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Kat Edmonson. (Aarhus Jazz Festival, Denmark, 2013) Born and raised in Houston, Edmonson is the only child of a single mother who enjoyed songs from the Great American Songbook and traditional pop from the 1940s and '50s. She wrote her first song at age nine while riding the school bus. [2]
July 4 – Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra) [41] July 31 – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz musician and composer [42] August 28 – Francesc Burrull, 86, Spanish musician and composer [43] September 16 –George Mraz, 77, Czech-American jazz bassist [44] September 28 - Dr. Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz Hammond ...
Samara Joy McLendon[1] (born November 11, 1999) is an American jazz singer. She released her self-titled debut album in 2021 and was subsequently named Best New Artist by JazzTimes. Her second album, Linger Awhile (2022), reached number one on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. [2] At the 2023 Grammy Awards, she won the awards for Best Jazz Vocal ...
Alphonso Johnson (born 1951) Bill Laswell (born 1955) Marcus Miller (born 1959) Monk Montgomery (1921–1982) Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987) John Patitucci (born 1959) Steve Swallow (born 1940) Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born 1956)
Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (born March 31, 1983, [5] formerly Christian Scott) [6] is an American jazz trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer.. He has been nominated for six Grammy Awards [7] and is a two-time Edison Award [8] winner.
An interview by John Freeman for The Quietus highlighted that "Mental health is a hugely important issue for Shah." [5] Shah suffers from endometriosis. [17]She is a Muslim, and of her career in music, she said "[if] it inspires any young Muslim women to pick up a guitar and play a song, that’s brilliant". [18]
Patricia Barber (born 1956) Mary Barry (born 1955) Shirley Bassey (born 1937) Yolande Bavan (born 1942) Dee Bell (born 1950) Sathima Bea Benjamin (1936–2013) Tex Beneke (1914–2000) Tony Bennett (1926–2023) George Benson (born 1943) Cheryl Bentyne (born 1954) Andrea Rydin Berge (born 1984) Polly Bergen (1930–2014) Jarle Bernhoft (born ...
Keyon Harrold was born and raised in Ferguson, Missouri, United States, one of 16 children in a family of musicians. [1] His grandfather was a former police officer who founded The Memorial Lancers Drum and Bugle Corps. [2] Harrold graduated from the School of Jazz at The New School.