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1935 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of jazz in the year 1935 Events * The beginning of the “Swing Era”. * Ella Fitzgerald won a one-week performance at the Harlem Opera House. Standards Deaths ; January * 31 – Edwin Swayze, American jazz trumpeter and composer (born 1906 in jazz, 1906). ; May * 3 – Cecil Irwin (musician), Cecil Irwin, American jazz reed player and arranger (born 1902 in jazz, 1902). ; July * 21 – Honoré Dutrey, dixieland jazz trombonist (born 1894). ; April * 2 – Bennie Moten, American jazz pianist and band leader (born 1894). ; November * 27 – Charlie Green (musician), Charlie Green, jazz trombonists, and the soloist in the Fletcher Henderson orchestra (born 1893). Births ; January * 5 – Chuck Flores, American drummer (died 2016 in jazz, 2016). * 6 – Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor. * 7 ** Kenny Davern, American clarinetist (died 2006 in jazz, 2006). ** Sam Woodyard, American drummer (died 1988 in jazz, 19 ... [...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] |
Johnny Mathis
John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standard music, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the ''Billboard'' charts. Mathis has received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for three recordings. Although frequently described as a romantic singer, his discography includes traditional pop, Brazilian and Spanish music, soul, rhythm and blues, show tunes, Tin Pan Alley, soft rock, blues, country music, and even a few disco songs for his album ''Mathis Magic'' in 1979. Mathis has also recorded six albums of Christmas music. In a 1968 interview, Mathis cited Lena Horne, Nat King Cole, and Bing Crosby among his musical influences. Early life and education Mathis was born in Gilmer, Texas, on September 30, 1935, the fourth of seven children of Clem Mathis and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1973. Events May * 23 – The very first Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6). June * 9 – The 2nd Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 9 – 11). * 29 ** The 20th Newport Jazz Festival started in New York, New York for its second year there. (June 29 – July 8). ** The 7th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 29 – July 15). September * 21 – The 16th Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 21 – 23). Album releases *Art Ensemble of Chicago: '' Fanfare For The Warriors'' *Gato Barbieri: '' Chapter One: Latin America'' *Paul Bley **'' Paul Bley & Scorpio'' **' Paul Bley/NHØP'' *Dollar Brand **'' African Portraits'' **'' African Space Program'' **'' Sangoma'' *Marion Brown: ''Geechee Recollections'' *Betty Carter: '' Album (Betty Carter album)'' *Don Cherry: ''Relativity Suite'' *Billy Cobham ''Spectrum'' *Charles Earland: ''Charles I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tubby Hayes
Edward Brian "Tubby" Hayes (30 January 1935 – 8 June 1973) was an English jazz multi-instrumentalist, best known for his tenor saxophone playing in groups with fellow sax player Ronnie Scott and with trumpeter Jimmy Deuchar. Early life Hayes was born in St Pancras, London, England, and brought up in London. His father was a BBC studio violinist who gave his son violin lessons from an early age. By the age of ten, Hayes was playing the piano, and started on the tenor sax at 11. Dizzy Gillespie was an early influence: I always used to listen to swing music in the early 'Forties and, in fact, I was just a kid at the time. I did not really intend becoming a tenor player, though I always liked tenor. I think maybe Dizzy influenced me more than Parker because he was sort of more accessible, he caught your attention more. As far as my influences over the years are concerned, Getz was it at one stage in the proceedings, and later Rollins, Coltrane, Hank Mobley and, to a lesser d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2012. Events January * 25 – The very first Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø, Norway (January 25–28). February * 3 ** April 30 is designated as International Jazz Day to celebrate Jazz music as a rich cultural heritage, a product of cultural collaboration and a universal language of tolerance and freedom, unanimously by the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO). ** The 14th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 1–5). * 7 – The 7th Ice Music Festival started in Geilo, Norway (February 7 – 10). March * 2 – The 8th Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 2–4). * 30 – The 39th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 30 - April 2). * 31 ** Sigrid Moldestad was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2012. ** Karl Seglem performs the commissioned work ''Som Spor'' at Vossajazz. April * 25 – The 18th SoddJazz started i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodgers Grant
Rodgers Lee Grant (January 18, 1936 – April 12, 2012) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and lyricist. After working with saxophonist Hugo Dickens in the 1950s, he became pianist for Mongo Santamaría in the 1960s. In 1963, Grant wrote the hit " Yeh! Yeh!"''Songs That Reached Number One in the UK'' http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=2 Retrieved 07/04/08 with Pat Patrick. Jon Hendricks wrote lyrics for the song and recorded it with Lambert and Bavan at the Newport Jazz Festival of 1963. Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames had a hit with the song in 1965. Trombonist Scott Whitfield recorded two of Grant's compositions on ''Scott Whitfield Jazz Orchestra East – Live at Birdland'' (2004). Grant served in the United States Army. Grant moved to Paulding, Ohio in 2006 and died on April 12, 2012, at the age of 76 in Defiance, Ohio Defiance is a city in and the county seat of Defiance County, Ohio, United States, about southwest of Toledo, Ohio, Toled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1988. Events March * 25 – The 15th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 25 – 27). April * 6 – Jazz guitarist Larry Carlton is shot in a random gun shooting outside his Los Angeles studios. May * 20 – The 17th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (May 20 – 23). * 25 – The 16th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 25 – June 8). June * 30 – The 22nd Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 30 – July 16). July * 1 – The 9th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (July 1 – 10). * 8 – The 13th North Sea Jazz Festival started in The Hague, Netherlands (July 8 – 10). August * 19 – The 5th Brecon Jazz Festival started in Brecon, Wales (April 19 – 21). September * 16 – The 31st Monterey Jazz Festival started in Monterey, California (September 16 – 18). Album releases *Bill Frisell: ''Before We Were Born'' *Henry Threadgill: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Woodyard
Sam Woodyard (January 7, 1925 – September 20, 1988) was an American jazz drummer. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Woodyard was largely an autodidact on drums and played locally in the Newark, New Jersey area in the 1940s. He performed with Paul Gayten in an R&B group, then played in the early 1950s with Joe Holiday, Roy Eldridge, and Milt Buckner. In 1955, he joined Duke Ellington's orchestra and remained until 1966. After his time with Ellington, Woodyard worked with Ella Fitzgerald, then moved to Los Angeles. In the 1970s, he played less due to health problems, but he recorded with Buddy Rich, and toured with Claude Bolling. In 1983, he belonged to a band with Teddy Wilson, Buddy Tate, and Slam Stewart. His last recording was on Steve Lacy's 1988 album, '' The Door''. He died of cancer in Paris at the age of 63. Discography With Cat Anderson * ''Plays at 4 a.m.'' (Columbia, 1958) * ''Ellingtonia'' (Wynne, 1959) * ''A Chat with Cat Anderson'' (Columbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 2006. Events January * 13 – The very first Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo, Norway (January 13–15). * 26 – The 9th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 26–28). February March * 3 – The 2nd Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival started in Jakarta, Indonesia (January 3 – 5). April * 7 ** The 33rd Vossajazz started at Voss, Norway (April 7 – 9). ** Yngve Moe was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2006. * 8 – Trygve Seim performs the commissioned work ''Reiser'' for Vossajazz 2006. May * 23 – The 34th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 24 – June 3). June * 2 – The 35th Moers Festival started in Moers, Germany (June 2 – 5). * 29 ** The 27th Montreal International Jazz Festival started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (June 29 - July 9). ** The 18th Jazz Fest Wien started in Vienna, Austria (June 29 – July 16). * 30 – The 40th Montreux Jazz Festival started ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Davern
John Kenneth Davern (January 7, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American jazz clarinetist. Biography He was born in Huntington, Long Island, to a family of mixed Jewish and Irish-Catholic ancestry. His mother's family originally came from Vienna, Austria, where his great-grandfather Alfred Roth had been a colonel in the Austro-Hungarian cavalry, the highest rank accessible to a Jew in the Habsburg Imperial army. After hearing Pee Wee Russell the first time, he was convinced that he wanted to be a jazz musician, too; and at the age of 16 he joined the musician's union, first as a baritone saxophone player. In 1954 he joined Jack Teagarden's Band, and after only a few days with the band he made his first jazz recordings. Later on, he worked with bands led by Phil Napoleon and Pee Wee Erwin before joining the Dukes of Dixieland in 1962. The late 1960s found him freelancing with, among others, Red Allen, Ralph Sutton, Yank Lawson and his lifelong friend Dick Wellstood. At this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nino Tempo
Nino Tempo (born Antonino LoTempio; January 6, 1935) is an American musician, singer, and actor. He was a duet partner with his older sister April Stevens as well as the frontman for a 1970s funk band, 5th Ave. Sax. Career Antonino LoTempio was born in Niagara Falls, New York. A musical prodigy, he learned to play the clarinet and the tenor saxophone as a child. He was a talent show winner at four years of age and appeared on television with Benny Goodman at age seven. When his family relocated to California, he was featured on the Horace Heidt radio show, performing a Benny Goodman clarinet solo. A child actor, he worked in motion pictures in such movies as 1949's ''The Red Pony'' and in 1953's ''The Glenn Miller Story'' featuring James Stewart. He was a sought-after session musician, working as a member of the famous session band the Wrecking Crew, also working with Elkie Brooks, and recording with Maynard Ferguson (''Live at the Peacock'', 1956). Via a Bobby Darin recordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting jazz events in the year 2016. Albums released January February March April May June July August September October November December Unknown date # A * ''Quiet Revolution'' (Newvelle) by Ben Allison solo piano (vinyl LP). D * ''Return'' (Newvelle) by Jack DeJohnette solo piano (vinyl LP). F * ''Strength and Sanity'' (Newvelle) by Don Friedman Piano Trio (vinyl LP). K * ''Meantime'' (Newvelle) by Frank Kimbrough (vinyl LP). P * ''Some Other Time'' (Newvelle) by Noah Preminger (vinyl LP). Deaths January * 3 – Paul Bley, Canadian pianist (born 1932). * 4 – Long John Hunter, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1931). * 6 – Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, Cuban trumpeter(born 1928). * 7 – Alan Haven, English organist (born 1935). * 16 – Hubert Giraud, French composer and lyricist (born 1920). * 31 – Janusz Muniak, Polish saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer (born 1941). Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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