"the Bumblebee"". Emerson frequently used ""Rondo"" as a closing number during performances throughout his career. Blue Rondo à la Turk ""Blue Rondo à la Turk"" is a jazz standard composition by Dave Brubeck. It appeared on the album ""Time Out"" in 1959. It is written in time, with one side theme in , and the choice of rhythm was inspired by the Turkish aksak time signatures. It was originally recorded by the Dave Brubeck Quartet with Dave Brubeck on piano, Paul Desmond on alto saxophone, Eugene Wright on bass, and Joe Morello on drums. Brubeck heard this unusual rhythm performed"
"with the New York Pops) and The National Gallery of Arts in Washington. Terry Waldo Terry Waldo (born November 26, 1944 in Ironton, Ohio) is an American pianist, composer, and historian of early jazz, blues, and stride music, and is best known for his contribution to ragtime and his role in reviving interest in this form, starting in the 1970s. Says Wynton Marsalis in his introduction to Waldo's book: ""He teaches Ragtime, he talks about Ragtime, he plays it, he embodies it, he lives it, and he keeps Ragtime alive."" The book, ""This is Ragtime"", published in 1976, grew out"
"Fats Waller Thomas Wright ""Fats"" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, ""Ain't Misbehavin'"" and ""Honeysuckle Rose"", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and 1999. Waller was the youngest of 11 children (five of whom survived childhood) born to Adeline Locket Waller, a musician, and the Reverend Edward Martin Waller in New York City. He started playing the piano when he was six and graduated to playing"
"Terry Waldo Terry Waldo (born November 26, 1944 in Ironton, Ohio) is an American pianist, composer, and historian of early jazz, blues, and stride music, and is best known for his contribution to ragtime and his role in reviving interest in this form, starting in the 1970s. Says Wynton Marsalis in his introduction to Waldo's book: ""He teaches Ragtime, he talks about Ragtime, he plays it, he embodies it, he lives it, and he keeps Ragtime alive."" The book, ""This is Ragtime"", published in 1976, grew out of the series of the same title that Waldo produced for NPR in"
"Irving Fields Irving Fields (born Yitzhak Schwartz; August 4, 1915 – August 20, 2016) was an American pianist and lounge music artist who was born in New York City. Some of his most noteworthy compositions include ""Miami Beach Rhumba""; ""Managua, Nicaragua""; and ""Chantez, Chantez,"" covered by Dinah Shore in 1957. From November 1, 1954 to January 3, 1955, he and his orchestra appeared on the DuMont Television Network series ""The Ilona Massey Show"", hosted by Ilona Massey. Fields' most famous album is ""Bagels & Bongos"" (1959), recorded for Decca Records with his trio, which sold two million copies. The next"
"George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career as a song plugger but"
"and ""Porgy and Bess"". Citations George Gershwin George Jacob Gershwin (; born Jacob Bruskin Gershowitz, September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned both popular and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ""Rhapsody in Blue"" (1924) and ""An American in Paris"", the songs ""Swanee"" (1919) and ""Fascinating Rhythm"" (1924), the jazz standard ""I Got Rhythm"" (1930), and the opera ""Porgy and Bess"" (1935) which spawned the hit ""Summertime"". Gershwin studied piano under Charles Hambitzer and composition with Rubin Goldmark, Henry Cowell, and Joseph Brody. He began his career"
"Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including ""'Round Midnight"", ""Blue Monk"", ""Straight, No Chaser"", ""Ruby, My Dear"", ""In Walked Bud"", and ""Well, You Needn't"". Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed more than a thousand pieces, whereas Monk wrote about 70. Monk's compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists and are consistent with his unorthodox approach to the piano, which"
"albums to Monk have been released: Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including ""'Round Midnight"", ""Blue Monk"", ""Straight, No Chaser"", ""Ruby, My Dear"", ""In Walked Bud"", and ""Well, You Needn't"". Monk is the second-most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed more than a thousand pieces, whereas Monk wrote about 70. Monk's compositions and improvisations feature dissonances and angular melodic twists and are consistent with his"
"Paul Lingle Paul Lingle (December 3, 1902, Denver, Colorado - October 30, 1963 Honolulu, Hawaii) was an American jazz pianist. Terry Waldo, in ""This is Ragtime"", described Lingle as ""an extremely important figure in the history of ragtime"" for his ""interpretations of the music were possibly the finest that have ever been done."" Lingle began on piano at age six and first played professionally in the San Francisco area in the 1920s. He accompanied Al Jolson often in the late 1920s, including for his film soundtracks. In the 1930s he worked mainly on radio, and also played with Al Zohn's"
"1980. ""Viper's Rag"" appears on the following recordings: Viper's Drag ""Viper's Drag"" is a stride piano composition by the jazz pianist, composer, and arranger Thomas ""Fats"" Waller. ""Viper's Drag"" was written as a dance tune for a ragtime dance called a slow drag, often shortened to ""drag"" by song writers of the day. The song has been performed by Waller and countless other jazz artists, including Cab Calloway, who recorded a big band swing version of the tune on November 12, 1930 as song 10246-1 on the DOMINO label, album 4686 and Judy Carmichael, who recorded it for her Grammy"
"Records. He made an album in 1982, which was his first release as a leader in 24 years. Wally Rose Wally Rose (October 2, 1913, Oakland, California – January 12, 1997, Walnut Creek, California) was an American jazz and ragtime pianist. Rose was a mainstay of the jazz scene in San Francisco during the 1940s and 1950s. He was the pianist for Lu Watters's group, the Yerba Buena Jazz Band, for its existence from 1939–50. Following this, he played with Bob Scobey (1951) and Turk Murphy (1952–54), then did mainly solo work for the rest of his career. He recorded"
"Erroll Garner Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1923 – January 2, 1977; some sources say b. 1921) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His best-known composition, the ballad ""Misty"", has become a jazz standard. Scott Yanow of Allmusic calls him ""one of the most distinctive of all pianists"" and a ""brilliant virtuoso."" He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6363 Hollywood Blvd. Born with his twin brother Ernest in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to an African-American family on June 15, 1923, Erroll began playing piano at the age of three."
"Rozelle Gayle Rozelle Ivory Gayle (February 24, 1919 – December 6, 1986) was an American jazz pianist, comic entertainer and actor. Born in Chicago, he studied at the American Conservatory of Music before working as a pianist with Roy Eldridge's band, recording with them in 1943. A follower of Art Tatum, he moved to southern California in 1948, and started performing as a solo act in clubs. In 1953 he had a residency in Santa Ana, California. A review in ""Jet"" magazine described his ""boogie-to-Bach repertoire"" and claimed he was being hailed as ""the new Fats Waller"". He recorded several"
"by composers of light music, such as Eric Coates, Robert Stolz, Ivor Novello, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Oscar Straus, and Stephen Sondheim. The Australian composer Julian Cochran composed piano and orchestral works using the French title ""Valses"", closer to the Latin origin, to mitigate assumptions of a Viennese style . The predominant ballroom form in the 20th century has become the slow waltz, which rose to popularity around 1910 and was derived from the ""valse Boston"" of the 1870s. Examples derived from popular songs include ""Ramona"" (1927), ""Parlami d’amore, Mariù"" (1933), and ""The Last Waltz"" (1970) . Other examples of"
"Wally Rose Wally Rose (October 2, 1913, Oakland, California – January 12, 1997, Walnut Creek, California) was an American jazz and ragtime pianist. Rose was a mainstay of the jazz scene in San Francisco during the 1940s and 1950s. He was the pianist for Lu Watters's group, the Yerba Buena Jazz Band, for its existence from 1939–50. Following this, he played with Bob Scobey (1951) and Turk Murphy (1952–54), then did mainly solo work for the rest of his career. He recorded for Jazz Man Records in 1941–42, did several albums for Good Time Jazz, and also recorded for Columbia"
"Buddy Greco Armando Joseph ""Buddy"" Greco (August 14, 1926 – January 10, 2017) was an American jazz and pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK. His recordings have sold millions, including ""Oh Look A-There Ain't She Pretty"", ""Up, Up and Away"", and ""Around the World"". His most successful single was ""The Lady Is a Tramp"", which sold over one million copies. During his career, he recorded over sixty albums. He conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, performed for Queen Elizabeth II and with the Beatles. Buddy Greco was born Armando Joseph Greco to an"
"been prepared by Dr. Robert Pinsker, to be published through the auspices of the James P. Johnson Foundation. James P. Johnson James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of the stride style of jazz piano, he was one of the most important pianists who bridged the ragtime and jazz eras, and, with Jelly Roll Morton, one of the two most important catalysts in the evolution of ragtime piano into jazz. As such, he was a model for Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and Fats Waller. Johnson composed many"
"Easter and Weddings. The American jazz composer, Dave Brubeck, well known for his exploration of asymmetrical rhythms in his own music, used a variant of the rhythm of the Kalamatianos for his Unsquare Dance, though the measures are divided into two groups of 4 followed by 3 beats rather than 3 followed by 4. The 1960s popular singer, formerly known as Cat Stevens, wrote and performed a song, ""Ruby Love"", in time with a distinctive Greek flavour. Stevens, who would later convert to Islam, has paternal Greek Cypriot roots. Near the end of the 2002 film, My Big Fat Greek"
"James P. Johnson James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of the stride style of jazz piano, he was one of the most important pianists who bridged the ragtime and jazz eras, and, with Jelly Roll Morton, one of the two most important catalysts in the evolution of ragtime piano into jazz. As such, he was a model for Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Art Tatum, and Fats Waller. Johnson composed many hit tunes including the theme song of the Roaring Twenties; ""Charleston"" and ""If I Could be With You"
"Jazz Waltz (Shorty Rogers album) Jazz Waltz is an album by American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger Shorty Rogers, released on the Reprise label in 1963. On All About Jazz Dave Rickert said ""the novelty of ¾ time in music is still fresh even today and Joe Mondragon and Mel Lewis create a seemingly infinite variety of ways to swing in waltz time. Rogers contributes a few catchy melodies (in particular the title track) and creates lovely charts"". Allmusic noted ""Shorty Rogers' ""Jazz Waltz"" is exactly that, an exploration of ten compositions played in waltz settings. Only these big-band charts"
"on a hectic and tiring schedule. It is notable for being one of the first jazz records recorded with a Hammond organ, an instrument that gained popularity in the genre soon after. Jitterbug Waltz ""Jitterbug Waltz"" is a 1942 jazz composition by Fats Waller and initially recorded the same year by Fats Waller and His Rhythm. It was also recorded by Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Chet Atkins, Vince Guaraldi, Butch Thompson, Al Hirt, Eric Dolphy, and David Murray. The song is in the key of E♭ major and in 3/4 time. When Waller composed ""Jitterbug Waltz"" he was 38 years"
"Robert Banks (musician) Robert Banks (born February 3, 1930) is an American pianist, organist and composer. The artists he has worked with include Solomon Burke and Lu Elliott. Banks was discovered by Horace Sims, a guitarist who took him on the road with his band El Tempo. In 1954, his recording of ""Mambo Blues"" appeared on the B side of a Johnny Otis Orchestra single ""Mambo Boogie"". It was released on the Savoy label. In 1956, the Robert Banks Trio did a cover of the Glenn Miller theme, ""Moonlight Serenade"", released on the Regent label. In October 1957, banks and"
"Louiguy Louis Guglielmi (3 April 1916 – 4 April 1991), known by his ""nom de plume"" Louiguy (), was a Spanish-born French musician of Italian extraction. He wrote the melody for Édith Piaf's lyrics of ""La Vie en Rose"" and the Latin jazz composition ""Cerisier rose et pommier blanc"", a popular song written in 1950, made famous in English as ""Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)"", which was recast as a resounding mambo hit for Pérez Prado. Guglielmi was born in Barcelona. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris in the same class as Maurice Baquet, Henri Betti, Paul"
"Earl Wentz Earl Wentz (March 22, 1938 – November 15, 2009) was an American pianist, composer, and musical director most noted for his creation in 2000 of the American Composer Series, an ongoing performance series in the cabaret format. Wentz was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He received his education at Wingate University, Queens College, the University of North Carolina, and through extensive private studies. Among his early teachers was concert pianist Winifred MacBride. He began his professional career at the age of 12, working as a pianist. By 15 he was also a professional organist, and thereafter added actor,"
"which starred Adelaide Hall, a major black revue star. Luckey Roberts noted compositions include ""Junk Man Rag"", ""Moonlight Cocktail"", ""Pork and Beans"", and ""Railroad Blues"". ""Moonlight Cocktail"" was recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and was the best selling record in the United States for ten weeks in 1942. An astute businessman, Roberts became a millionaire twice through real estate dealings. He died in New York City. Luckey Roberts Charles Luckyth Roberts (August 7, 1887 – February 5, 1968), better known as Luckey Roberts, was an American composer and stride pianist who worked in the jazz, ragtime, and blues styles."
"Jitterbug Waltz ""Jitterbug Waltz"" is a 1942 jazz composition by Fats Waller and initially recorded the same year by Fats Waller and His Rhythm. It was also recorded by Art Tatum, Erroll Garner, Chet Atkins, Vince Guaraldi, Butch Thompson, Al Hirt, Eric Dolphy, and David Murray. The song is in the key of E♭ major and in 3/4 time. When Waller composed ""Jitterbug Waltz"" he was 38 years old and at the high point of his career as a veteran recording artist for RCA Victor, making the occasional movie appearance, broadcasting on radio, and traveling the United States and Europe"
"Blue Rondo à la Turk (band) Blue Rondo à la Turk was an early 1980s British musical ensemble, whose music featured elements of salsa, pop and cool jazz. The group placed two songs on the UK charts (1981's ""Me and Mr. Sanchez"", and 1982's ""Klactoveesedstein""), but is perhaps better known in retrospect for launching the careers of several players who went on to form the sophisticated jazz/Latin/samba/pop group Matt Bianco. Blue Rondo à la Turk was a floating collective of jazz and salsa oriented musicians, more-or-less led by singer/lyricist Chris Sullivan, whose stated goal for the band was ""to bring"
"dance albums (""Dancin' With Anson"") that were quite popular regionally (and were still in the catalog through the 1970s). His songs include ""I'm Writing You This Little Melody"" (theme song), ""I'm Sorry Dear"", ""Senorita"", ""That Same Old Dream"", and ""We'll Get A Bang Out Of Life"". He died in Sacramento, California, in 1969, one week before his 73rd birthday. American Dance Bands on Record and Film (1915-1942), first edition, Compiled by Richard J. Johnson & Bernard H. Shirley, Rustbooks, 2009 Anson Weeks Anson Weeks (February 14, 1896, Oakland, California – February 7, 1969, Sacramento, California) was a pianist and the"
"Billy Strayhorn William Thomas ""Billy"" Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, best remembered for his long-time collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington that lasted nearly three decades. His compositions include ""Take the 'A' Train"", ""Chelsea Bridge"", ""A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing"", and ""Lush Life"". Strayhorn was born in Dayton, Ohio. His family soon moved to the Homewood section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, his mother's family was from Hillsborough, North Carolina, and she sent him there to protect him from his father's drunken sprees. Strayhorn spent many months"
"and Chicken Elbows"", which was released in 1984—by which time the band had already broken up. Blue Rondo à la Turk (band) Blue Rondo à la Turk was an early 1980s British musical ensemble, whose music featured elements of salsa, pop and cool jazz. The group placed two songs on the UK charts (1981's ""Me and Mr. Sanchez"", and 1982's ""Klactoveesedstein""), but is perhaps better known in retrospect for launching the careers of several players who went on to form the sophisticated jazz/Latin/samba/pop group Matt Bianco. Blue Rondo à la Turk was a floating collective of jazz and salsa oriented"
"John Malachi John Malachi (September 6, 1919 – February 11, 1987) was an American jazz pianist. Malachi was born in Red Springs, North Carolina on September 6, 1919, and grew up in Durham, North Carolina. At the age of ten he moved with his family to Washington, D.C. He was a self-taught musician. Malachi was a member of the epochal Billy Eckstine Bebop Orchestra in 1944-45 and again in 1947. He also worked with Illinois Jacquet in 1948, Louis Jordan in 1951, and a series of singers including Pearl Bailey, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Al Hibbler, and Joe Williams. Malachi"
"Vassar Clements Vassar Carlton Clements (April 25, 1928 – August 16, 2005) was a Grammy Award-winning American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows from swing, hot jazz, and bluegrass along with roots also in country and other musical traditions. Clements was born in Kinard, Florida, but grew up in Kissimmee. He taught himself to play the fiddle at age 7, learning ""There's an Old Spinning Wheel in the Parlor"" as his first song. Soon, he joined with two first cousins, Red and Gerald, to form"