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Jazz. (Henri Matisse) Henri Matisse ’s Jazz is a limited-edition art book containing prints of colorful cut- paper collages, accompanied by the artist's written thoughts. It was first issued on September 30, 1947, by art publisher Tériade. The portfolio, characterized by vibrant colors, poetic texts, and circus and theater themes, marks ...
Art Tatum. Arthur Tatum Jr. (/ ˈteɪtəm /, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. [ 1 ][ 2 ] From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as extraordinary. Tatum also extended jazz piano's vocabulary and boundaries far beyond his ...
Blakey on a tour billed as part of the "Giants of Jazz" in Hamburg, Germany, in 1973. On December 17, 1947, Blakey led a group known as "Art Blakey's Messengers" in his first recording session as a leader, for Blue Note Records. The records were released as 78 rpm records at the time, and two of the songs were released on the "New Sounds" 10 ...
EAU CLAIRE — The Clearwater Jazz & Art Festival comes back for another year bigger and better than before. Joe Lustek is one of the organizers of the event, and during a recent interview with ...
The two photo exhibitions are on view through Aug. 21.. The Newark Museum of Art is featuring photos — some little-known — of jazz luminaries in two exhibits: “Jazz Greats: Classic ...
Charles Henry Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was active in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administration 's Federal Art Project.
The art center, at 1801 E. 18th St.,in the middle of Kansas City’s historic 18th and Vine Jazz District, will reside in what used to be the Crispus Attucks School, a historic school for Black ...
Jazz poetry has been defined as poetry that "demonstrates jazz -like rhythm or the feel of improvisation" [1] and also as poetry that takes jazz music, musicians, or the jazz milieu as its subject. [2] Some critics consider it a distinct genre though others consider the term to be merely descriptive.