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D. Dave Davis (musician) Spanky DeBrest. Buddy DeFranco. Kenny Dennis. Willie Dennis. Buddy Deppenschmidt. Walt Dickerson. Bobby Durham (jazz musician)
The John Coltrane House is a historic house at 1511 North 33rd Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A National Historic Landmark, it was the home of American saxophonist and jazz pioneer John Coltrane from 1952 until 1958. [2] On his death in 1967 the house passed to his cousin, who sold it in 2004. Efforts for restoration and reuse as a ...
Kermit Gosnell (born 1941), convicted of 21 felony counts of illegal late-term abortion. Gary Heidnik (1943–1999), former convicted murderer. Philip Leonetti (born 1953), underboss of Philadelphia crime family and government informant. Nicodemo Scarfo (1929–2017), former mafioso and head of Scarfo crime family.
Alphonso Johnson (born 1951) Bill Laswell (born 1955) Marcus Miller (born 1959) Monk Montgomery (1921–1982) Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987) John Patitucci (born 1959) Steve Swallow (born 1940) Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born 1956)
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. [1] Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, [2] a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies.
G. Barry Galbraith. Jimmy Garrison. John Garvey (musician) Horace Gerlach. Nathan Gershman. Jeff Goldblum. Mick Goodrick. Lee Gordon (musician)
In the 1940s, Philadelphia jazz was based out of clubs along Columbia Avenue in North Philadelphia and clubs like the Clef Club, the Showboat, and Pep's in South Philadelphia. [ 34 ] The city produced a number of bop -era saxophonists, the most famous of whom was John Coltrane , one of the most renowned jazz musicians of the 20th century, known ...
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 ...