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Vor 13 Stunden · Dizzy Gillespie was also a bandleader, composer, and teacher. Alongside Charlie Parker, he significantly contributed to the rise of bebop, the famous jazz style, and influenced many jazz musicians. At the age of 12, he started learning the trumpet and trombone. His first professional job was with the Frank Fairfax Orchestra in 1935. He also ...
Vor 2 Tagen · From 1941, when Charlie Parker’s first commercially recorded solos (“Hootie Blues” and “Jumpin’ the Blues,” with the Jay McShann Orchestra) dropped on Decca Records, his aesthetic decisions and virtuoso flair moved the collective sensibility of jazz in a new direction. And, to paraphrase the mantra that cropped up after Parker died in March 1955, Bird
Vor 4 Tagen · He played with bebop luminaries like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie before gaining international acclaim in the 1960s. His recordings, including “Go!” and “Our Man in Paris,” are ...
Vor 13 Stunden · Vi Redd was an American jazz alto saxophonist known for her bebop and hard bop inspired by Charlie Parker. Born in 1928 to a musical family, Vi grew up in Los Angeles’ vibrant Central Avenue jazz scene. She became a pioneering figure, performing alongside legends like Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie.
Vor 4 Tagen · The major jazz musicians who emerged after World War II—saxophonists Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, and John Coltrane, Dissatisfaction with the commercialization and familiarity of swing led to the development of jazz, music that was more than mere entertainment. trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, pianists ...
Vor einem Tag · Since 1975 Scott Yanow has been a regular reviewer of albums in many jazz styles. He has written for many jazz and arts magazines, including JazzTimes, Jazziz, Down Beat, Cadence, CODA, and the Los Angeles Jazz Scene, and was the jazz editor for Record Review. He has written an in-depth biography on Dizzy Gillespie for AllMusic.com. He has ...
Vor 2 Tagen · The last survivor of the generation of giants who revolutionized jazz in the 1950s, Sonny Rollins played and recorded with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk while still in his teens. By the end of the decade, he reigned supreme as the most talented and innovative tenor saxophonist in jazz. Rather than follow the easy path to ...
