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South Florida Punk And Hardcore
The music of Florida has had many influences, and the state has influenced many genres and produced many musicians. Indigenous music Blues Blues artists from Florida include Piedmont blues singer and guitarist Gabriel Brown and saxophonist and blues shouter Buster Bennett. Jazz Bebop drummer Robert Thomas, Jr. (percussionist), Robert Thomas, Jr. and swing music, swing drummer Panama Francis were born in Miami. Saxophonist Archie Shepp was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Fort Lauderdale. Trumpeter Fats Navarro was born in Key West. Bassist, cellist, and composer Sam Jones (musician), Sam Jones was born in Jacksonville. Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, his brother cornet and trumpet player Nat Adderley, of Tampa, and tenor saxophonist Junior Cook of Pensacola, Florida, Pensacola were active in the hard bop era. Multi-instrumentalist and composer Gigi Gryce and blues and jazz singer and pianist Ida Goodson were also born in Pensacola. Pianist and singer Billie Pierce, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida State University College Of Music
The Florida State University College of Music, located in Tallahassee, Florida, is one of sixteen colleges comprising Florida State University. The college houses two Grammy winners, a former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, a former leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera, and the world's leading scholar in music therapy. As the third-largest music program in higher education, the college's comprehensive curricula embrace all traditional areas of music and world music study from the baccalaureate to the doctoral level. Notable people Alumni * David Cordle, current Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Emporia State University. Faculty * Leon Anderson *Scotty Barnhart * Yvonne Ciannella *Ernst von Dohnányi *Carlisle Floyd * Janice Harsanyi * Edward Kilenyi *Ladislav Kubík * Stanford Olsen *Marcus Roberts *Pietro Spada * André J. Thomas *Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Ellen Taaffe Zwilich ( ; born April 30, 1939) is an America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |