Simply put, Joe Pass is the man. “Joe Pass looks like somebody’s uncle and plays guitar like nobody’s business,” New York Times. Regarded as one of the best guitarists of all time, experienced many ups and downs, trials and tribulations on his path of success. The legend who lived to be 65 years old, used his mastery of his craft and his superb technique to meld his talent into the book of legends. Experience early success and coming back to it again to make it full circle is a path not many venture down. Joe Pass, or Joseph Anthony Passalaqua, was Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, although his family quickly relocated to Johnstown, Pennsylvania. On his ninth birthday Joe was given his first guitar, a harmony model, that was 17 dollars (Now that 17 dollars would be worth around 280 dollars). Joe was inspired by a Western movie who had a character, “the man on the horse with the guitar,” to want to play the guitar. His father quickly realized that something was different and …show more content…
Trio was produced with the help of Oscar Peterson, as well as Niel-Henning Ørsted Pederson, the album would end up winning the Grammy for Best Jazz Performance as A Group in 1975. The trio would continue to play together frequently throughout the 70’s and the 80’s. The Pablo Records label was a powerhouse and had a large number of artist at its dispense that were available to collaborate with Joe. Those included Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Zoot Sims, Milt Jackson, Duke Ellington, and Count Bassie. Collaborations with Ella Fitzgerald were probably the most common out of the group as the two combined to produce 6 albums into the late 80’s. Pass also contributed to multiple instructional music books. The last of his work, a collaboration with Roy Clark doing instrumental versions of Hank Williams songs, was not able to be produced until after Joe had passed in
Joseph Nathan Oliver, also known as King Oliver, was THE MOST important person in all of jazz history. Joe was born on May 1885, Abend, La. Joe was a Bandleader, composer, and soloist cornet/trumpet player that arose from New Orleans. Oliver was also the mentor of Louis Armstrong and together, they changed jazz and American music forever.
So, bop can be seen as a reaction to the eventual sterilization and ubiquity of swing music. The first bop records were made by in 1944 by Coleman Hawkins experimenting with his swing band. Several individuals were instrumental in the propagation of this new form, such as Charlie "Bird" Parker (alto sax), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Thelonious Monk (piano), Bud Powell (piano), Miles Davis (trumpet), and Charles Mingus (bass). The standard ensemble became a quintet, consisting of piano, bass, drums, reed instrument...
There have been many bigshot artists that have gone down in music history over the years. One man in particular, however, will forever be known all over the world for his famous works and amazing stage performances. This man is none other than the one and only Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix altered the style of rock and roll during the late 60’s early 70’s and is widely considered one of the most influential guitar players amongst the music world to this day.
Jazz music did not become successful on its own. Its huge success during the 1940’s and 1950’s is due to the talented jazz singers and musicians who contributed to music. One of the successful musicians who contributed to Jazz was Louis Jordan. Jordan was an African American singer, bandleader and best known for his amazing technique and style while playing the saxophone. What set Jordan apart from all the other Jazz singers of his time was his appearance; being a comedian before going into music helped him appeal a wider and a more diverse audience. Appealing a more diverse audience was especially important during a time where segregation was an ongoing problem. His success was also due to his amazing band, the Tympany Five. The band included
Dick Dale was born Richard Anthony Mansour in Boston on the 4th of May 1937 to a father of Arab descent and a mother of Polish-Belarusian descent. He started learning to play music from the young age of nine years, the piano being his first instrument. He also played the harmonica and trumpet. After Dale finished his secondary education, his family moved to Southern California and this led Dale to take up surfing. This and
According to Peter E , his original program included transcriptions from Tárrega , as well as his own transcriptions of Bach and others. However, based on Clinton, George , many "serious" musicians believed that Segovia would be laughed off of the stage, because the guitar could not play classical music at that time. In order to refute their argument, Segovia astounded the audience with his perfect techniques and impressive performing skills. After that, Segovia shared the view he had of the guitar being a concert instrument. "First, no string instrument offers such complete harmonic potential; second, it is light and can be transported effortlessly from one place to another; and thirdly, its sound is naturally melancholic and beautiful." From that concert, he also found out the only problem with the concert guitar performance, which is that the guitar could not produce enough sound to fill the hall. So over the coming years, Segovia would supervise luthiers to experiment through thousands of new woods and designs for the body of the guitar, thereby increasing its natural amplification, and do more practice simultaneously, to make his performing technique go further. With the advent of nylon strings during the World War II, the guitar could produce more consistent tones, and also being able to project the sound much farther. The range of the sound transmission problem was solved gradually. In 1928, Andrés Segovia’s first concert in New York had been a huge success, which also led him to more offers for appearances in America and Europe, from then on, the great, meaningful journey of Andrés Segovia and his guitar was
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Doctor Robinson was murdered by Injun Joe at the graveyard. Muff Potter was thrown in jail for it even though Indian Joe did it. Indian Joe thought that no one saw them, but he didn't realize that Tom Sawyer, and Huck Finn saw the whole murder. Should Tom tell the police about the murder? No he should, not because Indian Joe might find out he told and kill him. He made a oath with Huck and if he tells then he broke the oath. Even if he does tell the police the police won't believe him.
In the mid 1960's, Columbia Records released a compilation of Johnson's recordings called King Of The Delta Blues Singers. In the 90's, Sony released a box set that sold over one million copies. Robert Johnson's music can be heard all over the world and in many songs from this era. Famous musicians like Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, The Rolling Stones, and The Blues Brothers redid many of his songs. Eric Clapton has said that Robert Johnson is "the most important blues musician who ever lived."
Art Menius said, “The African-American music of the rural south provided the source for gospel, jazz, and blues, while the often ignored black contribution to country music and hillbilly music went far beyond providing the banjo and Charley Pride.” In 1928, A.P. Carter, the patriarch of the legendary Carter Family, the first family of country music, met a blues guitarist by the name of Lesley “Esley” Riddle. Lesley Riddle had created a unique picking and sliding technique on the guitar while he was recovering from an accident on the job. The Carter Family was looking for a new sound of music, and they were so overwhelmed by the sound that Lesley produced, they wanted him to teach them how to play that way. Lesley Riddle influenced Maybelle Carter’s style of guitar playing called the “Carter Scratch,” which became legendary. According to birthplaceofcountrymusic.org, Riddle’s influe...
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Bobby Mcleod was an Aboriginal activist, singer, songwriter, poet, healer and Yuin Elder. He overcame challenges for Aboriginals at the time and fought for their rights, singing to convey his thoughts for many people and publishing a few books of his poetry. Bobby Mcleod inspired hundreds of people from all over the world to strive for greatness and think about the importance of culture, through his books, music and actions.
Presley, Isaac Hayes, and Otis Redman. However, one of that artist that does not get the
The history of jazz has many innovative and outstanding musicians that it is difficult to find somebody with as much influence on the genre as Louis Armstrong had on jazz. His legacy is much more than just his phenomenal trumpet playing, but also for his amazing innovations he contributed to the genre of music. Armstrong committed countless hours to putting on jaw dropping performances that will always be remembered and has made Armstrong into a jazz icon. Armstrong’s contributions to the jazz genre has created and entire culture of the 20th century