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ISBN. 978-0-394-50826-9. OCLC. 6223424. Music for Chameleons (1980) is a collection of short fiction and non-fiction by the American author Truman Capote. Capote's first collection of new material in fourteen years, Music for Chameleons spent sixteen weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, unprecedented for a collection of short works. [1]
Jazz. Occupation (s) Pianist, composer, arranger, conductor. Instrument. Piano. Years active. 1940s - 2015. Ralph Simon Sharon (September 17, 1923 – March 31, 2015) was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger. [1] He is best known for working with Tony Bennett as his pianist on numerous recordings and live performances.
Donna Lee. "Donna Lee" is a jazz standard tune attributed to Charlie Parker, although Miles Davis has also claimed authorship. [1][2] Written in A-flat, it is based on the chord changes of the jazz standard "(Back Home Again in) Indiana". [1] Beginning with an unusual half-bar rest, "Donna Lee" is a very complex, fast-moving chart with a ...
William Correa (February 28, 1934 [1] – September 15, 1983), [2] better known by his stage name Willie Bobo, was an American Latin jazz percussionist of Puerto Rican descent. . Bobo rejected the stereotypical expectations of Latino music and was noted for his versatility as an authentic Latin percussionist as well as a jazz drummer easily moving stylistically from jazz, Latin and rhythm and ...
Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. For six decades, he was one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. [1] He was a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master and won a Lifetime Achievement Grammy for his contributions ...
Jules de Koenigswarter. . . (m. 1935; div. 1956) . Parent (s) Charles Rothschild. Rózsika Rothschild. Baroness Kathleen Annie Pannonica de Koenigswarter (née Rothschild; 10 December 1913 – 30 November 1988) was a British-born jazz patron and writer. A leading patron of bebop, she was a member of the Rothschild family.
Dying (i.e. dying away in dynamics, and perhaps also in tempo) mosso Moved, moving; used with a preceding più or meno, for faster or slower respectively moto Motion; usually seen as con moto, meaning with motion or quickly movement A section of a musical composition (such as a sonata or concerto) MS See mano sinistra munter (Ger.) Lively ...
See media help. " Nuages " (French pronunciation: [nɥaʒ]) is one of the best-known compositions by Django Reinhardt. He recorded at least thirteen [1] versions of the tune, which is a jazz standard and a mainstay of the gypsy swing repertoire. English [2] and French lyrics have been added to the piece which was originally an instrumental work.