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1927 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1927. Musicians born that year included John Dankworth, Cleo Laine and Stan Getz. Events * April 21 – Electric re-recording of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" by Paul Whiteman's Orchestra directed by Nathaniel Shilkret, with Gershwin at the piano. In 1925, electrical recording vastly improved the quality of recordings, and many important recordings, including Whiteman's 1924 recording of the Rhapsody, were re-recorded electrically. Whiteman was at the podium, but left the studio because of a disagreement with Gershwin over the tempo. Shilkret, Victor's Director of Light Music at the time, took the baton, and the recording was completed as scheduled.Shilkret, Nathaniel, ed. Shell, Niel and Barbara Shilkret, ''Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business'', Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, 2005. The recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1974. Standards * In 1927 standards published incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Jazz Singer
''The Jazz Singer'' is a 1927 American musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music score as well as lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences). Its release heralded the commercial ascendance of sound films and effectively marked the end of the silent film era. It was produced by Warner Bros. with the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system and features six songs performed by Al Jolson. Based on the 1925 play of the same title by Samson Raphaelson, the plot was adapted from his short story "The Day of Atonement". The film depicts the fictional story of Jakie Rabinowitz, a young man who defies the traditions of his devout Jewish family. After singing popular tunes in a beer garden, he is punished by his father, a hazzan (cantor), prompting Jakie to run away from home. Some years later, now calling himself Jack Robin, he has become a talented jazz singer, performing in blackfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddy Banks (bassist)
Alvin "Buddy" Banks (January 15, 1927 – August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-born American jazz double-bassist. Early life Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Banks grew up in the United States and became interested in music during high school. He began as a pianist before switching to saxophone. During World War II, Banks joined the United States Army Band as a bass player. Career Banks made his first appearance on record was in Vienna with Thurmond Young; this group also played live at the Colored Club. He played in Paris with Gerry Wiggins in 1950, and then with Bill Coleman in Berne, Switzerland, Belgium, and Le Havre, France. After problems with his passport in Switzerland, he left for Paris in 1953, where he recorded often with expatriate American jazz musicians as well as local performers. These include Hazel Scott, Buck Clayton, Lionel Hampton, Mezz Mezzrow, Don Byas, Albert Nicholas, and André Persiany. He toured with Michel Attenoux and with Sidney Bechet Sidney Beche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2007. Events January * 17 – The 2nd Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 17–19). February * 1 – The 10th Polarjazz Festival 2007 started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 1–4). March * 2 – The 3rd Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 2 – 4). * 30 ** The 34th Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (March 30 – April 1). ** Snorre Bjerck was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2007. * 31 – Berit Opheim performs the commissioned work ''Ein engel går stilt'' for Vossajazz 2007. April May * 23 – The 35th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 2). * 25 – The 36th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 25 – 28). June * 28 – The 27th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 28 - July 8). * 25 – The 19th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 25 – July 12). July * 4 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Wetmore
Dick Wetmore (January 13, 1927 – January 4, 2007) was an American jazz and bebop violinist. He played several musical instruments including the cornet, trumpet and string bass. Wetmore worked primarily as a sideman, but also led his own jazz ensembles. Biography Born Richard Byron Wetmore in Glens Falls, New York, he played the violin before entering the Army, but wished to join the Army Band and taught himself to play the cornet. He had formal musical training at the New England Conservatory of Music, but credited his improvisational skills to his period in the army. Wetmore was a sideman in groups led by Gerry Mulligan, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Dizzy Gillespie. His discography includes ''The Gerry Mulligan Songbook'', in which he is part of a jazz string quartet. He also led, and recorded, with his own combos. In 1996, Wetmore performed as a jazz soloist with the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, where he improvised songs by George Gershwin and Jerome ... [...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] |
Guy Lafitte
Guy Lafitte (12 January 1927 – 10 June 1998) was a French jazz saxophonist. Career A native of Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France, he worked with Mezz Mezzrow from 1951 to 1952 and Big Bill Broonzy in 1951. In 1954 he made Paris his home and worked with Lionel Hampton and Emmett Berry. He also worked with Bill Coleman and Wild Bill Davis. Discography As leader * ''Blue and Sentimental'' (Le Club Francais, 1955) * ''Les Classiques du Jazz Vol. 2'' with Andre Persiany (Columbia, 1958) * ''Melodies'' (Columbia, 1958) * ''Sax: 10 Succes'' (Pathe, 1960) * ''Sax and Strings'' (Columbia, 1963) * ''Jambo!'' (RCA Victor, 1968) * ''Blues'' (Vega, 1969) * ''Blues in Summertime'' (RCA Victor, 1971) * ''Sugar and Spice'' (RCA Victor, 1972) * ''Corps et Ame'' (Black and Blue, 1978) * ''Happy!'' (Black and Blue, 1979) * ''Live in France'' with Arnett Cobb (Black and Blue, 1980) * ''Three Men On a Beat'' with Wild Bill Davis (Black and Blue, 1983) * ''Joue Charles Trenet'' (Black and Blue, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1995. Events April * 7 – The 22nd Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9). May * 23 – The 23rd Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 4). June * 2 – The 24th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5). * 29 – The 16th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Canada (June 29 – July 9). July * 1 – The 5th Jazz Fest Wien started in Wien, Austria (July 1 – 12). * 7 – The 29th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Switzerland (July 7 – 22). * 14 – The 20th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 14 – 16). * 15 – The 30th Pori Jazz Festival started in Finland (July 15 – 23). * 17 – The 36th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 17 – 22). ** The 48th Nice Jazz Festival started in France (July 7 – 16). * 21 – The 30th San Sebastian Jazz Festival started in San Sebastian, Spain (July 21 – 25). August * 11 – The 12th Brecon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilton Gaynair
Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair (11 January 1927 – 13 February 1995) was a Jamaican-born jazz musician, whose primary instrument was the tenor saxophone. "Blue Bogey", "Kingston Bypass" "Debra", and "Wilton Mood" are among his better known songs. Life and career Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Gaynair was raised at Kingston's Alpha Boys School, where fellow Jamaican musicians Joe Harriott, Harold McNair and Don Drummond were also pupils of a similar age. Gaynair began his professional career playing in the clubs of Kingston, backing such visitors as George Shearing and Carmen McRae, before travelling to Europe in 1955, deciding to base himself in Germany because of the plentiful live work on offer. He recorded very seldom, only three times as a bandleader. Two of those recordings came during visits to England, 1959's ''Blue Bogey'' (1959) on Tempo Records and ''Africa Calling'' (1960), also recorded for Tempo but unreleased until 2005 on account of that label's demise. Soon after recordi ... [...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] |
Allen Eager
Allen Eager (January 10, 1927 – April 13, 2003) was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist who also competed in auto racing and took part in LSD experiments. Early life Allen Eager was born in New York City on January 10, 1927. He grew up in the Bronx.Szwed, John (2002) ''So What: The Life of Miles Davis'' Random House -book According to Denise McCluggage, Eager could read aged 3, and learned to drive at the age of 9 with the help of his mother, after she caught him driving a garbage truck near the hotels that his parents owned in the Catskill Mountains.McCluggage, Denise (June 30, 2003) "A Flair for Music, Racing, Life" ''Autoweek'' (53: 26), p. 10. He took clarinet lessons with David Weber of the New York Philharmonic at the age of 13.Feather, Leonard and Gitler, Ira (1999) ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz'', p. 199. Oxford University Press. Early career in jazz Eager briefly played with Woody Herman at the age of 15. At the same age, he took heroin for the first ... [...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] |
