Given birth to Ernest Smith, this early 20th hundred years jazz clarinetist is among the many music artists who carry the nickname “Sticky.” In his case, as in lots of of others, the name may have stuck due to a background like a thief, although occupants of Detroit will be …

This widely-respected educator and stylistically diverse composer was created October 2, 1927 in Holland, Michigan. She graduated (as valedictorian) in 1945 from Topeka SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Topeka, Kansas. She received her Bachelor of Music (with Difference) in Piano on the Eastman College of Music, Rochester, NY, in 1948, and was …

Mostly of the jazzmen whose surname will be greater than passing curiosity to realtors, Bobby Holmes was dynamic in a number of historic bands from the ’20s and ’30s. While jazz listeners will definitely get by this Holmes on cruises through the first constructions of Louis Armstrong, or classic lanes …

There has hardly ever been an extremely famous musician using the name of Leroy Harris, nonetheless it simple to get confused and think there could be an obscure player along with his name that recorded prolifically, played both traditional jazz and rhythm & blues, and made an entire switch in …

Brothers Oliver and Chris Hardwood — the Hardwood Brothers — was raised in Boulder, Colorado, and both still left the region after graduating from senior high school, Oliver moving to Atlanta even though Chris finished up in NY. Oliver, a guitarist, uncovered he previously a knack for composing songs and …

A big music group arranger and reed participant who is mainly known for his regular membership in a number of of the fantastic Earl Hines rings from the ’20s and ’30s, Cecil Irwin unfortunately got an area in the portion of the music graveyard specialized in those that perished on …

The Orchids were a trio of 15-year-old girls from Coventry who went from winning an area talent contest to nationwide television and a global recording career. Georgina Oliver, Pamela Oliver, and Valerie Jones earned their competition at Coventry’s Orchid Ballroom, hence obtaining their name, and dropped directly into the managerial …

The geographical location of the artist changed a good deal from his birthday to your day of his death, from a little Missouri town to a busy border metropolis in the darkness from the Swiss alps. The time itself changed not really a bit, apart from obviously the entire year: …

Similarly adept with alto saxophone, clarinet, and violin, Artwork Landry led a jazzy small dance band through the 1920s that made records that are comparable with the very best offerings from bandleaders Sam Lanin, Isham Jones, Jean Goldkette, and Paul Specht. Landry was created in Montreal in 1896. Classically qualified …

The International Composers and Improvisers Outfit is a progressive contemporary creative troupe located in Munich, Germany. It had been founded by cellist, contrabassist, and composer Johanna Varner in cooperation with experimental trombonist Christofer Varner. Johanna was created in Munich in 1963; Christofer had become at Sodium Lake City 3 years …