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Johnny Dankworth: What the Dickens!
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One of Britain's finest jazz musicians, arrangers and composers was Johnny Dankworth. The alto saxophonist and big band leader was best known here as the husband of singer Cleo Laine. The pair married in 1958 and made the rounds of variety shows for years. But Dankworth was a giant in his own right and one of the U.K.'s most inventive arranger-composers. His recording career began in 1944 and by the late 1940s he was recording bebop. Once the 12-inch LP ...
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Dick Hyman and Austin High Revisited
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1922, five white high-school teens started a jazz revolution. All attended Austin High School on Chicago's West Side and were mad about jazz—the jazz that came up to the city from New Orleans in 1920. That's when Prohibition led to bootlegging, organized crime, and speakeasies and clubs run by gangsters who needed exciting music to keep patrons drinking. The Austin High Gang, as they became known, took New Orleans jazz and gave it a peppy bounce, making it ideal ...
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The Impeccable Dick Farney
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Jazz pianist and singer Dick Farney (pronounced FAR-nay) had a big career in Brazil and recorded in the U.S. with bassist Slam Stewart and others, and yet he's barely known today. Farney's crooning voice was so smooth you'd think Bing Crosby had recorded pop records in Portuguese. Farney's jazz career began in the early 1940s and by the late 1940s he was in New York as a regular singer on Milton Berle's radio show on NBC. By the early 1950s, ...
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Dick Grove: Big, Bad & Beautiful
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Dick Grove wore two hats. There was Grove the educator, who moved to Los Angeles in 1957 and taught at the Westlake School of Music. In 1973, he started the Dick Grove School of Music, enlisting Henry Mancini, Bill Conti and Lalo Schifrin as teachers. How did he manage to pull that off? That brings us to the other Dick Grove—the powerhouse arranger and conductor for bands, movies and television. When he wasn't working with music students, Grove wrote superb ...
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Dick Twardzik and Jay Migliori
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Boston had a heavy home-grown jazz scene in the 1940s and '50s. Top music schools were thee, a steady college demographic ensured a sophisticated club audience, and Boston was a major stop on the East Coast club touring circuit. Jazz musicians who benefited from the rich jazz activity were Serge Chaloff, Dick Wetmore, Charlie Mariano, Jaki Byard, Jimmy Woode, Varty Haroutunian, Boots Mussulli, Herb Pomeroy and others. Among the many jazz clubs in Boston back then was the Stable, in ...
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Whit Dickey 2-CD 'Morph' with Matthew Shipp and Nate Wooley on ESP-DISK. Pre-Order Now.
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All About Jazz
Whit Dickey has been a quiet but brilliant presence on the New York avant-jazz scene since his discographical debut in 1991 on the legendary Matthew Shipp Trio album Circular Temple. In concert and on recordings in groups led by Shipp, David S. Ware, Ivo Perelman, Joe Morris, and Rob Brown, he built a reputation for distinctively space-filled, subtle rhythmic support, even as he was perfectly capable of muscling up when the music called for it. For some of the people ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Dick Hyman
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Dick Hyman's birthday today!
Throughout a busy musical career that got underway in the early \'50s, Dick Hyman has functioned as pianist, organist, arranger, music director, and composer. His versatility in all of these areas has resulted in film scores, orchestral compositions, concert appearances and well over 100 albums recorded under his own name. While developing a masterful facility for improvisation in his own piano style, Mr... Read more.
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Co-Founder Glenn Dicker Talks Seminal Indie Label Yep Roc
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HypeBot
In this interview Glenn Dicker, co-founder of Yep Roc records (now in its twentieth year), chats about the origins of the label, the value of genre diversity, suggests some essentials from their catalogue, and more. Guest post by Will Hodge of Noisetrade It’s always an incredibly fun opportunity to chat with the industry professionals that help get the music that we love into our hands and our newest NoiseTrade One-on-One with Yep Roc Records co-founder Glenn Dicker is no exception. ...
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Dick Meldonian and Sonny Igoe
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Saxophonist Dick Meldonian began his recording career in Charlie Barnet's band in 1950. He then moved on to Stan Kenton at the start of 1952. He remained with Kenton until the mid-1950s, when he left to record on 12-inch LPs with Pat Moran, Sam Most, Erroll Garner, Nat Pierce, Bill Russo, Marion Evans (he's on the Ted McNabb album) among others. Drummer Sonny Igoe began his recording career in 1948 with Buddy Stewart and then worked with Benny Goodman until ...
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