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Jazz Age. The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 30s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the United States, the birthplace of jazz. Originating in New Orleans as mainly sourced from the culture of African Americans, jazz played a significant part in ...
Timeline of jazz education (a chronology of jazz pedagogy): The initial jazz education movement in North American was much an outgrowth of the music education movement that had been in full swing since the 1920s. Chuck Suber (né Charles Harry Suber; 1921–2015), former editor of Down Beat, [1] averred that the GI Bill following World War II ...
Jazz (word) The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to jazz: Jazz – musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States, mixing African music and European classical music traditions. Jazz is a music genre that originated from African ...
September. 5 – Al Killian, American jazz trumpeter and occasional bandleader (born 1916). 15 – Dol Dauber, Czech violinist, bandleader, composer, and music arranger (born 1894). October. 23 – Al Jolson, American singer, comedian and actor (born 1886). Unknown date. Lou Gold, Polish-American composer, pianist and band leader (born 1885).
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1948.. The Nice Jazz Festival held annually since February 25, 1948 in Nice, on the French Riviera.Also in 1948, Louis Armstrong formed the first version of the Jazz All Stars with Jack Teagarden on trombone, Barney Bigard on clarinet, Dick Carey on piano, Sid Catlett on drums and Arvell Shaw on bass.
17. Miles Davis historic performance at the Newport Jazz Festival resulted in George Avakian signing him to Columbia Records. This led to the formation of his so-called “first great quintet,” featuring John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones (the "’Round About Midnight" sessions). [ 2]
Bengali Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar and western jazz musicians Gary Peacock and Bud Shank collaborate on the album Improvisations. The album combines the use of sitar and jazz music and is considered an early example of fusion experiments with jazz and Indian classical music. In early 1961 John Coltrane begins listening to ...
April. 23 – Peter DeRose, American Hall of Fame composer of jazz and pop music during the Tin Pan Alley era (born 1900). May. 16 – Django Reinhardt, French virtuoso guitarist and composer (born 1910). June. 3 – Mike Mosiello, Italian-born American trumpeter (born 1896). 26 – Julius Foss, Danish composer, organist, and guitarist (born 1879).