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The song took time to catch on as a jazz standard, possibly because it was 72 measures long. When Sidney Bechet recorded it in 1947, the song was not yet a regular jazz number. [26] "Memories of You" [4] [28] [29] first appeared in the musical revue Blackbirds of 1930. It was composed by Eubie Blake and lyrics were written by Andy Razaf.
Apart from pop and jazz popularity, the song crossed over to rock and roll with the recordings by Elvis Presley and The Marcels. "Solitude" [8] [11] [91] [92] is a jazz song composed by Duke Ellington with lyrics by Eddie DeLange. Irving Mills received co-credit for the lyrics as Ellington's agent. Ellington claimed to have composed the song in ...
This is an A–Z list of jazz tunes which have been covered by multiple jazz artists. It includes the more popular jazz standards, lesser-known or minor standards, and many other songs and compositions which may have entered a jazz musician's or jazz singer's repertoire or be featured in the Real Books, but may not be performed as regularly or as widely as many of the popular standards.
List of 1930s jazz standards; 0–9. 42nd Street (song) A. All God's Chillun Got Rhythm; ... (1935 song) Moten Swing; The Music Goes 'Round and Around; My Funny ...
Cities were crowded with workseekers. Black musicians were not allowed to play in studios or on radio. However, jazz music was resilient. While businesses, including the record industry, were down, the dance halls were packed with people dancing the jitterbug to the music of big bands, which would come to be called swing music. [1]
4 – Mark Levine, American jazz pianist, trombonist, and composer (died 2022). 15 – Fela Kuti, Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, saxophonist, and composer (died 1997). 22 – Harrison Ridley Jr., American jazz presenter (died 2009). 24 – Odean Pope, American tenor saxophonist. 26 – John "Jabo" Starks, American drummer (died 2018). November
3 – Cecil Irwin, American jazz reed player and arranger (born 1902). July. 21 – Honoré Dutrey, dixieland jazz trombonist (born 1894). April. 2 – Bennie Moten, American jazz pianist and band leader (born 1894). November. 27 – Charlie Green, jazz trombonists, and the soloist in the Fletcher Henderson orchestra (born 1893).
The earliest formal books on jazz begin to appear, including Wilder Hobson's American Jazz Music and Frederick Ramsey and Charles Edward Smith's Jazzmen. [1] Fletcher Henderson becomes the first black musician who is a regular member of a white big band when he joins Benny Goodman, although he does not became a featured artist in the band. [1]