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Pages in category "Jazz musicians from Chicago" The following 131 pages are in this category, out of 131 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Chicago blues musician Born in Chicago [10] Drew Fortier: Jul 14, 1987: Guitarist for Bang Tango, Chuck Mosley, Stephen Shareaux, and Zen From Mars: Born and raised in Chicago [11] [12] Bud Freeman: Apr 13, 1906: Mar 15, 1991: Jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer Born, worked and died in Chicago Von Freeman: Oct 3, 1923: Aug 11, 2012: Jazz ...
The "Chicago style" of jazz originated in southern musicians moving North after 1917, bringing with them the New Orleans "Dixieland" or sometimes called "hot jazz" styles. [ 10 ] Dixieland largely evolved into Chicago style in the late 1910s and the new style was popularly called that name by the early 1920s.
Until 2009, he was the host of the Ramsey Lewis Morning Show on the Chicago radio station WNUA. Lewis was also active in musical education in Chicago. He founded the Ramsey Lewis Foundation, established the Ravinia's Jazz Mentor Program, and served on the board of trustees for the Merit School of Music and The Chicago High School for the Arts.
Joe Daley (July 30, 1918 – March 5, 1994) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and music teacher. Daley was part of the Chicago jazz scene for 40 years. Musicians who studied with Daley include Grammy winners David Sanborn and Paul Winter, Emmy winner James DiPasquale, Richard Corpolongo, Chuck Domanico, and John Kl
Davis is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic. Founded in 2004, it is the only professional orchestra in the nation solely dedicated to performing Third Stream music. He was featured soloist at the 1996 Chicago Jazz Festival, performing Miles Davis and Gil Evans' "Sketches of Spain".
Fred Anderson (March 22, 1929 – June 24, 2010) [1] was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who was based in Chicago, Illinois. [2] Anderson's playing was rooted in the swing music and hard bop idioms, [3] [4] but he also incorporated innovations from free jazz. [4]
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