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36 relations: Alto saxophone, Benny Carter, Billy May, Buddy Rich, California, Charleston, South Carolina, Charlie Barnet, Charlie Spivak, Cleveland, Columbia Records, Dizzy Gillespie, Drumorama!, Duke Ellington, Fisk University, Gene Krupa, GRP Records, Harry James, Harry James And His Orchestra 1948-49, Harry's Choice!, Jazz, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Jazz Recital, Jimmie Lunceford, John S. Wilson (music critic), Johnny Hodges, Journey Into Love, Los Angeles, Louie Bellson, Music, Romance and Especially Love, Nat King Cole, Skin Deep (Louis Bellson album), Swing music, The Drum Battle, The New James, Verve Records, Wild About Harry!.
Alto saxophone
The alto saxophone, also referred to as the alto sax, is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846.
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Benny Carter
Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
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Billy May
Edward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter.
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Buddy Rich
Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Charlie Barnet
Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
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Charlie Spivak
Charlie Spivak (February 17, 1905 or 1907 – March 1, 1982) was an American trumpeter and bandleader, best known for his big band in the 1940s.
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Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.
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Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.
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Dizzy Gillespie
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.
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Drumorama!
Drumorama! is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1957 for the Verve label.
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Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader of a jazz orchestra, which he led from 1923 until his death in a career spanning over fifty years.
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Fisk University
Fisk University is a private historically black university in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Gene Krupa
Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz and big band drummer, band leader, actor, and composer.
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GRP Records
GRP Records (Grusin-Rosen Productions) is a jazz record label founded by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1978.
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Harry James
Harry Haag James (March 15, 1916 – July 5, 1983) was an American musician who is best known as a trumpet playing band leader who led a big band from 1939 to 1946.
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Harry James And His Orchestra 1948-49
Harry James And His Orchestra 1948-49 is a double album by American trumpeter Harry James with The Harry James Orchestra.
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Harry's Choice!
Harry's Choice! is a studio album by American trumpeter Harry James with The Harry James Orchestra.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.
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Jazz at the Philharmonic
Jazz at the Philharmonic, or JATP (1944–1983), was the title of a series of jazz concerts, tours and recordings produced by Norman Granz.
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Jazz Recital
Jazz Recital (also released as Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra) is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1954 and 1955 and originally released on the Norgran label.
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Jimmie Lunceford
James Melvin Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.
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John S. Wilson (music critic)
John Steuart Wilson (January 6, 1913 – August 27, 2002) was an American music critic and jazz radio host.
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Johnny Hodges
John Cornelius Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band.
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Journey Into Love
Journey Into Love is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1954 for the Norgran label.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.
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Louie Bellson
Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni (July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), known by the stage name Louie Bellson (his own preferred spelling, although he is often seen in sources as Louis Bellson), was an American jazz drummer.
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Music, Romance and Especially Love
Music, Romance and Especially Love is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1957 for the Verve label.
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Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American jazz pianist and vocalist.
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Skin Deep (Louis Bellson album)
Skin Deep is an album by American jazz drummer Louis Bellson featuring performances recorded in 1953 and 1954 for the Norgran label.
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Swing music
Swing music, or simply swing, is a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s.
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The Drum Battle
The Drum Battle – Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich at JATP (later issued as The Original Drum Battle!) is a 1960 live album by drummers Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa, recorded at Jazz at the Philharmonic in 1952 at Carnegie Hall.
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The New James
The New James is a studio album by American trumpeter Harry James with The Harry James Orchestra.
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Verve Records
Verve Records, founded in 1956 by Norman Granz, is home to the world’s largest jazz catalogue and includes recordings by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Stan Getz and Billie Holiday, among others.
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Wild About Harry!
Wild About Harry! is a studio album by American trumpeter Harry James with The Harry James Orchestra.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(alto_saxophonist)
