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Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle (in the U.S.) or dazzle painting, is a family of ship camouflage that was used extensively in World War I, and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to the British marine artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a rejected prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it ...
In a review in Journal of the American Musicological Society, William W. Austin wrote: "Schuller knows his subject as probably no one else does." [6] In a review in The American Historical Review, George A. Boeck wrote: "Gunther Schuller's history of early jazz is the most scholarly and perceptive work on the subject to date." [7]
The Lecturer brings us now to the five and dime, a local teen hangout where wholesome kids indulge in the risqué rhythms of swing-jazz music, as performed by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, and other "ginger-colored agents of evil" ("Down at the Ol' Five and Dime"). The Lecturer assumes the guise of kindly Mr. Poppy, the singing and dancing ...
15 March 2007. (2007-03-15) Running time. 95 minutes. Country. Australia. Language. English. Razzle Dazzle: A Journey into Dance is a 2007 Australian mockumentary comedy film directed by Darren Ashton about competitive dance, first screened on 15 March 2007.
Mingus Moves (Atlantic SD 1653) is one of the late works of American jazz bassist, composer, and bandleader Charles Mingus. He hired three new musicians for the recording: Don Pullen on piano; Ronald Hampton on trumpet, and George Adams on tenor saxophone. Drummer Dannie Richmond, a stalwart of Mingus's bands in the 1950s and '60s, rejoined the ...
August 13, 2024 at 9:30 AM. NEW YORK (AP) — Alyssa Milano hopes to charm audiences when she makes her Broadway debut this fall in the musical “Chicago,” adding her celebrity to a show that ...
In recent years, Gisbert has become an active and highly respected jazz educator, teaching at festivals and conducting clinics across the United States. He also had two stints on the Jazz faculty at the University of Miami in the 2000s. He has also branched out in producing; bringing the up-and-coming conductor and composer, Chie Imiazumi, to ...
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter.As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her personal lyrics and unconventional compositions which grew to incorporate pop and jazz elements. [1]