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In 1978, he performed at the first Jazz in Marciac festival (along with tenor saxophonist Guy Lafitte), later becoming an honorary president of the festival organization. In 1974, he received the Ordre National du Mérite. [4] His autobiography, called Trumpet Story and translated into French by his wife, Lily, was published in 1981 (Cana ...
Ten songs made famous by The Allman Brothers Band receive big band arrangements. [1] The album was inspired by Bob Curnow's L.A. Big Band 1994 tribute album The Music of Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays. [2] Like the Allman Brothers, Big Band of Brothers is composed of musicians from the southeastern U.S.
The following is an alphabetical list of jazz trumpeters This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Many other jazz artists also borrowed from black gospel music. Before World War II, American churches, black and white, regarded jazz and blues with suspicion or outright hostility as "the devil's music". It was only after World War II that a few jazz musicians began to compose and perform extended works intended for religious settings or ...
Timmons moved to New York in 1954. [1] He played with Kenny Dorham in 1956, [6] making his recording debut with the trumpeter in a live set in May of that year. He went on to play and record with Chet Baker in 1956–57 (bassist Scott LaFaro was part of this band for a time [7]), Sonny Stitt in 1957, and Maynard Ferguson in 1957–58.
In 1983 James and John Morrison formed the Morrison Brothers Big Bad Band, a 13-piece group. In 1984 the band included James Morrison on trumpet, trombone, and piano, Warwick Alder on trumpet, Peter Cross on trumpet, Paul Andrews on alto saxophone, Tom Baker on alto and baritone saxophones, Jason Morphett on tenor saxophone, Glenn Henrich on vibraphone, Craig Scott on bass, and John Morrison ...
Gary and the Hornets, was a Franklin, Ohio–based garage rock band that consisted of three brothers: Gary, Greg, and Steve Calvert; The G-Clefs, an American R&B vocal group, brothers Teddy, Chris, Tim and Arnold Scott; Gene Loves Jezebel, British alternative rock band with identical twin brothers, Jay and Michael Aston
Jon Faddis was born in Oakland, California, United States. [1] He played trumpet in the Oakland Symphony's Youth Chamber Orchestra, directed by composer Robert Hughes.In 1970 he participated in the YCO historic performance program and tour of "The Black Composer in America" to the American South, later recorded on the Desto label [2].