With which instrument do you associate jazz musician Erroll Garner?
"ludicrous, as Freberg had obviously thought when he parodied Presley. The pianist in Freberg's parody, a devotee of Erroll Garner and George Shearing, rebels against playing a single-chord accompaniment, retorting, ""I'm not playing that 'clink-clink-clink jazz'!"" But Freberg is adamant about the pianist's sticking to The Platters' style: ""You play that 'clink-clink-clink jazz', or you won't get paid tonight!"" The pianist relents—sort of. The pianist even quotes the first six notes from Shearing's classic piece ""Lullaby of Birdland"", before returning to the song. The song concludes with the piano accompaniment, despite the histrionic singer's pleas, becoming uncontrollably fast, and the"
"2015, the estate of Martha Glaser, Garner's longtime manager, announced the formation of the Erroll Garner Jazz Project, a major new archival and musical celebration of Garner. The project includes the donation of the Erroll Garner Archive—a huge trove of newly discovered historical material from Garner's life—to the University of Pittsburgh. On September 18, 2015, ""Concert by the Sea"" was re-released by Sony Legacy in an expanded, three-CD edition that adds 11 previously unreleased tracks. On September 30, 2016, 'Ready Take One' was released on Sony Legacy/Octave featuring 14 previously unreleased tracks. Erroll Garner Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1923"
"were from Pittsburgh), with the promise of more new Garner music to come. Concert by the Sea Concert by the Sea is a live album by pianist Erroll Garner that was released by Columbia in 1955. It sold over a million dollars' worth of retail copies by 1958, qualifying for gold record status by the definition of that time but has never been acknowledged as such by the RIAA. The album was recorded on September 19, 1955 in the gothic-revivalist styled assembly hall of Sunset School (now Sunset Arts Center) in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, a welcoming space being used as part"
"on the music series ""Jazz 625"" broadcast on the BBC's new second channel. The programme was hosted by Steve Race, who introduced Garner's trio with Eddie Calhoun on bass and Kelly Martin on drums. Because Garner could not write down his musical ideas, he used to record them on tape, to be later transcribed by others. The Erroll Garner Club was founded in 1982 in Aberlady, Scotland. On September 26, 1992 Garnerphiles from England, Scotland, Germany and the US met in London for a unique and historic get-together. The guests of honour were Eddie Calhoun (bassist) and Kelly Martin (drummer),"
"Daniel Panner, James Buswell, the late Eric Rosenblith, the late Marylou Speaker Churchill of the Boston Symphony, and the late Robert Koff of the Juilliard Quartet; jazz and contemporary players such as Todd Reynolds, Ralph Farris, Mat Maneri, Eugene Friesen; baroque players such as Laura Jeppeson and Daniel Stepner of Boston Baroque, and by such institutions as Indiana University, Oberlin Conservatory, Ravinia Festival's Steans Institute, the United States Marine Band, University of North Texas, the National Music Museum, and Lawrence University Many of his instruments are close copies of unusual and noteworthy master instruments. Techniques he uses to analyze the"
"amplification. Additional resources are available when playing the disc on a computer. D'Jalma Garnier D'Jalma Garnier III (born 1954, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) is a musician and composer best known for Creole and Cajun fiddle and ""outside"" musical compositions and collaborations with other artists. His musical heritage descends from the Camelia Brass Band in New Orleans led by his grandfather, D'Jalma Thomas Garnier (also spelled Ganier while with Camelia Brass Band), a legendary early jazz player noted on the Preservation Hall roster in the New Orleans French Quarter and who was a trumpet player, pianist and violinist said to have"
"was already cemented by the time he reached Schenley High School. He was part of the burgeoning jazz scene in Pittsburgh during the 1940s and 1950s, which produced some of the world's greatest jazz innovators. Harper played valve trombone in the all-city band, but soon after switched to piano. He also was a member of the Swinging Five, a jazz group he founded with bassist Ray Brown. As teenagers, Harper and Brown would often venture across town to jazz musician Erroll Garner's house to watch him play piano. After graduating from high school in 1944, Harper attended the Pittsburgh Musical"
"instruments and saxophones) and be heard clearly on acoustic recordings. George Gershwin's ""Rhapsody in Blue"", in Ferde Grofe's original jazz-orchestra arrangement, includes tenor banjo, with widely spaced chords not easily playable on plectrum banjo in its conventional tuning(s). With development of the archtop and electric guitar, the tenor banjo largely disappeared from jazz and popular music, though keeping its place in traditional ""Dixieland"" jazz. Some 1920s Irish banjo players picked out the melodies of jigs, reels, and hornpipes on tenor banjos, decorating the tunes with snappy triplet ornaments. The most important Irish banjo player of this era was Mike Flanagan"
"Derrick Gardner Derrick Gardner (born June 3, 1965) is an American jazz trumpeter from Chicago, Illinois. Gardner began playing trumpet at the age of 9 in his hometown of Chicago. In 1991, he moved to New York City and played with groups such as the Count Basie Orchestra, Frank Foster's Loud Minority Band, Harry Connick, Jr.'s Big Band, Roman Schwaller's European Sextet, and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. Gardner has gone on to work with such jazz notables as the late Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Jon Faddis, Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennett, Joe Williams, Rufus Reid, Clark Terry, Kenny Barron, Stefon"
"of the commission. After leaving this job, she accepted a job with the Disc Company of New York City. In 1946, Glaser worked for the City of Chicago Mayor's Commission on Human Relations. In the early 1950s Glaser met jazz pianist Erroll Garner composer of the standard ""Misty"". Though recorded by a wide variety of performers, Garner's version of ""Misty"" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1991. Glaser maintained the collection of Erroll Garner original recordings and records during her lifetime. The collection was given to the University of Pittsburgh by her estate. Examples of records contained"
"popularized in the 1950s by Sonny Stitt, Cannonball Adderley, Sonny Criss and Paul Desmond. The tenor sax was popularized by Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, and Zoot Sims. The baritone sax, featured more in big bands (notably by Harry Carney in the Duke Ellington Orchestra) and larger ensembles than as a solo instrument, was popularized in jazz as a solo instrument within small groups by musicians such as Serge Chaloff, Gerry Mulligan, Pepper Adams and Leo Parker. The soprano saxophone was popularized by Sidney Bechet in early jazz, but then largely fell out"
"placed number 2 in Esquire's All American Band, New Stars category for Vibraharp. He led his own groups for many club dates and in 1946 he placed in the Top Ten among pianists in Esquire's All-American Jazz Band, listed 7th, right under Erroll Garner and placed above Count Basie, James P. Johnson and Jay McShann. He was named as favorite new star in the Esquire New Star Poll by eminent jazz musicians Earl Hines and Red Norvo. He also placed in the Top Ten of the ""Other Instruments"" category for his vibes playing. These poll standings are taken from ""Esquire's"
"groundwork for the beginnings of the Monterey Jazz Festival. From nearby Fort Ord military base servicemen were bused to join the enthusiastic and receptive audience at this Erroll Garner Trio gig. Accompanying Garner were bassist Eddie Calhoun and drummer Denzil Best. According to Columbia Records and its owner, Sony Music Entertainment, the acoustics were poor and the piano somewhat out of tune. The balance of instruments on the recording was also poor; the bass and drums were receded. There was no plan to record the concert officially. The release came about because Garner's personal manager, Martha Glaser, spotted backstage that"
"Zoot Sims and the Benny Carter Orchestra With Bob Stewart With The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra With Stanley Turrentine With McCoy Tyner Earl Gardner (musician) Earl Wesley Gardner, Jr. (born April 19, 1950 in New York City) is an American jazz trumpeter. He is probably best known for his stint in the house band on ""Saturday Night Live"", a chair he has held since 1985. In 1976, he joined The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. With Carla Bley With George Benson With Angela Bofill With David Bowie With David Byrne With Casiopea With Hank Crawford With Robin Eubanks With Charlie Haden's"
"D'Jalma Garnier D'Jalma Garnier III (born 1954, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) is a musician and composer best known for Creole and Cajun fiddle and ""outside"" musical compositions and collaborations with other artists. His musical heritage descends from the Camelia Brass Band in New Orleans led by his grandfather, D'Jalma Thomas Garnier (also spelled Ganier while with Camelia Brass Band), a legendary early jazz player noted on the Preservation Hall roster in the New Orleans French Quarter and who was a trumpet player, pianist and violinist said to have taught Louis Armstrong at the New Orleans Boys Home for Colored Waifs."
"Grey With Chico Hamilton With Erroll Garner Wyatt Ruther Wyatt Robert ""Bull"" Ruther (February 5, 1923, Pittsburgh – October 31, 1999, San Francisco) was an American jazz double-bassist. Ruther played trombone in high school before picking up the double-bass. He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Pittsburgh Musical Institute, then played in New York City with Dave Brubeck (1951–52) and Erroll Garner (1951-55). He toured with Lena Horne in 1953 and recorded an album under his own name alongside Milt Hinton in 1955 for RCA Records entitled ""Basses Loaded"". Following this he played with Toshiko Akiyoshi"
"Booker received a saxophone as a gift from his mother, but he was more interested in the keyboard. He played the organ in his father's churches. After returning to New Orleans in his early adolescence, Booker attended the Xavier Academy Preparatory School. He learned some elements of his keyboard style from Tuts Washington and Edward Frank. Booker was highly skilled in classical music and played music by Bach and Chopin, among other composers. He also mastered and memorized solos by Erroll Garner and Liberace. His performances combined elements of stride, blues, gospel and Latin piano styles. Booker made his recording"
"played the same instrument since 1961, a Gold Medal SML made in France by Strasser, Marigaux & Lemaire, and the same mouthpiece, a Selmer D. I don't know much about horns and mouthpieces. A friend of mine got me to the right sax and set-up and I just stayed with it because it worked for me. A sax is like a pair of shoes. If you get a pair that are comfortable, you can learn how to do any kind of dance in them. With Bill Crow and Bucky Pizzarelli With Donnie O'Brien With Bill Crow With Maynard Ferguson Carmen"
"Earl Gardner (musician) Earl Wesley Gardner, Jr. (born April 19, 1950 in New York City) is an American jazz trumpeter. He is probably best known for his stint in the house band on ""Saturday Night Live"", a chair he has held since 1985. In 1976, he joined The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. With Carla Bley With George Benson With Angela Bofill With David Bowie With David Byrne With Casiopea With Hank Crawford With Robin Eubanks With Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra With Tom Harrell With Joe Henderson With Dave Holland With James Ingram With Branford Marsalis With John Scofield With"
"Concert by the Sea Concert by the Sea is a live album by pianist Erroll Garner that was released by Columbia in 1955. It sold over a million dollars' worth of retail copies by 1958, qualifying for gold record status by the definition of that time but has never been acknowledged as such by the RIAA. The album was recorded on September 19, 1955 in the gothic-revivalist styled assembly hall of Sunset School (now Sunset Arts Center) in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, a welcoming space being used as part of local promoter Jimmy Lyons' ""Sunset Series"", this series in turn laying the"
"Parker"" by ""The New York Times"". With Geri Allen With Cindy Blackman With Art Blakey With Donald Byrd With Chick Corea With Miles Davis With Marcus Miller With Mulgrew Miller With Wallace Roney With Woody Shaw With Jack Walrath With Cedar Walton With other artists (selected) Kenny Garrett Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is a Grammy Award-winning American post-bop jazz saxophonist and flautist who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and of Miles Davis's band. Since then, he has pursued a solo career. Kenny Garrett was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October"
"Erroll Garner, Buck Clayton, Sonny Rollins, Paul Desmond, Edith Piaf, Bob Newhart, Johnny Mathis, John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Ravi Shankar, and many other notable jazz musicians and composers. Avakian was born in Armavir, Russia, to Armenian parents, Mesrop and Manoushak Avakian; the family moved to the United States in July 1923 as first cabin class passengers on the S/S ""Argentina"", sailing from Trieste to New York. His younger brother was the photographer and filmmaker Aram Avakian (1926–1987). George Avakian became a jazz fan in his early teens through listening to the radio at night; his first loves were Duke Ellington,"
"cover instrumentals on Lakewood Acoustic Baritone Guitars. Guitar virtuoso Brian Patrick Carroll aka Buckethead plays a baritone signature model Gibson Les Paul. At tall, he feels that standard guitars seem small compared to his large frame and long fingers. Baritone guitar The baritone guitar is a guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. Gretsch, Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP Guitars, PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Schecter, Jerry Jones Guitars, Burns London and many other companies have produced electric baritone guitars since the 1960s, although always"
"raise your spirits."" A 1970 U.S. reissue of Concert by the Sea introduced a new photograph (not taken by Kane), which reused Kane's concept, but with a model wearing bell-bottom pants and a hippie-style tunic shirt blouse. The 2015 release of the entire concert again paid tribute to Kane's original photograph, showing a model with outstretched arms standing in front of a rocky shoreline. International releases of the album have used a variety of cover photographs. ""AllMusic"" awarded the album a maximum five stars, observing it is ""arguably the finest record pianist Erroll Garner ever made"". ""The Penguin Guide to"
"Nightwind: An Erroll Garner Songbook Nightwind: An Erroll Garner Songbook is an album by pianist John Hicks which was recorded in 1997 and released on the HighNote label. The album features ten compositions by Erroll Garner along with a tribute by Hicks. Allmusic reviewed the album stating ""Hicks' tribute to the late Erroll Garner emphasizes the song writing brilliance that is overshadowed by the huge success of his classic ""Misty""... John Hicks has done a service to jazz fans by exploring the music of Erroll Garner in greater detail"". JazzTimes said ""Hicks is a very different pianist than Garner: his"
"Ed Garland Edward Bertram Garland (January 9, 1895 – January 22, 1980) was a New Orleans jazz string bass player. He was commonly known as ""Ed Garland"", and sometimes ""Montudie Garland"" (a nickname he disliked). Ed Garland was born in New Orleans January 9, 1895. By about 1910, he was playing bass drum with brass bands including Frankie Duson's Eagle Band. He then took up tuba and string bass; like many New Orleans bassists of the era, he doubled on the two instruments which filled similar roles in different types of bands. He played with the Excelsior Brass Band and"
"Ervin With Lowell Fulson With Dizzy Gillespie With Lionel Hampton With Herbie Hancock With Wynonie Harris With Fletcher Henderson With Helen Humes With Philly Joe Jones with Stan Levey With Jackie McLean With Gerry Mulligan With Charlie Parker With Leo Parker With Pony Poindexter With Jimmy Rushing With Les Thompson With Ben Webster Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was one of the first players of the instrument in the bebop idiom of musicians such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell. Gordon's height was , so"
"Kenny Garrett Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is a Grammy Award-winning American post-bop jazz saxophonist and flautist who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and of Miles Davis's band. Since then, he has pursued a solo career. Kenny Garrett was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 9, 1960; he is a 1978 graduate of Mackenzie High School. His father was a carpenter who played tenor saxophone as a hobby. Garrett's own career as a saxophonist took off when he joined the Duke Ellington Orchestra in 1978, then led by Duke's son, Mercer"
"and electronic music. He is a multi-instrumentalist who performs professionally on bass and guitar, as well as fiddle, in a variety of genres. His musical work with poets includes performances and recordings with Allen Ginsberg and Hedwig Gorski, among others. Garnier produces ""Passport to Modern Jazz"" on KRVS-FM radio to ""walk you through the gate"" of new and progressive artists. Mel Bay released Garnier's 2009 book, a method book with a collection of 14 songs by the masters of Louisiana Creole fiddle music, and an instructional DVD with supplemental performances. The songs were chosen because they are either the first"
"guitarist influenced by jazz players such as Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt, he tutored a number of well-known Nashville session players including Hank Garland and Harold Bradley. With Tubb's band he favored simpler lead lines which can be heard on Tubb hits such as ""Jealous Loving Heart,"" ""Two Glasses Joe"" and ""Answer the Phone."" Another side of his lasting legacy is the instrument that bears his name, the Gibson Byrdland thinline electric archtop guitar, developed with input from Byrd and fellow country/jazz guitarist Garland, which was in initial production from 1955 through 1969, and subsequently revived for limited runs several"
"troubles with drug addiction hobbled his career in the 1970s, during which he occasionally recorded for Muse Records and lived in Gary, Indiana. In the 1980s he moved to Philadelphia and made a small comeback, but his health deteriorated over the course of the decade, and he died there in 1988. With Gene Ammons With Eddie ""Lockjaw"" Davis With Eric Kloss With Sonny Stitt Don Patterson (organist) Don Patterson (July 22, 1936, Columbus, Ohio - February 10, 1988, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American jazz organist. Patterson played piano from childhood and was heavily influenced by Erroll Garner in his youth."
"end of the year. After Ellington added more personnel in 1928, Carney's main instrument became the baritone saxophone. He was a dominant figure on the baritone in jazz, with no serious rivals on the instrument until the advent of bebop in the mid-1940s. Within the overall sound of the Ellington band, Carney's baritone was often employed to play parts of harmonies that were above the obvious low pitching of the instrument; this altered the textures of the band's sound. In January 1938, Carney was invited to play with Benny Goodman's band at Carnegie Hall. Recordings from this event were released"
"artists: Aerosmith, Musica Viva (Tribute to Kurt Weill), The Dells, Extreme, Aretha Franklin, Engelbert Humperdinck (singer), Tom Jones, Gladys Knight, Liberace, New Kids on the Block, Elvis Presley, The Temptations, Rodney Dangerfield, Ratdog Non-woodwind notable students George Garzone George Garzone (born September 23, 1950) is a saxophonist and jazz educator from Boston, Massachusetts. Garzone is a member of the Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti. The group has released several albums. Garzone has appeared on over 20 recordings. He began on tenor saxophone when he was six, played in a"