Tag Archives: 1940s – 2000s

Heavy-voiced Jimmy Nelson was extremely briefly a celebrity in 1951, when his downbeat “T-99 Blues” topped the R&B graphs for Modern Information’ RPM subsidiary. Strangely, he was struggling to ever get back into hitdom, despite some extremely deserving follow-ups. Though he was centered from Houston, Nelson do the majority of …

Before the rock and roll & move revolution, Rosemary Clooney was probably one of the most popular female singers in the us, increasing to superstardom through the golden age of adult pop. Like a lot of her peers within the so-called “woman singer” motion — Doris Day time, Kay Starr, …

The huge and comfortable sound of Ray Brown’s bass was a welcome feature on bop-oriented sessions for over a half-century. He performed locally in his indigenous Pittsburgh in his start. Arriving in NY in 1945, on his initial day around Brown fulfilled and used Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Bud …

Among the great bluegrass rings ever sold, brothers Jim (given birth to 1927) and Jesse (given birth to 1929) McReynolds and their Virginia Guys remained at the very top by changing with the changing times. Starting as a normal brothers duet, Jim on acoustic guitar and Jesse on mandolin demonstrated …

The sarangi continues to be extracted from its traditional accompanying role and transformed right into a solo instrument of creative expression by Udaipur Rajasthan, born Ram memory Narayan. Urdu poet Ali Sardar Jafri stated that Narayan “offers found out the sau rang (100 hues) of the instrument”; traditional violinist Yehudi …

Irish torch singer Mary Coughlan was created in Galway in 1956; after long lasting an agonizing adolescence that included rounds with alcohol and drugs and a stay static in a mental medical center, she relocated to London at age 19, surviving in a hippie squat. After many lean many years …

Probably one of the most famous of most New Orleans jazz clarinetists, Pete Fountain had the capability to play tracks that he performed countless instances (such as for example “Basin Road Blues”) with thus much enthusiasm that certain would swear he previously just discovered them. His design & most of …

Clarinetist Nat Temple was a fixture behind popular Uk bandleader Harry Roy through the entire 1930s — he later on led his own group, enjoying a protracted operate on BBC radio. Blessed in London on July 18, 1913, Temple modeled his melodic, supple playing after Benny Goodman. He produced his …

b. Ella Geisman, 7 Oct 1917, the Bronx, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 8 July 2006, Ojai, California, USA. A stylish actress and vocalist with a unique husky tone of voice, Allyson was frequently cast because the archetypal adorable girl-next-door, and is most likely best remembered on her behalf portrayal …

Few, if any kind of, free of charge jazz saxophonists approached music using the same amount of intellectual rigor as Sam Streams; just like few have were able to maintain a higher level of creativeness over an extended life. Streams played with impressive technical precision along with a manifest understanding …