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1915 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1915. Events * The exact year in which the musical style called jazz began is subject to debate, as are the origins of the word and what exactly qualifies as jazz. Certainly, the term had come to be used by 1915 for a form of music based on New Orleans Ragtime music. Some of the earliest standards first appeared in 1915, and some musicians who went on to become famous in the golden age of jazz were born in that year. * Tom Brown's band from New Orleans goes to Chicago, Illinois and start advertising themselves as a "Jas Band" Standards * Some credit the first jazz recordings to Afro-Creole pianist Jelly Roll Morton. His "Jelly Roll Blues", which he composed around 1905, was published in 1915 as the first jazz arrangement in print, introducing more musicians to the New Orleans style. Births ; January * 2 – Nick Fatool, American drummer (died 2000). * 7 ** Chano Pozo, Afro-Cuban percussionist and singer (died 1948 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelly Roll Morton
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Morton was jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. His composition "Jelly Roll Blues", published in 1915, was one of the first published jazz compositions. He also claimed to have invented the genre. Morton also wrote "King Porter Stomp", "Wolverine Blues", "Black Bottom Stomp", and "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say", the last being a tribute to New Orleans musicians from the turn of the 20th century. Morton's claim to have invented jazz in 1902 was criticized. Music critic Scott Yanow wrote, "Jelly Roll Morton did himself a lot of harm posthumously by exaggerating his worth...Morton's accomplishments as an early innovator are so vast that he did not really need to stretch the truth." Gunther Schuller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1965. Events July * 1 – The 12th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1 – 4). Unknown dates * Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club opens in larger premises at 47 Frith Street, in London's Soho district. * Carla Bley divorced Paul Bley. Album releases * Andrew Hill: ''Compulsion'' *Archie Shepp: '' Fire Music'' *Ben Webster: '' Stormy Weather'' *Bobby Hutcherson: ''Components'' *Bobby Hutcherson: ''Dialogue Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. As a philosophical or didactic device, it is c ...'' *Don Cherry (jazz), Don Cherry: ''Complete Communion'' *Eddie Palmieri: ''Mozambique (album), Mozambique'' *Frank Wright (jazz musician), Frank Wright: ''Frank Wright Trio'' *Gabor Szabo: ''Gypsy (Gabor Szabo album), Gypsy'' *George Finola: ''Jazz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1981. Events April * 10 – The 8th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 10 – 12). May * 20 – 9th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – June 3). June * 2 – The 2nd Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 2 – 10). * 5 – 10th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 5 – 8). July * 3 – The 15th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 19). * 10 – The 6th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 10 – 12). September * 18 – The 24th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20). Album releases *Stanley Clarke and George Duke: '' The Clarke/Duke Project'' *Al Jarreau: '' Breakin' Away'' *Lee Ritenour: ''Rit'' *Ronald Shannon Jackson: ''Street Priest'' *Jan Garbarek: ''Paths, Prints'' *Anthony Davis: ''Episteme'' *Joe McPhee: ''Topology'' *Paul Motian: ''Psalm'' *Rov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan (February 15, 1915 – December 1, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter. Life and career He was born in Florence, South Carolina, United States. Jordan played early in his career with the Washboard Rhythm Kings, before becoming a member of Chick Webb's orchestra from 1933 to 1942, remaining after Ella Fitzgerald became its leader. Jordan and Bobby Stark traded duties as the main trumpet soloist in Webb's orchestra. From 1943 to 1947, he played with Duke Ellington, then with Lucille Dixon at the Savannah Club in New York City from 1949 to 1953. After this he played less often, though he toured with Benny Goodman in 1958, played on Miles Davis's ''Sketches of Spain'', and worked with the New York Jazz Repertory Company. He recorded four tunes as a leader in 1935, and led his own band in 1960–61 when he recorded albums for Mercury Records, Mercury, Aamco Records, and Prestige Records, Swingville. Discography As leader * ''Skin Tight and Cymbal Wise!'' with Vic Dickens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...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] |
Bill Miller (pianist)
Bill Miller (February 3, 1915 – July 11, 2006) was an American jazz pianist, who accompanied Frank Sinatra for more than 50 years, and for the last eight years of his life, accompanied Frank Sinatra Jr. Life and career Miller was born in Brooklyn, New York. Performing with Red Norvo, Mildred Bailey and Charlie Barnet in the 1930s, Miller also performed with Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman.Post Mortem"Pianist Bill Miller, 91; Framed Sinatra's Songs With Elegance" ''The Washington Post''. First meeting Sinatra in 1941, they did not work together until November 1951, when Miller was performing in the lounge of the Desert Inn, in Las Vegas. Sinatra was having difficulty holding on to pianists, and it was Jimmy Van Heusen who recommended Miller to Sinatra. Miller's house was destroyed in a 1964 mudslide in Burbank, California, which also claimed the life of his wife, Aimee. He was abruptly dismissed for no apparent reason by Sinatra in 1978, but was invited back in 1985. Sinatra d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1976. Events April * 9 – The 3rd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 9 – 11). May * 19 – The 4th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 19 – June 2). June * 4 – The 5th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 4 – 7). * 25 ** The 23rd Newport Jazz Festival started in New York, New York (June 25 – July 5). ** The 10th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 25 – July 11). July * 16 – The very first North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 16 – 18). September * 17 – The 19th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 17 – 19). Album releases *Keith Jarrett: ''Survivors Suite'' *George Lewis: ''Solo Trombone Record'' *Air: ''Air Raid'' * David Murray: '' Flowers for Albert'' *Derek Bailey: ''Company 1'' *Jan Garbarek: '' Dis'' *Irene Schweizer: ''Wilde Senoritas'' *Toshiko Akiyoshi: ''Road Time'' *Albert Mangelsdorff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Hackett
Robert Leo Hackett (January 31, 1915 – June 7, 1976) was an American jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet, and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Hackett was a featured soloist on some of the Jackie Gleason mood music albums during the 1950s. Biography Bobby Hackett was born in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He made his name as a follower of cornet player Bix Beiderbecke. Benny Goodman hired the talented 23 year old to recreate Bix's "I'm Coming Virginia" solo at his (Goodman's) 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. In the late 1930s, Hackett played lead trumpet in the Vic Schoen Orchestra which backed the Andrews Sisters. Hackett can be heard on the soundtrack to the 1940 Fred Astaire movie, '' Second Chorus''. In 1939, the talent agency MCA asked Bobby Hackett to form a big band with its backing. When the band failed, he was in substantial debt to MCA after it folded. He joined the bands of Horace Heidt and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2003. Events January * 30 – The 6th Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 30 – February 2). February March April * 11 ** The 30th Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (April 11 – 13). ** Kåre Opheim was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2003. * 3 – Terje Rypdal performs the commissioned work '' Vossabrygg'' for Vossajazz 2003. May * 21 – The 31st Nattjazz 2004 started in Bergen, Norway (May 21 – 31). June * 6 – The 32nd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 6 – 9). * 23 – The 15th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 23 – July 13). * 26 – The 24th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Canada (June 26 - July 6). July * 4 – The 37th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 4 – 20). ** The 25th Copenhagen Jazz Festival started in Copenhagen, Denmark (July 2 – 11). * 11 – The 28th North Sea Jazz Festival started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Serry Sr
John Serry Sr. (born John Serrapica; January 29, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was an American concert accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator. He performed on the CBS Radio and Television networks and contributed to Voice of America's cultural diplomacy initiatives during the Golden Age of Radio. He also concertized on the accordion as a member of several orchestras and jazz ensembles for nearly forty years between the 1930s and 1960s. Biography Serry's career spanned over seven decades. As a proponent of Latin American music and the free-bass accordion, he performed as the piano accordionist on the radio music program ''Viva América'', which was broadcast live to South America under the United States Department of State's Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs' cultural diplomacy initiative for Voice of America during World War II. Broadcasts of this show have been cited as helping to introduce Latin American music and the Mexican bolero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1970. Events June * 17 – The 4th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 17 – 22). July * 10 ** Lee Morgan records '' Live at the Lighthouse'' (July 10 – 12), at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California. ** The 17th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 10 – 12). September * 18 – The 13th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 18 – 20). Album releases *Bill Evans: ''Montreux II'' *Bill Evans: '' Bill Evans Alone'' *Paul Bley: ''Improvisie'' *Marion Brown: ''Afternoon of a Georgia Faun'' *Alice Coltrane: ''Ptah, the El Daoud'' *McCoy Tyner: ''Extensions'' *Art Ensemble of Chicago: ''Les Stances a Sophie'' *Sonny Sharrock: ''Monkey-Pockie-Boo'' *Freddie Hubbard: '' Straight Life'' *Jan Garbarek: ''Afric Pepperbird'' *Evan Parker: '' The Topography of the Lungs'' *Spontaneous Music Ensemble: ''So What Do You Think'' *Alice Coltra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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