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1953 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1953. Events *The musical Porgy and Bess was revived, playing in many European cities. Album releases *Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie: '' Jazz at Massey Hall'' *Duke Ellington: '' Piano Reflections'' *Ben Webster: ''King of the Tenors'' *Modern Jazz Quartet: '' Django'' *Shorty Rogers: ''Cool and Crazy'' *Jay Jay Johnson: '' Four Trombones'' *Stan Kenton: ''Sketches on Standards'' Standards Deaths ; April * 23 – Peter DeRose, American Hall of Fame composer of jazz and pop music during the Tin Pan Alley era (born 1900). ; May * 16 – Django Reinhardt, French virtuoso guitarist and composer (born 1910). ; June * 3 – Mike Mosiello, Italian-born American trumpeter (born 1896). * 26 – Julius Foss, Danish composer, organist, and guitarist (born 1879). ; August * 19 – Tiny Kahn, American drummer, arranger, and composer (born 1923). ; November * 21 – Larry Shields, American clarinetist (born 1893). ; Unkn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leontyne Price
Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American soprano who was the first African Americans, African American soprano to receive international acclaim. From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, where she was the first African American to be a Prima donna, leading performer. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and La Scala, the last at which she was also the first African American to sing a leading role. She was particularly renowned for her performances of the title role in Verdi's ''Aida''. Born in Laurel, Mississippi, Price attended Central State University and then Juilliard, where she had her operatic debut as Mistress Ford in Verdi's ''Falstaff (opera), Falstaff''. Having heard the performance, Virgil Thomson engaged her in ''Four Saints in Three Acts'' and she then toured—starring alongside her husband William Warfield—in a successful rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketches On Standards
''Sketches on Standards'' (subtitled ''Request selections from the Kenton Dance Library'') is an album by pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton featuring performances of jazz standards recorded in 1953 and originally released on the Capitol label as a 10-inch LP.Vosbein, PStan Kenton Discographyaccessed April 11, 2016Maynard Ferguson Discography accessed April 11, 2016 Critical reception The review by Scott Yanow noted "although these concise interpretations are not essential, the music is quite pleasing". On |
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1926 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1926. Musicians born that year included Miles Davis and John Coltrane. Events *American author and dramatist Edna Ferber publishes the novel ''Show Boat'', popularizing life in the Southern United States. Although Ferber never visited the south and invented her story from fictional minstrel themes, the real American Show Boats were steeped in the black Riverboat Jazz music of Mississippi and the Ohio Valley. *American ragtime jazz pianist, bandleader and composer Jelly Roll Morton is signed by Victor and begins recording with the Red Hot Peppers, featuring Kid Ory, Omer Simeon, George Mitchell, Johnny St. Cyr, Barney Bigard, Johnny Dodds, and Baby Dodds. *Duke Ellington and his band record "East St Louis Toodle-o" on November 29. *The Jean Goldkette band with Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer start playing the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan in early October. Record releases *Louis Armstrong's Hot Five releases recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy "Jammin'" Smith
James Darwin Smith (1926–1953) was an American jazz trumpet player who reached his peak in the early 1950s.Starker, Christopher, ''The Lesser Known Jazz'', Toll State Books, p. 105. After a bebop debut with Miles Davis in a small group setting, Smith continued to record for Blue Note and played a number of gigs in Chicago.Jones, William, ''The Life and Death of the Bebop Era'', Chicago House Publishing, pp. 52–53. His first self-composed stylistic jazz was a piece called "Cold Jammin", which earned him his nickname Jimmy "Jammin" Smith. Smith died at the early age of 27 from a heroin overdose An opioid overdose is toxicity due to excessive consumption of opioids, such as morphine, codeine, heroin, fentanyl, tramadol, and methadone. This preventable pathology can be fatal if it leads to respiratory depression, a lethal condition tha ... after one of his concerts. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Jimmy 1926 births 1953 deaths 20th-century American male musicians 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Shields
Lawrence James Shields (September 13, 1893 - November 21, 1953) was an early American dixieland jazz clarinetist. He was a member of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, the first jazz band to record commercially. Background Shields was born into an Irish-American family in Uptown New Orleans, on the same block where jazz pioneer Buddy Bolden lived. Shields' family were musical; his brothers Harry, Pat (guitar), and Eddie (piano) all played music professionally. Shields started playing clarinet when he was 14 and played with Papa Jack Laine's bands. He was one of the early New Orleans musicians to go to Chicago, first heading north in the summer of 1915 to join Bert Kelly's band, then with Tom Brown's band, before joining the Original Dixieland Jass Band (ODJB) in November 1916. The following year that band made the first jazz phonograph records, propelling Shields' playing to national prominence. Around this time, he also played occasionally with King Watzke's band. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1923. Musicians born that year included Fats Navarro and Tito Alberti. Events *April 6: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band records the King Oliver/Louis Armstrong song Dippermouth Blues *June 30: Sidney Bechet cuts his first two sides "Wild Cat Blues" and "Kansas City Blues" with Clarence Williams' Blue Five. *October 29: African-American musical Runnin' Wild premieres at the New Colonial Theatre in New York. The Charleston is one of the songs featured in it. *December: Harlem-based Black Swan Records declares bankruptcy. Paramount Records would buy the label a few months later. Standards * In 1923 the standards "Charleston", "Wolverine Blues", "Kansas City Stomp", and "Tin Roof Blues" were published. * 1923 also saw the introduction of the pop/jazz standard I Cried For You, music by Arthur Freed and Abe Lyman with lyrics by Gus Arnheim. Lyman had also performed the first recorded version of it. Benny Krueger and His O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiny Kahn
Norman "Tiny" Kahn (1923 – August 19, 1953) was an American jazz drummer, arranger, and composer. He was born in New York, United States. Kahn began playing drums at age 15. He played with Boyd Raeburn (1948), Georgie Auld, Chubby Jackson, and Charlie Barnet (1949), and played drums and vibraphone under Elliot Lawrence (1952–53). He also performed and recorded with Red Rodney, Serge Chaloff, Lester Young, Al Cohn, and Stan Getz. He worked with many of the ensembles he played in as an arranger, and also arranged for Woody Herman and Elliot Lawrence. He composed "Tiny's Blues" and "Father Knickerbopper" among other tunes. Kahn never led a recording session; he died in Edgartown, Massachusetts, of a heart attack at age 30. Discography credits * Serge Chaloff, ''The Complete Small Group Bop Sessions'' (Jazz Factory, 1999) * Al Cohn, ''Al Cohn's Tones'' (Savoy, 1956) * Stan Getz, ''The Complete Roost Recordings'' (Blue Note, 1997) * Al Haig, ''Meets the Master Saxes Vol. Three'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Foss
Julius Foss (21 April 1879 – 26 June 1953) was a Danish composer and organist. See also *List of Danish composers A list of notable Danish composers: __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A * Thorvald Aagaard *Truid Aagesen * David Abell * Hans Abrahamsen *Aksel Agerby * Harald Agersnap * Georg Frederik Ferd ... References *''This article was initially translated from the Danish Wikipedia.'' Danish composers Male composers Danish classical organists Male classical organists Danish jazz guitarists 1879 births 1953 deaths Male jazz musicians {{Denmark-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Mosiello
Mike Mosiello (full name ''Michele Alphonso Mosiello'') (December 2, 1896 – June 3, 1953) was an Italian-born American trumpet player. Biography Mosiello was born in Frasso Telesino in Italy into a musical family. His father, Tobia Mosiello, played the clarinet and his godfather was a trumpet player and bandleader. At the age of two Mike and his family migrated to the United States, settling in New York City. Here young Mike took up trumpet playing around the age of six. During World War I Mosiello enlisted as a military musician in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed in Europe. Back in New York after the war he seriously began a career as a professional musician. Mosiello played with the orchestras of several famous bandleaders, among them Vincent Lopez. He was however one of the most prolific studio musicians of the 1920s, appearing on hundreds of records, often adding a jazz flavor to many contemporary Tin Pan Alley hits. His most important recordings as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1910. Events * Violinist, pianist, composer and conductor James Reese Europe founds the Clef Club, an association for Black musicians based in New York. Standards Births ; January * 2 – Minoru Matsuya, Japanese pianist (died 1995). * 14 – Jimmy Crawford, American drummer (died 1980). * 23 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian-born, Romani French jazz guitarist and composer (died 1953). * 27 – Charlie Holmes, American alto jazz saxophonist of the swing era (died 1985). ; February * 21 – Al Sears, American tenor saxophonist and bandleader (died 1990). ; March * 6 – Arthur Österwall, Swedish band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist (died 1990). ; April * 1 — Harry Carney, American saxophonist (died 1974). * 16 – Boyce Brown, American dixieland alto saxophonist (died 1959). * 28 – Everett Barksdale, American guitarist (died 1986). ; May * 8 — Mary Lou Williams, African-American pianist, comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Django Reinhardt
Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( or ), was a Romani-French jazz guitarist and composer. He was one of the first major jazz talents to emerge in Europe and has been hailed as one of its most significant exponents. With violinist Stéphane Grappelli, Reinhardt formed the Paris-based Quintette du Hot Club de France in 1934. The group was among the first to play jazz that featured the guitar as a lead instrument. Reinhardt recorded in France with many visiting American musicians, including Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter, and briefly toured the United States with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1946. He died suddenly of a stroke in 1953 at the age of 43. Reinhardt's most popular compositions have become standards within gypsy jazz, including " Minor Swing", "Daphne", "Belleville", "Djangology", "Swing '42", and "Nuages". Jazz guitarist Frank Vignola says that nearly every major popular-music guitarist in the world has been influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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