Happy Birthday Count Basie

21. August 2010, according to Pat Padua quantity Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y. 1946 and 1948 portrait. William p. Gottlieb, photo.

Pianist, composer, yhtyeenjohtaja, William "Count" Basie was born on this day in 1904.Some of the greatest names passed his jazz band, singers Bille Holiday, Jimmy Rushing and Joe Williams, such as a label to the tenor Lester Young-only three name. Basie's career Spanned over the last fifty years and shy from whatever happened to be at the time of the music, new albums Basie meets the Bond and Basie, recording the Beatles.

Music Division owns a wide collection of Basie stock arrangements, and you can view your photos Basie William p. Gottlieb site collection Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Remember today, together with his signature (s) for the 1930s Decca era "One o'clock button" or "Jumpin ' at Woodside," a certain generation can remember as the theme song of Gene Gene, the Gong Show Dancing Machine from. But stop there-Basie is posted throughout his career, recording a brassy 1957 "April in Paris ' famous false is resumed, the classic records or Neal Hefti organized Atomic Basie.

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Happy birthday Desprez and Bird

27 August 2010, according to Pat Padua able Lester Young, Famous for the door, New York, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1946. William p. Gottlieb, photo.

 Such as other every Friday for the next several months, photographs from William p. Gottlieb site collection other items are currently loaded Flickr.This week is particularly varied set of classical portraits of Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, Tommy Dorsey, Doris Day, Nat "King" Cole and Perry Como. These portraits in addition to the Atlantic Records producer jazz sessions Ahmet Ertegun in Washington, D.C., organized by the Turkish Embassy photos  

Gottlieb Collection is so rich that we are able to blog every day. Muse regularly stresses pictures to remember special childbirth, and this weekend will mark the birth dates that occur in the two largest collection, all jazz legends.

Tenor saksofonisti Lester "Desprez ' young was born on this date in 1909.2006 Article the library of Congress information bulletin article, Larry Appelbaum, Reference Specialist now Music Division, said, "the young people had Coleman Hawkins swing-audio and Charlie Parker the connection between the bebop. He invented a new style in their own language, saxophone. He then is now the standard repertoire sax players today. "Larry's search for a rare recording of a 1940 jam session lacquer "featuring Lester Young reference was the article read more this a rare treasure and its unlikely journey the Margaret Mead Collection, here.

Charlie Parker, three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. development of 1947 the portrait. William p. Gottlieb, photo.

Other large we remember this weekend jazz is none other than the above "Bird" Charlie Parker. read the Gerry Mulligan remembrance Parker and listen to Parker ' s music, Jeru excerpts: oral Autobiography Performing Arts Encyclopedia.Place the Lester Young records this weekend, the amount of his classic solos Basie Band eponymous "Lester remote region In", or his or her interaction Billie Holiday ("Lady Day", the nickname was a young's invention), starting with.Should be established for a period of Charlie Parker, records, or head up to the New York Festival, an annual Charlie Parker is considered to be the Tompkins Square Park, a stone's throw away from the apartment Avenue (b) that he called Home.And remember, if you hear anyone playing today jazz saxophone at the hearing, you have a piece of Desprez and Bird.

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