jazz summary
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Art Ensemble of Chicago Summary
Art Ensemble of Chicago, American jazz group, innovators of sound, structure, and form in free jazz. They embraced a diversity of African and African American styles and sources in their creation of what they preferred to call “Great Black Music.” In 1966 composer-woodwind player Roscoe Mitchell
Jimmie Lunceford Summary
Jimmie Lunceford was an American big band leader whose rhythmically appealing, well-disciplined orchestra was one of the most influential of the swing era. During his youth, Lunceford studied music with Wilberforce J. Whiteman, father of bandleader Paul Whiteman, and became proficient on all reed
Fletcher Henderson Summary
Fletcher Henderson was an American musical arranger, bandleader, and pianist who was a leading pioneer in the sound, style, and instrumentation of big band jazz. Henderson was born into a middle-class family; his father was a school principal and his mother a teacher, and he studied piano as a
Stan Getz Summary
Stan Getz was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, perhaps the best-known musician of jazz’s “cool school,” noted for his mellow, lush tone. Getz began studying the saxophone at age 13 and made his professional debut at 15. He played with the bands of Jack Teagarden, Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey, and