Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie- or commonly known as Bird and Diz- were two famous composers that came together to release an album after being introduced. The album they composed and released in the 1950’s (which just happens to be named after themselves‚ “Bird and Diz”) was a bebop jazz genre that made a big impact on the music industry. Clearly‚ Charlie Parker’s name has no correlation to the word ‘Bird.’ But early on in his musical career‚ “Yard Bird” was a nickname Parker received that
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Gregory Oliver Hines was a great tap dancer and started to tap dance when he was young. he was one of the first famous African American tap dancers in the U.S. and was also a jazz tap dancer‚ singer‚ actor‚ musicians‚ and creator of improvised tap choreography. He was born in New York City‚ the son of Maurice Hines Sr. and Alma Hines. He began dancing at the age of not-quite-three‚ turned professional at age five‚ and for fifteen years performed with his older brother Maurice
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Luigi one of the Fathers of Jazz dance Luigi was born in Steubenville‚ Ohio‚ on March 20‚ 1925. He was one of 11 children in his family. He was born with the name Eugene Louis Facciuto but‚ later was renamed Luigi by his mentor Gene Kelly because he told him “There are too many Genes!”Luigi’s brother tony taught him to sing and dance at a young age. Eugene began singing and dancing for pennies on street corners. He performed in local talent shows and toured as a singer with a performing orchestra
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wowed the audience. She then went on to win the first place prize of twenty-five dollars. “Once up there‚ I felt the acceptance and love from my audience‚” Ella said. “I knew I wanted to sing before people the rest of my life.” While on tour with Dizzy Gillespie’s band in 1946‚ Ella fell in love with bassist Ray Brown. The two were married in 1947 and eventually adopted a son birthed from Ella’s half-sister‚ Frances whom they named Raymond “Ray” Brown Jr. They divorced in 1952 because of their busy
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Background Investigation – Now that you have listened to this piece once all the way through‚ find out a little more about it. Besides the album notes with the CD‚ look for other references‚ specifically ones pertaining to this particular song or album‚ if possible. Is there anything significant or noteworthy about this song‚ album‚ or group of performers? 20 points In terms of the album‚ I found that it was received in a very positive
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The King of Jazz “I’m always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning. Everyday I find something creative to do with my life” (Davis 4). Miles Davis is the individual that made jazz the way it is today. Miles Davis still is a leading and influential figure in jazz ( Davis 1). When most people hear the word trumpet‚ they automatically picture Miles. His weird personality and his bizarre characteristics‚ make him a legend in the music scene. Davis explored many different
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In the 1980s‚ Cassandra Wilson was one of the most ingenious‚ original‚ and enthralling musicians working in the progressively difficult-to-expound world of jazz. Cassandra Wilson won two Grammy awards; One for her album New Moon Daughter in 1996‚ and one in 2010 for her song Loverly. The American jazz musician and Grammy award winner released an album in the year of 1999 called Traveling Miles. Traveling Miles is purportedly Cassandra’s salute to Miles Davis‚ who was a well respected American jazz
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Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie have similar backgrounds. Parker growing up was a very good student but‚ as he got older he started to be less interested. This was vice versa for Gillespie he started off as a terrible student but then blossom in to a great one‚ earning himself a football scholarship. When Parker turned 13 he received his first saxophone. When Parker first got the saxophone he did not care for it. This quickly changed he soon fell in love with the saxophone and started to pay it
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Ronald J Gillespie It’s been over fifty years since Ronald Gillespie first proposed the basic idea of the VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) theory. Since then he has been making great contributions to the world of chemistry. Ronald J Gillespie was born August 21‚ 1924 in London England. He attended the University of London graduating with his B.Sc in 1945‚ and a PH.D in 1949. After graduating‚ he became an Assistance Lecturer and then a Lecturer in the chemistry department
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In 1965‚ Rene Castellani was working as a radio promotions manager on his show “The Dizzy Dialer” in New Westminster‚ and slowly killing his wife‚ Esther Castellani‚ by poisoning her with arsenic. This had been going on for a period of several months with no one noticing‚ not even the doctors. Mrs. Castellani had gone to the hospital many times but doctors could not discover what was causing her illness. After having been sick for nine months Mrs. Castellani died on July‚ 11 1965. The autopsy
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