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Chris Botti. Christopher Stephen Botti ( / ˈboʊti / BOH-tee; born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. [ 1] In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album Impressions. [ 2] He was also nominated in 2008 for his album Italia [ 3] and received three nominations in 2010 for the ...
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, [1] with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach ...
Duke Ellington. Edward Kennedy " Duke " Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. [ 1 ] Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through ...
A jazz band ( jazz ensemble or jazz combo) is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands vary in the quantity of its members and the style of jazz that they play but it is common to find a jazz band made up of a rhythm section and a horn section . The size of a jazz band is closely related to the style of jazz they play as well as the ...
Fountain returned to New Orleans, played with the Dukes of Dixieland, then began leading bands under his own name. He owned his own club in the French Quarter in the 1960s and 1970s. He later acquired "Pete Fountain's Jazz Club" at the Riverside Hilton in downtown New Orleans. The New Orleans Jazz Club presented "Pete Fountain Day" on October ...
Dave Koz was born in Encino, California, to Jewish parents: Norman, a dermatologist and Audrey, a pharmacist. Dave has a brother, Jeff, who is also a musician, and a sister, Roberta. [ 3] Although he is Jewish, Koz plays both Christmas and occasional Hanukkah songs at his concerts. [ 4][ 5] He attended William Howard Taft High School in ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers Jr. (April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969) [ 1] was an American jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, he has become one of the most widely-known jazz bassists of the hard bop era. [ 2] He was also known for his bowed solos. [ 3][ 4] Chambers recorded about a dozen albums as a ...
Dec. 1—NEW LONDON — The New London High School Jazz Band kicked off the opening of the high school's $110 million extension and renovation of its Multi-Magnet Campus on Friday afternoon.