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Frank Driggs ("Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree") Irving Townsend ("We Three Kings of Orient Are") Jingle Bell Jazz (re-issued as Christmas Jazz) is a collection of jazz versions of Christmas songs recorded between 1959 and 1962 by some of the most popular artists on the Columbia label. It was released on October 17, 1962.
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 ...
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Genres. Jazz. Occupation. Musician. Instrument. Drums. Gerald John Granelli (December 30, 1940 – July 20, 2021) was an American-Canadian jazz drummer. He was best known for playing drums on the soundtrack A Charlie Brown Christmas with the Vince Guaraldi Trio.
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (né Lemott, [2] later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. [3]
The beginnings of a distinct European style of jazz began to emerge in this interwar period. British jazz began with a tour by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band in 1919. In 1926, Fred Elizalde and His Cambridge Undergraduates began broadcasting on the BBC. Thereafter jazz became an important element in many leading dance orchestras, and jazz ...
SEE MORE: Major U.S. Cities Host Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremonies. But, Christmas trees as we know them, began in 16th century Germany, when devout Christians brought dressed evergreen trees ...
wesmontgomery.com. John Leslie " Wes " Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. [1] Montgomery was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound.
The Four Seasons is an American vocal quartet formed in 1960 in Newark, New Jersey. Since 1970, they have also been known at times as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The Four Seasons are one of the best-selling musical groups of all time, having sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide. [ 5 ]