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Hace 2 días · Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed " Lady Day " by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and pop singing.
Hace 4 días · Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone are jazz legends, but in the 1960s, they were unwittingly used as decoys by the United States to deflect attention from its role in its meddling in African countries like Congo, which had just won its independence from Belgium.
Hace 2 días · Our Editors’ Choice playlist for the week of November 15 features a new single by pianist Fred Hersch, an innovative collaboration between Kenny G and “The Sound” of Stan Getz, a live cut by Dizzy Gillespie from a 1960 telecast, extended audio from a recording session by Joni Mitchell and much more.
Hace 3 días · The founding father of bebop, Dizzy Gillespie is regarded as one of the most innovative and forward-thinking jazz musicians ever to grace the genre. When the two decided to start working together in the early 1960s, they laid to tape some of the greatest jazz records ever.
Hace 4 días · The Real Thing were nominated to receive the honour by Liverpool City Council’s Head of UNESCO City of Music Kevin McManus. The ceremony takes place this week on Thursday, October 3.
Hace 5 días · The Jack Melick Orchestra – Melick's first Big Band at the Hotel Statler in Boston. He began touring immediately and his first assignment was to organize a band from southern California for a 3-month engagement in Boston in the dead of winter. It was the beginning of real life in the band business.
Hace 4 días · Documents and interviews related to SASS between 1968-1972 at Swarthmore College.
