George Varga was a teenaged drummer and budding music critic when he attended Switzerland’s three-week Montreux Jazz Festival in ... Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson, Milt Jackson ...
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On a brighter note, I had the welcome opportunity to see several excellent Hungarian Gypsy quintets, along with a Budapest jazz-funk ensemble ... Roy Eldridge, Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson ...
He recorded Lifetime, his debut offering, a year later in the company of Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter from the Davis ... But what helped make him a true jazz giant was Go!, the third long-player ...
Harlem-born Carter’s main instrument was the ... Ammons was a prolific recording artist who embraced funkified soul-jazz in the 70s. At 88, Benny Golson is still going strong and blowing hard.
The album features the bass legend Ron Carter with some acclaimed jazz instrumentalists such as trumpeter Ryan ... Benny Carter's long career was consistently characterized by high musical achievement ...
Another jazz giant that Chet respects and loves is Dizzy Gillespie. "He's the one that got me the job at the Half Note last year when I came to New York. We were in Denver, and he was working there, ...
Those who have been patiently awaiting news of a Cowboy Carter tour just got their first confirmation that Beyoncé will in fact be heading out on the road this year to support her eighth album.
Former President Jimmy Carter has won a posthumous Grammy. Carter, who died in December at the age of 100, was nominated at the 2025 ceremony in the audiobook, narration, and storytelling ...
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He hosted the first White House Jazz Festival on the grounds in June 1978. Carter's son James "Chip" Carter smoked weed with Nelson on the White House roof. "There were some people who didn't like ...