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Frank Vincent Zappa [nb 1] (/ ˈ z æ p ə / ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist ...
2. Henry " Henny " Youngman (March 16, 1906 – February 24, 1998) was a British-born American comedian and musician famous for his mastery of the " one-liner ", his best known being "Take my wife... please". In a time when many comedians told elaborate anecdotes, Youngman's routine consisted of telling simple one-liner jokes, occasionally with ...
Echoes of the Jazz Age. It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire. " Echoes of the Jazz Age " is a short essay by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald that was first published in Scribner's Magazine in November 1931. [2][3] The essay analyzes the societal conditions in the United States ...
Musician, composer. Instrument (s) Cornet, trumpet. Bobby Lee Bradford (born July 19, 1934) is an American jazz trumpeter, cornetist, bandleader, and composer. [ 1 ] In addition to his solo work, Bradford is noted for his work with John Carter, Vinny Golia and Ornette Coleman. In October 2009, Bradford became the second recipient of the ...
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an Mexian jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a roughly five-decade career that kept him at the forefront of many major ...
Bill Wurtz. Bill Wurtz (often stylized in all lowercase) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, video producer, animator, and internet personality. He is known for his distinctive style of music, with deadpan delivery and singing, and his animated music videos, with surrealist, psychedelic graphics. Wurtz has published music and videos ...
Hitting a Milestone. After putting in the effort for two years, Jazz celebrated losing 100 pounds and how she was motivated to keep up her new lifestyle. “I’m so proud of my progress and want ...
Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. [1] [2] [3] One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s and a cornerstone of the Blue Note label, [1] Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording with bandleaders like John Coltrane, Curtis Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Hank Mobley and Wayne Shorter, and playing in Art Blakey's Jazz ...