Earl Hines

The term “jazz” is freely used by many people around the world to describe a particular category of music. Every person will have their own definition of such a broad category of music. However, attempting to set boundaries and limit the definition of jazz to a simple “Google-like” definition is not only an injustice to the art of jazz, but also to listeners’ ability to appreciate the vast meanings and interpretations of jazz music. Prior to taking a semester long course on understanding jazz, I…

More tears welled up as I thought he was either drunk again or worse he just did not care. He picked up a pile of gramophone records and inspected the label. “Wot the fuckin’ ‘ell are these?” said dad to his mates, “And who the bleedin ‘ell is Earl Hines and his orchestra when ‘e‘s…

Scott DeVeaux is a professor and an author who specialized in jazz and American music. He is currently teaching at the University of Virginia. His book The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History that was published in 1997 had won the American Book Award, an ASCAP–Deems Taylor Award, the Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society, and the ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Sound Research. His other published books and articles include Jazz, which was co-author with…

Facts Birthplace of jazz: New Orleans in the early 1900s As more job opportunities opened in the North, jazz started to move to Chicago and the midwest. Black Bottom dance and the Charleston were invented. Known as the Dance Age and Jazz Age. The Jazz Age was a post World War 1 movement. The birth of jazz music is credited to African Americans, but both black and white Americans alike are responsible for its immense rise in popularity. Female singers emerged during this period. African and…

charlie parker recorded for the savoy records before signing with mercury. When a bunch of musicians saw burgeoning jazz perform they were really impressed with charlie's performance because of his unique playing style. Later in 1942 he signed with Earl hines to do a eight month gig. In 1945 charlie finley became the letter of a group but he still was performing with dilly gillespie. The end of that year both of them launched a 6 week hollywood tour while working together they managed to invent…

From 1940 to 1942, Parker palyed in Jay McShann’s band and made his first recording. In December 1942, he played with Earl Hines and Dizzy Gillespie as a tenor saxophonist. In 1945, Parker led his own group for the first time and worked with Gillespie. From 1945 to 1946, they made more than fifty recordings together. They also played in Hollywood together in the end of 1945…

smaller band or ensemble. Armstrong created a band called “Louis Armstrong and the All Stars” with the help of his manager, Joe Glaser. His band was called the “All Stars” because it had some great people in it such as Jack Tegarden, Barney Bigard, Earl Hines, and Big Sid Catlett. Many people believed the forties would be a decline of Louis Armstrong’s playing, but they were wrong (Satchmo…

The Soul of American Jazz Name: Louis Armstrong Born: New Orleans Died: New York August 4th, 1901 July 6th, 1971 (age 69) Mention of jazz music, the first people to associate people, is likely to be a clown image, nicknamed Uncle Satchmo (Uncle Satchmo), little cute. He is a husky singer, with a small hand often. His New Orleans jazz style, in Dick Dixieland peiqu, playing the advantages of simple structure, dramatic works. This is Luis Armstrong. He is a huge jazz musician that everyone…

what was comfortable in Kansas City to risk it all in the Big Apple. He worked several jobs in order to stay afloat including a chicken shack where Art Tatum performed. While there he played with McShann’s band until he left in 1942 to play with Earl Hines band. This move led to future recording with fellow band mate Dizzy Gillespie as a duo. The night Parker “created” bebop, he stumbled upon it when he realized that the 12 semitones of the chromatic scale can lead to any key, which broke…

The Life of Art Tatum Author Taylor Jr. who goes by the name of Art Tatum is said to be the greatest jazz pianist of all time, known for his famous two-handed runs. Art was born in October 13, 1909 in Toledo, OH to pianist Mildred Hoskins and Guitarist Arthur Tatum Sr. Completely blind by cataracts in one eye and nearly blind in the other, Art played music by ear, mimicking the sounds he heard from other musicians such as Fats Waller. He played so well that by age three he was considered a…