Sentences with phrase «of jazz musicians»

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 met, and became a big fan of jazz musicians Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie and Miles Davis.

Schadeberg's images are an insightful collection of photographs from South Africa's past, featuring portraits from Drum magazine to Nelson Mandela during the Treason Trial, forced removals from Sophiatown, the night life of jazz musicians and dancers as well as enigmatic scenes of township life.

Basquiat frequently used crown images in his work, sometimes invoking the signature motif atop anonymous figures, but more often utilizing it symbolically to «crown» his heroes — legends such as Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Sugar Ray Robinson and a number of jazz musicians.

From 1957 to 1960 Stock made lively portraits of jazz musicians, including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Sidney Bechet, Gene Krupa and Duke Ellington for his book Jazz Street.

The fourth artist occupying an historical past is Noel Rockmore, a New York - born child of successful illustrators, who discovered New Orleans in the 1950s and spent most of the remaining years of his life developing an eclectic pictorial vocabulary that encompassed Surrealist - tinged views of the French Quarter and detailed portraits of jazz musicians from Preservation Hall.

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.»

«Rob was conversant with every historical period and musical style and set about to compose and arrange music for a group of jazz musicians with whom he had worked in the past,» recalls Cardillo.

He looked less like a science teacher and more like one of the jazz musicians Id seen wandering around Greenwich Village.

«What I say to any parent that wants to know the best approach to get kids interested in music: There's nothing better than exposure,» says Ellis Marsalis, father to a quartet's worth of jazz musicians, including trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

By 1954 his exhibitions of photographs of jazz musicians and dancers led to a contract with Globe Photos, followed by work at Harper's Bazaar.

Originally from New Orleans, Herbert Permillion III hails from a long line of jazz musicians.

PRESS RELEASE — Peter Chwazik May 27, 2018 Celebrate Memorial Day weekend with a stellar group of jazz musicians at Grace and...

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?

refugee crisis and the best live recordings of jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie.

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.

,» a fictional look at the life of jazz musician Buddy Bolden.

Popping up everywhere are movies about people buckling under their own artistic weight — the kind that comes with being a certain type of jazz musician («Whiplash»), actor («Birdman»), novelist («Listen Up Philip»), painter (Mike Leigh's «Mr. Turner»), actor again (Chris Rock's upcoming «Top Five,») concert pianist (the Ethan Hawke - directed fall - festival documentary smash «Seymour»), actor once more (Olivier Assayas» «Clouds of Sils Maria»), rock singer (the Michael Fassbender - starring «Frank»), documentary filmmaker (Noah Baumbach's upcoming «While We're Young») and actor again (Al Pacino's «The Humbling»).

April 29 is the anniversary of the birthday of a jazz musician who began playing the piano at age 7.

Guidall's calm, assured reading of Christensen's rhythmic verses recounting the story of jazz musician Django Reinhardt, lovely background music, and authentic sound effects combine in this exceptional read - along.

Jonah Winter's picture book biography of jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie is a good example of a story that is lighter on the facts than some might like; yet, it received six starred reviews and connects with kids in a special way.

Giving visual expression to wordplay, Arceneaux's Borrowed Sun (Critical Juxtaposition Test)(2004) places a pencil - drawn portrait of jazz musician Sun Ra on par with sketched representations of Sol LeWitt and Galileo, three legendary creators linked by cosmic connotations.

Night Train, a series of multi-media panel paintings by Linda Cohn is inspired in part by the rhythm of jazz musician Duke Ellington and sleepless nights steeped in thought.

In this way Edwards has likened his work to that of a jazz musician: expressing an emotive notion or thought without being literal.

I mentioned that the work made me think of a jazz musician, in that Newman would anticipate himself; he might handle a particular color or format and change it slightly so it would be unexpected.

Adkins, who received an M.S. degree in Printmaking from Illinois State University's School of Art, ingeniously united the improvisation of a jazz musician and the deep research of a conceptual artist in his seamless blending of performance, sound, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and video.

Not exact matches

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The now -90-year-old legend delivers an emotionally charged dramatic performance as a jazz musician who struggles with the death of his wife and the possibility that she was unfaithful to him.

And it requires a set of skills quite closely aligned to those required for musical improvisation of the kind manifested by, say, a good jazz musician.

Research on jazz musicians and rappers who were improvising creative work on the spot showed that when they enter that coveted flow state of creativity, their brains were exhibiting these signs.

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.

Consider a jazz musician who can play all sorts of different instruments.

Sip to the sounds of a variety of musicians, from jazz sax and alternative contemporary to rock blues!

Music lovers visiting the birthplace of jazz this summer can celebrate with a tribute to the legendary New Orleans musician Louis Armstrong during the 15th annual Satchmo SummerFest, slated for July 30 - August 2.

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.

Gather the family to enjoy some of the area's best jazz and classical musicians when they perform for WGBH's cameras at Boston Holiday!

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.

Musical performers include a wide range of professional, student, and community musicians, including Full Gael Celtic Christmas, Worcester Men of Song, Quintebrass, Boston Jazz Voices, Geoff and Talia Brown Acoustic Christmas, Broadmoor Chamber Singers, Calliope Young at Heart Singers, the Quaboag Choral Society, and the Old Sturbridge Village Singers.

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.

He plays jazz piano and is a member of the Musicians» Union.

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.