Tag: Bebop

Ragtime Project

3 Compelling Stories from They All Played Ragtime

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Post date November 13, 2020
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The seldom-discussed stories of three ragtime pioneers

Tags Axel Christensen, Bebop, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Eubie Blake, James P. Johnson, John Stark, Joseph Lamb, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Rudi Blesh, Scott Joplin, They All Played Ragtime, Tin Pan Alley, Tom Turpin

Encountering Gunther

Encountering Gunther: Charlie Parker’s Lament

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Post date January 26, 2020
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Saxophone icon Charlie Parker’s career aspirations, had his life not been cut tragically short

Tags Bebop, Billy Eckstine, Charlie Parker, Encountering Gunther, Paul Desmond

American Music History

Meet the Gellers

The story of jazz “power couple” Lorraine and Herb Geller

Tags Allan Chase, At the Piano, Bebop, Herb Geller, Lorraine Geller, Piano, Saxophone, West Coast Jazz