Thelma Carpenter was a jazz singer and actress best known for her role as Miss One, the Good Witch of the North, in "The Wiz.

Coleman Hawkins single-handedly brought the saxophone to the prominence in jazz that the instrument enjoys. Before he hit the scene, jazz groups had little use for the instrument. One player (forgot ...

Coleman Hawkins was a jazz tenor saxophonist who transformed the saxophone into a leading solo instrument in jazz. His iconic recordings showcased his mastery of jamming and remain some of the ...

Protestors from Southampton Stand Up To Racism gathered outside the Concorde Club in Eastleigh on Thursday night as Katie ...

Jazz’s Prometheus ... Growing up in 1940s Harlem, Sonny Rollins idolized swing-era heavyweights like Coleman Hawkins and jump-blues saxophonists like Louis Jordan. But when he heard Charlie ...

13, 1908, into a relatively well-to-do family that included a very musical half sister who played piano in a jazz trio that rehearsed in the Berry home, Chu's love of music and the saxophone was born.

Others of his cohort, like Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young or Ben Webster ... Benvenuti a uno dei convegni di bellezza più eccitanti che il jazz abbia mai prodotto. Royal Roost, New York City, dicembre ...

Today in Music History for May 19: In 1866, "When You and I Were Young, Maggie," which became one of the most popular ballads in North America, was published in Indianapolis, Ind., by James A.

I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me; Day by Day; Embraceable You; Moonglow; Sweet Georgia Brown. Coleman Hawkins: tenor saxophone; Roy Eldridge: trumpet; Pete ...

2024: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi dies in a helicopter crash along with his foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and other officials. On the same day, an attempted coup in Congo is foiled ...

75 players are at the NBA Combine this week. Former Kansas State's Coleman Hawkins is not among those. Hawkins withdrew from the Draft last year to spend his final collegiate season at Kansas State.