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1919 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1919. Births in that year included Art Blakey and Nat King Cole. Events *The Red Summer took place in the United States. Although 70 blacks were killed by white mobs, a monumental step was made when the NAACP promoted the slogan "The new Negro has no fear", which helped the cause of jazz. *The Original Dixieland Jazz Band visited England in 1919 and generated new interest in the new music. Swiss conductor Ernest Ansermet also delivered an accolade to Sidney Bechet in Revue Romande, considered the first serious article on jazz in history, and Bechet is lauded as a gifted musician by many classical European musicians. *Sidney Bechet moves to New York City and joins Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra and later travels to Europe where he discovers the soprano saxophone. *February -James Reese Europe and his Hellfighters return home and soon go on a tour of the states . *May 9- James Reese Europe is stabbed to d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Garden Blues
"Royal Garden Blues" is a blues song composed by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams in 1919. Popularized in jazz by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, at ''jazz.com'' - retrieved on 30 April 2009 it has since been recorded by numerous artists and has become a jazz standard.Royal Garden Blues at ''jazzstandards.com'' - retrieved on 30 April 2009 The song is considered one of the first popular songs based on a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooky Young
Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young (February 3, 1919 – May 11, 2011) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds. Biography Young was lead trumpeter of the Jimmie Lunceford band from 1939 to 1942. He played with Count Basie (three stints totalling eight years), Gerald Wilson and Lionel Hampton, among others, and was an original member of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band. His longest engagement was with NBC, where, as a studio trumpeter, he joined The Tonight Show Band, ''The Tonight Show'' Band in 1967 and remained with them until 1992, when the band was replaced by a new, smaller group. He was part of the touring ensemble, the "Now Generation Brass" that traveled with Doc Severinsen, an ensemble that included other jazz greats such as reed man Lew Tabackin, drummer Ed Shaughnessy, saxophonist & arranger Tommy Newsom as well as singer Robert Ozn. Young went on to performing live concert d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1962. Events May * 29 – The 4th Annual Grammy Awards were held at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. * Best Jazz Performance – Soloist or Small Group (Instrumental) ** André Previn for ''André Previn Plays Harold Arlen'' * Best Jazz Performance – Large Group (Instrumental) **Stan Kenton for ''Kenton's West Side Story'' * Best Original Jazz Composition **Galt MacDermot (composer) for "African Waltz" performed by Cannonball Adderley July * 6 – The 7th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 6 – 8). Unknown dates *Several recordings are made at the Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California: Curtis Amy, ''Tippin' on Through''; The Jazz Crusaders, ''The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse''. Album releases * Art Blakey and The Afro-Drum Ensemble: ''The African Beat'' * Bill Evans and Jim Hall: '' Undercurrent'' *Dexter Gordon: '' Go'' * Freddie Hubbard: '' Ready for Freddie'' * Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962) was an American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. One of the finest to emerge during the 1930s, he was also a member of the Ahmad Jamal trio for most of 1954 to 1962.AllMusic biography/ref> He is credited with taking one of the first recorded full-length bass solos, on his 1935 recording of "Blues of Israel" with drummer Gene Krupa when he was only 16. Crosby died of a heart attack at age 43, two months after joining the Shearing Quintet. Discography As sideman With Ahmad Jamal * ''Ahmad's Blues'' (1951, 1955) * ''Ahmad Jamal Plays'' (Parrot, 1955) also released as ''Chamber Music of the New Jazz'' (Argo, 1955) *''The Ahmad Jamal Trio'' (Epic, 1955) * '' Count 'Em 88'' (Argo, 1956) * '' At the Pershing: But Not for Me'' (1958) * ''Live at The Pershing & The Spotlight Club'' (1958) * ''Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal'' (1958) * ''Moonlight in Vermont'' (1958) * '' Happy Moods'' (Argo, 1960) * ''Listen ... [...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] |
Steve Jordan (guitarist)
Steve Philip Jordan (January 15, 1919 – September 13, 1993) was an American jazz guitarist. Career Jordan was born in New York City. He considered himself a rhythm guitarist whose biggest influences were George Van Eps and Allan Reuss. He received lessons from Reuss, who played rhythm guitar for Benny Goodman In the early 1940s Jordan was a member of bands led by Will Bradley, Artie Shaw, and Teddy Powell. After serving with the Navy in World War II, he returned to music as a member of bands led by Bob Chester, Freddie Slack, Glen Gray, Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey, and Boyd Raeburn. When jobs for rhythm guitarists disappeared as big bands dwindled, Jordan became a studio musician for NBC. During the 1950s, he worked with Gene Krupa, Mel Powell, Vic Dickenson, Charles Thompson, Buck Clayton, Ruby Braff, and Benny Goodman. In the 1960s, he earned a living as a tailor, but from 1965 to 1972 he performed routinely with Tommy Gwaltney at Blues Alley in Washington, D.C. His last j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1963. Events May * 15 – The 5th Annual Grammy Awards were held in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. ** Ella Fitzgerald awarded Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female for ''Ella Swings Brightly with Nelson'' **Stan Getz awarded Best Jazz Performance – Soloist Or Small Group (Instrumental) for "Desafinado" **Stan Kenton awarded Best Jazz Performance – Large Group (Instrumental) for ''Adventures In Jazz'' **Vince Guaraldi awarded Best Original Jazz Composition for the composition "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" performed by the Vince Guaraldi Trio July * 4 – The 10th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 4 – 7). Album releases *Chris Barber: "Chris Barber at the BBC" with Joe Harriott and Ottilie Patterson *Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers **''Caravan'' **''Buhaina's Delight'' **''Ugetsu'' *Kenny Burrell: ''Midnight Blue'' *Betty Carter: '' 'Round Midnight'' *Miles Davis: ''Seven Steps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbie Nichols
Herbert Horatio Nichols (January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the jazz standard " Lady Sings the Blues". Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and critics. Life He was born in San Juan Hill, Manhattan, New York, United States, to parents from St. Kitts and Trinidad, and grew up in Harlem. During much of his career, he took work as a Dixieland musician while also pursuing the more adventurous kind of jazz he preferred. He is best known today for program music that combines bop, Dixieland, and music from the Caribbean with harmonies from Erik Satie and Béla Bartók. His first known work as a musician was with the Royal Barons in 1937, but he did not find performing at Minton's Playhouse a few years later a very happy experience, as the competitive environment did not suit him. However, he did become friends with pianist Thelonious Monk. Nichols was drafted into the Army in 1941. After the war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2005. Events January * 27 – The 8th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 27 – 29). February * 13 – The 47th Annual Grammy Awards ** Ray Charles & Norah Jones in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for the song " Here We Go Again" ** Ray Charles & Various Artists in the category Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for ''Genius Loves Company'' ** The Maria Schneider Orchestra in the category Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for ''Concert in the Garden'' ** Bill Frisell in the category Best Contemporary Jazz Album for '' Unspeakable'' ** Herbie Hancock in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for the album '' Speak Like a Child'' ** McCoy Tyner with Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash in the category Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group for ''Illuminations'' ** Nancy Wilson in the category Best Jazz Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al McKibbon
Al McKibbon (January 1, 1919 – July 29, 2005) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz. In 1947, after working with Lucky Millinder, Tab Smith, J. C. Heard, and Coleman Hawkins, he replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's band, in which he played until 1950. In the 1950s he recorded with the Miles Davis nonet, Earl Hines, Count Basie, Johnny Hodges, Thelonious Monk, Mongo Santamaria, George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Herbie Nichols and Hawkins. McKibbon was credited with interesting Tjader in Latin music while he played in Shearing's group. McKibbon has always been highly regarded (among other signs of this regard, he was the bassist for the Giants of Jazz), and continued to perform until 2004. In 1999, the first album in his own name, ''Tumbao Para Los Congueros De Mi Vida'', was released. McKibbon's second album, ''Black Orchid'', was released in 2004 and was recorded at Icon Recording Studios, Hollywood, California. The album w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Fishkind
Arnold Fishkind, sometimes credited as Arnold Fishkin (born July 20, 1919 – September 6, 1999,) was an American jazz bassist who appeared on over 100 albums. Early life Fishkind was born in Bayonne, New Jersey, and grew up in Freeport, Long Island, where he met and began a lifelong friendship with Chubby Jackson. At age 7 Fishkind began learning violin, and played in "The Musical Aces", a local band of budding musicians. By age 14 he was playing bass. Later life and career Fishkind had his first professional gig with Bunny Berigan in 1937. Following this he played with Jack Teagarden (1940–41), Van Alexander, and Les Brown (1941–42). His career was interrupted at this point by three years of service in the armed forces during World War II. In mid-1946 Fishkind met and played with pianist Lennie Tristano in New York, but by the fall he left to go to Hollywood to play with Charlie Barnet. During this experience he played alongside Stan Getz. In 1947 Fishkind returned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
