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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)
American country music singer and banjoist [94] Léo Marjane: 1912–2016: 104: French singer [95] Draga Matković: 1907–2013: 105: German classical pianist [96] Sir Robert Mayer: 1879–1985: 105: German-born British music patron and philanthropist [97] Albert J. McNeil: 1920–2022: 102: American choral conductor, ethnomusicologist and ...
This is an alphabetized list of musicians notable for playing or having played jazz piano. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic capabilities. [1
December 16 – Snuff Garrett, 77, record producer; December 19 – Kurt Masur, 88, conductor (New York Philharmonic) December 21 – Sam Dockery, 86, jazz pianist; December 24 – William Guest, 74, R&B singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) December 28 Joe Houston, 89, saxophonist; Lemmy Kilmister, 70, cancer; December 31 Natalie Cole, 65, singer ...
Eddie Bert (1922–2012) Harold Betters (1928–2020) Jeb Bishop (born 1962) Big Bill Bissonnette (1937–2018) Bert Boeren (born 1962) George Bohanon (born 1937) Luis Bonilla (born 1965) Richard B. Boone (1930–1999) Joseph Bowie (born 1953)
The techniques and instrumentation of this type of performance have evolved over the 1900s, influenced by jazz at large and the individual drummers within it. Jazz required a method of playing percussion different from traditional European styles, one that was easily adaptable to the different rhythms of the new genre, fostering the creation of ...
2015 in jazz, Eirik Hegdal awarded Jazz Spellemannprisen; deaths of Al Aarons, Andy White, B.B. King, Ben Aronov, Bengt-Arne Wallin, Big Time Sarah, Bob Belden, Bob ...