In the 1920's African American artists, writers, musicians, and performers were part of a great cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. After World War I many African Americans migrated to the North and settled in the city of Harlem, New York. It was during this time that the ...
harassment, racism, and physical assault, but they carried on. Female jazz musicians contributed both as performers and composers. The greats of jazz, such as Billie Holiday andElla Fitzgerald, won accolades, but the composers, instrumentalists, and band leaders who were pounding the same pavement...
New York media spoke for the nation, and as jazz became a commercial entity, it needed access to that media and to the stimulating atmosphere forged by a powerful industry designed to match performers with audiences. The Great Migration The years of the Great Migration from South to North ...
photographer Art Kane assembled a remarkable array of leading jazz musicians in New York City's Harlem neighborhood for a group picture. This acclaimed documentary explores the story behind the photograph's creation, featuring interviews with some of the featured performers, who include Dizzy Gillespie...
and the White House, and has performed with many artists including Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones, and Stevie Wonder. Co-performers on Schuur's albums have included Barry Manilow, José Feliciano, Maynard Ferguson, Stan Getz, Vince Gill, Alison Krause, and B.B. King. Her album wi...
In the following years, Armstrong traveled around the world as the leading “goodwill ambassador(大使)”of American jazz music. The gentleness and great attraction of “Satchmo” filled his music and made him one of the world’s most beloved performers for over forty years. ...
Armstrong also became the first well-known male jazz singer, and popularized scat singing-that is, wordless syllables sung in an instrumental manner. During the late 1920's and early 1930's, jazz advanced from relatively simple music played by performers who often could not read music to a ...
During the late 1920's and early 1930's, jazz advanced from relatively simple music played by performers who often could not read music to a more complex and sophisticated form. Among the musicians who brought about this change were saxophonists Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins, and Johnny Hodges;...
An exploration of the gender and sexual dynamics for women performers in the Cape Town jazz community This study develops a stronger understanding of such processes through a qualitative exploration of the influence of routine practice work at the organization ... A George 被引量: 0发表: 2020年...
He also sang the theme song of the 1980s television series Moonlighting, and was among the performers on the 1985 charity song "We Are the World." Also ranks #9 on The Best Musical Artists From Wisconsin Also ranks #19 on The 50+ Best Smooth Jazz Artists, Ranked Also ranks #57 on ...