Word: bebop
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...rich tones and swinging, melodious style elevated the upright bass from a reliable rhythm setter to a sophisticated starring player; in his sleep; in Indianapolis, Ind. On Brown's first day in New York City, in 1945, he won a place in Dizzy Gillespie's famously fast-paced, tuneful bebop quintet. A longtime member of the Oscar Peterson trio--hailed by many critics as the best ensemble of its kind--Brown, a generous mentor to younger musicians, later played in an early incarnation of the Modern Jazz Quartet. He collaborated with vocalists like Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, left...
...DIED. RAY BROWN, 75, jazz virtuoso known for his strong, imaginative bass lines; in New York City. An originator of bebop, a 1940s jazz style characterized by quick tempos and intricate harmonies, Brown also performed with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. He was briefly married to Ella Fitzgerald in the late 1940s and remained her music director after their divorce...
...appeared at the January, 1946 concert at the Philharmonic Auditorium at Los Angeles. The air was electric that night, because this was to be a meeting of the titans: Lester Young, the great tenor genius of the Swing Era, going head to head with the new kid in town, bebop genius Charlie Parker. The concert that ensued was one of the most dramatic in jazz history, ranking up there with Duke Ellington's so-called comeback at the Newport Jazz festival a decade later. So how does Daniels treat this legendary event in his biography? He doesn't. He ignores...
...with Hallmark for a line of "Loose Your Spirit" inspirational greeting cards. He preaches regularly to millions on both Black Entertainment Television and the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Yet millions more have never heard of him. When they do, new enthusiasts can adopt an awed tone not unlike acolytes of bebop jazz in the '50s or grunge in the early 1990s. Hubert Morken, an independent political-science scholar who had not heard of Jakes until two years ago, ended up profiling him for a book on influential religious leaders. "I was shocked by the guy," he says. "His gifts are colossal...
...these names we apply to things. Hip-hop is like Bebop. Fab 5 is now producing, acting. I think it all blends together, let’s not let nicknames separate us. Hip-hop has a lot to do with poetry...