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Although it took him a while before he decided to dedicate himself to playing jazz, TS Monk (Thelonious Monk, Jr) has already accomplished a lot He started out playing trumpet and piano before switching to drums when he was 13, taking some lessons from Max Roach

Tete Montoliu Biography, Photos, Pictures

An outstanding veteran pianist from Spain, Tete Montoliu was born blind He learned to read music in Braille when he was seven and developed impressive technique on piano He recorded with Lionel Hampton in 1956, had his first session as a leader in 1958, and played with the touring Roland Kirk in 1963

The name Tex Beneke is inevitably linked to that of Glenn Miller, despite the fact that Beneke outlived Miller by over a half century As the most popular member of Miller’s pre-World War II orchestra, featured on songs such as “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree,” Beneke became a major fixture in the popular culture of the period, and following Miller’s death in December of 1944, and the reforming of the Glenn Miller Orchestra after World War II, he accepted the offer to lead the new band

A harmonically advanced trumpeter/cornetist with a distinctive sound and a talented arranger/composer, Thad Jones (the younger brother of Hank and older brother of Elvin) had a very productive career

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Biography, Photos, Pictures

Near the end of 1965, harmonically advanced trumpeter/cornetist Thad Jones organized a big band with drummer Mel Lewis that from February 1966 onward played Monday nights at the Village Vanguard

The AALY Trio Biography, Photos, Pictures

Swedish free jazz group AALY Trio was formed around Umeå natives Mats Gustafsson (reeds) and Kjell Nordeson (drums) in the mid-’80s, after they had been collaborating for a few years

The Alberts were a jazz-comedy outfit with ties to both The Goon Show and the Temperance Seven, and an inspiration to the Scaffold and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band They were founded by Bruce Lacey, formerly a special effects engineer whose background included work on The Goon Show and a bubble-blowing automaton

Tab Smith’s career can easily be divided into two One of the finest altoists to emerge during the swing era, Smith became a popular attraction in the R&B world of the 1950s due to his record “Because of You

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians Biography, Photos, Pictures

The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians
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Since their founding by a group of forward-thinking jazz musicians that included pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist Jodie Christian, drummer Steve McCall, and composer Phil Cohran, the AACM have been a force for innovation within the jazz community

The Bad Plus Biography, Photos, Pictures

Are the Bad Plus a pop- and rock-influenced jazz trio? Or are they a power trio who like to play jazz? It’s really a bit of both But in the brave new world of postmodern jazz, identity crises are encouraged

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