This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1947. The Fabulous Dorseys is released, a fictionalized biographical film that tells the story...
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Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its...
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Four Brothers is a jazz standard in AABA format written by Jimmy Giuffre in 1947, based on the chord changes of 'Jeepers Creepers'. The song was written...
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Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined...
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1947 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1947. 1947 (MCMXLVII)...
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The Jazz Age was a period in the 1920s and 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity. The Jazz Age's cultural repercussions...
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Karen Kay (TV personality) (category 1947 births)
Pringle; born 18 July 1947) is a British former jazz singer, cabaret singer, comedian and impressionist. She is the mother of British jazz-funk singer-songwriter...
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notable events in music that took place in the year 1947. 1947 in British music 1947 in Norwegian music 1947 in country music 1947 in jazz June 11 – 15...
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of jazz bassists includes performers of the double bass and since the 1950s, and particularly in the jazz subgenre of jazz fusion which developed in the...
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Donna Lee (category Jazz compositions in A-flat major)
"Donna Lee" is a jazz standard tune attributed to Charlie Parker, although Miles Davis has also claimed authorship. Written in A-flat, it is based on...
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This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing articles on Wikipedia. Do not enter names that lack articles. Do not enter names that...
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Art Blakey (redirect from A Jazz Hour with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers: Blues March)
was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s....
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(mayor), mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, 1912–1915 Marty Cook (born 1947), American jazz trombonist This disambiguation page lists articles about people with...
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Cool jazz is a style of modern jazz music inspired by bebop and big band that arose in the United States after World War II. It is characterized by relaxed...
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Jimmie Lunceford (category American jazz alto saxophonists)
(June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era. Lunceford was born on a farm in the Evergreen community...
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Miroslav Vitouš (category Avant-garde jazz musicians)
Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš (born 6 December 1947) is a Czech jazz bassist. Born in Prague, Vitouš began the violin at age six, switching to piano after about...
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Jazz standards are musical compositions that are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed...
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notable jazz fusion performers or bands. For performers of smooth jazz, a more radio-friendly, pop-infused variant of fusion, see List of smooth jazz performers...
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1945 to 1947) the recordings to Asch/Disc/Stinson Records (record producer Moses Asch's labels). Later, from 1948 to 1953, Granz leased the Jazz at the...
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The Jazz Messengers were a jazz combo that existed for over thirty-five years beginning in the early 1950s as a collective, and ending when long-time leader...
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Jazz at Massey Hall is a live album released in December 1953 by jazz combo The Quintet through Debut Records. It was recorded on 15 May 1953 at Massey...
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Tommy Dorsey (category Jazz musicians from Connecticut)
Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was...
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Jazz Showcase is one of the oldest jazz clubs in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1947 by NEA Jazz Master Joe Segal, whose son Wayne now owns and operates...
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Honda Fit (redirect from Jazz hybrid)
The Honda Fit (Japanese: ホンダ・フィット, Hepburn: Honda Fitto) or Honda Jazz is a small car manufactured and marketed by Honda since 2001 over four generations...
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Terje Rypdal (category Norwegian jazz composers)
Terje Rypdal (born 23 August 1947) is a Norwegian guitarist and composer. He has been an important member in the Norwegian jazz community, and has also given...
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Woody Herman (redirect from Four Brothers (jazz band))
was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s...
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Blue Note Records (category American jazz record labels)
attention to modern jazz around 1947. From there, Blue Note grew to become one of the most prolific, influential and respected jazz labels of the mid-20th century...
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1947. Disney made reference to the film, and its follow-up The Singing Fool, in the title of the 1929 Mickey Mouse short, The Jazz Fool. The Jazz Singer...
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Henri Matisse’s Jazz is a limited-edition art book containing prints of colorful cut-paper collages, accompanied by the artist's written thoughts. It was...
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Jazz Giant is a studio album by jazz pianist Bud Powell, released on Norgran in 1950, featuring two sessions that Powell recorded for Norman Granz in...
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