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Cole Porter was one of the few Tin Pan Alley songwriters to write both lyrics and music for his songs. [42] His standards include "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (1929), "Love for Sale" (1930) and "Night and Day" (1932). 1926 – "Big Butter and Egg Man" [43] is a jazz song written by Percy Venable for Louis Armstrong and May Alix.
The first jazz artist to be given some liberty in choosing his material was Louis Armstrong, whose band helped popularize many of the early standards in the 1920s and 1930s. [ 5 ] Some compositions written by jazz artists have endured as standards, including Fats Waller 's " Honeysuckle Rose " and " Ain't Misbehavin' ".
Annette Sanders (born 1937 or 1938) [1] Tommy Sands (born 1937) Natalie Sandtorv (born 1988) Marit Sandvik (born 1956) Diane Schuur (born 1953) Hazel Scott (1920–1981) Jimmy Scott (1925–2014) Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011) Janet Seidel (1955–2017) Gunhild Seim (born 1973) Nina Shatskaya (born 1966) Ian Shaw (born 1962) Marlena Shaw (born ...
“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).
1 – Milt Jackson, American vibraphonist (died 1999). 7 – Paul Weeden, American-born Norwegian jazz guitarist (died 2011) [3] 8 – Bobby Tucker, American pianist and arranger (died 2008). 11 – Osie Johnson, American drummer, arranger and singer (died 1966). 12 – Tito Alberti, Argentine drummer (died 2009).
Gladys Alberta Bentley (August 12, 1907 – January 18, 1960) [1] was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance.. Her career skyrocketed when she appeared at Harry Hansberry's Clam House, a well-known gay speakeasy in New York in the 1920s, as a black, lesbian, cross-dressing performer.
The resulting illicit speakeasies that grew from this era became lively venues of the "Jazz Age", hosting popular music that included current dance songs, novelty songs and show tunes. By the late 1920s, a new opposition mobilized across the U.S. Anti-prohibitionists, or "wets", attacked prohibition as causing crime, lowering local revenues ...
January 19 – The Salzburg Festival is revived. [1]September 4 – City of Birmingham Orchestra (England) first rehearses (in a city police bandroom). Later this month, its first concert, conducted by Appleby Matthews, opens with Granville Bantock's overture Saul; in November it gives its "First Symphony Concert" when Edward Elgar conducts a programme of his own music in Birmingham Town Hall.