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2024 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert. Apr 13, 2024. 07:30 pm ~ 09:00 pm ET. The 2024 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert will take place one-night-only on Saturday, April 13, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. ET at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater at 2700 F St., NW, Washington, DC, and available through a live webcast and radio broadcast. Hosted by NPR ...
Though a pianist and occasional organist, William "Count" Basie's fame stems mainly from his history as one of the great bandleaders. Basie's arrangements made good use of soloists, allowing musicians such as Lester Young, Buck Clayton, Sweets Edison, and Frank Foster to create some of their best work. Although his strength was as a bandleader ...
19. Nov. 2003 · Hamilton played with Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington and Lester Young, among others, before forming his own quintet. A mentor to many musicians, Hamilton helped found the jazz program ...
Lester Willis Young, genannt „Prez“ oder „Pres“ (* 27. August 1909 in Woodville, Mississippi; † 15. März 1959 in New York City ), war ein US-amerikanischer Tenorsaxophonist und Klarinettist. Lester Young war einer der den Jazz prägendsten Saxophonisten. Seine Spielweise markiert die Phase des Übergangs vom Swing zum Bebop.
Die NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships der NEA, National Endowment for the Arts, werden jährlich an bis zu sieben (etablierte) Jazzmusiker verliehen, als Anerkennung für ihr bisheriges Lebenswerk. Es ist die höchste offizielle Ehrung für Jazzmusiker in den USA. Die Auszeichnung ist für jeden Künstler mit einem Preisgeld von 25.000 US-Dollar ...
15. Apr. 2015 · At Roosevelt, Segal joined the university's jazz club in 1947—soon running afternoon live jazz sessions that featured musicians he had met working at commercial jazz venues. The popularity of Segal's events grew quickly, and big band musicians would perform solo on their off-nights, along with other local and visiting artists including Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins , and Lester Young.
15. Apr. 2020 · BEING A JAZZ MASTER. Q: How did you feel about being named an NEA Jazz Master? Lee Konitz: Well, it's great, of course. We exist for the validations we get. And this is a major validation. Q: Do you have any preference between playing, you know, as a sideman versus as a leader of a group? Lee Konitz: I feel like a sideman actually. I've never ...
