Sentences with phrase «jazz musicians in»

Over the summer of 2016 through a series of open calls, Meryl invited the artists, gallerists, journalists, and organizers of Bushwick to gather for group portraits inspired by Nina Leen's 1950 portrait of the Abstract Expressionists in «The Irascibles» and Art Kane's 1958 portrait of Jazz Musicians in «A Great Day in Harlem.»

He proposed an group portrait in the spirit of Nina Leen's 1950 portrait of the Abstract Expressionists, «The Irascibles,» and Art Kane's 1958 portrait of Jazz musicians in «A Great Day in Harlem.»

In 1948, Rawlins debuts in Devil in a Blue Dress, in which he accepts a $ 100 offer to locate a missing white woman who keeps the company of black jazz musicians in South Central Los Angeles.

But the story it tells — a star - crossed romance between an actress and a jazz musician in Los Angeles — never really lives up to the numbers surrounding it.

Analysis: «Whiplash» writer - director Damien Chazelle returns with a musical, featuring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling as an aspiring actress and a jazz musician in modern - day Los Angeles — dealing with struggles and fame as their relationship develops.

Larry Rivers (1923 — 2002) started his career as a jazz musician in 1940 while studying music theory and composition at the Juilliard School of Music, and later shifted towards the world of visual art.

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In 2016, Foster's Jazz Meets Motown, a weekly jam session of area jazz musicians, was a regular attraction at the Bohemian Celebration HoJazz Meets Motown, a weekly jam session of area jazz musicians, was a regular attraction at the Bohemian Celebration Hojazz musicians, was a regular attraction at the Bohemian Celebration Hotel.

The Grammy - award winning musician began to learn classical piano when she was 7 and shortly after enrolled at the Professional Performing Arts School in Manhattan, where she began to study jazz.

He is an avid jazz fan and musician in the band My Cousin Tone».

The swing revival did have the potential to make a widespread impact, as its lasting legacy in giving ball - room dancing a boost attests, but it was a far more ambitious idea than those other revivals, since for it to really work you needed a) jazz - musician participation, b) bigger bands, and perhaps even c) supper - club like venues.

Considering legendary jazz musician John Coltrane a god by musical standards may be nothing new, but at least one church in San Francisco has honored the late virtuoso's memory by canonizing him their patron saint.

Considering legendary jazz musician John Coltrane a god by musical standards may be nothing new, but at least one church in San Francisco has honored the late virtuoso's memory by...

Jeff Barnhart, one of the musicians who performed in the service at Spring Glen, described the basic shape of a jazz funeral as follows: «They (the performers) would play an old hymn such as «Just a Closer Walk with Thee» in the procession to the graveside.

He also traces the history of Islam among African - Americans by tying together such key developments as the formation of black fraternal lodges in the 18th and 19th centuries; Noble Drew Ali's 1913 organization of the Moorish Science Temple in Newark, New Jersey; the growth of various Islamic missionary and revivalist movements beginning in the 19th and continuing throughout the 20th centuries; and the conversion to Islam of be-bop jazz musicians who helped raise the faith's profile in the African - American community.

Wakefield celebrates this community in New York in the «50s, which began as an essay on Baldwin, at whose Village apartment Wakefield met jazz musicians, authors and intellectuals.

While he's played large jazz festivals, he and his fellow musicians enjoy intimate musical events in serene settings like Temecula Valley resorts.

Enjoy live jazz and the sultry sounds of local New Orleans musicians while sipping on a classic cocktail in the Polo Club Lounge.

Poured with precision, the tasty elixirs are served tableside or in the V Lounge amid the stylish rhythms of locally and nationally acclaimed live jazz and blues musicians who play seven nights a week, proffering a memorable evening.

Your own soul will respond to the sweet, sultry magic of the best musicians working in the city that gave the world jazz.

Now the two of them, Tweed and Papa, who sits in his chair like a busted old jazz musician, torn around the edges but straight with dignity, spend much time together in Papa's living room.

Other blacks, some of them musicians who worked jazz up from the South, would feel the touch of fame, or once in a while have the thought that their names meant something to people outside their own.

Musicians perform in a variety of ensembles ranging from ceremonial band to jazz band to small ensembles, playing all styles of music.

Join New York Times bestselling author and distinguished scholar Carole Boston Weatherford in this celebration of the poetry of music and musicians — from North Carolina — born jazz saxophonist John Coltrane to legendary entertainer and activist Lena Horne. ncmuseumofhistory.org / events

Let's continue our LGBTQ History Month exploration of LGBTQ parents in history with a look at jazz musician and bandleader Billy Tipton, who was also transgender and dad to three sons.

Your kid will be in good company too with predecessors like famous jazz musician Miles Davis and football player Miles Austin.

Emil T. «Teddy King» Frangello, 85, of Arlington Heights, a retired jazz musician who played tenor saxophone and clarinet for more than 50 years in Chicago, died Tuesday, March 20, in Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.

I suppose in another place we could speculate at length about the Rev. Tillard's search among famous spiritual leaders for a father figure to take the place of the jazz musician who deserted his family when Conrad was young... but who cares really?

Dozens of people will participate in this Jazz Funeral, including families and local musicians.

I founded LVanHart Artist Productions in 1997, a company that manages the careers of world - class jazz musicians who travel the globe as performers, educators and ambassadors of this uniquely American art form.

The wicked transsexual Amanda Lepore... DreamWorks» Jeff Katzenberg took notes at Seattle's recent rehearsal of the coming B'way show «Shrek the Musical»... Frances McDormand, who plays a gym owner in «Burn After Reading,» ended up with the Gym Source's stationary bike in her personal trailer... Jamie Foxx, a musician in his gizzard, soaked up a night of jazz in a Hollywood gin mill... And Matt Dillon soaked up Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks at Club Cache on West 46th... From David Paterson the Gov., who used to be Lt. Gov.: «The job of Lieutenant Governor is to wake up and call the Governor's Mansion at 6:30 am.

«Miles Davis, a famous jazz trumpet player, inspired other musicians to adopt a new sound which used a series of tones, also called a scale, that could evoke both somber and upbeat moods in a listener, called the Dorian scale.

«A famous jazz trumpet player inspired other musicians to adopt a new sound that used a special series of tones which evokes both somber and upbeat moods in a listener.

Many Ph.D. recipients, however, «work in industry and consulting, others choose jobs that suit personal needs, and others decide they do not like research and prefer to return to being a jazz musician.

In his marvellous The Jazz of Physics, physicist and musician Stephon Alexander explains that analogies can seed new insights, but are no substitute for deep understanding of the thing itself.

The new project, called MUSICA (short for Musical Improvising Collaborative Agent), aims to develop a musical device that can improvise a jazz solo in response to human partners, just as real jazz musicians improvisealongside one another.

J. S. Bach's father and uncles were accomplished musicians, Charlie Parker's old man played piano on the vaudeville circuit, Paul McCartney's pop blew the trumpet in a band, and Prince got his name from his dad's jazz trio.

Jazz musicians interviewed by Chella talked of having a mental library of musical phrases that they were able to combine in new ways when prompted by other musicians.

«The reason could be due to the different demands these two styles pose on the musicians — be it to skilfully interpret a classical piece or to creatively improvise in jazz.

Such statistical properties have been found in networks of movie actors, jazz musicians, and even scientific collaborators.

Stephen K. Hiltner is a botanist and jazz musician, who has served on various advisory commissions and has worked to promote sustainability in Princeton for the past fifteen years.

is a jazz musician, composer and audio engineer and, along with his partners, owns and runs Sandblast Productions, a recording studio in NYC.

Michael Ungar is a jazz musician, composer and audio engineer and, along with his partners, owns and runs Sandblast Productions, a recording studio in NYC.

In the middle of the film, Keith (John Legend) explains to Seb, who is a ~ serious musician ~ grudgingly playing for»80s cover bands to make a buck, why being obsessed with classic, 20th - century jazz is holding him back as an artist.

Jazz musician works in Sacto and SF clubs.

The band are crack musicians, can change course faster than birds in the sky, melding g - force time signature changes with jazz - like precision.

You organize jazz concerts in Linz and work with jazz musicians from the.

Tall, Italian Gentleman, 64 years young, ex-professional Singer / jazz Musician, dark brown eyes, very affectionate, very loving, soft hands, soft lips, believes in total faithful love, honesty, and steamy loving nights.

Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian - Jewish parents, Sfar follows him from his precocious childhood in Nazi - occupied Paris, to his beginnings as small time jazz musician and finally pop superstar.

Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian - Jewish parents, Sfar follows him from his precocious childhood in Nazi - occupied Paris, to his beginnings as small time jazz musician and

Cases include the 1970 murder of a jazz musician leading a double life, a graffiti artist's fatal overdose in 1982 and the 1971 death of a young circus performer.