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The recently completed workshop, whose students were as accomplished as its faculty, was designed to give jazz musicians access to new developments in orchestral writing. In the process, it appeared to be jazz history in the making. ? E-Mail This ???? ? Add to Del.icio.us Cool jazz was one of the most popular jazz styles of the 1950s. Not all of the cool jazz leaders were based in California, and not all of the jazz there during the era was cool jazz; but the music made its greatest impact and reached the height of its popularity in Los Angeles. This summer will mark the anniversary of a milestone in jazz history. Enjoy a concert with The Mike Luipersbeck Jazz Group at the Nutley Public Library on Saturday, April 24 at 1:30 p.m. in celebration of Jazz History Month. This talented group of local musicians will perform a variety of jazz standards Mark O’Connor, photo by Jim McGuire There have been many seminal groups in jazz history, whether it be Duke Ellington’s orchestra, Art Blakey’s long running Jazz Messengers, or the classic groups of Miles Davis or John Coltrane. Each of these — plus a host of others — is responsible for laying a unique brick in the pantheon of American jazz. Europe has a younger but equally vital jazz … Les Brown may have made jazz history with his Band of Renown, but there was a time when young Texas singer Joni Janak’s mom was ready to punch him on the nose. Detroit’s remarkable jazz history has a lot of heroes, but none loom larger than the three incomparable Jones brothers from Pontiac, who came roaring out of the local scene at midcentury to become major influences — Hank as a pianist, Thad as a composer, arranger and bandleader and Elvin as a drummer. The first album recorded live at the Vanguard, and still one of the best, was made by Sonny Rollins’ piano-less trio in 1956. Noisy but soothing, simple but dense, tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen’s trio is primed to confront jazz history’s shadow on its home turf.
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