Tag Archives: 1950

Among the great legendary place rings, the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra was highly regarded (if barely documented) during it is prime years. It had been co-led by altoist Adam Jeter and tenor-saxophonist Hayes Pillars. That they had been people of Alphonso Trent’s big music group when it split up in 1933. The …

Trio Iraquitã had its maximum in the ’50s, focusing on the bolero repertory with much mariachi impact, and became internationally famous before it had been popular in Brazil. The trio shaped in Natal (Rio Grande perform Norte) by Edinho (violão, or acoustic guitar), Paulo Gilvan (afoxê), and João Costa Neto …

Washington D.C.-centered R&B group the Syncopators shaped in the months subsequent World War II — in accordance to Marv Goldberg’s profile in the June 1980 problem of Goldmine — lead tenor James Pinkney, second tenor George Summers, sibling baritones Teddy and “Ghostie” Smith, and bass/guitarist Edmond Johnson dedicated their repertoire …

The Regional perform Canhoto were formed in 1950 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Canhoto (born as Waldiro Frederico Tramontano in Rio de Janeiro, 1908). Canhoto, as his nickname attests, is usually a left-handed cavaquinho participant having a discreet, but recognizable, personal design coined after his upwards pick strokes. Regardless …