b. 18 June 1902, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA, d. 3 November 1980, NY, USA. A composer, pianist and arranger, Alter examined at the brand new Britain Conservatory of Music. In his early teenagers, he performed piano in silent-movie homes, and in the 20s offered as accompanist for the flamboyant entertainer Nora …

Composer Lew Spence remains to be best remembered for his long-running cooperation with husband-and-wife lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, a link that yielded Frank Sinatra’s vintage “Good ‘n’ Easy.” Created Lewis Sifka in Cedarhurst, NY, on June 29, 1920, he battled asthma throughout adolescence, eventually relocating to Az in order …

It really is surprising indeed that this songwriter at the rear of fluffy Americana such as for example “You Came quite a distance from St. Louis,” created with lyricist Bob Russell, would find yourself penning a tune entitled “Sirhan’s Blues,” not forgetting a whole musical collection entitled “Alabama Concerto.” The …

Duke Ellington was the main composer in the annals of jazz in addition to being truly a bandleader who have held his huge group together continuously for nearly 50 years. Both areas of his profession had been related; Ellington utilized his music group like a musical lab for his fresh …

Many thought the Intertains were a Philadelphia group because they documented in Philly’s Uptown Information in the middle-’60s. Actually, these were from Cleveland, led by Larry Hancock, a cousin from the O’Jays’ Eddie LeVert. Their initial release “Gotta Discover Myself a woman,” highlighted Hancock’s young, radiant falsetto on the melodic …

Saxophonist Robert Moore, who all recorded for the Spirit Be aware label with composer and bandleader George Russell, is among a set of reed players with this name who’ve recording credits, however the various other one preferred the less formal Bobby Moore. Regarding to discographer Tom Lord, the 1980 Russell …

Beneath the name Dinosaur, avant-garde cellist/composer Arthur Russell and several his NEW YORK based associates were in charge of the first disco single released on Sire. That 1979 one, “Kiss Me Once again,” featured electric guitar from David Byrne (Speaking Minds), bass from Wilbur Bascomb Jr. (a practiced session hands), …

A Scottish trombonist that has stuck with the direct and traditional design through his whole profession, Roy Crimmins was raised in London and it is entirely personal taught. In 1950, he was an associate from the Galleon Jazz Music group, and through the entire early ’50s also gigged using the …

Tx tenorman Jesse Powell was created Feb 2, 1924. There is quite little biographical information regarding his early years, apart from his dealing with Sizzling Lips Web page, Louis Armstrong, and Luis Russell. He became a member of Count Basie’s Music group in 1946, changing the fantastic sax participant Illinois …

Put trumpeter Bernard Overflow as well as vocalist Ma Rainey and multi-instrumentalist Sam Streams as well as the listener may very well be drenched. One of the most obscure members from the damply called jazz golf club was a graduate of Atlanta’s famous Tuskegee Institute in the ’20s. The next …