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He played with Cootie Williams, Lucky Millinder, Andy Kirk, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie, as well as leading his own bands and making many recordings as a leader. He played in the swing, bop, hard bop, Latin jazzLatin jazz is the general term given to music that combines rhythms from African and Latin American countries with jazz harmonies from the United States. The two main categories of Latin Jazz are Brazilian and Afro-Cuban. Brazilian Latin Jazz includes bos, and soul jazzSoul jazz was a development of hard bop which incorporated strong blues and gospel influences in music for small groups featuring keyboards, especially the Hammond organ. Important soul jazz organists include Bill Doggett, Charles Earland, Richard "Groove genres. Some of his recordings of the 1940sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Events and trends Technology First nuclear bomb First cruise missile, the also could be classified as rhythm and bluesRhythm and blues (or R & B is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. It replaced the term race music, which was deemed offensive. To some extent, the kind of music it is attached to has changed to.
He was influential on Harry GibsonHarry Gibson ( 1914, † May 3, 1991) was a jazz pianist, singer, and songwriter, known as "Harry The Hipster". He played piano at a speakeasy on 52nd Street, New York run by Leon Enkin and Eddie Davis. Davis taught him jive. He recorded such records