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Jazz, jazz fusion, soul jazz, jazz-funk. Occupation. Musician. Instrument. Piano. Labels. Contemporary, Discovery, Fantasy. Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) [1] was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir Raise Up Off Me, [2] which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975.
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Jelly's Last Jam is a musical with a book by George C. Wolfe, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, and music by Jelly Roll Morton and Luther Henderson.Based on the life and career of Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known as Jelly Roll Morton and generally regarded as one of the primary driving forces behind the introduction of jazz to the American public in the early 20th century, it also serves as a social ...
The Cavalcade of Jazz events were large outdoor jazz festivals held annually between 1945 and 1958 in Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, California, U.S. They were the first such large-scale events and were produced by an African American, Leon Hefflin, Sr. Hefflin was an entrepreneur who had started promoting dances and concerts for Black residents ...
The Baked Potato. Coordinates: 34°8′12″N 118°21′47″W. Club exterior in 2015. The Baked Potato is a prominent jazz club on Cahuenga Boulevard in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, opened by Don Randi (father of bassist Leah Randi) in 1970. Randi formed his own group, Don Randi and Quest, as the house band.
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.
Blue Note Records became the flagship jazz label for Capitol Records, and was the parent label for the Capitol Jazz, Pacific Jazz, Roulette and other labels within Capitol's holdings which had possessed a jazz line. [3] The "RVG series", Rudy Van Gelder remastering his own recordings from decades earlier began around 1998.
The Central Avenue Jazz Festival is a yearly annual free jazz festival that takes place the last weekend in the month of July in the Southern section of Los Angeles . Central Avenue, after which the area is named, was in the 1930s and 1940s a vibrant center for jazz. At this time the infamous covenant line along Washington Boulevard demarcated ...