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Jazz musician and composer. Joseph Arthurlin Harriott (15 July 1928 – 2 January 1973) [1] was a Jamaican jazz musician and composer, whose principal instrument was the alto saxophone. Initially a bebopper, he became a pioneer of free-form jazz. Born in Kingston, Harriott moved to the United Kingdom as a working musician in 1951 and lived in ...
The album was a stylistic departure for the band, and included more Urban Jazz than had appeared on previous releases. Tony Morales, the original drummer, left the band after this release to pursue a career in web management. Morales put together the Rippingtons' first web site, which was nominated for an AOL award (Best Jazz Band Site).
It is debatable whether Marsalis' critical and commercial success was a cause or a symptom of the reaction against Fusion and Free Jazz and the resurgence of interest in the kind of jazz pioneered in the 1960s (particularly modal jazz and post-bop); nonetheless there were many other manifestations of a resurgence of traditionalism, even if ...
Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood posing outside the White House with a full-size cutout of Ronald Reagan, during their US tour, November 8, 1984 (Credit: Mike Maloney/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
West Coast jazz. Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music inspired by bebop and big band [1] that arose in the United States after World War II. It is characterized by relaxed tempos and a lighter tone than that used in the fast and complex bebop style. Cool jazz often employs formal arrangements and incorporates elements of classical music.
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 ...
1958 Miles is a compilation album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1974 on CBS/Sony. [1][3] Recording sessions for tracks that appear on the album took place on May 26, 1958, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio and September 9, 1958, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. 1958 Miles consists of three songs featured on side two of ...
Avant-garde jazz. Avant-garde jazz (also known as avant-jazz, experimental jazz, or "new thing") [1][2] is a style of music and improvisation that combines avant-garde art music and composition with jazz. [3] It originated in the early 1950s and developed through to the late 1960s. [4] Originally synonymous with free jazz, much avant-garde jazz ...