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Vor 2 Tagen · The Meaning Behind The Song: Pound Cake by Lester Young. Pound Cake is a timeless jazz masterpiece composed and performed by the incomparable Lester Young. The song was recorded in 1950 and was part of Young’s iconic album, “The President Plays with the Oscar Peterson Trio.”.
Vor 3 Tagen · Though credited to Basie, “One O’Clock Jump” owed a lot to individual members. Their original 1937 recording of the song, for instance, featured such stellar musicians as saxophonists Evans and Lester Young, trumpeter Buck Clayton, bassist Walter Page, and Basie himself on piano.
Vor 5 Tagen · Baraka produced a number of noted jazz poems including “AM/Trak,” a poem for John Coltrane, and “Pres Spoke in a Language,” for saxophonist Lester Young. Other noted Black Arts Movement poets who wrote jazz poetry include Etheridge Knight, Sonia Sanchez, and Haki Madhubuti (Don L. Lee).
Vor 5 Tagen · Lester Young and especially Charlie Parker were important early influences, though by 1954–56, when he was a founding member of the original Jazz Messengers, he had become a distinctive personal stylist.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Vor einem Tag · In the late 1940s Fitzgerald began to tour with the Jazz at the Philharmonic troupe, working with such leading musicians as saxophonist Lester Young, trumpeter Roy Eldridge, pianist Oscar Peterson, and bassist Ray Brown, to whom she was married for four years. JATP impresario Norman Granz became increasingly influential in her career, and in 1953 he became her manager.
Vor 3 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 einem Tag · Leonard Bernstein ( / ˈbɜːrnstaɪn / BURN-styne) [1] (born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international acclaim.
