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Otis Johnson (musician)
Otis Johnson (January 13, 1908 – February 28, 1994) was an American jazz trumpeter. Life Johnson was born on January 13, 1908 (some records have 1910) in Richmond, Virginia.New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center"27th Division World War Two Men Who Were Federalized In 1940 Last Names Beginning With 'J'" ''New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs website'', January 18, 2012. Accessed March 25, 2018.National Archives and Records Administration"Military Enlistment Record of Johnson, Otis" ''Archives.gov website''. Accessed March 25, 2018. He began his career in the late 1920s, working with Gene Rodgers, Henri Saparo, Eugene Kennedy, and Charlie Skeete. In 1929 he joined Luis Russell's band, and rejoined Kennedy's group before working with Benny Carter in 1934. He played with Charles Turner (musician), Charlie Turner and Willie Bryant in the mid-1930s, then with Louis Armstrong and Don Redman toward the end of the decade. Military service John ... [...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] |
