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1912 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1912. Events * W.C. Handy wrote "The Memphis Blues", and it became a great hit, making the publishing start of the Blues. * The singer Bessie Smith starts working as a vaudeville dancer. * Louis Armstrong forms a vocal quartet together with some long time friends in New Orleans. Standards Births ; January * 1 – Svein Øvergaard, Norwegian saxophonist and percussionist (died 1986). * 7 – Bob Zurke, American pianist, arranger, and composer (died 1944). * 12 – Trummy Young, African-American trombonist (died 1984). * 22 – Harry Parry, Welsh clarinetist and bandleader (died 1956). ; February * 12 – Paul Bascomb, American tenor saxophonist (died 1986). ; March * 1 – Joseph Reinhardt, French guitarist and composer (died 1982). * 2 – Red Saunders, American drummer and bandleader (died 1981). * 12 ** Jiří Traxler, Czech-Canadian pianist, composer, lyricist, and arranger (died 2011). ** Paul Weston, American ... [...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] |
Red Saunders (musician)
Theodore Dudley "Red" Saunders (March 2, 1912 – March 5, 1981) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He also played vibraphone and timpani. Life and career Saunders was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and after his mother's death moved to Chicago with his sister. He took drum lessons while attending a boarding school in Milwaukee, received a music scholarship to the University of Texas, and became a professional musician in 1928, playing in Stomp King's band. He then spent several years touring the country as drummer with Ira Coffey's Walkathonians, a band that played at competitive walkathon events, before joining a revue, Curtis Mosby's ''Harlem Scandals''. On returning to Chicago in 1934, he joined a band led by Tiny Parham at the Savoy Ballroom, and thereafter became a well-known drummer in Chicago clubs and hotels. In 1937, Saunders joined the house band at the Club DeLisa, initially led by pianist Albert Ammons, and then briefly by saxophonist Delbert Bright, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Evans
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion. He is best known for his acclaimed collaborations with Miles Davis. Early life Gil Evans was born in Toronto, Canada on May 13, 1912 to Margaret Julia McConnachy. Little is known about Evans' biological father, although a family friend said that he was a doctor who had died before Evans was born. Originally named Gilmore Ian Ernest Green, Evans took the last name of his step-father, John Evans, a miner. The family moved frequently, living in Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon, migrating to wherever Evans' father could find work. Eventually, the family ended up in California, first in Berkeley, where Evans attended the ninth and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2001. Events January * 25 – The 4th Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 25 – 28). February March April * 6 ** The 28th Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (April 6 – 8). ** Stein Inge Brækhus was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2003. * 3 – Eldbjørg Raknes performs the commissioned work ''So much depends upon a red wheel barrow'' for Vossajazz 2003. May * 23 – The 29th Nattjazz 2001 started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 2). June * 1 – The 30th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 1 – 4). * 19 – The 13th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 19 – July 8). * 26 – The 18th Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden (June 26 – July 22). * 29 – The 22nd Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 - July 10). July * 6 – The 35th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 6 – 22). * 13 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George T
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old pig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2012. Events January * 25 – The very first Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 25–28). February * 3 ** April 30 is designated as International Jazz Day to celebrate Jazz music as a rich cultural heritage, a product of cultural collaboration and a universal language of tolerance and freedom, unanimously by the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO). ** The 14th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 1–5). * 7 – The 7th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 7 – 10). March * 2 – The 8th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 2–4). * 30 – The 39th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 30 - April 2). * 31 ** Sigrid Moldestad was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2012. ** Karl Seglem performs the commissioned work ''Som Spor'' at Vossajazz. April * 25 – The 18th SoddJazz started i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Levy (musician)
John Levy (April 11, 1912 – January 20, 2012) was an American jazz double-bassist and businessman. Life Levy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 1944, he left his family home in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to New York City where he played bass for such jazz musicians as Ben Webster, Erroll Garner, Milt Jackson, and Billie Holiday. In 1949, he became the bassist in the original George Shearing Quintet, where he also acted as Shearing's road manager. In 1951, Levy opened John Levy Enterprises, Inc., becoming the first African-American personal manager in the pop or jazz music field. By the 1960s, Levy's client roster included Shearing, Nancy Wilson, Cannonball Adderley, Joe Williams, Shirley Horn, Soul singer Jimmie Raye, and Ramsey Lewis. In 1997, Levy was inducted into the International Jazz Hall of Fame, and in 2006 he was named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts. He died on January 20, 2012, aged 99, in Altadena, California Altadena () ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 In Jazz
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, causing a large Exxon Valdez oil spill, oil spill; The Fall of the Berlin Wall begins the downfall of Communism in Eastern Europe, and heralds German reunification; The United States United States invasion of Panama, invades Panama to depose Manuel Noriega; The Singing Revolution led to the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania from the Soviet Union; The stands of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where the Hillsborough disaster occurred; 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Students demonstrate in Tiananmen Square, Beijing; many are killed by forces of the Chinese Communist Party., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1989 Loma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mills Brothers
The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed the Four Mills Brothers, and originally known as the Four Kings of Harmony, were an American jazz and traditional pop vocal quartet who made more than 2,000 recordings that sold more than 50 million copies and garnered at least three dozen gold records. The Mills Brothers were the first African-American artists to have their own show on national network radio (on CBS in 1930); they made appearances in film; and were the first to have a No. 1 hit on the '' Billboard'' singles chart, with "Paper Doll" in 1943. They were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1998. Early years The Mills Brothers were born into a family of nine in Piqua, Ohio, United States. The quartet consisted of Donald (lead tenor vocals, April 29, 1915 – November 13, 1999), Herbert (tenor vocals, April 2, 1912 – April 12, 1989), Harry (baritone vocals, August 9, 1913 – June 28, 1982), and John Jr. (guitar, double bass, vocals; October 19, 1910 – January 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Mills
Herbert Vincent Mills (1856–1928) was a British socialist activist. Born in Accrington, Mills undertook an apprenticeship as an engineer, but then trained to become a Unitarian minister. In 1884, he became the minister of the Hamilton Road Chapel in Liverpool, then in 1887 he moved to the Market Place Chapel in Kendal. He became known across Britain as a radical campaigner for reform of the poor laws, and for resettlement of the land. In 1886, arguing that mechanisation inevitably reduced demand for labour, and by creating unemployment it then reduced the market for goods, in a vicious cycle that could not be solved by existing Poor Law institutions. For Mills, the workhouse encouraged anything but work: on the contrary, he was impressed by ‘the extraordinary amount of yawning that goes on’ even in the best-managed institutions, by the useless imposition of such tasks as oakum-picking and stone-breaking, and by the disdain with which officials treated the poor. For posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1996. Events March * 29 – The 23rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 29 – 31). May * 22 – The 24th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 22 – June 2). * 24 – The 25th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 24 – 27). June * 27 – The 17th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Canada (June 27 – July 7). * 28 – The 6th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (June 28 – July 13). July * 5 – The 30th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 5 – 20). * 12 ** The 21st North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 12 – 14). ** The 31st Pori Jazz Festival started in Finland (July 12 – 21). * 15 – The 37th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 15 – 20). * 18 – The 49th Nice Jazz Festival started in France (July 18 – 20). * 21 – The 31st San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 22 – 27). August * 9 – Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Weston
Paul Weston (born Paul Wetstein; March 12, 1912 – September 20, 1996) was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor who worked in music and television from the 1930s to the 1970s, pioneering mood music and becoming known as "the Father of Mood Music". His compositions include popular music songs such as "I Should Care", " Day by Day", and "Shrimp Boats". He also wrote classical pieces, including "Crescent City Suite" and religious music, authoring several hymns and masses. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Weston had a keen interest in music from an early age and learned to play the piano. He was educated at Springfield High School, then attended Dartmouth College and Columbia University. At Dartmouth he formed his own band and toured with the college band. He joined Columbia's dance band, The Blue Lions, but was temporarily unable to perform following a rail accident, and did some arrangements while he recovered. He sold his first arrangements to Joe Haymes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
