv:TOGO, sv) throughout the 1930s. From 1934 to 1938 Görling was in Arne Hülphers's band. He then joined Sune Lundwall's group for most of the duration of World War II. His other associations included work with Dick de Pauw, Charles Redland, Håkan von Eichwald, Helge Lindberg, Benny Carter, Thore Jederby, and Gösta Törner. References *Erik Kjellberg, "Zilas Görling". ''The New Grove, The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. 1911 births 1960 deaths Swedish jazz saxophonists Male saxophonists 20th-century saxophonists People from Hudiksvall Municipality 20th-century Swedish male musicians 20th-century Swedish musicians Male jazz musicians {{saxophon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2006. Events January * 13 – The very first Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 13–15). * 26 – The 9th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 26–28). February March * 3 – The 2nd Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 3 – 5). April * 7 ** The 33rd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9). ** Yngve Moe was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2006. * 8 – Trygve Seim performs the commissioned work ''Reiser'' for Vossajazz 2006. May * 23 – The 34th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 3). June * 2 – The 35th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5). * 29 ** The 27th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 - July 9). ** The 18th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 29 – July 16). * 30 – The 40th Montreux Jazz Festival started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Blowers
John G. Blowers Jr. (April 21, 1911 – July 17, 2006) was an American drummer of the swing era. Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, Blowers ("Blau-ers") learned to play percussion during his schooldays and began performing with the Bob Pope Band in 1936. Blowers attended college at Oglethorpe College, now Oglethorpe University. In 1937, he travelled to New York City, where he found employment as a drummer in Greenwich Village. In 1938, he joined Bunny Berigan's band, and in 1942 he began performing with the up-and-coming Frank Sinatra, who asked Blowers to record with him. They performed and recorded together regularly until the 1950s. In 1947, he opened Club Blowers in the Queens district. In addition to Sinatra, Blowers performed with Louis Armstrong, Perry Como, Bing Crosby, Sidney Bechet, Eddie Fisher, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, and Mel Tormé. Blowers also performed in the They Might Be Giants video, "They'll Need a Crane" from the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John G
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alton Purnell
Alton Purnell (April 16, 1911 – January 14, 1987) was an American jazz pianist. He was a longtime performer in Dixieland jazz. Early life Purnell was born in New Orleans on April 16, 1911. His brother, Theodore, became a reed player. Later life and career Purnell sang before playing piano professionally, beginning to do so locally in New Orleans in 1928.Yanow, Scot"Artist Biography" AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2015. He played in the 1930s with Isaiah Morgan, Alphonse Picou, Big Eye Louis Nelson, Sidney Desvigne, and Cousin Joe, and with Bunk Johnson in the middle of the 1940s. Purnell joined George Lewis (clarinetist), George Lewis's band after Johnson's broke up in 1946, and remained there well into the 1950s, including for international tours. In 1957 Purnell relocated to Los Angeles. There he worked with Teddy Buckner, Young Men from New Orleans, Joe Darensbourg, Kid Ory, Barney Bigard, and Ben Pollack. He also recorded extensively as a leader, including for Warner Bros. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 In Jazz
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, 1991 Russian presidential election, elected as Russia's first President of Russia, president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet Union, Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, erupts in the Philippines, making it the List of large historical volcanic eruptions, second-largest Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Flag of the Soviet Union, Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tullio Mobiglia
Tullio Mobiglia (April 12, 1911 – July 24, 1991) was an Italian jazz saxophonist and bandleader. He was born in Carezzano, and died, aged 80, in Helsinki. Orchestras of Tullio Mobiglia 1941 - 1943 (in Germany) *Tullio Mobiglia: tenor sax *Alfredo Marzaroli: trumpet *Francesco Paolo Ricci: alto sax, baritone sax, clarinet *Eraldo Romanoni: piano *Alfio Grasso: guitar *Carlo Pecori: double-bass, flute *Angelo Bartole: drums 1945 (Italy) *Tullio Mobiglia: tenor sax *Arturo Botti: tenor sax *Giovanni Bocchia: alto sax, clarinet *Gino Ravera: alto sax *Vittorio Pavone: trumpet *Elettro Bartolucci: trumpet *Giovanni Vallarino: trombone *Mario Midana: trombone *Luciano Gambini: piano *Renzo Chiodi: guitar *Greco Maselli: double-bass *Renato Catellacci: drums 1946 (Italy) *Tullio Mobiglia: tenor sax * Luigi Borromeo: tenor sax *Giovanni Bocchia: alto sax, clarinet *Arrigo Pagnini: alto sax, clarinet *Vittorio Pavone: trumpet *Elettro Bartolucci: trumpet *Giovanni Vallar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 In Jazz
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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