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WEBFeatured Brenda Earle Stokes: On Music, Motherhood, and Being Here For Everything By Andrea Wolper | Interview September 25, 2024. This past May, New York-based pianist, singer, composer, and teacher-entrepreneur Brenda Earle Stokes released her fifth album, Motherhood, reviewed on All About Jazz as "an honest and open-hearted look at the scope of selflessness and self-discovery involved with ...
Louis Armstrong Musician - All About Jazz
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Vital and productive from the 1920s to the 1960s, Louis Armstrong provided jazz with its quantum leap forward - his Hot Five and Hot Seven group recordings for the OKeh Records label between 1925 and 1928. They were the culmination of all he had accomplished in music to that point. Born in abject poverty in the worst black slum in …
Chris Botti Musician - All About Jazz
WEBVol.1 is in many ways a fresh start for the trumpeter. Having successfully crossed over from jazz renown to pop stardom, Botti’s first album in more than a decade finds him crossing back, with a small group project focused on acoustic jazz and classic standards. “I turned 60 in 2022, at a time that seemed like a restart for so many things ...
The Crusaders: A Retrospective article @ All About Jazz
WEBOct 17, 2023 · The Crusaders' sounds seemed to pervade outside of the band as well. Joe Sample and Larry Carlton were also members of the first edition of Tom Scott 's LA Express. Crusaders producer Stewart Levine produced Minnie Riperton's Adventures in Paradise and Sample and Carlton appeared (Carlton also arranged and conducted.) The Crusaders also appeared on 1975 titles Joni Mitchell's The Hissing Of ...
Earl Hines Musician - All About Jazz
WEBJul 26, 2019 · Earl Hines. A brilliant keyboard virtuoso, Earl “Fatha” Hines was one of the first great piano soloists in jazz, and one of the very few musicians who could hold his own with Louis Armstrong. His so-called 'trumpet' style used doubled octaves in the right hand to produce a clear melodic line that stood out over the sound of a whole band ...
Paul Desmond Musician - All About Jazz
WEBNov 30, 2023 · Paul Desmond was revered for the pure, gentle tone of his alto saxophone, and the elegant lyricism of his improvisations. For seventeen years he was the lead soloist in the most commercially successful jazz combo ever, the Dave Brubeck Quartet. In an era that worshipped the frenetic, bebop style of Charlie Parker, Paul Desmond found his own ...
John Coltrane: Naima - All About Jazz
WEBBy 1963, Coltrane and Naima were experiencing marital strains. Coltrane had had a mistress since 1960, according to Eric Nisenson in Ascension: John Coltrane and His Quest. But the other woman was not the cause of the break. Coltrane had grown as an artist since marrying Naima and felt they had undergone irreconcilable changes.
Scott LaFaro Musician - All About Jazz
WEBMay 21, 2024 · Scott LaFaro. Rocco Scott LaFaro (1936-1961) was a musician of the first order, who found his 'voice' in jazz in the mid-1950s. His played the double bass violin, better known today as the acoustic bass to differentiate this instrument from the electric (or electronic) bass. His life was cut short in an automobile accident in the summer of 1961 ...
Charlie Rouse Musician - All About Jazz
WEBOct 28, 2023 · Charlie Rouse's Legacy Lives on Through Internet Radio and New Club. WHRR House of Rouse Radio plays JAZZ 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with one of the largest jazz collections in the world. Chico's House of Jazz, located at 631 Lake Avenue Asbury Park, NJ is slated to be New Jersey's # 1 Jazz Night Spot. WHRR and Chico's House of Jazz were ...
10 Fun Facts about Jazz article @ All About Jazz
WEBNov 4, 2020 · Jazz increases productivity and boosts creativity. If you're struggling with motivation, it might be time to listen to some John Coltrane or Charlie Parker. This will likely inspire you to complete your latest project. Listening to jazz music activates your most highly creative (theta) brain waves. Jazz is incredible.