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Index Norman O'Connor

Norman James O'Connor, CSP (November 20, 1921 – June 29, 2003), also known as The Jazz Priest, was an American Paulist priest known for playing and promoting jazz music.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 40 relations: Bill Evans, Boston University, Cannonball Adderley, Catholic University of America, Chaplain, Dave Brubeck, DownBeat, Duke Ellington, Ellington at Newport, Gene Krupa, George Shearing, George Wein, Horace Silver, Jazz, Joe Williams (jazz singer), John Coltrane, Johnny Hodges, Marian McPartland, Maynard Ferguson, Metronome (magazine), Modern Jazz Quartet, Mongo Santamaría, New Thing at Newport, New York City, Newport Jazz Festival, Oak Ridge, New Jersey, Paterson, New Jersey, Paulist Fathers, Peggy Lee, Piano, The Boston Globe, The Last Set at Newport, The New York Times, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Washington, D.C., Wayne, New Jersey, WCBS-TV, WGBH (FM), WGBH-TV, Woody Herman.

  2. Paulist Order

Bill Evans

William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio.

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Boston University

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Cannonball Adderley

Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley (September 15, 1928August 8, 1975) was an American jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era of the 1950s and 1960s.

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Catholic University of America

The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Chaplain

A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence agency, embassy, school, labor union, business, police department, fire department, university, sports club), or a private chapel.

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Dave Brubeck

David Warren Brubeck (December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer.

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DownBeat

(styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years.

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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life.

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Ellington at Newport

Ellington at Newport is a 1956 live jazz album by Duke Ellington and his band of their 1956 concert at the Newport Jazz Festival, a concert which revitalized Ellington's flagging career.

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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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George Shearing

Sir George Albert Shearing (13 August 191914 February 2011) was a British jazz pianist who for many years led a popular jazz group that recorded for Discovery Records, MGM Records and Capitol Records.

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George Wein

George Wein (October 3, 1925 – September 13, 2021) was an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer.

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Horace Silver

Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.

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Joe Williams (jazz singer)

Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer.

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John Coltrane

John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer.

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Johnny Hodges

Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band.

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Marian McPartland

Margaret Marian McPartland OBE (Turner;Hasson, Claire,. PhD Thesis. Retrieved 12 August 2008. 20 March 1918 – 20 August 2013), was an English–American jazz pianist, composer, and writer.

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Maynard Ferguson

Walter Maynard Ferguson CM (May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006) was a Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader.

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Metronome (magazine)

Metronome was a music magazine published from January 1885 to December 1961.

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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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Mongo Santamaría

Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States.

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New Thing at Newport

New Thing at Newport is a 1965 live album featuring two separate sets from that year's Newport Jazz Festival by tenor saxophonists John Coltrane and Archie Shepp.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Newport Jazz Festival

The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Oak Ridge, New Jersey

Oak Ridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located along the border of West Milford Township in Passaic County and Jefferson Township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Paterson, New Jersey

Paterson is the largest city in and the county seat of Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Paulist Fathers

The Paulist Fathers, officially named the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Societas Sacerdotum Missionariorum a Sancto Paulo Apostolo), abbreviated CSP, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men founded in New York City in 1858 by Isaac Hecker in collaboration with George Deshon, Augustine Hewit, and Francis A. Norman O'Connor and Paulist Fathers are Paulist Order.

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Peggy Lee

Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, and actress whose career spanned seven decades.

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Piano

The piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, through engagement of an action whose hammers strike strings.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Last Set at Newport

The Last Set at Newport is a 1971 live album by Dave Brubeck and his quartet recorded at the 1971 Newport Jazz Festival, shortly before a riot ensued.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra

The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra was a jazz big band formed by trumpeter Thad Jones and drummer Mel Lewis in New York in 1965.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Wayne, New Jersey

Wayne is a township in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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WCBS-TV

WCBS-TV (channel 2), branded CBS New York, is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the CBS network.

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WGBH (FM)

WGBH (89.7 FM, "GBH 89.7") is a public radio station located in Boston, Massachusetts.

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WGBH-TV

WGBH-TV (channel 2), branded GBH or GBH 2 since 2020, is the primary PBS member television station in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Woody Herman

Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader.

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See also

Paulist Order

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_O'Connor

Also known as Father Norman J. O'Connor, Father Norman J. Oconnor, Father Norman James O'Connor, Father Norman James Oconnor, Father Norman O'Connor, Father Norman Oconnor, Jazz Priest, Norman J. O'Connor, Norman J. Oconnor, Norman James O'Connor, Norman James Oconnor, Norman Oconnor, The Jazz Priest.