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Oregon made its "formal" debut in New York City in 1971 (originally named "Thyme — Music of Another Present Era", the name change to Oregon was suggested by McCandless). The group's first release Music of Another Present Era was issued on Vanguard in 1972 [1] (the four also recorded for ECM, though the recording, 1973's Trios Solos , was ...
Harry Connick Jr. Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. [1] (born September 11, 1967) [1] is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. [2] Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of ...
Johnny Mathis. John Royce Mathis (born September 30, 1935) is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standard music, Mathis became highly popular as an album artist, with several of his albums achieving gold or platinum status and 73 making the Billboard charts.
Peter and Will Anderson were born in Washington, DC and raised in Bethesda, MD. They attended Walt Whitman High School and were mentored by many musicians including saxophonist Paul Carr and drummer and vibraphonist Chuck Redd. At age 18, they moved to New York City to attend The Juilliard School from 2005 to 2009 (Bachelor of Music) and 2009 ...
Thelonious Sphere Monk was born on October 10, 1917, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious (or Thelious) and Barbara Monk. His sister, Marion, had been born two years earlier. His birth certificate spelled his first name as "Thelious" [1] and did not list his middle name, taken from his maternal grandfather, Sphere Batts. [8]
Billy Lee Tipton (December 29, 1914 – January 21, 1989) was an American jazz musician, bandleader, and talent broker. Tipton lived and identified as a man for most of his adult life; after his death, friends and family were surprised to learn that he was transgender . Tipton's music career began in the mid-1930s when he led a band for radio ...
John Francis "Jaco" Pastorius III (/ ˈ dʒ ɑː k oʊ p æ ˈ s t ɔːr i ə s /; December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz bassist, composer, and producer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential bassists of all time, Pastorius recorded albums as a solo artist, band leader, and as a member of the jazz fusion group Weather Report from 1976 to 1981.
Stanley Clarke. Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz -related music. He is the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline tours, sell out shows worldwide and have recordings reach ...