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Ron Carter (born 1937) David Darling (1941–2021) Richard Davis (born 1930) David Eyges (born 1950) Nathan Gershman (1917–2008) Dave Holland (born 1946) Tristan Honsinger (born 1949) Sam Jones (1924–1981) Fred Katz (1919–2013) Diedre Murray (born 1951) Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960) Hank Roberts (born 1954) Abdul Wadud (1947–2022) Doug ...
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Minnie Riperton. Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) [ 4][ 5] was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1975 single "Lovin' You", her five-octave vocal range, and her use of the whistle register. [ 6] Born in 1947, Riperton grew up in Chicago 's Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side.
Helio Alves (born 1966) Jimmy Amadie (1937–2013) Albert Ammons (1907–1949) 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) Ehud Asherie (born 1979) Fahir ...
Genres. Jazz, gypsy jazz, bebop, Romani music. Occupation (s) Musician, composer. Instrument (s) Guitar, violin, banjo. Years active. 1928–1953. Jean Reinhardt (23 January 1910 – 16 May 1953), known by his Romani nickname Django ( French: [dʒãŋɡo ʁɛjnaʁt] or [dʒɑ̃ɡo ʁenɑʁt] ), was a Belgian Manouche or Sinti jazz guitarist and ...
Najee began his career as a teenager performing in local bands in the New York City area. After high school, Najee's first world tour was with a band from New York City called "Area Code". The band spent two years performing on military bases in Europe, Iceland, Greenland, Central America, Caribbean, and the United States on behalf of the USO.
At age eleven, she appeared in the series Women in Jazz at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola; At the age of 13, she released her second album, It's Great to Be Alive (2007), on which saxophonist Harry Allen also played. [4] Swift earned her bachelor's degree in jazz voice in 2016 from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music.
In the 1920s, women singing jazz music were not many, but women playing instruments in jazz music were even less common. Mary Lou Williams, known for her talent as a piano player, is deemed as one of the "mothers of jazz" due to her singing while playing the piano at the same time. [4] Lovie Austin (1887–1972) was a piano player and bandleader.