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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 ...
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 ...
Samara Joy McLendon[ 1] (born November 11, 1999) is an American jazz singer. She released her self-titled debut album in 2021 and was subsequently named Best New Artist by JazzTimes. Her second album, Linger Awhile (2022), reached number one on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart. [ 2] At the 2023 Grammy Awards, she won the awards for Best Jazz ...
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 ...
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.