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Jack’s early exposure to music came from his family. His father, Charles, worked in the oil fields and played cornet part-time, while his mother, Helen, was a semi-professional pianist. His family played music together, with his mother teaching all of her children music. These moments of family unity fostered his deep love for music.
The Jackson family is an American family of musicians and entertainers from Gary, Indiana.Many of the children of Joseph Walter (or Joe) and Katherine Esther Jackson were successful musicians, notably the brothers that formed the Motown boy band the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons).
She was a fan of pop pianist Frankie Carle before she became enamored of the music of Charlie Parker. In the 1950s she performed with Dexter Gordon, Teddy Edwards, and Charles Brackeen. She and Brackeen married and moved to New York City in 1965. She performed with Chick Corea, Freddie McCoy, and Ornette Coleman. [2]
Byron Janis (né Yanks; March 24, 1928 – March 14, 2024) was an American classical pianist.He made numerous recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records, and occupies two volumes of the Philips series Great Pianists of the 20th Century.
According to Image Journal, "the thread running through all [of Redford's] music is an exuberant, melodic energy." [7] David Vernier called Redford "a composer who knows how to write good tunes, engaging rhythms that capture the energy implied in the texts, and who knows how to pull the essential dramatic moments from a story and orchestrate them."
Eddie Murphy has welcomed 10 children over the years — and he’s spoken highly about each member of his blended brood. “I am so blessed with my kids. I don’t have one bad seed,” the ...
John Francis Coates Jr. (February 17, 1938 – November 22, 2017) was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He regularly performed at the Deer Head Inn and the Celebration of the Arts in the Pocono Mountains for over 50 years.
Listed chronologically by year of birth: Zephaniah Kingsley (1765–1843), major slaveholder and owner of Kingsley Plantation; Anna Kingsley (1793–1870), former slave, common-law wife of Kingsley, who became a businesswoman and slaveholder; Martha Reed Mitchell (1818-1902), philanthropist and socialite