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Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) [1] [2] was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winner. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders and legends of the smooth jazz genre. [3] He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger ...
Pointer was married to Chinita and had two daughters and a son; he lived in Brooklyn. After his death, Chinita Pointer founded the Noel Pointer Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing string music education to inner-city students, which is located in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York.
Helen Elizabeth Jones Woods (October 9 or November 14, 1923 – July 25, 2020) was an American jazz and swing trombone player renowned for her performances with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. She was inducted into the Omaha Black Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
Howard died from colon cancer at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta on March 20, 1998, at the age of 41. [9] [6] His final album, There's a Riot Goin' On was released posthumously under the Blue Note Records label two months after his death.
Marc Antoine; Armik; Roni Benise; George Benson; Tim Bowman; Zachary Breaux; Norman Brown [1]; Jonathan Butler; Larry Carlton; Craig Chaquico; Jesse Cook; Joyce Cooling
Lawrence Brown (jazz trombonist) Pete Brown (jazz musician) Ray Brown (musician) Tom Browne (trumpeter) Walter Buchanan (musician) Belden Bullock; Billy Burns (trombonist) Charles Burrell (musician) Yvonne Busch; Erskine Butterfield; Donald Byrd
Arthur Lee Porter Jr. (August 3, 1961 – November 23, 1996) was an American jazz saxophonist. He was the son of jazz musician Art Porter Sr. and the namesake of "The Art Porter Bill". Early life
Wayman Lawrence Tisdale (June 9, 1964 – May 15, 2009) [1] was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and a smooth jazz bass guitarist. A three-time All American at the University of Oklahoma, [2] he was elected to the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009. [3]