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25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts; Concert by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Venue: Madison Square Garden, New York City, United States: Start date: October 29, 2009 () End date: October 30, 2009 () No. of shows: 2: Attendance: 19,500+ Website: rockhall.com
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, established in 1983 and located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential musicians, bands, producers, and others that have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the area of rock and roll. [1]
Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) [1] was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader.He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role in the development of cool jazz, modal jazz, free jazz, and jazz fusion.
Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. [1] He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano.
Robert Leroy Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, possibly on May 8, 1911, [4] to Julia Major Dodds (born October 1874) and Noah Johnson (born December 1884). Julia was married to Charles Dodds (born February 1865), a relatively prosperous landowner and furniture maker, with whom she had ten children.
Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock.Though primarily a guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist prominent for his distinctive soulful high tenor voice, Winwood plays other instruments proficiently, including drums, mandolin, bass, and saxophone.
For several years Valentin served as musical director for Tito Puente's Golden Latin Jazz All-Stars, and also toured with Manny Oquendo's Conjunto Libre. In 2000, he appeared in the documentary Calle 54 performing with Tito Puente's Orchestra. [5] [6] [7] For seven years in a row, he was chosen best jazz flautist by readers of Jazziz magazine.
After graduating, Mehldau moved to New York City in 1988 to study jazz and contemporary music at The New School, [10] [13] on a partial scholarship. [15] He studied under pianists Fred Hersch , Junior Mance and Kenny Werner , [ 4 ] and drummer Jimmy Cobb . [ 13 ]