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Louis Armstrong
1901-1971
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Hot Five and Hot Seven Bands,
'West End Blues'
'Potato Head Blues'
'Cornet Chop Suey'
'Weather Bird'
'Heebie Jeebies'
'Struttin' With Some Barbecue'
Born in New Orleans
Nickname - Satchmo
Vocal style using wordless syllables - Scat |
One of Armstrong's most famous songs was...
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William 'Count' Basie
1904-1984
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One O'Clock Jump
Jumpin' at the Woodside
Good Morning Blues
Swingin' the Blues
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Sidney Bechet
1897-1959 |
'Sweetie Dear'
'Blues in the Air'
'Summertime'
'Shag', 'Petite Fleur'
Recordings - 'Blue Horizon', 'What Is This Thing Called Love' (1941) |
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Leon 'Bix' Beiderbecke
1903-1931 |
'Singing the Blues'
'I'm Coming Virginia', 'At the Jazz Band Ball'
'Davenport Blues'
'The Bix Beiderbecke Story', 'In a Mist' |
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Dave Brubeck
1920- |
'Blue Rondo a la Turk',
'In Your Own Sweet Way'
His band was known for their use of odd meters in music, such as in Take Five. |
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Ray Charles
1930-2004 |
Hit the Road Jack
Georgia On My Mind |
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John Coltrane
1926-1967 |
Giant Steps,
Countdown,
Impressions |
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Miles Davis
1926-1991
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So What,
All Blues,
Freddie the Freeloader,
Four,
Milestones
Famous for trumpet playing ability. |
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Jimmy Dorsey
1904-1957 |
Famous Band Leader, The Complete Standard Transcriptions - 'Tangerine', 'In a Little Spanish Town',
'Green Eyes', 'Out of Nowhere', 'Beebe',
'Praying the Blues' |
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Tommy Dorsey
1905-1956 |
Famous Band Leader - 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes', Stop Look and Listen', 'I'm Getting Sentimental Over You', and many others featuring Frank Sinatra and other singers. |
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Edward 'Duke' Ellington
1899-1974 |
'Sophisticated Lady'
'In A Sentimental Mood'
'It Don't Mean a Thing',
'I Got it Bad',
'Satin Doll',
'Prelude to a Kiss',
'Take The A Train'
'Mood Indigo'
Nickname - Duke |
Theme song for Duke Ellington and his orchestra....
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Ella Fitzgerald
1918-1996
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A-Tisket A-Tasket
- Known as "First Lady of Song"
- One of greatest female jazz vocalists of 20th Century. |
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Dizzy Gillespie
1917-1993
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A Night in Tunisia,
Con Alma,
Groovin' High,
Manteca
- One of the fathers of the bebop jazz style.
- Known for his playing his tilted bell
trumpet with puffed cheeks. |
A Night in Tunisia
(Jazz Cafe -sequenced by Jeanne Coello) |
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Benny Goodman
1909-1986 |
Compositions -
Stompin' at the Savoy,
Airmail Special,
Flying Home
Recordings - 'Sing,Sing,Sing'
'Mission to Moscow', 'I Found A New Baby', 'Body and Soul', Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert' - Known to many as 'The King of Swing'
- Great at Jazz and Classical Music |
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Lionel Hampton
1908-2002 |
Recordings - 'Hamp's Blues',
Sound of Jazz, Lionel Hampton',
'Lionel Hampton and the Golden Men of Jazz', "Flying Home", "Mingus Fingers" |
suggested listening -Hampton's songs - Gerry Meets Hamp, Ham Hock Blues, Lions Den |
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W. C. Handy
1873-1958 |
Beale Street Blues (1917); Joe Turner Blues (1915); Memphis Blues (1912); St. Louis Blues (1914); Yellow Dog Blues (1914) |
Memphis Blues (sequence from PerfessorBill.com) |
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Coleman Hawkins
1904-1969 |
'Body and Soul'
'Picasso', 'The Man I Love' - Hawkins Quartet, 'First Impressions' and recordings with other musicians |
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Fletcher Henderson
1897-1952 |
'Gulf Coast Blues'
Recordings - 'The Stampede', 'Wrappin' Up' |
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Billie Holiday
1915-1959
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God Bless the Child
The movie 'Lady Sings the Blues' was a portrayal of Billie's life. |
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James P. Johnson
1891-1955 |
'Carolina Shout'
'Charleston'
'Running Wild'
'Harlem Strut'
Recordings -'What Is This Thing Called Love' (1930), 'Snowy Morning Blues'
Father of Stride Piano |
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Scott Joplin
1868-1917 |
'The Entertainer'
'Maple Leaf Rag'
'The Ragtime Dance'
'Treemonisha' |
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Gene Krupa
1909-1973 |
Recording - 'Rockin' Chair', 'Gene Krupa - Boogie, Ballads and BeBop', and
recordings with other musicians |
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Thelonius Monk
1917-1982
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Blue Monk,
Round Midnight
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Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton
1890-1941 |
Piano pieces,
'King Porter Stomp'
'Red Hot Peppers' - The Pearls,
'Sidewalk Blues', 'Mr. Joe' |
Jelly Blues (seq. Warren Trachtman) |
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Edward 'Kid' Ory
1886-1973 |
Recordings -
'Ory's Creole Trombone',
'Society Blues' |
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Charlie 'Bird' Parker
1920-1955 |
Recordings - 'Now's the Time',
'Ko-Ko', Yardbird Suite', 'A Night in Tunisia', "Parker's Mood", "Embraceable You", "Lady, Be Good"
Compositions - Confirmation,
Now's the Time,
Donna Lee
- Famous for his alto saxophone playing ability.
- One of the fathers of the bebop jazz style. |
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Ben Pollack
1903-1971 |
Ben Pollack and his Californians, Ben Pollack and His Orchestras, 'Swing Out', 'In A Sentimental Mood', etc. |
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Bessie Smith
1895-1937 |
'Empress of the Blues','Downhearted Blues', Recordings - 'St. Louis Blues', 'Lost Your Head Blues' |
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Thomas 'Fats' Waller 1904-1943 |
Birmingham Blues,
Muscle Shoals Blues, 'Fractious Fingering',
'Fats Waller', 'I Ain't Got Nobody' |
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Ethel Waters
1896-1977 |
Recordings - 'Cocktail Hour',
'Am I Blue?',
'Jazzin' Babies' Blues','Georgia On My Mind' |
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