Bill Evans, Paul Motian, Scott LaFaro While there were influential piano trios in the 1940s (Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Lennie Tristano, or Nat King Cole, for example), the format reached new peaks in the 1950s. In particular, Ahmad Jamal and Bill Evans reconceived the format to stress the interplay of three artists, rather than a […]
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Jazz at 100 Hour 52: Miles Davis & the First Great Quintet (Sextet)
Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, & Cannonball Adderley Miles Davis was more than a trumpet player, composer and taste-maker – he led some of the greatest bands in the history of jazz. In this hour, we will feature his first great quintet of John Coltrane on tenor, Red Garland on piano, Paul […]
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Jazz at 100 Hour 48: The Experimentalists – George Russell, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman and Eric Dolphy
Cecil Taylor In the wake of Charles Mingus, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins came a wave of players eager to experiment further within the broadening definition of jazz. Among the most durable of this next generation are composer George Russell, pianist Cecil Taylor, alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman and multi-reed player Eric Dolphy. The late 1950s […]
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Jazz at 100 / The Jazz Messenger – The Porgy and Bess Show
Tags: Archie Shepp, Arkestra, Ben Webster, Bill Evans, Bill Frisell, Billie Holiday, Branford Marsalis, Cab Calloway, Coleman Hawkins, DuBose Heyward, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Free Bridge Quintet, George Gershwin, Gerald Wilson, Gil Evans, Herbie Hancock, Ira Gershwin, Jimmy Smith, Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Joni Mitchell, Kurt Elling, Louis Armstrong, Mal Waldron, Mel Torme, Miles Davis, New Vision Sax Ensemble, Nina Simone, Patricia Barber, Porgy & Bess, Sammy Davis Jr., Sonny Rollins, Sun RaCab Calloway as Sportin’ Life In the mid-1930’s, George Gershwin acquired the rights to the play Porgy by DuBose Heyward, based on his own novel of 1925. Gershwin’s great American opera, Porgy and Bess debuted in 1935 with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. For some period of time, the themes of domestic violence, […]