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Cabaret singer and music theater superstar Julie Wilson was created in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1924, the girl of Russell Wilson, a coal salesman, and Emily Bennett Wilson, who became a hairdresser. She shown a pastime in movie theater and music in her youngsters and began performing with local rings at …

Probably one of the most important (and controversial) innovators from the jazz avant-garde, Ornette Coleman gained both loyal fans and lifelong detractors when he appeared to burst within the picture in 1959 fully formed. Although he, and Don Cherry in his unique quartet, played starting and shutting melodies collectively, their …

An excellent high-note trumpeter very long in great demand for big rings and session function, Lew Soloff was also a unique soloist and a specialist using the plunger mute. After their studies at Juilliard, he freelanced in NY with Maynard Ferguson, Joe Henderson, and Clark Terry, amongst others, and was …

Within the ’90s, guitarist Jeff Golub’s mixture of jazz, R&B, and pop earned him a reputation to be among the edgier, even more tasteful players within the crossover jazz/NAC/clean jazz field. Even though some of Golub’s recordings had been played on clean jazz stations thoroughly, he was quoted as stating …

Probably the most commercially successful solo singer to become identified with the lady group sound, Lesley Gore hit the main spot with her initial release, “It’s My Party,” in 1963. Made by Quincy Jones, who fattened the teenager’s audio with double-tracked vocals and elaborate back-up vocals and horns, she reeled …

Perhaps one of the most adventurous arrangers from the 1990s and 2000s, Bob Belden took the music of Puccini, Prince, and (with achievement) Sting, and turned it all into jazz. After graduating from the College or university of North Tx in 1978, he was with Woody Herman’s Orchestra for 1 …