Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Franck Amsallem (born 1961) Chris Anderson (1926–2008) Bill Anschell. Jim Aton (1925–2008) Ivar Antonsen (born 1946) Lil Hardin Armstrong (1898–1971) Dag Arnesen (born 1950) Lynne Arriale (born 1957) Roy Assaf (born 1982)
Bob Cranshaw (1932–2016) Mark Egan (born 1951) Alphonso Johnson (born 1951) Bill Laswell (born 1955) Marcus Miller (born 1959) Monk Montgomery (1921–1982) Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987) John Patitucci (born 1959) Steve Swallow (born 1940)
Gene Ammons. Eugene " Jug " Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), [1] also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. [2] The son of boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons, [1][3] Gene Ammons is remembered for his accessible music, steeped in soul and R&B. [4]
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), [3][4][5][6][7] known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer and songwriter. A classically trained pianist, Keys began composing songs when she was the age of 12 and was signed by Columbia Records at the age of 15. After disputes with the label, she signed with J Records to release her ...
Leo. Rounder. Le Sony'r Ra[2] (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led The Arkestra, an ...
Official website. Alwin Lopez Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter. His 1981 album Breakin' Away spent two years on the Billboard 200 and is considered one of the finest examples of the Los Angeles pop and R&B sound. The album won Jarreau the 1982 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
April 7, 2015. (2015-04-07) (aged 90) New York City, New York. Occupation (s) Dancer, choreographer, teacher. Eugene Louis Faccuito (March 20, 1925 – April 7, 2015), known professionally as Luigi, was an American jazz dancer, choreographer, teacher, and innovator who created the jazz exercise technique. The Luigi Warm Up Technique is a ...
Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) is a music festival held every April in Canada and the United States, in honor of jazz as an early American art form. JAM was created in 2001 by John Edward Hasse, curator of the Smithsonian 's National Museum of American History. [1] It became a national extension of the original Jazz Awareness Month created by ...