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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 ...
www .matthewwhitaker .net. Matthew Whitaker (born April 3, 2001) is an American jazz pianist. Blind since birth, he has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and the Apollo Theater, where, at 10, he was the opening performer for Stevie Wonder 's induction into the Apollo Theater's Hall of Fame. [ 1][ 2 ...
Argo. Bernard " Buddy " Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) [ 1] was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. He is considered one of the most influential drummers of all time. [ 2] Rich was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, United States. [ 1] He discovered his affinity for jazz music at a young age and ...
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (born March 14, 1933) is an American record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer. [ 1] His career spans over 70 years, with 28 Grammy Awards won out of 80 nominations, [ 2] and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor ...
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.
Les McCann. Leslie Coleman McCann (September 23, 1935 – December 29, 2023) was an American jazz pianist and vocalist. [ 1][full citation needed] He is known for his innovations in soul jazz and his 1969 recording of the protest song "Compared to What". His music has been widely sampled in hip hop .
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler ( / ˈsiːə / SEE-ə; born 18 December 1975) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Adelaide, she started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-1990s. When Crisp disbanded in 1997, she released her debut studio album, OnlySee, in Australia.
Beginning in 1914, Louisiana Creole and African-American musicians played in vaudeville shows which carried jazz to cities in the northern and western parts of the U.S. [95] Jazz became international in 1914, when the Creole Band with cornettist Freddie Keppard performed the first ever jazz concert outside the United States, at the Pantages ...