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1908 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1908. Events * Trumpeter Freddie Keppard and his Creoles played more powerful Jazz in New Orleans than the Original Dixieland Jazz Band did in 1917. Keppard did not record any records until many years later. He was afraid of having his style stolen. Standards Births ; January * 1 – Bill Tapia, Portuguese-American singer and ukulele player (died 2011). * 7 – Red Allen, American trumpeter and vocalist (died 1967). * 14 – Russ Columbo, American baritone, songwriter, violinist, and actor (died 1934). * 22 – Teddy McRae, American tenor saxophonist and arranger (died 1999). * 26 – Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist, Quintette du Hot Club de France (died 1997). * 27 – Hot Lips Page, American trumpeter, singer, and bandleader (died 1954). ; February * 20 – Seymour Österwall, Swedish tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and composer (died 1981). ; March * 6 – Bill Beason, American drummer (died 1988). * 7 – N ... [...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] |
1954 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1954. Events July * 17 – The very first Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 17 – 18). ** The 1st day featured Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, Billie Holiday, and Oscar Peterson ** The 2nd day featured Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Krupa Trio, and Erroll Garner November * 8 – Following the release of ''Jazz Goes to College'', Dave Brubeck is featured on the cover of ''Time'' magazine, with the accompanying article describing Brubeck as "the most exciting new jazz artist at work today". Album releases *Dave Brubeck Quartet: ''Jazz Goes to College'' *Sarah Vaughan: ''Sarah Vaughan'' *Chet Baker: ''Sextet'' *Tal Farlow: '' The Tal Farlow Quartet'' *Tal Farlow: ''The Tal Farlow Album'' *John Serry Sr.: ''RCA Thesaurus'' *Stan Kenton: ''Kenton Showcase'' Standards Deaths ; February * 7 – Alfred Burt, American composer and trumpeter (born 1920). ; March * 11 – William Frank Newton, American trum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Hampton
Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. Hampton worked with jazz musicians from Teddy Wilson, Benny Goodman, and Buddy Rich, to Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, and Quincy Jones. In 1992, he was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, and he was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996. Biography Early life Lionel Hampton was born in 1908 in Louisville, Kentucky, and was raised by his mother. Shortly after he was born, he and his mother moved to her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. He spent his early childhood in Kenosha, Wisconsin, before he and his family moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1916. As a youth, Hampton was a member of the Bud Billiken Club, an alternative to the Boy Scouts of America, which was off-limits because of racial segregation. During the 1920s, while still a teenager, Hampton took xylophone lessons from Jimmy Bertrand and began to play drums. Hampton was raised ... [...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] |
Ray Ventura
Raymond Ventura (16 April 1908, Paris, France – 29 March 1979, Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel. Career Ventura was born to a Jewish family. In 1925 he was the pianist for the Collegiate Five, which recorded as the Collegians for Columbia beginning in 1928 and for Decca in the 1930s. A year later he led the band, and it became a dance orchestra resembling a big band. His sidemen included Alix Combelle, Philippe Brun, and Guy Paquinet. In the early 1940s he led a big band in South America and in France during the rest of the decade. One of his band's popular songs from 1936 was "Tout va très bien, Madame la Marquise" in which the Marquise is told by her servants that everything is fine at home except for a series of escalating calamities. It was seen as a metaphor for France's obliviousness to the approaching war. Filmography * ''American Love'' (1931) * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1964. Events July * 2 – The 11th Newport Jazz Festival started in Newport, Rhode Island (July 2 – 5). Album releases *Albert Ayler: '' Witches and Devils'' *John Coltrane: ''Crescent'' *Eric Dolphy: ''Out to Lunch!'' * Guenter Hampel: '' Heartplants'' *Herbie Hancock: ''Empyrean Isles'' *Joe Henderson: "Our Thing (album)" * Andrew Hill: '' Judgement!'' * Andrew Hill: '' Black Fire'' *Freddie Hubbard **'' Breaking Point'' **"Doin' the Thang!" **"The Body & the Soul" *Lee Morgan: ''The Sidewinder'' *Lee Morgan: ''Search For The New Land'' *New York Art Quartet: ''New York Art Quartet'' *Duke Pearson: ''Wahoo!'' *Oscar Peterson **'' Canadiana Suite'' **" The Oscar Peterson Trio Plays" **''Trio Plus One'' **"We Get Requests" *André Previn: ''My Fair Lady'' *Shirley Scott: ''Blue Flames'' *Tony Scott: ''Music for Zen Meditation'' *Wayne Shorter: '' JuJu'' *Ben Webster: '' See You at the Fair'' * Tony Williams: '' Life T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håkan Von Eichwald
Håkan Ingvar von Eichwald (April 2, 1908, Turku – May 1, 1964, Malmö) was a Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor. He led dance bands which featured some of Sweden's most prominent early jazz musicians, and later became a conductor of symphonic and operatic works. Von Eichwald was born into a Russian-Finnish noble family in Finland but lived most of his life in Sweden. He learned to play piano as a toddler and was playing public concerts at age six. By his late teens he was leading theater ensembles in Stockholm, and in 1930 began leading a dance band at the club Kaos. He led this group until 1932 and recorded with it; two years later, Arne Hülphers took over this group. He formed a new ensemble in 1936, which toured western Europe and recorded several times. Von Eichwald's ensembles featured musicians who were pivotal to Swedish jazz, including Charlie Norman, Thore Ehrling, Zilas Görling, and Gösta Theselius. After the 1940s, von Eichwald devoted himself to more forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Norvo
Red Norvo (born Kenneth Norville; March 31, 1908 – April 6, 1999) was an American musician, one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as "Mr. Swing". He helped establish the xylophone, marimba, and vibraphone as jazz instruments. His recordings included "Dance of the Octopus", "Bughouse", "Knockin' on Wood", "Congo Blues", and "Hole in the Wall". Career Red Norvo was born in Beardstown, Illinois, United States. His career began in Chicago with a band called "The Collegians" in 1925. He played with many other bands, including an all-marimba band on the vaudeville circuit, and the bands of Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, and Woody Herman. He recorded with Mildred Bailey (his wife from 1933 to 1942), Billie Holiday, Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra. Norvo and his wife were known as "Mr. and Mrs. Swing." He appeared as himself in the film '' Screaming Mimi'' (1958) and in ''Ocean's 11'', accompanying Dean Martin while he sang "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1998. Events January * 29 – The very first Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 29 – 31). April * 3 – The 25th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 3 – 5). May * 20 – The 26th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 20 – 31). June * 2 – The 27th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5). July * 1 – The 19th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 12). * 2 – The 8th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 2 – 10). * 3 – The 32nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (July 3 – 18). * 10 ** The 23rd North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 10 – 12). ** The 33rd Pori Jazz started in Pori, Finland (July 10 – 19). August * 7 – The 15th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (August 7 – 9). September * 18 – The 41st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Montere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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