1976
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Vor einem Tag · The rest of the trumpet section plays a series of chase choruses, the full tone of Shorty Baker contrasting with the bop playing of Clark Terry, the agitated phrasing of Ray Nance set against the powerful playing of Anderson in the high register of the instrument. In the trombone section, John Sanders was the junior member.
Vor 2 Tagen · But Williams was replaced by the indomitable trumpeter Ray Nance, who also played inventive jazz violin, and sang, and danced. (Duke called him “Floorshow.”) Nance stayed over 25 years. The underrated clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton was no Barney Bigard, but his horn, sometimes called “facile,” was endlessly sparkling. He stayed ...
Vor 4 Tagen · There were some exceptions to this generalization, such as trumpeter-violinist Ray Nance and high-note trumpet specialist Cat Anderson. Duke Ellington Not least of the band’s musicians was Ellington himself, a pianist whose style originated in ragtime and the stride piano idiom of James P. Johnson and Willie “The Lion” Smith .
- 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...
- Often collaborating with his longtime composing-arranging partner Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington was responsible for big-band jazz classics such a...
- 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 3 Tagen · Ray Stevens. For the first time, the names of all 2,499 American soldiers who died on D-Day were read aloud at the National D-Day Memorial’s observance Monday of the invasion’s 72nd anniversary.
Vor einem Tag · Roy Brown ist so etwas wie ein Stamm-Musiker beim Label Bear Family Records. Richtig gezählt, ist "Rocks" die zwanzigste Veröffentlichung bei der Plattenfirma. Aus den Informationen zu Roy Browns "Rocks": »[...] Roy Brown, einer der ganz Großen des frühen Rhythm 'n' Blues und mitverantwortlich für den durchschlagenden Erfolg des Rock and Roll – Rocks! Sein Good Rocking Tonight von 1948 ...
Vor 3 Tagen · Description: Interviewees discuss life for African Americans in Duluth and the Duluth lynchings. Included are Fred and Lillian Bell, Sidonia Elizabeth Black, Carrie Dozier, William Maupins Jr, Ethel Ray Nance, Edward Nichols, Rev. Alphonse Reff, Almetra Robinson, Maxine Taylor, and Marjorie Wilkins.
Vor einem Tag · MARK NANCE/Sun-Gazette Correspondent Williamsport’s Lucas Naughton (10) is chased back to third base as Wyoming Valley West third baseman Daniel Escalante (12) fields the throw after a run was ...
