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Pages in category "Jazz musicians from Pittsburgh" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Harper's interest in jazz music was already cemented by the time he reached Schenley High School. He was part of the burgeoning jazz scene in Pittsburgh during the 1940s and 1950s, which produced some of the world's greatest jazz innovators. Harper played valve trombone in the all-city band, but soon after switched to piano. He also was a ...
Jazz musicians from Pittsburgh (61 P) S. Singers from Pittsburgh (60 P) Pages in category "Musicians from Pittsburgh" The following 172 pages are in this category ...
In the early 1960s, Betters returned to Pittsburgh with his family, where he worked as a session musician and performed at the Crawford Grill with Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine, Roy Eldridge, and Sonny Rollins. Betters also performed in a group with his two brothers, one of whom was Jimmy (trumpet).
As a young man Brown became increasingly well known in the Pittsburgh jazz scene, with his first experiences playing in bands with the Jimmy Hinsley Sextet [a] and the Snookum Russell band. [4] Later, having heard stories about the burgeoning jazz scene on 52nd Street in New York City, he bought a one-way ticket to New York. [1]
Negri taught jazz guitar for 49 years at the University of Pittsburgh, [2] where jazz guitar was first offered as a discipline in higher education. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] He taught for 46 years at Duquesne University , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] as well as at Carnegie Mellon University .
Apr. 24—James Johnson, who runs the Afro-American Institute of Music in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood, said it would be tough for any jazz piano player to go through life without being ...
Frank Cunimondo (born 1934) is an American jazz pianist and educator based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [1] In addition to performing, Cunimondo has taught at Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh [1]