Leonard "Ham" Davis (July 4, 1905 in St. Louis, Missouri – 1957) was an American jazz trumpeter. Davis began his career in St. Louis, playing with the...
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American district court judge in Texas Leonard Davis (musician) (1905–1957), American jazz trumpeter Leonard Davis, American businessman; founder of Colonial...
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City counterculture, introduced Davis to popular rock, soul, and funk musicians. Jazz critic Leonard Feather visited Davis's apartment and was shocked to...
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Only. Davis left the group after being diagnosed with throat cancer. In later years, he performed with former Temptation Glenn Leonard in Leonard's group...
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Leonard Norman Cohen CC GOQ (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout...
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group of West Coast funk musicians including Larry Graham, Greg Errico, the Pointer Sisters, and members of Tower of Power. Davis wrote and arranged all...
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eds. (2007). The Miles Davis Reader. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 221–22, 305. ISBN 142343076X. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Miles Davis". Encyclopedia of Popular...
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Kenny Burrell, with Will Davis (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Martin Rivera (b) Bill English (d) Ray Barretto (cga) Feather, Leonard & Gitler, Ira The Biographical...
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speaker and a musician. As an amateur, Davis was trained by his father, a former boxer. He had an outstanding amateur career. In 1976, Davis won the Olympic...
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Leonard Bernstein (/ˈbɜːrnstaɪn/ BURN-styne; born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music...
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Davis. Leonard has shared the stage with B. B. King, Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson and Rick Danko of The Band and played a tour with blues musician Colin...
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and studio recordings by the American jazz musician Miles Davis. Parts of the album featured music from Davis' concert at the Cellar Door in 1970, which...
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Ascenseur pour l'échafaud is an album by the jazz musician Miles Davis. It was recorded at Le Poste Parisien Studio in Paris on December 4 and 5, 1957...
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First Miles. From 1949 through 1950, Davis recorded twelve tunes with a nonet consisting of other noted jazz musicians including arranger Gil Evans, Gerry...
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On the Corner (redirect from On The Corner (Miles Davis album))
lineup of musicians including bassist Michael Henderson, guitarist John McLaughlin, and keyboardists Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, with Davis playing...
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Parks and others. He played on Leonard Cohen's Death of a Ladies' Man (1977), produced by Phil Spector. In 1977, Davis moved to Hawaii. In 1981, he returned...
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Sneaky Pete Kleinow (category Musicians from South Bend, Indiana)
country-rock musician and animator. He was a member of the band the Flying Burrito Brothers, and worked extensively as a session musician, playing pedal...
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Jack Johnson (album) (category Miles Davis albums)
frightening majesty". Less enthusiastic about the record was jazz musician and journalist Leonard Feather, who wrote a review for the Los Angeles Times titled...
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Lemnouar Merouche [ar], 92, Algerian historian. Dean Roberts, 49, New Zealand musician and composer. (death announced on this date) Gena Rowlands, 94, American...
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Seven Steps to Heaven (category Miles Davis albums)
Seven Steps to Heaven is a studio album by the jazz musician Miles Davis. It was released through Columbia Records on July 15, 1963. The recording took...
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Michael Henderson (category 20th-century African-American musicians)
being one of the most influential jazz and soul musicians of the past 40 years. In addition to Davis, he played and recorded with Marvin Gaye, Aretha...
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Lenny Kravitz (redirect from Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz)
Leonard Albert Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor. Born in New York to TV news producer...
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Ahead: A Miles Davis Website, accessed July 14, 2014 Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, Miles: the Autobiography, 1989, p. 162. Leonard Feather in the original...
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Maestro (2023 film) (redirect from Leonard Bernstein movie)
drama film that centers on the relationship between American composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre. It was directed by Bradley...
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Len Garry (category Musicians from Liverpool)
Leonard Charles 'Len' Garry (born 6 January 1942) is an English musician, best known for being a member of The Quarrymen, a band who would later evolve...
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York. His widow, Annie Bell Wright-Davis, died in 1997. While he was alive, Davis' music was recognized by musicians of the era as exceptional. Bob Dylan...
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by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released in 1981 by Columbia Records. It collects previously unreleased outtakes that Davis recorded between 1960...
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Don Cherry (trumpeter) (redirect from Don Cherry (musician))
ISSN 0952-0686. Feather, Leonard (1964-06-18). "Blindfold test: Miles Davis". Down Beat. Reprinted in Frank Alkyer, ed. (2007). The Miles Davis Reader: Interviews...
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Kind of Blue (category Miles Davis albums)
and Davis himself. As with all bebop-based jazz, Davis's groups improvised on the chord changes of a given song. Davis was one of many jazz musicians growing...
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Alkyer Enright, Frank; Jason Koransky, eds. (2007). The Miles Davis Reader. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 305–06. ISBN 978-1617745706. Larkin, Colin (2007)...
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