How Did Charlie Barnet: One Of The First To Transform His Band?
Charlie Barnet was one of the first to integrate his band.
Glenn Miller successful band leader. Signature music: "In the Mood." Played trombone in the Dorsey brothers. Played in Ben Pollack's band.
Bud Powell piano, instrumental in the development of bebop.
Kenny Clarke House drummer at Minton's playhouse.
Jay McShann pianist and band leader; his band features the likes of Ben Webster and Charlie Parker.
Swing Street reference to 52nd street which hosted major jazz clubs during the swing and the bebop era.
Minton's Playhouse a Harlem jazz club that saw the emergence of bebop and hosted artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian. the house band included Thelonious Monk on piano, Joe Guy on trumpet, Nick Fenton on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums.
Billy Strayhorn famous for his collaboration with Duke Ellington.
Billy Berg's jazz club in Hollywood.
Lionel Hampton one of the first to use the vibraphone in jazz. Part of Benny Goodman's quartet, along with Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson and Goodman. This group was …show more content…
He later hired Fletcher Henderson to write him some more arrangements. Because Goodman's band was the hottest band it aired on the last minutes of a radio show. They went on a national tour and outside New York they found that white people didn't like their music that was too hard-swinging. In order to play something the people could dance to, they played stock arrangements. By the time they came to Los Angeles they were ready to disband and return home. They played at the Palomar Ballroom, ready to play their stock arrangements, when Gene Krupa suggested playing something they would enjoy, and they played "King Porter Stomp". The show that aired in New York at 11:30, was listened to in Los Angeles much earlier, and the kids loved it. This coincides with the end of
Glenn Miller successful band leader. Signature music: "In the Mood." Played trombone in the Dorsey brothers. Played in Ben Pollack's band.
Bud Powell piano, instrumental in the development of bebop.
Kenny Clarke House drummer at Minton's playhouse.
Jay McShann pianist and band leader; his band features the likes of Ben Webster and Charlie Parker.
Swing Street reference to 52nd street which hosted major jazz clubs during the swing and the bebop era.
Minton's Playhouse a Harlem jazz club that saw the emergence of bebop and hosted artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Christian. the house band included Thelonious Monk on piano, Joe Guy on trumpet, Nick Fenton on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums.
Billy Strayhorn famous for his collaboration with Duke Ellington.
Billy Berg's jazz club in Hollywood.
Lionel Hampton one of the first to use the vibraphone in jazz. Part of Benny Goodman's quartet, along with Gene Krupa, Teddy Wilson and Goodman. This group was …show more content…
He later hired Fletcher Henderson to write him some more arrangements. Because Goodman's band was the hottest band it aired on the last minutes of a radio show. They went on a national tour and outside New York they found that white people didn't like their music that was too hard-swinging. In order to play something the people could dance to, they played stock arrangements. By the time they came to Los Angeles they were ready to disband and return home. They played at the Palomar Ballroom, ready to play their stock arrangements, when Gene Krupa suggested playing something they would enjoy, and they played "King Porter Stomp". The show that aired in New York at 11:30, was listened to in Los Angeles much earlier, and the kids loved it. This coincides with the end of