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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation was established on April 20, 1983, by Ahmet Ertegun, founder and chairman of Atlantic Records. After a long search for the right city, Cleveland was chosen in 1986 as the Hall of Fame's permanent home. Architect I. M. Pei designed the new museum, and it was dedicated on September 1, 1995.
Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center in New York City. The organization was founded in 1987 and opened at the then-Time Warner Center (now the Deutsche Bank Center) in October 2004. Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director and the leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The center hosts performances by the orchestra and by ...
A Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame member is a jazz musician who has made a significant contribution to the art form called jazz; used his artistry for social causes. The artist was born, a long-time resident, and has a musical connection to Kings County in New York State. Members of the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame include: Lena Horne, Max Roach ...
Along with Louis Armstrong, first jazz artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Early influences category. Jimi Hendrix: 1992 [290] 1970 [291] First rock artist inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame. Dinah Washington: 1993 [292] 2014 [293] Early influences category. Frank Zappa: 1995 [294] 1994 [295] Jelly Roll Morton: 1998 ...
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is a museum dedicated to preservation and celebration of the jazz history of Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. The idea for the museum was conceived in 1995. The museum was founded in 1997 by Leonard Garment, counsel to two U.S. presidents, and an accomplished jazz saxophonist, Abraham David Sofaer, a former U ...
In 1960, Hall also toured and recorded with Ella Fitzgerald in Europe. Hall moved to New York City around 1960 and began performing with band leaders including Lee Konitz (1960–61), Sonny Rollins (1961–62, 1964), and Art Farmer (1962–64). He formed a studio partnership with Bill Evans during this time, appearing on five albums with Evans ...
Max Roach was born to Alphonse and Cressie Roach in the Township of Newland, Pasquotank County, North Carolina, which borders the southern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp. The Township of Newland is sometimes mistaken for Newland Town in Avery County, North Carolina. Roach's family moved to the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New ...
New York City The Ritz: The Individuals: May 2, 1983 Blacksburg: After Dark Not Shakespeare May 3, 1983 Raleigh: The Pier Rick Rock May 4, 1983 Blowing Rock: P.B. Scott's Music Hall — May 6, 1983 Davidson: Love Auditorium: 86 May 7, 1983 Atlanta: Agora Ballroom — May 8, 1983 Fox Theatre — May 9, 1983 Athens: 40 Watt Club — May 18, 1983 ...