Gregory Hines (1946-2003)
Gregory Oliver Hines was an American dancer, actor, choreographer, and singer. He is considered one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time. Continue reading Gregory Hines (1946-2003)
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Profile: Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
Elvin Ray Jones was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed an interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family’s home in Pontiac, Michigan. He served in the United States Army from 1946 to 1949 and subsequently played in a Detroit house band led by Billy Mitchell. Continue reading Profile: Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
Profile: Paul Chambers (1935-1969)
Paul Laurence Dunbar Chambers, Jr. was a jazz double bassist. A fixture of rhythm sections during the 1950s and 1960s, his importance in the development of jazz bass can be measured not only by the … Continue reading Profile: Paul Chambers (1935-1969)
Profile: Cannonball Adderley (1928-1975)
Julian Edwin “Cannonball” Adderley was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s. Adderley is remembered for his 1966 soul jazz single “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”, a crossover hit on the pop charts Continue reading Profile: Cannonball Adderley (1928-1975)
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