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Pages in category "Jazz musicians from North Carolina" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
University of North Texas: McKinney Texas: Website: KOJH-LP: 104.7 MHz Jazz, Blues Terrestrial Mutual Musicians Foundation, Inc. Kansas City Missouri: Website: KRTU-FM: 91.7 MHz Jazz, Independent Terrestrial Trinity University: San Antonio Texas: Website: KRWV-LP: 99.3 MHz Smooth Jazz, Mainstream Terrestrial Gold Canyon Public Radio Inc. Gold ...
During the 1940s and 50s, North Carolina was a favorite place to visit of gospel singers for many reasons, among which was North Carolina's less rigorous Jim Crow laws. North Carolina is also home to many famous gospel singers, the most famous being Shirley Caesar , known as the "First Lady of Gospel".
North Carolina Highway 16 (NC 16) is a 143.8-mile (231.4 km) primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Traveling in a north–south direction, it connects the cities and towns of Charlotte , Newton , Conover , Taylorsville , Wilkesboro and Jefferson , linking the Charlotte metropolitan area with the mountainous High Country .
The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, whose members were white, were the first jazz group to record, and Bix Beiderbecke was one of the most prominent jazz soloists of the 1920s. [29] The Chicago Style was developed by white musicians such as Eddie Condon , Bud Freeman , Jimmy McPartland , and Dave Tough .
Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 [1] – August 16, 2005 [2]) was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler.Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions. [3]
From African traditions, jazz derived its rhythm, "blues", and traditions of playing or singing in one's own expressive way. From European traditions, jazz derived its harmony and instruments. [15] [16] Louis Armstrong brought the improvisational solo to the forefront of a piece, replacing the original polyphonic ensemble style of New Orleans jazz.
The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group of cities lies in the Piedmont geographical region of the United States and forms the basis of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High ...