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While George Russell was extremely active like a free-thinking composer, arranger, and bandleader, his biggest impact upon jazz is at the quieter part of theorist. His great contribution, evidently the very first by way of a jazz musician to general music theory, was a publication using the intimidating name The …

Microtonal innovator Joe Maneri was created in Brooklyn, NY, in 1927, understanding how to play clarinet from a neighborhood shoemaker and making his professional debut around the Catskills society band circuit at age 17. 3 years later on, he was launched to the task of Arnold Schoenberg, the famed inventor …

Originally conceived in ’09 2009 when guitarist Phil Haggerty was talking with a higher school friend about how exactly their musical tastes had changed from simply hearing and playing hardcore to a far more diverse mixture of genres, they ultimately decided that they need to form a fresh band that …

Boston indie quartet Bent Designs 1st began releasing music in ’09 2009 beneath the name Girlfriends. Led by vocalist/guitarist Ben Potrykus and drummer Andy Sadoway, their melodic and hyper-literate post-punk echoed traditional East Coast rings just like the Feelies and the present day Lovers. After a small number of little …

Della Mae was formed in ’09 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts and was among the initial contemporary all-female bluegrass rings. Their mix of traditional bluegrass music and vocalist/songwriter influences noticed the group touring across the world, playing celebrations, churches, and night clubs from Massachusetts to Pakistan. These seasoned players — Kimber …