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Funky Butt (band) Members
Funky Butt may refer to: *Funky Butt (band) Funky Butt is a Norwegian jazz band inspired by Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz. About their music it is said it is a funky brass band with piano added, offering New Orleans music with a Nordic perspective. It is a melting pot of traditional jazz, C ..., a Norwegian jazz band * Funky Butt (dance), a blues dance * "Funky Butt" (song), an early ragtime song associated with Buddy Bolden * ''Funky Butt'' (album), a 1981 album by jazz saxophonist Arnett Cobb {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funky Butt (band)
Funky Butt is a Norwegian jazz band inspired by Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz. About their music it is said it is a funky brass band with piano added, offering New Orleans music with a Nordic perspective. It is a melting pot of traditional jazz, Caribbean influences, tango, hard bop, and contemporary grooves. It embraces lyrical beauty and fresh phrasing. It involves strong soloing and respectful collective playing. Personnel *Vidar Sæther – saxophone *Kåre Nymark – trumpet *Even Kruse Skatrud – trombone *David Gald – tuba *Anders Aarum – piano *Knut Lothe – drums Discography *2001: ''Whoopin' '' (Sonor) *2002: ''The Glove'' (Sonor) *2005: ''Big Mama'' (Schmell) *2007: ''Shakin' da butt'' (Schmell) References External links * Norwegian jazz ensembles Musical groups established in 2000 Musical groups from Oslo {{Norway-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funky Butt (dance)
Blues dancing is a family of historical dances that developed alongside and were danced to blues music, or the contemporary dances that are danced in that aesthetic. It has its roots in African-American dance, which itself is rooted in sub-Saharan African music traditions and the historical dances brought to the United States by European immigrants. Mura Dehn used the term "The Blues" in her documentary ''The Spirit Moves'', Part 1, as the sub-section title of Chapter II, referencing different dance styles. African-American essayist and novelist Albert Murray used the term "blues-idiom dance" and "blues-idiom dance movement" in his book ''Stomping the Blues''. History of blues dancing Background Blues dancing originated in the dances brought to America by enslaved Africans, who followed sub-Saharan African music traditions. There is no documented evidence across the history of pre-colonial sub-Saharan African dance for sustained one-on-one mixed-gender partnered dancing; A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funky Butt (song)
Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden (September 6, 1877 – November 4, 1931) was an African American cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass", which later came to be known as jazz. Childhood When he was born, Bolden's father, Westmore Bolden, was working as a driver for William Walker, the former master of Buddy's grandfather Gustavus Bolden, who died in 1866. His mother, Alice (née Harris), was 18 when she married Westmore on August 14, 1873. Westmore Bolden was around 25 at the time, as records show that he was 19 in August 1866. When Buddy was six his father died, after which the boy lived with his mother and other family members. In records of the period the family name is variously spelled ''Bolen'', ''Bolding'', ''Boldan'', and ''Bolden'', thus complicating research. Buddy likely attended Fisk School in New Orleans, though evidence is circumstantial, as early records of this and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
