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Arnett Blows For 1300
''Arnett Blows For 1300'' is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Arnett Cobb, compiling recordings from 1947 originally released on Apollo Records (1944), Apollo Records, that was released by the Delmark Records, Delmark label in 1995.Jazzlists: Delmark Records discography: 400/500 series accessed October 24, 2019 accessed October 24, 2019 Reception Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "The spirited tenor (who straddled the boundaries between swing and early R&B) is in prime early form with his sextet on a variety of basic material, much ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cleophus Cobb (August 10, 1918 – March 24, 1989) accessed July 2010. was an American tenor saxophonist, sometimes known as the "Wild Man of the Tenor Sax" because of his uninhibited stomping style. Cobb wrote the words and music for the jazz standard "Smooth Sailing" (1951), which recorded for on her album ''''. Biography |
Cootie Williams
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter. Biography Born in Mobile, Alabama, Williams began his professional career at the age of 14 with the Young Family band, which included saxophonist Lester Young. According to Williams he acquired his nickname as a boy when his father took him to a band concert. When it was over his father asked him what he'd heard and he replied, "Cootie, cootie, cootie." In 1928, he made his first recordings with pianist James P. Johnson in New York, where he also worked briefly in the bands of Chick Webb and Fletcher Henderson. Williams rose to prominence as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra when the band was playing at the Cotton Club, with which he first performed from 1929 to 1940. He also recorded his own sessions during this time, both freelance and with other Ellington sidemen. Williams was renowned for his "jungle"-style trumpet playing (in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnett Cobb Albums , an unincorporated community
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1994 Compilation Albums
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Milt Larkin
Milt Larkin (October 10, 1910, Navasota, Texas, Navasota, Texas – August 31, 1996) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader and singer.Campbell, Robert L. and Leonard J. Bukowski, and Armin Büttner "The Tom Archia Discography" Retrieved 3 July 2013. Biography Early career Larkin was an autodidact on the trumpet, and got his start playing in Texas in the 1930s with Chester Boone and Giles Mitchell. Between 1936 and 1943 he led his own band, touring the southwest United States, with gigs in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, and at the Apollo Theater in New York City, as well as a 9-month residency at the Rhumboogie Café in Chicago, on occasions coinciding there with, and backing, T-Bone Walker.[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Buchanan (musician)
Walter Solomon Buchanan Jr. (June 26, 1914 – May 1988), also known as "Little Man" Buchanan, was an American jazz bassist known for his work in the late 1940s-early 1950s as a member of various line-ups led by saxophonist Arnett Cobb. Buchanan was born in Huntsville, Alabama on June 26, 1914 to Walter Buchanan Sr. (1882–1954) and Ida Councill (1889–1947). His father came from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was President of Alabama A&M University from 1909 to 1920, before switching career to become a real estate broker. In April 1944, he was playing in a band led by Jesse Miller at Joe's Deluxe Club, in Chicago, with Albert Atkinson (sax), Ike Day, Argonne Thornton (piano), and Kermit Scott.Campbell, Robert L. and Robert Pruter, George R. Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rhodes (musician)
George Arthur Rhodes (October 10, 1918 – December 25, 1985) was an American arranger, conductor, music director, pianist, and composer. He is most known for being Sammy Davis Jr.'s long-time music director, arranger, and conductor. Rhodes made history as a black music director by being the first to work for a major network (at NBC in 1966 for ''The Sammy Davis Jr. Show'') and to work for a Las Vegas showroom (at the Tropicana Hotel in 1973). After being hired as a temporary pianist for Davis in 1955, Rhodes eventually became his principal arranger and conductor, working on his variety act, ''The Sammy Davis Jr. Show'', three of Davis' television specials, two musicals starring Davis, and three albums. Biography Early life George Arthur Rhodes was born in Indiana on October 10, 1918 to Margaret and James Rhodes." George Arthur Rhodes, Cartõ de Imigração; 1954." April 28, 1954. Cartões de imigração, Caixa 332, Maço 3, ''Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, registos de migração (parte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booty Wood
Mitchell W. Wood, better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919 – June 10, 1987) was an American jazz trombonist. Career Wood played professionally on trombone from the late 1930s. He worked with Tiny Bradshaw and Lionel Hampton in the 1940s before joining the Navy during World War II. While there he played in a band with Clark Terry, Willie Smith, and Gerald Wilson. After his service ended he returned to play with Hampton, then worked with Arnett Cobb (1947–48), Erskine Hawkins (1948-50), and Count Basie (1951). He spent a few years outside music, then played with Duke Ellington in 1959-60 and again in 1963; he returned once more early in the 1970s. He again played with the Count Basie Orchestra from 1979 into the middle of the following decade. Discography As leader * ''Chelsea Bridge'' (Black and Blue, 1998) As sideman With Count Basie * ''Digital III at Montreux'' with Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Pass (Pablo, 1979) – first two tracks only * '' Kansas City Shout'' (Pablo, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in the musical theater for almost 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards and two Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Many of his songs are standard repertoire for vocalists and jazz musicians. He co-wrote 850 songs. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Richard Rodgers, as the duo Rodgers and Hammerstein, whose musicals include ''Oklahoma!'', '' Carousel'', '' South Pacific'', ''The King and I'', and ''The Sound of Music''. Described by Stephen Sondheim as an "experimental playwright", Hammerstein helped bring the American musical to new maturity by popularizing musicals that focused on stories and character rather than the lighthearted entertainment that the musical had been known for beforehand. He also collaborated with Jerome Kern (with whom he wrote ''Show Boat''), Vincent Y ... [...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] |
Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg (July 29, 1887 – November 9, 1951) was a Hungarian-born American composer. He is best known for his musicals and operettas, particularly ''The Student Prince'' (1924), ''The Desert Song'' (1926) and ''The New Moon'' (1928). Early in his career, Romberg was employed by the Shubert brothers to write music for their musicals and revues, including several vehicles for Al Jolson. For the Shuberts, he also adapted several European operettas for American audiences, including the successful '' Maytime'' (1917) and '' Blossom Time'' (1921). His three hit operettas of the mid-1920s, named above, are in the style of Viennese operetta, but his other works from that time mostly employ the style of American musicals of their eras. He also composed film scores. Biography Romberg was born in Hungary as Siegmund Rosenberg to a Jewish [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
"When I Grow Too Old to Dream" is a popular song with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1934. The song was introduced by Evelyn Laye and Ramon Novarro in the film ''The Night Is Young'' (1935). It has since become a pop standard, recorded by many artists, notably Nat King Cole, The Everly Brothers and Gracie Fields. Other versions *In 1949, Rose Murphy went to number 10 on the Most-Played Juke Box Race Records chart with her version. *A 1951 recording by Gordon Jenkins was released as the flip side of his hit, " Charmaine" ( Decca Records). *Ed Townsend released a version of the song as a single in 1958 that reached number 59 on the ''Billboard'' pop chart. * Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album ''Join Bing and Sing Along'' (1959) *Jazz organist Jimmy Smith released a version of the song on his 1963 album Back at the Chicken Shack * Julie London recorded the song on her album '' Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast'' re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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