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This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. Do not enter names that lack sources.
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Christopher Stephen Botti ( / ˈboʊti / BOH-tee; born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. [1] In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album Impressions. [2] He was also nominated in 2008 for his album Italia [3] and received three nominations in 2010 for the live album Chris ...
International Jazz Day is an International Day declared by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 2011 "to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe." [1] It is celebrated annually on April 30. [2] The idea came from jazz pianist and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock. Jazz Day is chaired by Hancock and the ...
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in July 2024) and then linked here.
Thelonious Sphere Monk was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious (or Thelious) and Barbara Monk. His sister, Marion, had been born two years earlier. His birth certificate spelled his first name as "Thelious" [1] and did not list his middle name, taken from his maternal grandfather, Sphere Batts. [8]
The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as musicians/singers, composers and music patrons – known for reasons other than their longevity.
December 21 - NPR Music ranks Domi and JD Beck 's NOT TiGHT in the top 10 albums of 2022 at #10 [19] December 30 - The Guardian ranks Charles Lloyd 's Trios: Sacred Thread as the best jazz album of 2022, followed by Mary Halvorson 's Amaryllis/Belladonna (treated as one album) in #2 [20] December 30 - Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force's 2021 ...