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11 hours ago · Summary. In the post-1945 period, jazz moved rapidly from one major avant-garde revolution (the birth of bebop) to another (the emergence of free jazz) while developing a profusion of subgenres (hard bop, progressive, modal, Third Stream, soul jazz) and a new idiomatic persona (cool or hip) that originated as a form of African American resistance but soon became a signature of transgression ...
11 hours ago · Song of the week: Feldeinsamkeit (C. Ives) - G. Finley, J. Drake
11 hours ago · William Wordsworth (composer) William Brocklesby Wordsworth (17 December 1908 – 10 March 1988) was an English composer. His works, which number over 100, were tonal and romantic in style in the widest sense and include eight symphonies and six string quartets. [1]
11 hours ago · A young Lewis Black was named playwright-in-residence; Howard Stern aired his third-annual live birthday broadcast from the theater; and the restaurant’s regulars included Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and Bruce Willis, among others. Soon the redevelopment of 42nd Street spread further west, bringing new businesses and residents to the area.
11 hours ago · Posted on July 20, 2024 - Writer's Almanac. It’s the birthday of novelist and screenwriter Cormac McCarthy (1933). He was born Charles McCarthy Jr. in Providence, Rhode Island. He’s best known as the author of the “Border Trilogy” — All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Crossing (1994), and Cities of the Plain (1998).
11 hours ago · Rick Rubin. 12. Pharrell Williams. 13. Kanye West. 1. George Martin. George Martin was a renowned British record producer, best known for his work with The Beatles. Born on January 3, 1926, in ...
11 hours ago · Other buddies like former Neil Young/ Ry Cooder bassman the late Tim Drummond introduced him to musical pals like Dylan, Young and J.J. Cale.Hoping to get back to his northern roots and be near his friend Levon Helm and other members of The Band, Joe headed back east from Santa Barbara CA to live, work and play near Woodstock, New York.
