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Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Party
by Jerome Wilson
This album was recorded in 2019 but its message of unabashed joy is welcome these days for obvious reasons. The people responsible for it are Delfeayo Marsalis and Uptown Jazz Orchestra. The music is steeped in the various musical traditions of Marsalis' native New Orleans but brings in a few outside influences to enhance the fun. All sorts of Big Easy sounds are touched on here. “Blackbird Special," a tune originally by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, intensifies ...
Continue ReadingJazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today!
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 27, 1931, Norris first studied piano at home with his mother, then with John Summers, a local church organist. His first professional performances were with the Howard Williams Band in and around Little Rock during his junior high and high school years. After graduating from high school, Norris played briefly with Mose Allison, then did a two-year tour in the US Air Force. After ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today!
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 27, 1931, Norris first studied piano at home with his mother, then with John Summers, a local church organist. His first professional performances were with the Howard Williams Band in and around Little Rock during his junior high and high school years. After graduating from high school, Norris played briefly with Mose Allison, then did a two-year tour in the US Air Force. After ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today!
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 27, 1931, Norris first studied piano at home with his mother, then with John Summers, a local church organist. His first professional performances were with the Howard Williams Band in and around Little Rock during his junior high and high school years. After graduating from high school, Norris played briefly with Mose Allison, then did a two-year tour in the US Air Force. After ...
read more
Jazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today!
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 27, 1931, Norris first studied piano at home with his mother, then with John Summers, a local church organist. His first professional performances were with the Howard Williams Band in and around Little Rock during his junior high and high school years. After graduating from high school, Norris played briefly with Mose Allison, then did a two-year tour in the US Air Force... Read ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today!
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 27, 1931, Norris first studied piano at home with his mother, then with John Summers, a local church organist. His first professional performances were with the Howard Williams Band in and around Little Rock during his junior high and high school years. After graduating from high school, Norris played briefly with Mose Allison, then did a two-year tour in the US Air Force... Read ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today!
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 27, 1931, Norris first studied piano at home with his mother, then with John Summers, a local church organist. His first professional performances were with the Howard Williams Band in and around Little Rock during his junior high and high school years. After graduating from high school, Norris played briefly with Mose Allison, then did a two-year tour in the US Air Force... Read ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today! Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on December 27, 1931, Norris first studied piano at home with his mother, then with John Summers, a local church organist. His first professional performances were with the Howard Williams Band in and around Little Rock during his junior high and high school years. After graduating from high school, Norris played briefly with Mose Allison, then did a two-year tour in the US Air Force... Read ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today! Classical piano studies with John H. Summers from age four and a half until eighteen. Working professionally (`44-`50) with Howard William’s 19 piece band in Little Rock; also in \'49 with Bitsy Mullin\'s tentet. After graduating from High School, June `50, he joined Mose Allison’s Quartet but left in August `50 to serve with the U.S. Air Force in Japan and Korea. Returning from Asia, summer of `52... Read more. Place ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today!
Classical piano studies with John H. Summers from age four and a half until eighteen. Working professionally (`44-`50) with Howard William’s 19 piece band in Little Rock; also in \'49 with Bitsy Mullin\'s tentet. After graduating from High School, June `50, he joined Mose Allison’s Quartet but left in August `50 to serve with the U.S. Air Force in Japan and Korea. Returning from Asia, summer of `52... Read more.
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Walter Norris
Source:
Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Walter Norris' birthday today!
Classical piano studies with John H. Summers from age four and a half until eighteen. Working professionally (`44-`50) with Howard William’s 19 piece band in Little Rock; also in \'49 with Bitsy Mullin\'s tentet. After graduating from High School, June `50, he joined Mose Allison’s Quartet but left in August `50 to serve with the U.S. Air Force in Japan and Korea. Returning from Asia, summer of `52... Read more.
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