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Armstrong's manager, Joe Glaser, changed the Armstrong big band on August 13, 1947, into a six-piece traditional jazz group featuring Armstrong with (initially) Teagarden, Earl Hines and other top swing and Dixieland musicians, most of whom were previously leaders of big bands.
Doreen J. Ketchens (born October 3, 1966) is a virtuoso American jazz clarinetist who performs Dixieland and trad jazz.She has performed at concert halls, music festivals, and U.S. embassies, as well as in decades of weekly performances in Dixieland's tradition in the Royal Street Performing Arts Zone in the French Quarter of New Orleans with her band, Doreen's Jazz New Orleans.
Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center in New York City. The organization was founded in 1987 and opened at the then-Time Warner Center (now the Deutsche Bank Center ) in October 2004. Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director and the leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra .
Dixieland jazz, also referred to as traditional jazz, hot jazz, or simply Dixieland, is a style of jazz based on the music that developed in New Orleans at the start of the 20th century. The 1917 recordings by the Original Dixieland Jass Band (which shortly thereafter changed the spelling of its name to "Original Dixieland Jazz Band") fostered ...
help. " Tiger Rag " is a jazz standard that was recorded and copyrighted by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in 1917. It is one of the most recorded jazz compositions. In 2003, the 1918 recording of "Tiger Rag" was entered into the U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry. [1][2]
Percy Venable. Producer (s) Percy Venable. " Big Butter and Egg Man " is a 1926 jazz song written by Percy Venable. Venable was a record producer at the Sunset Cafe and wrote the song for Louis Armstrong and singer May Alix. [1] The song is often played by Dixieland bands, and is considered a jazz standard.
Akron audiences will have the opportunity to see him perform with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at E.J. Thomas Hall in Akron.
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awards, and his oratorio Blood on the Fields was the first ...