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Years active. 1935–1992. Labels. Roost, Roulette, Verve, Concord. Website. www .johnnysmith .org. Johnny Henry Smith II (June 25, 1922 – June 11, 2013) was an American cool jazz and mainstream jazz guitarist. [ 1] He wrote "Walk, Don't Run" in 1954. In 1984, Smith was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame .
Fannie Mae Duncan (1918-2005) was an African-American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and community activist in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She is best known as the proprietor of the Cotton Club, an early integrated jazz club in Colorado Springs named for the famous club in Harlem. [1] In 2012, Duncan was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall ...
The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHF) is an organization and museum in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.It was founded in 1978, and opened as museum on September 18, 1993, with a mission "to foster, encourage, educate, and cultivate a general appreciation of the medium of jazz music as a legitimate, original and distinctive art form indigenous to America.
Colorado Springs Colorado: Website: KCSM: 91.1 MHz Mainstream Terrestrial San Mateo County Community College District: San Mateo California: Website: KCYI-LP: 97.7 MHz Smooth Jazz Terrestrial Edwards Broadcasting Oklahoma City Oklahoma: Website: KDKI-LP: 103.9 MHz Big bands, Swing, Traditional Terrestrial Tamarack Community Broadcasting Inc ...
Frankie Laine. Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer and songwriter whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist ...
Paul Samuel Whiteman [1] (March 28, 1890 – December 29, 1967) [2] was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist. [3]As the leader of one of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s and early 1930s, Whiteman produced recordings that were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz".
Biography. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. [2] After leaving college in 1960, Shew was drafted into the U.S. Army and played trumpet and toured with the NORAD joint forces band stationed in Colorado Springs. After leaving the Army, Shew joined Tommy Dorsey 's band and then played with the Woody Herman and then the Buddy ...
Black Hawk, Tenderloin, San Francisco [ 4] Great American Music Hall, Tenderloin, San Francisco. Keystone Korner, North Beach, San Francisco [ 4] Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Downtown Santa Cruz [ 4][ 1]: 5. Maybeck Recital Hall, Berkeley [ 4] Mr. Tipple's Recording Studio, San Francisco [ 1]: 5. Jazz Workshop, San Francisco.