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Music of Chicago. Chicago, Illinois is a major center for music [1] in the midwestern United States where distinctive forms of blues (greatly responsible for the future creation of rock and roll), and house music, a genre of electronic dance music, were developed. The "Great Migration" of poor black workers from the South into the industrial ...
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing big bands in the United States. His concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 1938, is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the ...
The Chicago Jazz Festival is an admission-free, four-day annual jazz festival in Chicago's Millennium Park.It is run by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and programmed with the assistance of Jazz Institute of Chicago during Labor Day weekend, integrating international and local artists playing many forms of jazz music.
1816: The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. Ft. Dearborn is rebuilt. 1818: December 3, Illinois joins the Union and becomes a state. 1820 Chicago. 1821 Survey of Chicago. 1830. August 4, Chicago is surveyed and platted for the first time by James Thompson. Population: "Less than 100".
Bob Fosse. Robert Louis Fosse (/ ˈfɒsi /; June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director. [2] Known for his work on stage and screen, he is arguably the most influential figure in the field of jazz dance in the twentieth century. [3] He received numerous accolades including an ...
"A Cicada Of Chicago" by Pepe Ahlqvist "Alpha" - Towa Tei "An Afternoon in Midway Plaisance.Fantasie for Piano.", 1893 – composer: Gustav Luders [1] "Another Rainy Day in New York City" - Chicago
Jazz Age. The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 30s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the United States, the birthplace of jazz. Originating in New Orleans as mainly sourced from the culture of African Americans, jazz played a significant part in ...
Sidney Bechet. Sidney Joseph Bechet (/ bɛˈʃeɪ / beh-SHAY; May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz, and first recorded several months before trumpeter Louis Armstrong. [1] His erratic temperament hampered his career, and not until the late ...