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The California Jazz Conservatory enrolled about 130–150 students in its first quarter, taught by some 25 local jazz musicians and educators. [3] [4] By 2001 the school enrolled 600 students each quarter. [6] The street-level La Note space was used by the California Jazz Conservatory after hours as a classroom and performance space seating 60. [7]
In 1917, Jelly Roll Morton moved to California and remained in Los Angeles until 1922, when he left for Chicago. [2] [3]: 481 Kid Ory formed a band in Los Angeles after moving to California in 1919. [4] In 1944, Norman Granz began staging Jazz at the Philharmonic shows at Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles. [1]
Akinmusire was also a member of the Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Orchestra. [5] Akinmusire studied at the Manhattan School of Music before returning to the West Coast to take a master's degree at the University of Southern California and attend the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in Los Angeles. [5]
Francisca Valenzuela (Latin American Spanish: [fɾanˈsiska βalenˈswela]; born March 17, 1987, in San Francisco, California) is an American-born Chilean singer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist. Valenzuela was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where she resided until the age of 12, before moving to Santiago, Chile.
During his brief time in school at Berklee, Gisbert was offered to go on the road with Buddy Rich as a connection made through Wilson. Gisbert's credits have then included: Buddy Rich (1985–86), Woody Herman's band under Frank Tiberi's direction (1987–89), John Fedchock and Maria Schneider, Gary Burton (1989), Lew Anderson (1989) and Toshiko Akiyoshi (1989 and subsequently).
The Manhattan School of Music added a jazz department in 1982, followed by a jazz oriented master's in 1984, and a bachelor's in 1987. The school's influence in formalizing jazz education rapidly rose to prominence. Long before formalizing its jazz curriculum, the school had some of New York's top jazz artists on its faculty and as students. [38]
Ivie Anderson was born July 10, 1905, in Gilroy, California. [3] Although her mother's name is unknown, her father was Jobe Smith. From 1914 to 1918 (age nine to 13), Anderson attended St. Mary's Convent and studied voice. At Gilroy grammar school and Gilroy High School, she joined glee club and choral society
By 1970 there were more than 450 college jazz bands and by 1980 there were over 500,000 high school and college students involved in jazz activities. [2] The influx of student musicians brought about by formalized jazz education suddenly provided academic institutions with the numbers necessary to create their own big bands.