Barry Harris, a pianist who carefully preserved the language of bebop throughout a seven-decade career as a brilliant performer and influential teacher, died Wednesday at Palisades Medical Center in ...
Ira Gitler, who turned his childhood obsession with jazz into a career as a major behind-the-scenes figure, as a critic, magazine editor, record producer and historian who documented the rise of ...
The Springfield Symphony Jazz Orchestra (SSJO) will open its 2024-2025 season honoring the music of two genre giants with a play on one of William Shakespeare’s famous phrases: “To Be or Not to Bop: ...
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Musician and Day to Day contributor David Was looks back at the life of photographer William Gottlieb, who died Sunday. His images captured some of the greatest jazz artists of the bebop era during ...
The course: Bebop, Modernism and Change. 3 credits. Offered by the Center for Africana Studies in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Syllabus: “Jazz is a marvelous subject that needs more ...
Barry Harris, a jazz pianist who embodied the spirit of bebop after learning the intricate style of music from its creators and then became a much-admired performer and teacher, died Dec. 8 at a ...
Yesterday, I received an email from clarinetist and saxophonist Pete Neighbor to wish JazzWax a happy 14th birthday. He also had a question on something I wrote in my Harold Land post. I took issue ...
He's been at the forefront of contemporary jazz for over 40 years. He played with a number of bop groups in New York during the 1940s with quintets led by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Later, a ...
On December 8, jazz pianist Barry Harris died in Weehawken, New Jersey. He was 91 years old and died due to complications from COVID-19. A close friend of Harris reported that she suspected the artist ...
Clark County jazz lovers, the doctor will see you now. He’s been traveling the bebop circuit from Portland to Salem, Ore. for the past few years, but Saturday night will be the first time he’s brought ...
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