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Vor 3 Tagen · The way the band came to the stand was notorious – never as one body, but in ones and twos, gradually filling the chairs, possibly hoping for their own round of applause which they often got. Cootie Williams came last, and of course played behind the beat in his rhetorical style most of the evening. I wrote in The Listener once (review-depping for Sandy Brown) that Cootie sometimes sounded ...
14. Mai 2024 · Cootie Williams recorded the first version of Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight” on August 22, 1944. Little did pianist Thelonious Monk know that when he was writing the melody to the song that would become “Round Midnight,” he would be enshrining in ink one of the most famous songs in modern music.
20. Mai 2024 · He selected his musicians for their expressive individuality, and several members of his ensemble—including trumpeter Cootie Williams (who replaced Miley), cornetist Rex Stewart, trombonist Lawrence Brown, baritone saxophonist Harry Carney, alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges, and clarinetist Barney Bigard—were themselves important ...
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- Duke Ellington grew up in Washington, D.C., in a secure middle-class family that encouraged his interests in the fine arts. He began studying piano...
- Benefiting from the expertise of a large ensemble that included several important jazz artists, Duke Ellington broke away from the conventions of b...
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- Duke Ellington was the greatest jazz composer and bandleader of his time. One of the originators of big-band jazz, he led his band for more than 50...
Vor 16 Stunden · Now, author Larry Tye takes a similar approach in his own 3-in-1 look at three of jazz’s greatest big band leaders in The Jazz Men: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie ...
4. Mai 2024 · Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America with their music—and were financially exploited because of their race. BY Larry Tye. May 4, 2024, 3:00 AM PDT. "The Jazzmen ...
4. Mai 2024 · Cootie Williams and his orchestra, 1941-1944 (album) Author (s)/Publishing Information. Cootie Williams; Louis Bacon; Eddie Vinson; Pearl Bailey. Location (s) Request via Interlibray Loan. Access. LP recording 1941, CD recording 1995. Item Relations. Cited in this Entry. none. Related Entries Citing this Entry. NKAA Entry: Bacon, Louis.
3. Mai 2024 · 1) Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a U.S. jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Nelson was born on 4th June 1932 in St Louis, Missouri. His family was musical: his brother was a saxophonist who played with Cootie Williams in the 1940s, and his sister sang and played piano. Nelson began learning to play the piano when he was six ...
