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1932 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1932. Events ; February * 2 – The Duke Ellington Orchestra released the album ''Moon Over Dixie'' on the label Brunswick Records. Standards Deaths ; March * 1 – Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist (born 1906). ; May * 20 – James "Bubber" Miley, trumpeter and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute (born 1903). ; Unknown date * Virginia Liston, American classic female blues and jazz singer (born 1890). Births ; January * 1 – Jack Reilly, American pianist (died 2018). * 6 – John Burch, English pianist, composer, and bandleader (died 2006). * 8 – Dick Charlesworth, English clarinettist and saxophonist (died 2008). * 11 – János Gonda, Hungarian pianist (died 2021). * 12 – Hadley Caliman, American saxophone and flute player (died 2010). * 14 – Grady Tate, American drummer and singer (died 2017). * 18 – Irene Kral, American singer (died 1978). * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Ellington Orchestra
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem. A master at writing miniatures for the three-minute 78 rpm recording format, Ellington wrote or collaborated on more than one thousand compositions; his extensive body of work is the largest recorded personal jazz legacy, and many of his pieces have become standards. He also recorded songs written by his bandsmen, such as Juan Tizol's "Caravan", which brought a Spanish tinge to big band jazz. At the end of the 1930s, Ellington began a nearly thirty-year collaboration with composer-arranger-pianist Billy Strayhorn, whom he called his writing and arranging companion. With Strayhorn, he composed multiple ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 2021. Events *January 14 – The 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll rates Maria Schneider's ''Data Lords'' as the best album of 2020. *July 30-August 1 – The Newport Jazz Festival takes place in the US state of Rhode Island. Performers include Gerald Clayton, Charles Lloyd, Mavis Staples, Trombone Shorty, Kamasi Washington and Brandee Younger. * December 4 - Promises (Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders and the London Symphony Orchestra album) is named album of the year 2021 by TIME magazine Albums January February March April May June July August September October November December Deaths *January 6 – Bobby Few, 85, American jazz pianist *January 17 – Sammy Nestico, 96, American composer and arranger *January 20 – Keith Nichols, 75, British instrumentalist and bandleader (COVID-19) *January 23 – Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist *February 9 – Chick Corea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Perkins (musician)
Walter "Baby Sweets" Perkins (February 10, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois – February 14, 2004 in Queens, New York) was an American jazz drummer. Starting out in Chicago, Perkins began his professional career with Ahmad Jamal in 1956–57. He recorded for Argo Records in 1957 as a leader under the name MJT+3 with on trumpet, Nicky Hill on tenor sax, Muhal Richard Abrams on piano, and Bob Cranshaw on bass. In 1959, he regrouped under the same name with Willie Thomas (trumpeter), Willie Thomas on trumpet, Frank Strozier on alto sax, Harold Mabern on piano, and Cranshaw on bass; they recorded for Vee-Jay in 1959 and 1960 and played in Chicago until 1962, when he moved to New York City. Perkins played with Sonny Rollins in 1962 and accompanied Carmen McRae in 1962–63. In 1964 he played with Art Farmer and Teddy Wilson. Following this he recorded with many musicians, including Rahsaan Roland Kirk, George Shearing, Gene Ammons, Charles Mingus, Billy Taylor, Booker Ervin, Jaki Byard, Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Jazz
In the 2000s in jazz, well-established jazz musicians, such as Dave Brubeck, Wynton Marsalis, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Jessica Williams (musician), Jessica Williams, Michael Franks (musician), Michael Franks and George Benson, continued to perform and record. In the 1990s and 2000s, a number of young musicians emerged, including US pianists Brad Mehldau, Jason Moran (musician), Jason Moran and Vijay Iyer, guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, trumpeters Roy Hargrove and Terence Blanchard, saxophonists Chris Potter (jazz saxophonist), Chris Potter and Joshua Redman, and bassist Christian McBride. 2000 Events ;January * 28 – The 3rd Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 28 – 30). ;April * 14 – The 27th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 14 – 16). ;May * 10 – The 11th MaiJazz started in Stavanger, Norway (May 10 – 14). * 25 – The 28th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 3). ;June * 9 – The 29th Moe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Hanna
Roland Pembroke Hanna (February 10, 1932 – November 13, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and teacher. Biography Hanna studied classical piano from the age of 11, but was strongly interested in jazz, having been introduced to it by his friend, pianist Tommy Flanagan.Keepnews, Peter (November 15, 2002) "Roland Hanna, a Jazz Pianist and Composer, Dies at 70"''New York Times''/ref> This interest increased after his time in military service (1950–1952). He studied briefly at the Eastman School of Music in 1953 and then enrolled at the Juilliard School when he moved to New York City two years later. He worked with several big names in the 1950s, including Benny Goodman and Charles Mingus, and graduated in 1960. Between 1963 and 1966, Hanna led his own trio, then from 1966 to 1974 he was a regular member of The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. Hanna also toured the Soviet Union with the orchestra in 1972.Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira (2007) ''The Biographical Encyclo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2011. Events January * 20 – The 6th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 20 – 23). * 26 – The first Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 26 – 29). February * 3 – The 13th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 3 – 7). March * 4 – The 7th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 4 – 6). April * 15 – The 38th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 15 – 17). * 16 ** Mari Kvien Brunvoll was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2011. ** Mathias Eick performed the commissioned work ''Voss'' at Vossajazz * 27 – The 17th SoddJazz started in Inderøy, Inderøy, Norway (April 27 – May 1). * 30 – The International Jazz Day. May * 25 – The 39th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 4). June * 10 – The 40th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 10 – 11). * 15 – The 23rd Jazz Fest Wien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottilie Patterson
Anna Ottilie Patterson (31 January 1932 – 20 June 2011) was a Northern Irish blues singer best known for her performances and recordings with the Chris Barber Jazz Band in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Anna Ottilie Patterson was born in Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland on 31 January 1932. She was the youngest child of four. Her father, Joseph Patterson, was from Northern Ireland, and her mother, Jūlija Jēgers, was from Latvia. They had met in southern Russia. Ottilie's name is an Anglicised form of the Latvian name "'". Both sides of the family were musical, and Ottilie trained as a classical pianist from the age of eleven, but never received any formal training as a singer. In 1949, Patterson went to study art at Belfast College of Technology where a fellow student introduced her to the music of Bessie Smith, Jelly Roll Morton and Meade Lux Lewis. In 1951 she began singing with Jimmy Compton's Jazz Band, and in August 1952 she formed the Muskrat Ramblers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1979. Events March * 3 ** At Havana Jam, in Havana, Cuba, the Saturday evening show on 3 March was launched by the CBS Jazz All-Stars, composed of Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Jimmy Heath, Arthur Blythe, Woody Shaw, Hubert Laws, Bobby Hutcherson, Willie Bobo, Cedar Walton, Percy Heath and Tony Williams. April * 6 **The 6th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 6–8). May * 23 **The 7th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6). * 25 **The 13th Berkeley Jazz Festival started in Berkeley, California (May 25–27). *** 1st day featured Al Jarreau, John Klemmer, Betty Carter, and Tony Williams Band *** 2nd day featured Weather Report, Sonny Rollins, and Pat Metheny *** 3rd day featured Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Jefferson with Richie Cole, and A Special Tribute to Charles Mingus: Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius, Don Alias, Herbie Hancock and Tony Williams. June * 1 **The 8th Moers Festival started in Moer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Smith
Theodore "Teddy" Smith (January 22, 1932, in Washington, D.C.—August 24, 1979, in Washington, D.C.) was an American jazz double-bassist. Smith played with Betty Carter in 1960, and with Clifford Jordan (with whom he recorded the LP ''Bearcat'' in 1962) and Kenny Dorham in 1961-62. In 1962-63 he played with Jackie McLean and Slide Hampton. Following this he played with Horace Silver, including at the 1964 Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Antibes Jazz Festival, Antibes, and Paris Jazz Festival, Paris jazz festivals and on the album ''Song for My Father (album), Song for My Father''. Following this Smith played with Sonny Rollins (1964–65) and Sonny Simmons (1966). Smith's performance on Song for My Father (song), the title track of ''Song for My Father'', beginning with the opening unison figure between Smith's bass and Silver's piano, has been one of the most widely heard pieces of jazz music in the world for nearly a half-century and an influence on such artists as Stevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1978. Events March * 17 – The 5th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 17–19). May * 12 – The 7th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 12–15). * 24 – The 6th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 7). July * 1 – The 25th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 1–3). * 7 – The 12th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 7–23). * 14 – The 3rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14–16). * 28 – The very first Jazz in Marciac started in Marciac, France (July 28 – August 17). September * 15 – The 21st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 15 – 17). Album releases *Chick Corea: ''The Mad Hatter'' *Chick Corea: ''Secret Agent'' *Chick Corea: ''Friends'' *Air: ''Open Air Suit'' *Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekela: ''Herb Alpert / Hugh Masekela'' *Herb Alpert and Hugh Masekel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Kral
Irene Kral (January 18, 1932 – August 15, 1978) was an American jazz singer who was born to Czechoslovakian parents in Chicago, Illinois and settled in Los Angeles in the early 1960s. She died from breast cancer in Encino, California. Kral's older brother, Roy Kral, was developing his own career as a musician when she began to sing professionally as a teenager. She sang with bands on tours led by Woody Herman and Chubby Jackson, the Herman's bass player. She joined Maynard Ferguson's band in the late 1950s and sang with groups led by Stan Kenton, Terry Gibbs, and Shelly Manne. She had a solo career until her death at 46 years of age. She was a ballad singer who said Carmen McRae was one of her inspirations. She became better known posthumously when Clint Eastwood used her recordings in his 1995 movie ''The Bridges of Madison County''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2017. Events January * 12 ** The 16th All Ears festival started in Oslo (January 12–15). ** The 3rd annual Tucson Jazz Festival started in Tucson, Arizona (January 12 – 22). * 20 – The 36th annual Djangofestival started on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 20 – 21). * 21 – Hot Club de Norvège headline at the annual Djangofestival at Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway. * 28 – Nils Petter Molvær is presented as winner of the 2016 Spellemannprisen Jazz award. February * 1 – The 6th Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (February 1 – 4). * 2 – The 19th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 2–5). * 9 – The 12th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 9 – 11). March * 3 – The 13th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 3 – 5). * 31 – The 18th Cape Town International Jazz Festival started in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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