George F. Clarke (August 28, 1911 – September 1985) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Clarke was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He attended Manassas...
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Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave...
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Deafheaven George Clarke (jazz musician) (1911–1985), American jazz saxophonist George Clarke (actor) (1840–1906), American stage actor George Clarke (comedian)...
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This is a list of works by American jazz musician Stanley Clarke, including a discography and filmography. Albums Singles With Animal Logic Animal Logic...
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1975, sleeve notes "George Duke". Radioswissjazz.ch. Clarke, Stanley (March 24, 2014). "Stanley Clarke Remembers George Duke". JazzTimes. Retrieved September...
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The Stanley Clarke Band is an album by the Stanley Clarke Band led by jazz bassist Stanley Clarke. It was released by Heads Up Record in June 2010 and...
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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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Wynton Marsalis (category Jazz musicians from New Orleans)
was the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Marsalis is the only musician to have won a Grammy Award in both jazz and classical...
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"Jack" Clarke (1933–1992) was an American poet. A noted poet, jazz musician and scholar of William Blake and Charles Olson, John "Jack" Clarke was the...
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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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produced by Australian jazz musicians, many of whom have gone on to gain a high profile in the international jazz arena. Jazz is an American musical genre...
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Sahib Shihab (category American male jazz musicians)
alto with Fletcher Henderson in the mid-1940s. He was one of the first jazz musicians to convert to Islam and changed his name in 1947. He belonged to the...
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G. Clarke (born 1943), US Army officer, author and consultant Bruce C. Clarke (1901–1988), American general Buck Clarke (1933–1988), American jazz percussionist...
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Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt) in the years that followed. Many UK jazz musicians were also regularly featured, including Tubby Hayes and Dick Morrissey...
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Canadian jazz musician who plays double bass, piano, and vibes. Thompson's career as a performer, recording artist, producer, session musician, and music...
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but also incorporated elements of jump blues, swing, and soul jazz into his playing. Clarke was a master of both cross and chromatic harmonica styles and...
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Ronald Bruner Jr. (category African-American rock musicians)
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album in 2010 for The Stanley Clarke Band. He is the brother of musician Stephen Lee Bruner, who is better known...
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toward a more challenging "musician's music" which was played at faster tempos and used more chord-based improvisation. Cool jazz developed near the end of...
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Kenny Clarke, and pianist John Lewis formed the rhythm section of the Gillespie band. Lewis, Clarke, and Jackson eventually formed the Modern Jazz Quartet...
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Roach drum solo. The original plan was for the Toronto New Jazz Society and the musicians to share the profits from the concert. However, owing to a boxing...
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under the name The Young Jazz Giants. The group later united with Terrace Martin and five other Los Angeles jazz musicians to form the West Coast Get...
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American musicians George Duke and Stanley Clarke. It was released in 1981 as the first single of their collaborative debut album The Clarke/Duke Project...
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Bebop (redirect from Modern Jazz)
generation of jazz musicians expanded the creative possibilities of jazz beyond the popular, dance-oriented swing music-style with a new "musician's music" that...
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(NEA), every year honors up to seven jazz musicians with Jazz Master Awards. The National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowships are the self-proclaimed...
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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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of his bosses was a cousin to Duke Ellington, so Clarke began to listen to jazz records by musicians such as Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Allen Jones...
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Company), multireedist/violinist Al Garth, multireedist Jon Clarke (performing with the Don Ellis Jazz Band) and a friend of Loggins, keyboardist Michael Omartian...
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George Barrow (September 25, 1921 – March 20, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist who played both tenor and baritone. Self-taught on the saxophone,...
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Canadian musicians. Only notable individuals appear here; bands are listed at List of bands from Canada. 347aidan – rapper Lee Aaron – jazz and rock singer-songwriter...
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The Clarke/Duke Project was the first collaborative album by American musicians Stanley Clarke and George Duke. It was released in 1981 through Epic Records...
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