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  2. List of jazz-influenced classical compositions - Wikipedia

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    Suite for Cello and Jazz Piano Trio Suite No. 2 for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio Sonatas for Two Pianists: Aaron Copland: 1920–21 1925 1926 1946 1947–48 1949 1961 Three Moods for piano Music for the Theater Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Danzón cubano Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Four Piano Blues Something Wild, film score Valeri ...

  3. James P. Johnson - Wikipedia

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    James Price Johnson (February 1, 1894 – November 17, 1955) was an American pianist and composer. A pioneer of stride piano, he was one of the most important pianists in the early era of recording, and like Jelly Roll Morton, one of the key figures in the evolution of ragtime into what was eventually called jazz. [1]

  4. List of jazz pianists - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetized list of musicians notable for playing or having played jazz piano. The piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. Its role is multifaceted due largely to the instrument's combined melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic capabilities. [1

  5. Terry Waldo - Wikipedia

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    Terry Waldo (born November 26, 1944) is an American pianist, composer, and historian of early jazz, blues, and stride music, and is best known for his contribution to ragtime and his role in reviving interest in this form, starting in the 1970s.

  6. Hale Smith - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] His composition Four Songs won the first student composer award given by BMI. [2] During the late 1950s he moved to New York City and was employed as an editor at publishing companies. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He worked as a jazz pianist and arranger [ 3 ] with Eric Dolphy , Dizzy Gillespie , Ahmad Jamal , Melba Liston , Oliver Nelson , and Randy ...

  7. List of jazz musicians - Wikipedia

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    19 Piano. 20 Saxophone. 21 Trombone. 22 Trumpet. 23 Tuba. 24 Vibraphone. 25 Violin. 26 Vocal. ... This is a list of jazz musicians by instrument based on existing ...

  8. Vagif Mustafazadeh - Wikipedia

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    Mustafazadeh was born in Old City, the historic core of Baku, on March 16, 1940.His name was chosen by the renowned poet, Samed Vurgun, on the request of his mother, who was a piano teacher in a local music school and played a very influential and immeasurable role in his success.

  9. Bill Evans - Wikipedia

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    Evans's piano style has also influenced some contemporary classical composers. The noted Hungarian composer György Ligeti admired Evans and acknowledged his influence in an interview, adding, "As far as touch is concerned, Bill Evans is a sort of Michelangeli of jazz" (in reference to the great classical pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli ...