Music – Jazz

Cecil Taylor (1929- )
One of the great innovators of jazz music, pianist Cecil Taylor has redefined modernist jazz improvisation and composition. With uncompromising...
December 15th, 2007

The Creole Palace, San Diego, California (1924-1946)
The hallmarks of the “Roaring ‘20s” are legendary in American history: dashing and daring men and women, illegal alcohol, flamboyant...
December 13th, 2007

Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969)
Coleman Randolph Hawkins was born November 21, 1904, in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He began his musical education early with lessons...
December 13th, 2007

The Black and Tan Club (1922-1966)
The Black and Tan Club was a leading jazz nightclub located in Seattle, Washington, operating from 1922 until 1966. The...
December 3rd, 2007

Edythe Turnham Orchestra
Also called Edythe Turnham and her Knights of Syncopation, the Edythe Turnham Orchestra was a prominent fixture in the Seattle...
November 21st, 2007

Dizzy Gillespie (John Birks Gillespie) (1917-1993)
Jazz great Dizzy Gillespie had a long and distinguished musical career as a trumpeter, composer, and bandleader. Unlike many jazz...
August 8th, 2007

Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Louis Daniel (Louie) Armstrong is perhaps the most important and influential person in the history of jazz music, swing music,...
July 17th, 2007

Thelonious Monk (1917-1982)
Jazz pianist Thelonious Monk became one of the 20th Century’s most influential and innovative jazz musicians. Born on October 10,...
June 16th, 2007

Rap/Hip Hop
Rap Music, and the culture that surrounds rapping itself, hip-hop, is a genre of music and a lifestyle which originated...
June 16th, 2007