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...versatile jazz arranger, songwriter and bandleader regarded as one of the three modern masters of the alto sax (with Johnny Hodges and Charlie Parker); in Los Angeles. Idolized by peers for his clean, lilting, meticulous style, he was less famous in the U.S. than fellow bandleaders Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller--all of whom flocked to him for arrangements. The author of such hits as Only Trust Your Heart and the novelty tune Cow Cow Boogie, Carter turned his focus to Hollywood in the early 1940s, arranging and composing for films like Stormy Weather...
Adams’ music is influenced by figures as disparate as Duke Ellington and Philip Glass and self-consciously rooted in the American vernacular...
AARDVARK JAZZ ORCHESTRA Founded in 1973, the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra will be performing the music of Mark Harvey and Duke Ellington to students and jazz aficionados alike. Led by Harvey, who is the group’s founder, principal composer, and founding member, the group will offer a night of free entertainment for those who crave a taste of new and classic jazz tunes. Friday, April 4, 8 p.m. Free. MIT Kresge Auditorium, 48 Mass. Ave., Cambridge...
LOUIE BELLSON. A legendary jazz drummer Duke Ellington once called “the greatest musician alive” performs this weekend with Kenny Hitchcock (sax), Derek Smith (piano) and Jay Leonhart (bass) in Cambridge. Friday, March 7 and Saturday, March 8 at 9 p.m. Tickets $25, available at Ryles or by phone (617) 876-9330. Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire Street, Inman Square, Cambridge...
...explored the emotional intensity of abstract works after his experience with racism caused him to move from New York to Paris in 1953. Delaney continued to paint portraits after leaving the United States, depicting Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Marian Anderson...