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1950 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1950. Events * The owner of Cafe' Society, Barney Josephson, was forced out of business by the right-wing politics of Senator Joseph McCarthy. * Dizzy Gillespie visited Clifford Brown at the hospital during his year long recovery after an automobile accident that almost killed him, and urges him to move forward with his musical career as a trumpeter. Album releases *Miles Davis: ''Birth of the Cool'' *Stan Kenton: ''Presents'' *Ralph Sutton: ''Ralph Sutton'' *Lennie Tristano: ''Wow'' *Stan Getz: ''Quartets'' Standards Deaths ; May * 2 – Leo Watson, American jazz vocalese singer, drummer, trombonist and tipple player (born 1898). * 6 – Chelsea Quealey, American jazz trumpeter (died 1905). ; July * 6 – Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (born 1923). * 26 – Freddy Gardner, British saxophonist (born 1910). ; August * 1 – Alvin Burroughs, American swing jazz drummer (born 1911). ; September * 5 ... [...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] |
Chelsea Quealey
Chelsea Ellsworth Quealey (March 12, 1905 in Sandy Hook, Connecticut – May 6, 1950 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American jazz trumpeter. Quealey began as a reedist but eventually settled on trumpet, playing with Jan Garber in 1925 and the California Ramblers in 1926-27. Between 1927 and 1929 he played in England, on recordings with Fred Elizalde and also in Bert Firman's band. Upon his return to the U.S. he worked with Don Voorhees, Paul Whiteman, and Ben Pollack in the early 1930s, and later in the decade with Isham Jones (1935–36), Red McKenzie, Joe Marsala, Frankie Trumbauer (1937), and Bob Zurke (1939-40). In the early and middle 1940s he played Dixieland jazz at Nick's in New York City. In 1946 he moved to California, where he essentially retired due to heart problems. References * Chelsea Quealeyat Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Perry
Ray Perry (February 25, 1915 – 1950) was an American jazz violinist and saxophonist. Perry was born in 1915 to a musical family and began playing the violin at a young age, while his brothers Joe and Bay became a baritonist and drummer, respectively. Perry sang during his violin solos, inspiring Slam Stewart to continue the practice on bass. He performed more frequently on alto saxophone. He worked bread and butter gigs with the best in the business, including Dean Earl (1935), Clarence Carter (1937–39, Clarence Carter, not the R&B singer), Blanche Calloway (1940), and Lionel Hampton (1940–43). Despite his short career, Ray Perry worked with many jazz artists, including: *Shadow Wilson *Illinois Jacquet (1946–47, 1950) *Vernon Alley *J. C. Heard (1946) *Joe Newman (trumpeter), Joe Newman *Fred Beckett *Sabby Lewis (1948) *Sir Charles Thompson *Irving Ashby Many of his records failed to gain a wide following, but he was very successful until poor health prevented him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Gold
Lou may refer to: __NOTOC__ Personal name * Lou (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *Lou (German singer) *Lou (French singer) * Lou (surname 娄), the 229th most common surname in China * Lou (surname 楼), the 269th most common surname in China Arts and entertainment * Lou (2010 film), ''Lou'' (2010 film) * Lou (2017 film), ''Lou'' (2017 film), a Pixar short * Lou (2022 film), ''Lou'' (2022 film), a Netflix action thriller * Lou!, a French series of comic books created by Julien Neel * Lord of Ultima, a browser-based MMORTS game developed by EA Other uses * Lyon Olympique Universitaire, a rugby union team playing in the Top14 competition of France * Bowman Field (Kentucky), Bowman Field (airport) (IATA airport code LOU), an airport in Louisville, Kentucky, USA * Lou Island of Papua New Guinea * Lou language (Austronesian) of Lou Island * Lou language (Torricelli) * Letter of understanding, a formal text that sums up the terms and understanding of a contract Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Jolson
Al Jolson (born Eizer Yoelson; June 9, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-American Jews, Jewish singer, comedian, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and was self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer." Jolson was known for his "shamelessly sentimental, melodramatic approach" towards performing, as well as for popularizing many of the songs he sang. Jolson has been referred to by modern critics as "the king of blackface performers." Although best remembered today as the star of the first talking picture, ''The Jazz Singer'' (1927), he starred in a series of successful musical films during the 1930s. After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, he was the first star to entertain troops overseas during World War II. After a period of inactivity, his stardom returned with ''The Jolson Story'' (1946), in which Larry Parks played Jolson, with the singer dubbing for Parks. The formula was repeat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dol Dauber
Adolf Dauber (known also as Dol, Doli or Dolfi Dauber) (born 27 July 1894 – died 15 September 1950) was a jazz violinist, bandleader, composer and music arranger of Jewish origin, who was active in the first half of the 20th century in Central Europe, mainly in Austria, Czechoslovakia and Germany. During his career, he collaborated with international jazz personalities, led numerous orchestras and ensembles, and created music for several films. Biography Dauber was born to a musical family in Vyzhnytsia (''Wijnitz''), Bukovina, Ukraine (then Austria-Hungary). He started his musical education at the age of 4, under the mentorship of his older sister, Clara. While still in his childhood, his sister arranged an audience with Carl Flesch, a violin virtuoso and teacher at the Bucharest Conservatory.Carl Flesch worked at the Bucharest Conservatory from 1897 to 1902, on an invitation of the Romanian Queen Carmen Sylva. His talent impressed Flesch and Dauber joined his class as the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1916. Several musicians who were born in this year went on to become big names in jazz, such as the pianist and orchestra leader Buddy Cole. Events * 1916 saw the emergence of groups such as the Original Dixieland Jass Band, and publication of the jazz standard "Beale Street Blues". * June 5 - Stein's Dixie Jass Band plays its first gig under its new name, the Original Dixieland Jass Band. * The Original Dixieland Jass Band make a hit in Chicago, Illinois * Wilber Sweatman records his hot ragtime in New York City. Standards Births ; January * 4 – Slim Gaillard, American singer, songwriter, pianist, and guitarist (died 1991). * 12 – Jay McShann, American pianist and bandleader (died 2006). * 14 – Maxwell Davis, American saxophonist, arranger, and record producer (died 1970). * 15 ** Artie Shapiro, American upright bassist (died 2003). ** Hugh Gibb, English drummer and bandleader (died 1992). * 27 – Milt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Killian
Albert Killian (October 15, 1916 – September 5, 1950) was an American jazz trumpeter and occasional bandleader during the big band era. Early life and career Killian was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 15, 1916. Killian got his start playing with Charlie Turner's Arcadians (mid-1930s) and went on to play with big bands led by Baron Lee, Teddy Hill, Don Redman, and Claude Hopkins. In the early to mid-1940s, he swapped between bands led by Count Basie and Charlie Barnet, as well as being with Lionel Hampton for period in 1945. Killian appeared on film several times, but also attracted attention for a racist incident in which he was not part of a film recording. In this, Killian and bandmate Paul Webster, both African Americans, participated in the audio recording of Charlie Barnet's orchestra for Monogram Pictures's ''Freddie Steps Out'', but executives ordered that the subsequent filming of the band be done without them. In 1946, Killian played with Norman Granz's Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 In Jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1911. Events March * 18 – The Irving Berlin album ''Alexander's Ragtime Band'' was released. Unknown date * The composer and pianist Scott Joplin published his opera Treemonisha. Standards Births ; January * 25 – Truck Parham, American upright bassist (died 2002). * 30 ** Roy Eldridge, American jazz trumpeter (died 1989). ** Frank Weir, British orchestra leader and saxophonist (died 1981). ; March * 7 — Louis Cottrell Jr., American clarinetist and tenor saxophonist (died 1978). * 10 – Pete Clarke, British saxophonist and clarinetist (died 1975). * 16 – Harper Goff, Afro-Cuban clarinetist, saxophonist, and trumpeter (died 1993). * 31 – Freddie Green, American guitarist (died 1987). ; April * 2 — Cag Cagnolatti, American trumpeter (died 1983). * 12 – Tullio Mobiglia, Italian saxophonist and bandleader (died 1991). * 16 – Alton Purnell, American pianist (died 1987). * 21 ** John G. Blowers Jr. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Burroughs
Alvin Burroughs (November 21, 1911 – August 1, 1950) was an American swing jazz drummer. Burroughs played in Kansas City with Walter Page's Blue Devils in 1928–29Rye, Howard"Burroughs, Alvin".''Grove Music Online''. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 26 November 2022. and then with Alphonse Trent's territory band in 1930. Moving to Chicago, he played with Hal Draper's Arcadians (1935), Horace Henderson (July 1937–38), and Earl Hines (September 1938–40); with Hines he recorded extensively. In the early 1940s he worked with Milt Larkin's band at the Rhumboogie Club,Campbell, Robert L. and Leonard J. Bukowski, and Armin Büttner "The Tom Archia Discography" Retrieved 3 July 2013. |
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] |
Freddy Gardner
Frederick James Gardner (23 December 1910 – 26 July 1950) was a British jazz and dance band saxophonist during the 1930s and 1940s. Early life His father sold artist's materials, while his mother was a dressmaker. He took up the saxophone at 15 to help to alleviate asthma. After minimal coaching he formed the semi-professional New Colorado Band in 1928, and a year later, while working as an office clerk, entered the band in a contest at Chelsea Town Hall and won. He was spotted by the founding editor of ''Melody Maker'' magazine who was distributing the prizes, and a year later secured his first professional position. Early career In 1933, Gardner was taken under the wing of Ray Noble and recorded with the New Mayfair Orchestra.''Freddy Gardner with Peter Yorke's Orchestra'' (T 10296) album cover, Capitol Records He played in London clubs when working with Sidney Lipton's Orchestra and at the Mayfair Hotel with Bert Firman's band and with Billy Bissett. Gardner became a prolific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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