bandleaders

Guy Lombardo, one of the white bandleaders who helped popularize jazz on Fifty-second Street, recalled that for many years “nightclub owners simply refused to break the color line, fearing financial consequences.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Marsala, a Chicago native, hosted what are considered to be the first regular interracial jam sessions for jazz musicians and in 1936 became one of the first white bandleaders to hire an African American musician when he employed the trumpeter Henry “Red” Allen.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Most members of the 10-piece ensemble are respected bandleaders, including saxophonists Joe Lovano, Donny McCaslin, Vincent Herring and Sabir Mateen, bassist Ben Allison, drummer Matt Wilson and trumpeter Jeremy Pelt.

Playing the Unplayable Album Martin Johnson 2011

Rather confusingly, he shared my father 's name, Peregrine Fellowes, and later, to my mother' s embarrassment, figured in a sensational divorce featuring not one, but two, of London 's bandleaders, cited as correspondents in the case against his wife.

The Smartest Hotel in the World Julian Fellowes 2010

Which made the point that although he can play Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter better than almost anybody, Mr. Mintun's specialty is the "second-tier" songwriting teams of the 1920s and '30s, like Mack Gordon and Harry Revel ("A Dream Walking"), and the composing bandleaders Johnny Green ("Body and Soul") and Richard Himber ("Monday in Manhattan").

The Jazz Scene: Big Bands and Bombshells Will Friedwald 2011

In his early years, before he established himself as one of the leading bandleaders and composers in contemporary jazz, Chick Corea played keyboards in several incarnations of Miles Davis 's band.

Jazz's 70-Year Flavor of the Month Will Friedwald 2011

Small wonder the two remained friends for the rest of Brown's days, until his death in 2001—something that can't be said for most big-band "canaries" and their former bandleaders.

Sunny Day Keeps On Shining Will Friedwald 2011

The official Escort photo shows only bandleaders Eugene Cho and Dan Balis with lead singer Adeline Michèle—but no fewer than 26 musicians in total are listed on the album, with more than half of them appearing onstage with the group on any given night.

Disco Balloons in Brooklyn Andy Beta 2011

(Soundbite of song, "Zest for a Zizz") WHITEHEAD: Coming up in Amsterdam and working for some of the city's top bandleaders, Joost Buis and his Astronotes were exposed to myriad approaches to contemporary music-making.

Joost Buis And Astronotes: Controlled Anarchy 2010

The second Dizzy's Generations in Jazz Festival reached a peak this week with the dramatic contrast among three piano masters: 93-year-old Marian McPartland on Monday, followed by a weeklong double header of Jonathan Batiste & Aaron Diehl, two future keyboard giants both just coming into their own as bandleaders.

Passing Down the Piano Torch Song Will Friedwald 2011