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Tadley Ewing Peake (Tadd) Dameron ( February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer. He was the most influential arranger of the bebop era, but also wrote charts for Swing and hard bop players. The bands he arranged for included those of Count Basie, Artie Shaw, Jimmie Lunceford, Dizzy GillespieCarl Van Vechten, 1955 Dizzy Gillespie ( October 21, 1917 January 6, 1993) was born John Birks Gillespie in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was an African-American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, was a major fi, Billy EckstineBilly Eckstine ( 8 July, 1914 8 March, 1993), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as William Clarence Eckstein . He was an American jazz singer and bandleader who also played trumpet, valve trombone, and guitar. He also performed briefly as Billy X. His nick, and Sarah VaughanSarah Vaughan ( March 27, 1924 April 3, 1990) is considered by some to be one of the greatest female jazz singers in the history of the genre, along with Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. She began performing with Earl Hines in the early 1940s, but soon. He also arranged and played for 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 star Bull Moose JacksonBenjamin (Bull Moose) Jackson ( 1919 1989) was an American blues and rhythm and blues singer and saxophonist. He acquired his nickname from members of the Lucky Millinder orchestra when he played with it in the mid- 1940s; his colleagues thought he looked. Also playing for Jackson at the time was Benny GolsonBenny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. While in high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania he played with several other promising young musicians, including John Coltrane, Red Garland, Jimmy Heat, who also was to become a celebrated jazz composer; Golson has said Dameron was the most important influence on his writing. Dameron composed several bop standardsJazz standard refers to a tune that is widely known, performed, and recorded among jazz musicians. As jazz is actually a range of musical styles, musicians and bands can vary in their "standards" according to what type of jazz they play. Most professional, including "Hot House," "Our Delight," "Good Bait," and "Lady Bird." Dameron, Tadd
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