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Jazz is a 2001 television documentary miniseries directed by Ken Burns. It was broadcast on PBS in 2001 [ 2] and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. [ 3] Its chronological and thematic episodes provided a history of jazz, emphasizing innovative composers and musicians and American history.
Charles Frank Mangione ( / ˌmændʒiˈoʊni / MAN-jee-OH-nee; born November 29, 1940) [ 1] is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey 's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap. He achieved international success in 1978 with his jazz-pop single ...
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Thielemans was born in Brussels on 29 April 1922. [5] His parents owned a café. [4] He began playing music at an early age, using a homemade accordion at age three. [6] During the German occupation of Belgium beginning in 1940, he became attracted to jazz, but was then playing on a full-size accordion or a harmonica, which he taught himself to play in his teens.
Ron Carter. Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) [ 1] is an American jazz double bassist. His appearances on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. [ 2] He has won three Grammy Awards, [ 3] and is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on that instrument. [ 4]
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 ...
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. [2] Hancock started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound.
David Sanborn. David William Sanborn (July 30, 1945 – May 12, 2024) was an American alto saxophonist. Sanborn worked in many musical genres; his solo recordings typically blended jazz with instrumental pop and R&B. [ 1] He began playing the saxophone at the age of 11 and released his first solo album, Taking Off, in 1975. [ 2]