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Squeeze Me" is a 1925 jazz standard composed by Fats Waller. It was based on an old blues song called "The Boy in the Boat". The lyrics were credited to publisher Clarence Williams , although Andy Razaf has claimed to have actually written the lyrics.
"You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" is a popular song composed by John Benson Brooks, with lyrics by Bob Russell.The lyric is addressed to a social climber from St. Louis, as seen by a fellow Missourian who concludes, "You came a long way from St. Louis / But, baby, you still got a long way to go."
Pages in category "Jazz musicians from St. Louis" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Jazz song composed by Art Hickman with lyrics by Harry Williams. [87] Also known as "In Sunny Roseland", the tune is usually played as an instrumental because of its flowery lyrics. [ 88 ] First recorded by Joseph C. Smith 's Orchestra in 1918, it was popularized by Duke Ellington in 1932; Ellington later used the tune's chord progression for ...
Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins is a jazz album by Duke Ellington and Coleman Hawkins that was recorded on August 18, 1962, and released in February 1963 by Impulse! Records. [6] In 1995, The New York Times called it "one of the great Ellington albums, one of the great Hawkins albums and one of the great albums of the 1960s." [7]
It's just kind of broadened who I am as a person, which eventually will filter down into the music, the influences." [1] In 2001, Brown recorded his debut album Slow Down for Love on SRI Jazz, which reached the top 50 of the Gavin Report. His second album, Committed from the Heart, was released in 2003. His sound has been described as an adult ...
Jazz saxophonist and music teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan died in his sleep Friday, surrounded by family at his New Orleans home, family publicist Vincent Sylvain said. During his 50-year career ...
Jeanne Trevor (1937 or 1938 – October 24, 2022) was an American vocalist known as the "First Lady of St. Louis Jazz". Originally from Harlem, New York City, she moved to St. Louis in the early 1960s to perform in the nascent Gaslight Square district. She became a prominent figure in Gaslight, playing most of its top jazz clubs.