Norm Scott III (b. 1 January 1907, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d. day unfamiliar) and sibling Arthur (b. 1903, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, d. 1968) had been the eldest of nine Scott kids. A pioneer duo of Australian nation music, Norm performed acoustic guitar and banjo-mandolin and was …

b. Mechal Saltpeter, 28 June 1892, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 2 November 1978, NEW YORK, NY, USA. Involved with theater from his youngsters, Gordon was a maker on Broadway from the first 20s in to the middle-50s. In his early years, Gordon occasionally co-produced with Albert Lewis (b. 15 …

An excellent soloist whose sound and design became highly influenced by Benny Carter (who was simply four years his junior), Hilton Jefferson was considered a very important musician through the golf swing era although he under no circumstances gained much popularity. Jefferson actually started his professional profession being a banjoist …

Traditional western swing bandleader Jimmy Heap led the Melody Experts for over 3 decades and contributed 1 country classic towards the genre, “The Outrageous Side of Life,” included in Hank Thompson, Burl Ives and Grady Martin, Freddy Fender, and recently, Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. Heap’s “Discharge Me” also supplied …

Dancer, acting professional, and vocalist Fred Astaire worked steadily in a variety of entertainment press during nine years from the 20th hundred years. One of the most celebrated dancer in the annals of film, with performances in 31 film musicals between 1933 and 1968 (and a particular Academy Award in …

Elevated in Washington, D.C., Marc Cary is becoming known as probably one of the most initial jazz pianists in NY. A guy of eclectic likes, Cary includes a solid post-bop basis but in addition has explored Afro-Cuban rhythms, digital groove music, along with other directions along with his numerous ensembles. …

Nothing at all upsets preconceived thoughts like a person who successfully crosses to another genre after he continues to be thoroughly pigeonholed by experts inside a previous one. Such was Hank Garland, Nashville’s busiest nation acoustic guitar picker who, with small warning, made an excellent jazz recording in mid-career and …

Geri Allen may be the quintessence of just what a present-day mainstream jazz pianist ought to be. Well-versed in a number of modern jazz designs from bop to free of charge, Allen steers a middle program in her personal music, speaking inside a cultivated and reasonably distinctive tone of voice, …

Never famous even though innovative and influential in his field, David Eyges (pronounced Ee-jus) pioneered the usage of the cello in modern jazz through the 1970s and ’80s (mainly because did his contemporaries Diedre Murray and Abdul Wadud), picking right up where Oscar Pettiford, Dick Katz, Doug Watkins, Ron Carter, …

The Juilliard String Quartet was founded in 1946 by William Schuman, who was simply the president from the Juilliard College in NY. The original people from the quartet had been violinists Robert Mann and Robert Koff, violist Raphael Hillyer, and cellist Arthur Winograd. The people from the quartet possess changed …