Tag Archives: 1940s – 1990s

A vocalist who performed and recorded with Jack port Teagarden’s big music group in the first ’40s. He caused Boyd Raeburn’s orchestra through the mid-’40s, and in addition headed combo classes with an organization that included Lucky Thompson. Allyn later on caused Paul Smith, Johnny Mandel, Stan Kenton and Count …

Al Grey’s brand phrases and frequently humorous usage of the plunger mute lengthy produced him quite distinct. After getting away from the provider, he was using the orchestras of Benny Carter (1945-1946), Jimmie Lunceford (1946-1947), Lucky Millinder, and Lionel Hampton (on / off during 1948-1953). Gray was a well-featured soloist …

Of all jazz music artists, Sun Ra was essentially the most controversial. He didn’t make it possible for people to consider him significantly, for he encircled his ambitious music with outfits and mythology that both appeared backward toward historic Egypt and forwards into research fiction. Furthermore, Ra recorded his music …

Perhaps one of the most respected of most jazz manufacturers, Orrin Keepnews had an extended and productive profession. He graduated from Columbia School in 1943 and was originally mainly thinking about Dixieland. Keepnews composed for The Record Changer beginning in 1948, that was began by his friend Costs Grauer. Four …

Dynamic since 1942 (having had twenty years of success in the prestigious Rádio Nacional) and singularized compared to additional vocal sets of enough time for the elaborated plans for 4 or 5 voices, the Operating-system Cariocas became probably the most representative vocal band of bossa nova following their 1957 recording …

Better-known as the Arizona Cowboy, Rex Allen was the last of Hollywood’s singing cowboys. Between 1950 and 1954, Allen starred in 19 films for Republic studios. The movies launched a favorite recording profession for Allen, as he previously several strike singles and albums in the first ’50s, prior to the …

Renato Carosone is undoubtedly the daddy of Neapolitan performing, bringing components of jazz and golf swing into traditional, Italian songbook. Carsone was created on January 3, 1920, and began his singing profession at age 17 after learning piano at a conservatory. He was most widely known for his 1956 strike …

It usually seemed strange that Remo Palmieri, who gained some interest in the first times of bop, by no means became a larger name, particularly since he was dynamic for such an extended time frame. Palmieri originally hoped to become an designer and he performed guitar with regional groups to …

In 1948, the Reverend Milton Brunson organized a mass gospel choir at Chicago’s McKinley SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; dubbed the Thompson Community Performers, the group — affectionately referred to as “the Tommies” — would emerge as the country’s oldest existing community choir, celebrating their fantastic anniversary using the discharge of 1998’s …

b. Charles Coleridge Richards, 19 Oct 1912, Brooklyn, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 12 March 1998, NEW YORK, NY, USA. After playing traditional piano as a kid, Richards was relocated to carefully turn to jazz after hearing Fat Waller. He performed around the town of his delivery for quite some …