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Charles Lloyd (born March 15, 1938) [1] is an American jazz musician. He primarily plays tenor saxophone and flute and occasionally other reed instruments, including alto saxophone and the Hungarian tárogató. Lloyd's primary band since 2007 has been a quartet including pianist Jason Moran, acoustic bassist Reuben Rogers, and drummer Eric Harland.
John Clayton (bassist) John Lee Clayton Jr. (born August 20, 1952) [1] is an American jazz musician, classical double bassist, arranger, and composer. He is the father of pianist Gerald Clayton and the brother of saxophonist Jeff Clayton, with whom he formed the Clayton Brothers; and the Clayton–Hamilton Jazz Orchestra with Jeff Hamilton.
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, [1] with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach ...
- Music Division, Library of Congress
- Charles Mingus Collection
Jul 29, 2019 · In the sparkling little coastal town of Corpus Christi, Texas one of the blues’ most predominant drummers, Chris ‘Whipper’ Layton, was born. In the 1980s Chris Layton rose to prominence as one third of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. The trio were a phenomenon and brought the blues back into focus in a time of big hair, leg warmers ...
Sep 20, 2007 · The life of Charles Lloyd has truly been the proverbial "long, strange trip." The master reedman experienced an unmatched level of popularity for a jazz musician in the late 1960s. Lloyd (b. 1938) and his quartet, which featured a young Keith Jarrett on piano and Jack DeJohnette on drums, packed clubs and captivated festival audiences worldwide.
Jul 15, 2024 · Charles Lloyd was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 15, 1938. Like New Orleans, 400 miles to the south on the Mississippi, Memphis has a rich river culture and musical heritage saturated in blues, gospel and jazz. Lloyd's ancestry of African, Cherokee, Mongolian, and Irish reflects a similar rich culture. He was given his first saxophone at ...
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Sep 2, 2024 · Buddy Bolden (born September 6, 1877, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died November 4, 1931, Jackson, Louisiana) was a cornetist and one of the founding fathers of jazz. Many jazz musicians, including Jelly Roll Morton and the great trumpeter Louis Armstrong, acclaimed him as one of the most powerful musicians ever to play jazz. Little is known ...
