Etta Jones (1928-2001) and prolific singer very active, had the virtue of nuance in her singing, the art of Billie Holiday, the bluesy influence of Dinah Washington, and the voice of Thelma Carpenter, which gave his voice record Small, friendly, gentle roughness. At sixteen he began his career with the orchestra of rhythm and [...]
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The youngest brother, Jones, Elvin Ray Jones (Pontiac, 1927) began his career with his brothers, the magnificent trumpeter Thad Jones and the extraordinary pianist, Hank Jones, before starting his solo career in the fifties hand from the bebop musicians such as Charles Mingus and Bud Powell.
And her skill on the drums began to attract the [...]
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Al Jolson (1886-1950) will always be remembered as the hero of the first film in the history of film sound completely. It was in 1927, and the title: “The Jazz Singer”. Born in Lithuania, his family emigrated to the United States in 1893. His musical beginnings were in 1898 in New York and then spent [...]
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