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Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson was known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet ...
Anderson lived at 724 E. 52nd Place from 1930 to 1945 (part of the 52nd Place Historic District). Ivie Anderson was born July 10, 1905, in Gilroy, California. [3] Although her mother's name is unknown, her father was Jobe Smith. From 1914 to 1918 (age nine to 13), Anderson attended St. Mary's Convent and studied voice.
Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) [1] was an American percussionist, steelpan virtuoso, songwriter, musical arranger, and record producer.. His compositions include "Where Is the Love", a Grammy Award winner for the duet of Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway; "Just the Two of Us", recorded by Bill Withers and Grover Washington Jr.; and "Mister Magic" recorded by ...
Charlie Haden. Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz, evolving a style that sometimes complemented the soloist, and other times moved ...
Mainstream. RCA. Richard Allen " Blue " Mitchell (March 13, 1930 – May 21, 1979) [1] was an American trumpeter and composer who worked in jazz, rhythm and blues, soul, rock and funk. He recorded albums as leader and sideman for Riverside, Mainstream Records, and Blue Note. [2]
Years active. 1930s–1998. Labels. Command. Formerly of. Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band, World's Greatest Jazz Band. Robert Sherwood Haggart (March 13, 1914 [1] – December 2, 1998) [2] was an American dixieland jazz double bass player, composer, and arranger. Although he is associated with dixieland, he was one of the finest rhythm bassists of the ...
The resulting popularity led to their Saturday-morning half-hour sketch comedy series for CBS, The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show, which ran from 1974 to 1975. [1] They also released numerous hit singles during this time for producer Bernie Taupin , including "So You Are a Star" (1974), "Rendezvous" (1975), "Lonely School Year" (1975), and ...
Jazz. Occupation (s) Pianist, composer, arranger, conductor. Instrument. Piano. Years active. 1940s - 2015. Ralph Simon Sharon (September 17, 1923 – March 31, 2015) was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger. [1] He is best known for working with Tony Bennett as his pianist on numerous recordings and live performances.