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Harlem Renaissance
(Encyclopedia) Harlem Renaissance, term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. During the mass migration of…Dorothy Ashby
Name at birth: Dorothy Jeanne ThompsonDorothy Ashby wrote and played jazz with a harp, beginning in the 1950s in Detroit. By the 1970s, she had a solid career in the studio with jazz and pop artists…Miles Davis
Name at birth: Miles Dewey Davis, Jr.In the 1940s, Miles Davis went off to New York City to study music at Julliard. He ended up playing jazz with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie instead, soon…Dave Brubeck
Name at birth: David Warren BrubeckDave Brubeck was a jazz pianist and composer who's 1959 record Time Out became the first million-selling jazz record in the United States. A year after the album's…Jimmy Smith 2005 Deaths
Jimmy SmithAge: 76 jazz organist whose scintillating music, called “soul jazz,” combined jazz, R&B, and bebop. He played on a Hammond B-3 electronic organ, an instrument not previously…Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus was a 20th century jazz musician whose reputation as a great bassist is matched by his influence as a great composer of what has been called "orchestral jazz." He was musically…Vince Guaraldi Biography
Vince Guaraldijazz pianist and composerBorn: July 17, 1928Birthplace: San Francisco, California Jazz pianist Vincent Anthony Guaraldi is best known for creating the "Charlie Brown sound" for such…Biographies: Selected Composers and Performers of Popular Music
Selected Composers and Performers of Popular Music Judy Garland See also Notable Women Musicians and Dancers Notable African-American Musicians Notable African-American…The Running of the Bulls
High Five! Bulls Dennis Rodman, Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Ron Harper and coach Phil Jackson each hold one of the team's NBA championship trophies at a rally in Chicago. The Bulls beat…Ornette Coleman
Name at birth: Randolph Denard Ornette ColemanSaxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman was best known as an originator and advocate of Free Jazz, a musical movement that began in the 1950s, beginning…Trending
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