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Louis Armstrong recorded the first jazz version in 1930. Benny Goodman's 1936 recording, sung by Lionel Hampton, revived interest in the song; the following year it was recorded by Count Basie and Quintette du Hot Club de France. [16] "Georgia on My Mind" [8] [11] [19] is a song composed by Hoagy Carmichael with lyrics by Stuart Gorrell.
Many 1930s standards were popularized by jazz singer Billie Holiday's recordings, including "These Foolish Things", "Embraceable You" and "Yesterdays". " Begin the Beguine " is a show tune from Cole Porter's Broadway musical Jubilee , first recorded by Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra and popularized by Artie Shaw's recording in 1938.
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1930. Musicians born that year included Ornette Coleman , Herbie Mann , Helen Merrill , Sonny Rollins , Ray Charles and Clifford Brown .
The term "jazz-rock" (or "jazz/rock") is often used as a synonym for the term "jazz fusion". 1960s -> Jump blues: 1930s -> Kansas City jazz: Kansas City jazz is a style of jazz that developed in Kansas City, Missouri and the surrounding Kansas City Metropolitan Area during the 1930s 1930s -> Latin jazz: Draws heavily on salsa and merengue ...
The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions were primarily felt in the United States, the birthplace of jazz.
Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It became nationally popular from the mid-1930s. Swing bands usually featured soloists who would improvise on the melody over the arrangement.
The State Jazz Orchestra of the USSR, [4] Russian: Государственный джаз-оркестр СССР) was established as a Soviet jazz band, existing from the late 1930s into the 1940s. After it was auditioned by Joseph Stalin in 1938, a number of similar state-sponsored musical ensembles were created across the country.
21 – David Baker, American symphonic jazz composer (died 2016). 24 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (died 2011). 27 – Walter Norris, American pianist and composer (died 2011). 31 – Gil Mellé, American saxophonist and film composer (died 2004).