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...
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...
Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969)
Coleman Randolph Hawkins was born November 21, 1904, in Saint Joseph, Missouri. He began his musical education early with lessons...
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...
Edythe Turnham Orchestra
Also called Edythe Turnham and her Knights of Syncopation, the Edythe Turnham Orchestra was a prominent fixture in the Seattle...
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...
Louis Armstrong (1901-1971)
Louis Daniel (Louie) Armstrong is perhaps the most important and influential person in the history of jazz music, swing music,...
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,...
Rap/Hip Hop
Rap Music, and the culture that surrounds rapping itself, hip-hop, is a genre of music and a lifestyle which originated...
