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Big band-era vocalist Bea Wain (formerly Wayne) was created Apr 30, 1917 in NEW YORK; after learning piano as a kid, she continued to appear around the NBC radio series Children’s Hour, and in her teenagers sang with vocal organizations headlined by Fred Waring, Kay Thompson among others. Following a …

Curly Russell was a significant bassist in the first many years of bebop for he could keep up simply because an accompanist using the rapid tempoes of that time period. Hardly ever really a soloist (definitely not on the amount of an Oscar Pettiford), Russell was a tireless performer who …

The songwriting and screenwriting duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green created a few of the most enduring and beloved music comedies from the post-war era, reaching their apex with 1952’s Singin’ in the torrential rain, widely acclaimed because the greatest film music available. Comden was created Elizabeth Basya Comden …

Carreno received early lessons from her dad, who’s also credited for developing her solid feeling of self-criticism, to which she attributed her achievement. She also researched with Gottschalk and later on with Anton Rubinstein. She was extremely effective in Germany, where she resided for over 30 years. The majority of …