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Musician, artist, writer, educator. Instrument. Trumpet. Labels. daagnim, Clean Feed. Website. Dennis González on Bandcamp. Dennis González, often credited Dennis Gonzalez (August 15, 1954 – March 15, 2022), [1][2] was an American jazz trumpeter, artist, and educator from Texas. He hosted Miles Out on KERA-FM for over twenty years.
Jazz rap is a fusion subgenre of hip hop music and jazz, developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The lyrics are often based on political consciousness, Afrocentrism, and general positivism. 1980s ->. Jazz rock. The term "jazz-rock" (or "jazz/rock") is often used as a synonym for the term "jazz fusion". 1960s ->.
In 1990, the corps declared bankruptcy and moved from Kansas to Texas, despite protests from the local community. [69] This was due to dwindling sponsorship from local groups and the fact that many of their members came from Texas. [70] The sixth and last time the corps made finals was in 1991 with a theme based on Camelot, another musical. [71]
The Hot Club's first album, 1998's Swingin' Stampede is a collection of standards, fiddle tunes, and classic Western swing songs, including two written by Bob Wills. Their 1999 follow-up album, Tall Tales, includes original songs by Smith and James, including Darling You And I Are Through by James, and Emily and When I Lost You by Smith, as well as more Western Swing standards by Bob Wills ...
Red Rodney at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay CA 1982. He reunited with Ira Sullivan and performed with Dizzy Gillespie. [1] From 1980 to 1982, Rodney made five albums with Sullivan. On these albums he started to play post bop jazz. He continued to work and record into the 1990s.
On All About Jazz, Mark F. Turner said "there are more subdued voices who let their music do the talking, as is the case for Ron Miles' Quiver, a project led by the Denver-based trumpeter and his talented cohorts, guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Brian Blade. These gentle masters are highly respected leaders with expansive discographies and ...
Western swing fiddle. Westerns swing originated in the 1920s and 1930s; small towns in the US Southwest. Although sometimes subject to the term "Texas swing" it is widely associated with Tulsa, [1] others contend that "Western Swing music finds deep roots in the dust bowl of Oklahoma", [2] and its influences include jazz from the major urban ...
Many early jazz musicians played in the bars and brothels of the red-light district around Basin Street called Storyville. [94] In addition to dance bands, there were marching bands which played at lavish funerals (later called jazz funerals). The instruments used by marching bands and dance bands became the instruments of jazz: brass, drums ...