Dance Session is an album by a pianist/bandleader that grew up in what New Jersey town?
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Dance Session Dance Session is an album by pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded in 1953 and became Basie's first 12-inch LP when it was originally released on the Clef label. Selections from this album were also released on the 1956 Clef LPs "Basie Roars Again" and "King of Swing".
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Count Basie William James "Count" Basie (August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. His mother taught him to play the piano and he started performing in his teens. Dropping out of school, he learned to operate lights for vaudeville and to improvise accompaniment for silent films at a local movie theater in his home town of Red Bank, New Jersey. By age 16, he increasingly played jazz piano at parties, resorts and other venues. In 1924, he went to Harlem, where his performing career expanded; he toured with groups to the major jazz cities of Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. In 1929 he joined Bennie Moten's band in Kansas City, and played with them until Moten's death in 1935.
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Vinnie Burke Vinnie Burke (born Vincenzo Bucci) (March 15, 1921 – February 1, 2001) was an American jazz bassist born in Newark, New Jersey.
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Morton Estrin Morton Estrin (born in Burlington, Vermont on December 29, 1923) is an American classical pianist. His career began in 1949 with a well-received recital at Town Hall. He studied with the teacher Vera Maurina-Press and others.
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From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs From Hackensack to Englewood Cliffs is a compilation album by American saxophonist Ike Quebec, released in 2000 on Blue Note. The album compiles eight jukebox-oriented pieces recorded by Quebec in his first Blue Note session, which, coincidentally, would become the last Blue Note session ever recorded at Rudy Van Gelder's original Hackensack facility. Indeed, Van Gelder thenceforth moved his studio to the more spacious Englewood Cliffs building. The album also features two additional pieces recorded at the new location.
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Jimmy Harrison James Henry Harrison (October 17, 1900, Louisville, Kentucky – July 23, 1931, New York City) was an American jazz trombonist.
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Hank Jones Henry "Hank" Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award. He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend Award. In 2008, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. On April 13, 2009, the University of Hartford presented Jones with a Doctorate Degree for his musical accomplishments.
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Paul E. Beaudoin Paul E. Beaudoin (born 1960 in Hialeah, Florida) is an American composer, theorist and author. His 60-second piano piece "dance re: pnmr" has been on a worldwide tour with pianist Guy Livingston and was recorded by him for the Wergo label.
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New York City R&amp;B New York City R&B is a 1961 free jazz album originally recorded at a session by bassist Buell Neidlinger but subsequently reissued under joint names with the pianist Cecil Taylor. It was produced by Nat Hentoff. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "This music is quite advanced for the period although more accessible to the average listener than Taylor's later recordings; at least one can hear (even in abstract form) his connection to the bebop tradition and to Duke Ellington".
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John Taylor (jazz) John Taylor (25 September 1942 – 17 July 2015) was a British jazz pianist born in Manchester, England, who occasionally performed on the organ and the synthesiser.
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The Pianist (album) The Pianist is a studio album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington compiled from sessions in 1966 and 1970, and released on the Fantasy label in 1974.
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Jimmy Reynolds James Russel Reynolds (August 5, 1904 – February 16, 1963) was an American jazz pianist.
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Billy Childs William Edward "Billy" Childs (born March 8, 1957) is a jazz pianist from Los Angeles, California.
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Harold Danko Harold Danko (born June 13, 1947 in Ohio) is an American jazz pianist.
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Howard Lutter Howard Lutter (1889–1959) was an American musician and composer best known for creation of player piano rolls. He was born in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, in 1889 to Hermann Lutter and Clara Uhl.
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Dizzy Sal Dizzy Sal (8 November 1934 – 25 July 1998), born Edward Saldanha, was an Indian jazz pianist. He was a student at the Lenox School of Jazz, and the Berklee School of Music.
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Ralph Towner Ralph Towner (March 1, 1940, Chehalis, Washington) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.
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Mark Helias Mark Helias (born October 1, 1950) is an American jazz double bass player and composer born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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Eddie Costa Edwin James "Eddie" Costa (August 14, 1930 – July 28, 1962) was an American jazz pianist, vibraphonist, composer and arranger. In 1957 he was chosen as "Down Beat" jazz critics' new star on piano and vibes – the first time that one artist won two categories in the same year. He became known for his percussive, driving piano style that concentrated on the lower octaves of the keyboard.
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Jimmy Sherman James Benjamin Sherman (August 17, 1908, Williamsport, Pennsylvania - October 11, 1975, Philadelphia) was an American jazz pianist and arranger.
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Daniel Souvigny Daniel Souvigny is an American blues and jazz pianist from Hampshire, Illinois. He won the Junior Division of the 2012, 2014, and 2015 World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest, as well as 1st place in the Illinois State Talent Competition. Souvigny has shared the stage with the likes of Billy Branch, Jeff Barnhart, and Marty Sammon (Keyboardist for Buddy Guy). He tours around the country performing at Ragtime and Early Jazz festivals, as well as many prestigious jazz and blues clubs in Illinois. Souvigny also plays the violin, drums, and electric guitar.
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Charlie LaVere Charles LaVere Johnson, better known as Charlie LaVere (July 18, 1910, Salina, Kansas - April 28, 1983, Ramona, California) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.