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Many jazz musicians of the 1930s and 1940s lived or got started here, including Charlie Parker, [6] Count Basie, and Lester Young. Kansas City jazz in the 1930s marked the transition from big bands to the bebop influence of the 1940s. The 1979 documentary The Last of the Blue Devils portrays this era in interviews and performances by local jazz ...
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John Patton (July 12, 1935 – March 19, 2002) [1] was an American jazz, blues and R&B pianist and organist often known by his nickname, Big John Patton.. Patton was one of the most in-demand organists during the golden era of the Hammond B-3 organs between 1963 and 1970.
Red Norvo, Mainstream Jazz (Continental, 1945 [1962]) – relevant session originally under Slam Stewart Charlie Parker , Bird Lives (Continental, 1945 [1962]) – three tracks only Michael Bocian, I Am the Blues (Ulua Music, 1994)
Telarc is noted for the high quality of its recordings, encapsulated in the slogan "The Telarc Sound". [2] Its 1979 high-definition digital recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture (the first ever) became a popular way for people to test the quality of their record-playing equipment and audio setups, as only high-quality and properly-tuned systems could play the hifi digital cannon shots properly.
In 1925, Johnson entered and won a blues contest at the Booker T. Washington Theatre in St. Louis, the prize being a recording contract with Okeh Records. [10] Between 1925 and 1932 he made about 130 recordings for Okeh, many of which sold well (making him one of the most popular OKeh artists).
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music.
1990 Music from Mo' Better Blues; 1991 Bloomington; 1991 The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born; 1992 I Heard You Twice the First Time; 2004 The Steep Anthology; With Wynton Marsalis. 1986 J Mood; 1987 Live at Blues Alley (Wynton Marsalis album) 1987 Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. I; 1988 Thick in the South: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 1