Early in the 20th Century, a select vanguard of determined, gifted and charismatic female musicians succeeded artistically and financially despite resistance, skepticism, hostility and ridicule from their male peers and critics. These dynamic women proved themselves equal to men in all aspects of music...
A mention of the violin today is likely to conjure up images of a classical, orchestral, or jazz musician, whereas the word fiddle is more likely to suggest a traditional or folk musician, even though they’re essentially the same instrument, set up differently to suit different styles of pl...
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; Chicago (第一段 Soon Chicago was the new centre for jazz 以及第 四段 Although Chicago's South side was the main jazz centre); New Orleans (第一段 many of the New Orleans musicians moved to the south side of Chicago, where they continued to play their style of Jazz)。文章中没有...
1The first jazz musicians played in New Orleans during the early 1900’s.After 1917,many of the New Orleans musicians moved to the south side of Chicago,where they continued to play their style of jazz.Soon Chicago was the new center for jazz.Several outstanding musicians emerged as leading ...
“Baby” Dodds on drums. Bechet was also an eloquent accompanist to singers. He performed with lots of the female stars of the era, including Mamie Smith, Eva Taylor, Josephine Baker, and the great Bessie Smith. His 1936 recording of “That’s What Love Did to Me,” a slow, sweet ...
The first jazz musicians played in New Orleans during the early 1900's. After 1917, many of the New Orleans musicians moved to the south side of Chicago, where they continued to play their style of jazz. Soon Chicago was the new center for jazz. Several outstanding musicians emerged as ...
The story of the first roughly half century of jazz is really the story of some of the greatest musicians of all time. Scott Joplin, Glenn Miller, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald all made tremendous contributions, ...
In early 1974, Barbara heard from her friend, Joan Lowe, one of the few female recording engineers in America, that some women at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana were organizing a National Women’s Music Festival. Vicki should be there, Joan said. Barbara asked if I’d like...
Groups of female performers were attached to temples, and the royal houses had troupes of entertainers who performed on sacred or social occasions. Ancient Assyria and Babylonia The land known as the "fertile crescent" between two great rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates, was ruled by two ...