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6 days ago · Chet Baker, Chet Baker Sings (Pacific, 1954) The West Coast Jazz cool school of the ’50s was more melodic, contrapuntal and generally prettier than its East Coast counterpart. Chet Baker was its definitive embodiment, both musically and physically.
2 days ago · The Montreal Jazz Fest holds the 2004 Guinness World Record as the world's largest jazz festival. Every year it features roughly 3,000 artists from 30-odd countries, more than 650 concerts (including 450 free outdoor performances), and welcomes over 2 million visitors (12.5% of whom are tourists) as well as 300 accredited journalists.
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May 10, 2024 · ‘Jazz from the Pacific Northwest’ by Shelly Manne and His Men. (Reel-Real Records) by David Luhrssen. May 10, 2024. 9:09 a.m. Expand. Drummer Shelly Manne is often overlooked by jazz historians, but he had an important role in establishing the cool “West Coast Sound” of the 1950s.
May 13, 2024 · Gil Evans was one of the most important arrangers in the history of jazz. Richard Havers explores his incredible life and career.
5 days ago · The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, whose members were white, were the first jazz group to record, and Bix Beiderbecke was one of the most prominent jazz soloists of the 1920s. The Chicago Style was developed by white musicians such as Eddie Condon , Bud Freeman , Jimmy McPartland , and Dave Tough .
May 19, 2024 · University of the Pacific’s elite student jazz ensemble, the Jazz Ambassadors, has been named one of the best in the country by Downbeat Magazine, one of the leading publications for jazz music.
May 16, 2024 · Recorded when the great man was signed exclusively to The Pacific Jazz label, and when he was at the pinnacle of his career, this collection serves as a fine starting point for beginners to this maverick jazz man’s art, and as a fine reminder to those already somewhat versed.
