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1946–2022. Labels. Command, RCA Victor, Amherst, Telarc. Formerly of. The NBC Orchestra. Website. www.docseverinsen.com. Carl Hilding " Doc " Severinsen (born July 7, 1927) is an American retired jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Paul Samuel Whiteman [1] (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) [2] was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist. [3]As the leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz".
JazzTown. JazzTown is a 2021 American documentary film by director and musician Ben Makinen. Through spontaneous conversations and performances, the film highlights the jazz scene of Denver, Colorado and considers jazz as a dynamic art form.
Marin Alsop (/ ˈmærɪn ˈɔːlsəp /; [1][2] born October 16, 1956) is an American conductor, the first woman to win the Koussevitzky Prize for conducting and the first conductor to be awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She is music director laureate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra ...
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. [1] His career spans over 70 years, with 28 Grammy Awards won out of 80 nominations, [2] and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before ...
Toshiko Akiyoshi (秋吉敏子 or 穐吉敏子, Akiyoshi Toshiko, born 12 December 1929)[1] is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. [2] Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in Down Beat magazine's annual Readers' Poll. In 1984, she was the ...
CBS, Bethlehem, Victor, Black & Blue, Chiaroscuro. Website. www.milthinton.com. Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer. [1] Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, [2] his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the road with Cab ...