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Coordinates: 40°48′25″N 73°56′27″W. A Great Day in Harlem. A Great Day in Harlem or Harlem 1958 is a black-and-white photograph of 57 jazz musicians in Harlem, New York, taken by freelance photographer Art Kane for Esquire magazine on August 12, 1958. [1] The idea for the photo came from Esquire ' s art director, Robert Benton, rather ...
Art Tatum. Arthur Tatum Jr. (/ ˈteɪtəm /, October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest ever. [1][2] From early in his career, fellow musicians acclaimed Tatum's technical ability as extraordinary. Tatum also extended jazz piano's vocabulary and boundaries far beyond his ...
Jazz elements such as improvisation, rhythmic complexities and harmonic textures were introduced to the genre and consequently had a big impact in new listeners and in some ways kept the versatility of jazz relatable to a newer generation that did not necessarily relate to what the traditionalists call real jazz (bebop, cool and modal jazz). [200]
The Jazz Messengers. Robert Henry Timmons (December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He was a sideman in Art Blakey 's Jazz Messengers for two periods (July 1958 to September 1959; February 1960 to June 1961), between which he was part of Cannonball Adderley 's band. Several of Timmons' compositions written ...
The Newark Museum of Art is featuring photos — some little-known — of jazz luminaries in two exhibits: “Jazz Greats: Classic The post Newark Museum of Art exhibits feature photos of Billie ...
Straight Ahead. (1981) Keystone 3. (1982) Oh-By the Way. (1982) Keystone 3 is a live album by drummer Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers recorded at the Keystone Korner in San Francisco in 1982 and released on the Concord Jazz label. [1] [2]
Wim Wigt. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers chronology. In This Korner. (1978) Reflections in Blue. (1979) Night in Tunisia: Digital Recording. (1979) Reflections in Blue is an album by the drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, recorded in 1978 in the Netherlands and released on the Dutch Timeless label.
Openclipart, also called Open Clip Art Library, is an online media repository of free-content vector clip art.The project hosts over 160,000 free graphics and has billed itself as "the largest community of artists making the best free original clipart for you to use for absolutely any reason".