Edward Hammond Boatner, Jr. was born in Boston, Massachusetts[1] and grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. He had a musical background: his father, Edward Boatner, was a baritone singer, composer, and…
Bebop was known as the first modern jazz style. However, it was unpopular in the beginning and was not viewed as positively as swing music was. Bebop was seen as…
John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (/ɡɪˈlɛspi/; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator, and singer.[2] He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building…
By early 1957, Davis was exhausted from recording and touring with his quintet and wished to pursue new projects. During a two-week residency in Chicago in March, the 30-year-old Davis…
1948–1950: Miles Davis Nonet and Birth of the Cool In August 1948, Davis declined an offer to join Duke Ellington’s orchestra as he had entered rehearsals with a nine-piece band…
Jazz In Black Cascade Media Group’s New Jazz Series Shorts Featuring Jazz In Black Cascade Media Group’s New Jazz Series Shorts Featuring Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26,…
