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Website. www .jazz .org. Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center in New York City. The organization was founded in 1987 and opened at Time Warner Center in October 2004. Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director and the leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The center hosts performances by the orchestra and by visiting musicians.
Jazz Foundation of America, New York City, New York. Jazz House Kids, Montclair, New Jersey. Jazz Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Jazz Interactions, New York City, New York. Jazz Loft Project, University of Arizona and Duke University. Jazz on the Square, Woodstock, Illinois.
Tony DeSare (1997), jazz musician; Julius Eastman (non-degreed), composer of minimal music. Arnald Gabriel (1950), Conductor Emeritus of the U.S. Air Force Band; Matthew Hoch, singer; leading music scholar and teacher; Scott LaFaro, influential jazz bassist with the Bill Evans Trio; New York Voices, Grammy Award-winning vocal music group of ...
The Mood Swings: 8 Miles to Pancake Day Tour began in July 2013 and featured an eight-night run at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. Musicians included Carolyn Leonhart, Catherine Russell and La Tanya Hall (vocals), Freddie Washington (bass), Jim Pugh (trombone), Keith Carlock (drums), Michael Leonhart (trumpet and Roger Rosenberg and Walt ...
A Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame member is a jazz musician who has made a significant contribution to the art form called jazz; used his artistry for social causes. The artist was born, a long-time resident, and has a musical connection to Kings County in New York State. Members of the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame include: Lena Horne, Max Roach ...
Spec Sanders (1919–2003), football player for New York Yankees (AAFC) and New York Yanks; Bill Self (born 1962), basketball coach at University of Kansas; Lee Roy Selmon (1954–2011), OU and NFL player, Pro Football Hall of Fame; Sterling Shepard (born 1993), wide receiver for the New York Giants; Jeremy Shockey (born 1980), tight end for ...
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.
A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actual halls or museums that enshrine the honorees with sculptures, plaques, and displays of memorabilia and general ...