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| A style of American music that originated in the South, started by African Americans; it is characterized by a strong , prominent meter; improvisation; and dotted or syncopated patterns. |
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Bartz, Gary
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| Grammy Award winning jazz saxophonist Gary Bartz first came to New York In 1958 to attend the Julliard Conservatory of Music. Just 17 years old, Gary ... |
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Bulkin, Anatholi
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| One of the most talked about guitarists, composers and bandleaders today. The world renowned American magazine JAZZIZ has listed Anatholi as Number O... |
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Ho, Fred
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| “Fred Ho’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Chinese America,’ performed…at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater, unspooled to one of the best dance scores... |
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Lake, Oliver
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| Oliver Lake is one of the most distinctive and readily indentifiable voices in Black Music. Born in Marianna, Arkansas in 1942, his family moved to St... |
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Lancaster, Byard
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| Born August 6, 1942, and raised in the Germantown section of Philadelphia to a well known local family. Educated at the Berkley School of Music in Bos... |
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Rowland, Steve
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| Radio Producer. Producer of The Miles Davis Radio Project Tell Me How Long Trane's Been Gone Leonard Bernstein: An American Life Frank Zappa: Am... |
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Smith, Harold E.
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| As a multitalented musician, Harold E. Smith makes music out of anything he picks up. He plays drums, wind and percussion instruments from many cont... |
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Stevens, Michael Jefry
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| Over the past 35 years Pianist/Composer Michael Jefry Stevens has been associated with some of the most important figures in modern jazz. Beginning wi... |
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Va'zquez, Papo
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| Trombonist, composer, arranger Papo Vazquez has continued to write for big band orchestras; when not performing with his small group Pirates Troubadou... |
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Weston, G Calvin
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| GCALVIN WESTON WAS BORN JUNE 6 1959 IN PHILDELPHIA PA. AT THE AGE 6 HIS NEIGHBORS DISCOVERED HIS TALENT FOR RHYTHM AS HE BEAT ON EVERY CAR ON THE BL... |
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