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Cafêzz was formed in San Juan, Puerto Rico during the summer of 2014 by pianist Carmen Noemí and bassist Edgardo "Egui" Sierra, after completion and release of their Music & Friends CD. Their first formal performance was on August 13, 2014, during the Music & Friends release party [1][2] at Downtown Bar & Grill in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
In recent years, Gisbert has become an active and highly respected jazz educator, teaching at festivals and conducting clinics across the United States. He also had two stints on the Jazz faculty at the University of Miami in the 2000s. He has also branched out in producing; bringing the up-and-coming conductor and composer, Chie Imiazumi, to ...
Jazz Age. The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 30s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the United States, the birthplace of jazz. Originating in New Orleans as mainly sourced from the culture of African Americans, jazz played a significant part in ...
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Stanley Dance. Stanley Frank Dance (15 September 1910, Braintree, Essex – 23 February 1999, Vista, California) was a British jazz writer, business manager, record producer, and historian of the Swing era. He was personally close to Duke Ellington over a long period, as well as many other musicians; [1] because of this friendship Dance was in ...
The book is one of Dyer's most acclaimed works. Pianist Keith Jarrett said it was: "The only book about jazz that I have recommended to my friends. It is a little gem with the distinction of being 'about' jazz rather than 'on' jazz. If closeness to the material determines a great solo, Mr. Dyer's book is one." [2]
Io sono Tony Scott, ovvero come l'Italia fece fuori il più grande clarinettista del jazz (English: I am Tony Scott. The Story of How Italy Got Rid of the Greatest Jazz Clarinetist) is a 2012 Italian documentary directed by Franco Maresco . It is a documentary film about the life of the Italian-American jazz musician Anthony Joseph Sciacca ...
Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, by Gunther Schuller, is a seminal study of jazz from its origins through the early 1930s, first published in 1968. [1] It has since been translated into five languages (Italian, French, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish). [2] When it was published, it was the first volume of a projected two volume ...