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Carmen McRae. Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. [1] She is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century and is remembered for her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretation of lyrics. [2]
The New York City Jazz Record. The New York City Jazz Record is a monthly New York City based publication that includes features, reviews and concert announcements regarding jazz music. It is available in print form (black and white hardcopy) as well as online at www.nycjazzrecord.com (in full color). It was launched in May 2002 by co-founders ...
The Smithsonian Collection of Big Band Jazz. (1985) The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz is a six-LP box set released in 1973 by the Smithsonian Institution. Compiled by jazz critic, scholar, and historian Martin Williams, the album included tracks from over a dozen record labels spanning several decades and genres of American jazz, from ...
This discography of the Riverside Records label includes the two principal 12" LP series. The main label's mono series had a 12- (later RLP 12-) prefix and the RLP 1100 series consisted of stereo issues (not given here) of albums also released in mono. The Jazzland subsidiary is also listed, but the earlier 10" series are omitted.
Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival in Kansas City [citation needed] Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia [72] Nebraska. Omaha Blues, Jazz, & Gospel Festival in Omaha. Nevada. Las Vegas City of Lights Jazz Festival in Las Vegas [73] Reno Jazz Festival in Reno [citation needed] New Jersey.
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first ...
Milt Gabler, Herbie Hill, Lou Blum and Jack Crystal at the Commodore Music Shop, New York City (1947) Commodore Records was founded in the spring of 1938 by Milt Gabler, [1] a native of Harlem who founded the Commodore Music Shop in 1926 in Manhattan at 136 East 42nd Street (diagonally across the street from the Commodore Hotel), and from 1938–41 with a branch at 46 West 52nd Street, [2]
James Reese Europe (February 22, 1880 [1] – May 9, 1919) was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer.He was the leading figure on the African-American music scene of New York City in the 1910s.