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The most famous jazz versions were recorded by Benny Goodman in 1936 and 1947. [91] Fletcher Henderson played it in 1934 in the Harlem Opera House as the "national anthem of Harlem". [92] "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" [46] [93] is a song from the Broadway show The New Moon, composed by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Charles Stewart (May 21, 1927 – January 20, 2017) was an American photographer best known for his portraits of jazz singers and musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Hines, and Miles Davis, as well as artists in the R&B and salsa genres. Stewart's photographs have graced more than 2,000 album covers.
“One can plausibly argue that the debate over jazz was just one of many that characterized American social discourse in the 1920s” (Ogren 3). In 1919, jazz was being described to white people as “a music originating about the turn of the twentieth century in New Orleans that featured wind instruments exploiting new timbres and performance techniques and improvisation” (Murchison 97).
Kevin Mahogany (1958–2017) Melissa Manchester (born 1951) Monica Mancini (born 1952) Kitty Margolis (born 1955) Rene Marie (born 1955) Rose Marie (1923–2017) Hannah Marshall (born 1980) Claire Martin (born 1967) Dean Martin (1917–1995) Tony Martin (1913–2012) Al Martino (1927–2009) Johnny Mathis (born 1935) Marilyn Maye (born 1928 ...
Amru Sani, Indian-Jamaican singer and actor (died 2000). Mal Waldron, American pianist (died 2002). 27 – Tony Crombie, English drummer and pianist (died 1999). September. 1 – Art Pepper, American saxophonist (died 1982). 2 – Sherwood Johnson, American jazz patron (died 1998). 13 – Mel Tormé, American singer (died 1999). 16
20 – Larry Elgart, American band leader (died 2017). 24 – King Pleasure, American singer (died 1982). April. 1 – Duke Jordan, American pianist (died 2006). 8 – Carmen McRae, American singer, pianist and composer (died 1994). 17 – Paul Smith, American pianist (died 2013). 19 – Glauco Masetti, Italian jazz reedist (died 2001).
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The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures. It is the first feature-length motion picture with both synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous singing and speech (in several isolated sequences).