Sentences with phrase «jazz greats»

El» Zabar has performed alongside a myriad of jazz greats such as Cannonball Adderley, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and Dizzy Gillespie, but also in the bands of Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone.

Unusually for his generation, Andrew is fascinated by jazz greats such as Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington: a photo of Buddy Rich holds pride of place on his bedroom wall, and he dreams of emulating the great drummer's exploits.

IFC Films is opening Born To Be Blue, with Ethan Hawke as jazz great Chet Baker, in theaters this weekend in what the company says is one of the Oscar - nominated actor's best performances.

Corinealdi as the early love interest of jazz great Miles Davis, or the equally brilliant King in the vast - underrated The Birth of A Nation?

Jason Barnes's prosthetic arm will let him live his drumming dream in his first gig this month — but it also adds its own rhythms inspired by jazz greats

Among these reasons: The Bronx has a world - class zoological park (the Bronx Zoo), its own Little Italy (Arthur Avenue) and the sprawling Woodlawn Cemetery, which houses the graves of jazz greats like Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton.

At The Grill Room at Windsor Court, guests will join Jonathan Pogash, aka The Cocktail Guru, for a feast inspired by American Jazz Greats.

When «Bird» was released in 1988, Eastwood had done something rather extraordinary in making a biography of jazz great Charlie Parker.

Ethan Hawke learned to play the trumpet — and does his own singing — to authentically bring to life jazz great Chet Baker as he attempts a comeback after a 1968 assault.

I CALLED HIM MORGAN Though the tale of trumpeter Lee Morgan is a bit fractured and left with lots of holes in it, the documentary footage of him and other jazz greats of the era is worth the price of admission.

His exposure to 1930s jazz greats including Duke Ellington, Earl Hines, and Count Basie, had a profound influence.

There's an old story about jazz great Miles Davis.

«Chasing Trane» is an enlightening documentary about the life and career of jazz great John Coltrane, told with an eloquence that befits his immense legacy.

This allowed me backstage access to photograph many jazz greats.»

A few minutes later, jazz great Herbie Mann and his wife Janeal Arison dropped by our table to introduce themselves.

Don't Let Gentrification Be The Main Consequence of the Reclamation of the Bronx's Cultural Legacy It is great to see the cultural landmarks of the Bronx, such as the street jazz great Maxine Sullivan lived on, be officially recognized by -LSB-...]

Jazz legend Jimmy Heath will bring his quintet to the Maxwell Theatre on Tuesday, Nov. 14 to kick off the Harris - Horizon Jazz Great Series.

Although Friedman first studied classical piano, he fell in love with the voice of jazz and performed with jazz greats such as Chet Baker and Buddy DeFranco.

Lyrical language and simple text conveys the essence of jazz great Jelly Roll Morton.

Parker contributes both words and pictures in this heartfelt portrait of jazz great Art Tatum.

Southampton Arts Center presents a screening of «The Penalty» with musical accompaniment by Alternative jazz great William Hooker on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 7 p.m.

It was a grim Halloween story: In 2009, the cemetery, the last resting place of jazz great Dinah Washington and civil rights martyr Emmett Till, was found to be reselling burial plots and either interring caskets above those already buried or removing remains to put new bodies in the plots.

\» - Jazz great Django Reinhardt, after first hearing Dizzy Gillespie \'s bebop standard, \» Salt Peanuts.

On either receiver, though, the Q150's zippy upper register does an excellent job cleanly defining blisteringly fast instrumental lines, such as jazz great Ahmad Jamal's treacherously nimble solo on One (Ahmad).

The following night is the REALTORS ® Celebrity Concert with New Orleans jazz great Harry Connick Jr..

An algorithm then produces a new beat with a complementary rhythm and melody, modelled on the music of jazz greats like John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.

Cheadle, 50, is directing and will star in the upcoming film about jazz great Miles Davis called «Miles Ahead.»

The Jazz Age Comes Alive in July at Windsor Court Hotel June 20, 2017 The Windsor Court Hotel is excited to again participate in Tales of the Cocktail by hosting the annual weekend of Prohibition Tea, as well as a Spirited Dinner, in partnership with William Grant & Sons, devoted to American jazz greats.

«I realized I didn't see many paintings with black people in them,» he once said — and so he depicted them, whether «Hollywood Africans,» jazz great Charlie Parker or the «Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta.»

Together with allusions to John Coltrane and other jazz greats, Williams is a dab hand at literary references, the most suggestive being A Note to Marcel Proust, a densely packed and ambitious work in which raised hands seem to grow from the muddy soil of grays and maroons at the bottom.

Notable blues artists included Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Howlin» Wolf and both Sonny Boy Williamsons; jazz greats included Nat King Cole, Gene Ammons, Benny Goodman, and Bud Freeman.

Award - winning singer - songwriter Jamie Cullum brings his innovative spirit and visionary talent to the Jazz Legends at St. Regis series, which introduces the next generation of jazz greats to guests through live performances at our hotels around the world.

Traveling with the elusive jazz vocalist and trumpeter Chet Baker, the filmmaker Bruce Weber weaves together the life story of a jazz great.

But does all the referencing and homage — and not just to Demy, but also to Golden Age Tinseltown productions like An American in Paris, jazz greats like Miles Davis, and even (in the film's funniest scene) the English new - wave band A Flock of Seagulls — add up to much of anything original?

At a time when many of the jazz greats were making their mark, Leon, too, writes a composition for his love.

Others have compared his work to jazz greats.

A gig delivering newspapers led him to the front porch of pianist Phineas Newborn, where he would often listen to the jazz great practice piano.

Like Chris Ofili's decorative swirls, tie - dyed color, and tributes to jazz greats, Hyde's version of Neo-Neo seems left over from a dorm party of about 25 years ago.

Audiences will have a rich opportunity to encounter the range of subjects at which Parks aimed eye and lens: from the train station and ball park in his hometown of Fort Scott to the dazzling streets of Paris at night, from iconic portraits of boxing champion Muhammad Ali and jazz great Duke Ellington to striking images of poverty and its effects.

This year, as the College celebrates the 50th anniversary of its renowned Jazz Festival, the Elmhurst Art Museum will exhibit this collection of work plus the Festival's large - scale performance banners, which depict such jazz greats as Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillespie.

Finally, the titles come from Smith's recent exploration of jazz greats, including horn players John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

It is an impressive Who's Who of jazz greats - including gelatin silver prints from the 1960 «s - notably Louis Armstrong by Philippe Halsman, Lena Horne by Harry Benson and an unusual diptych of Miles Davis and John Coltrane by Don Hunstein.

«I'm not retiring,» he declares in the second sentence; remember the time years ago when he suggested retirement to Duke Ellington, only to have the jazz great look at him as if he was crazy and declare, «Retire!