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5 days ago · The Soloist is a 2009 drama film directed by Joe Wright, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. The plot is centered around a Los Angeles journalist who forms a bond with a homeless Juilliard-trained musician while seeking a new story for the paper.
May 23, 2024 · Louis Armstrong (born August 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died July 6, 1971, New York, New York) was the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history.
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Jun 1, 2024 · The meaning of SOLOIST is one who performs a solo. How to use soloist in a sentence.
1 day ago · In his records, Armstrong almost single-handedly created the role of the jazz soloist, taking what had been essentially a collective folk music and turning it into an art form with tremendous possibilities for individual expression.
May 22, 2024 · Miles Davis, American jazz musician, a great trumpeter who as bandleader and composer was one of the major influences on the art. Along with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Parker, he is regarded as one of the four most important and influential musicians in jazz history.
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May 30, 2024 · A well-earned standing ovation inspired the soloist to bring the audience back to calmer environs with the Largo from J.S. Bach's Third Violin Sonata.
May 29, 2024 · Mikhail Baryshnikov (born January 28, 1948, Riga, Latvia, U.S.S.R.) is a Soviet-born American actor and ballet dancer who was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and ’80s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.
