King and Carter’s Jazzing Orchestra
Who are these early jazzmen from Houston, Texas, era 1921? Please leave comment.
Paris Jazz Club, In English. http://ow.ly/YsCW
Jazz bassist Henry Grimes, His book of Poetry. http://ow.ly/YsyP
Ed Thigpen, Brush Solo!! http://ow.ly/YssR
Ed Thigpen, Goodbye but not forgotten. http://ow.ly/YsqF
Back Alley Jazz coming soon to Baltimore. http://ow.ly/Yslj
Happy Birthday, Jeff “Tain” Watts, todays top jazz drummer!!
Fantasy Records salutes the famed pianist, who, despite gold records and global acclaim as a renowned jazz artist, will always be best known for his cheerful, uplifting work with Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang. Although he passed away at the young age of 47 in 1976, Vince Guaraldi will always live on in the minds and hearts of jazz and music fans of all ages; and this special 2-CD set is the ideal salute to this very deserving artist. The ablum includes 2 previously unreleased tracks and features extended liner notes by noted jazz historian Doug Ramsey.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Lee Konitz (born October 13, 1927) is an American jazz composer and alto saxophonist born in Chicago, Illinois.
Generally considered one of the driving forces of Cool Jazz, Konitz has also performed successfully in bebop and avant-garde settings. Konitz was one of the few altoists to retain a distinctive sound in the 50s, when Charlie Parker exercised a tremendous influence on other players.
Konitz, like other students of pianist and theoretician Lennie Tristano, was noted for spontaneous composition of long, melodic lines with the rhythmic interest coming from odd accents, or odd note groupings suggestive of the imposition of one time signature over another. Paul Desmond and, especially, Art Pepper were strongly influenced by Konitz.
Konitz’s association with the Cool Jazz movement of the 1940s and 50s, includes participation in Miles Davis’ epochal Birth of the Cool sessions, and his work with Lennie Tristano came from the same period. During his long career, Konitz has played with musicians from a wide variety of jazz styles. -Wikipedia
