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Index Jazz at the Philharmonic

Jazz at the Philharmonic, or JATP (1944–1983), was the title of a series of jazz concerts, tours and recordings produced by Norman Granz.[1]

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  1. 67 relations: Barney Kessel, Bebop, Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Bill Harris (trombonist), Billie Holiday, Buddy DeFranco, Buddy Rich, Bumps Myers, Charlie Parker, Charlie Shavers, Clark Terry, Clef Records, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Fantasy Records, Fats Navarro, Flip Phillips, Gene Krupa, Hank Jones, Harry Edison, Hazard's Pavilion, Helen Humes, Herb Ellis, Illinois Jacquet, J. C. Heard, J. J. Johnson, Jack McVea, Jo Jones, Joe Sullivan, Ken Kersey, Lee Young, Les Paul, Lester Young, Library of Congress, Lionel Hampton, Los Angeles, Lou Levy (pianist), Louie Bellson, Marie Bryant, Meade Lux Lewis, Mercury Records, MGM Records, Modern Jazz Quartet, Moses Asch, Nat King Cole, National Recording Registry, Norman Granz, Oscar Peterson, ... Expand index (17 more) »

  2. 1944 establishments in California
  3. Jazz events
  4. Music of California

Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel (October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Bebop

Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States.

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Ben Webster

Benjamin Francis Webster (March 27, 1909 – September 20, 1973) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Benny Carter

Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader.

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Bill Harris (trombonist)

Willard Palmer Harris (October 28, 1916 – August 21, 1973) was an American jazz trombonist.

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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer.

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Buddy DeFranco

Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist.

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Buddy Rich

Bernard "Buddy" Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer, songwriter, conductor, and bandleader. Jazz at the Philharmonic and Buddy Rich are jazz musicians from California.

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Bumps Myers

Hubert Maxwell "Bumps" Myers (August 22, 1912, Clarksburg, West Virginia - March 2, 1968, Los Angeles) was an American jazz saxophonist.

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Charlie Parker

Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader, and composer.

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Charlie Shavers

Charles James Shavers (August 3, 1917 – July 8, 1971) was an American jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, Tommy Dorsey, and Billie Holiday.

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Clark Terry

Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.

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Clef Records

Clef Records was an American jazz record label founded by Norman Granz in 1946.

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Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969), nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

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Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer.

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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". Jazz at the Philharmonic and Ella Fitzgerald are jazz musicians from California.

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Fantasy Records

Fantasy Records is an American independent record label company founded by brothers Max and Sol Stanley Weiss in 1949.

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Fats Navarro

Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 6, 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s.

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Flip Phillips

Joseph Edward Filippelli (March 26, 1915 – August 17, 2001), known professionally as Flip Phillips, was an American jazz tenor saxophone and clarinet player.

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Gene Krupa

Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973) was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and composer.

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Hank Jones

Henry Jones Jr. (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer.

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Harry Edison

Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra.

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Hazard's Pavilion

Hazard's Pavilion was a large auditorium in Los Angeles, California, at the intersection of Fifth and Olive Streets.

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Helen Humes

Helen Humes (June 23, 1913 – September 9, 1981) was an American singer.

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Herb Ellis

Mitchell Herbert Ellis (August 4, 1921 – March 28, 2010) was an American jazz guitarist. Jazz at the Philharmonic and Herb Ellis are jazz musicians from California.

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Illinois Jacquet

Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet (October 30, 1922 – July 22, 2004) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo.

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J. C. Heard

James Charles Heard (August 10, 1917 – September 27, 1988) was an American swing, bop, and blues drummer.

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J. J. Johnson

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Jack McVea

John Vivian McVea (November 5, 1914 – December 27, 2000) was an American swing, blues, and rhythm and blues woodwind player and bandleader. Jazz at the Philharmonic and Jack McVea are jazz musicians from California.

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Jo Jones

Jonathan David Samuel Jones (October 7, 1911 – September 3, 1985) was an American jazz drummer.

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Joe Sullivan

Michael Joseph O'Sullivan (November 4, 1906 – October 13, 1971) was an American jazz pianist.

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Ken Kersey

Kenneth Lyons Kersey (April 3, 1916 – April 1, 1983) was a Canadian jazz pianist who spent most of his life working in the United States.

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Lee Young

Leonidas Raymond Young (March 7, 1914 – July 31, 2008) was an American jazz drummer and singer.

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Les Paul

Lester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor.

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Lester Young

Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is a research library in Washington, D.C. that serves as the library and research service of the U.S. Congress and the de facto national library of the United States.

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Lionel Hampton

Lionel Leo Hampton (April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002) was an American jazz vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandleader.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Lou Levy (pianist)

Louis A. "Lou" Levy (March 5, 1928 – January 23, 2001) was an American jazz pianist.

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Louie Bellson

Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paolino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer.

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Marie Bryant

Marie Bryant (November 6, 1919 – May 23, 1978) was an American dancer, singer and choreographer, described as "one of the most vivacious black dancers in the United States".

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Meade Lux Lewis

Anderson Meade "Lux" Lewis (September 4, 1905 – June 7, 1964) was an American pianist and composer, remembered for his playing in the boogie-woogie style.

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Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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MGM Records

MGM Records was a record label founded by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946 for the purpose of releasing soundtrack recordings (later LP albums) of their musical films.

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Modern Jazz Quartet

The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a jazz combo established in 1952 that played music influenced by classical, cool jazz, blues and bebop.

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Moses Asch

Moses Asch (December 2, 1905 – October 19, 1986) was an American recording engineer and record executive.

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Nat King Cole

Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Jazz at the Philharmonic and nat King Cole are jazz musicians from California.

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National Recording Registry

The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." The registry was established by the National Recording Preservation Act of 2000, which created the National Recording Preservation Board, whose members are appointed by the Librarian of Congress. Jazz at the Philharmonic and National Recording Registry are United States National Recording Registry recordings.

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Norman Granz

Norman Granz (August 6, 1918 – November 22, 2001) was an American jazz record producer and concert promoter.

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Oscar Peterson

Oscar Emmanuel Peterson (August 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007) was a Canadian jazz pianist and composer.

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Pablo Records

Pablo Records was a jazz record company and label founded by Norman Granz in 1973, more than a decade after he had sold his earlier catalog (including Verve Records) to MGM Records.

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Randall Miller

Randall Miller (born July 24, 1962) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, and occasional actor.

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Ray Brown (musician)

Raymond Matthews Brown (October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American jazz double bassist, known for his extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald.

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Red Callender

George Sylvester "Red" Callender (March 6, 1916 – March 8, 1992) was an American string bass and tuba player. Jazz at the Philharmonic and Red Callender are jazz musicians from California.

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Roy Eldridge

David Roy Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz", was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Shelly Manne

Sheldon "Shelly" Manne (June 11, 1920 – September 26, 1984) was an American jazz drummer.

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Shorty Sherock

Clarence Francis Cherock known professionally as Shorty Sherock (November 17, 1915 – February 19, 1980) was an American swing jazz trumpeter.

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Slim Gaillard

Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (January 9, 1911 – February 26, 1991), also known as McVouty, was an American jazz singer and songwriter who played piano, guitar, vibraphone, and tenor saxophone.

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Sonny Criss

William "Sonny" Criss (23 October 1927 – 19 November 1977) was an American jazz musician.

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Sonny Stitt

Sonny Stitt (born Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.; February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom.

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Stan Getz

Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski, February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Jazz at the Philharmonic and Stan Getz are jazz musicians from California.

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Swing music

Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s.

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T-Bone Walker

Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 – March 16, 1975) was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds.

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Tommy Turk

Thomas Eugene Turk (July 2, 1927 – August 4, 1981) was an American jazz trombonist.

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Trummy Young

James "Trummy" Young (January 12, 1912 – September 10, 1984) was an American trombonist in the swing era.

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Verve Records

Verve Records is an active American record label owned by Universal Music Group (UMG).

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Willie Smith (alto saxophonist)

William McLeish Smith (November 25, 1910 – March 7, 1967) was an American saxophonist and one of the major alto saxophone players of the swing era.

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See also

1944 establishments in California

Jazz events

Music of California

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_at_the_Philharmonic

Also known as JATP.

, Pablo Records, Randall Miller, Ray Brown (musician), Red Callender, Roy Eldridge, Shelly Manne, Shorty Sherock, Slim Gaillard, Sonny Criss, Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz, Swing music, T-Bone Walker, Tommy Turk, Trummy Young, Verve Records, Willie Smith (alto saxophonist).