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Clarinet-playing bandleader Phil Nimmons was the dean of Canadian jazz
18 Apr 2024 23:03 GMT
… 1960s, he and the iconic jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and bassist Ray Brown were … with the composer himself on piano.
Mr. Nimmons recorded more … stepsister, young Phil took piano lessons as a child from … met Noreen Spencer, a piano student and his future wife …
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Celebrating 98 years: Community icon, jazz enthusiast, and world traveller Catherine Tolbart continues to inspire in Middleton, N.S.
18 Apr 2024 13:29 GMT
… famous people like Canadian jazz great Oscar Peterson.
“I always say … young woman.”
Montreal and jazz
Catherine was born and grew … hear them.
“Canadian greats Oscar Peterson, Charlie Biddle, and Oliver … Rockhead’s Paradise, and jazz club The Cafe St-Michel …
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Celebrating 98 years: Community icon, jazz enthusiast, and world traveller Catherine Tolbart continues to inspire in Middleton, N.S.
18 Apr 2024 13:30 GMT
… famous people like Canadian jazz great Oscar Peterson.
“I always say … young woman.”
Montreal and jazz
Catherine was born and grew … hear them.
“Canadian greats Oscar Peterson, Charlie Biddle, and Oliver … Rockhead’s Paradise, and jazz club The Cafe St-Michel …
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Tisbury: Community discussion, storyteller Motoko, home energy, Earth Day, and jazz film
17 Apr 2024 14:11 GMT
… Tisbury library offers “All That Jazz” with WMVY radio’s Dave … which traces the history of piano legend Oscar Peterson, from his early days …
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Henry Mancini's 'Peter Gunn' music put a hard-boiled spin on cool jazz
15 Apr 2024 12:50 GMT
… by saxophonist Benny Carter and pianist John Williams. The latter, … tires on pavement, its skulking piano-guitar ostinato, and its … in jazz; it has been recorded by Wes Montgomery, Oscar Peterson, Sarah … two overlapped, as when a pianist (and “exponent of the …
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‘The Beast’ jumps from 1910, to 2014, to 2044, tracking fear through the ages
18 Apr 2024 21:20 GMT
… , and Gabrielle is a renowned pianist who has a run-in … , and Gabrielle is a renowned pianist who has a run-in … .
(SOUNDBITE OF LESTER YOUNG AND OSCAR PETERSON TRIO’S “INDIANA”)
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Vancouver-raised jazz educator Phil Nimmons has died at 100
11 Apr 2024 05:15 GMT
… sometimes overlooked giant of Canadian jazz, Vancouver-raised Phil Nimmons has … Excellence in Jazz in 1977.
In the 1960s, with friends Oscar Peterson and …
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Phil Nimmons, 'dean of Canadian jazz,' dead at 100
10 Apr 2024 19:50 GMT
… 1970s.
LISTEN | Saturday Night Jazz celebrates Phil Nimmons… the living legend - Canadian jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader, … more than 400 original jazz compositions and several classical … the 1960s, along with Oscar Peterson and Ray Brown, Nimmons …
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Montreal International Jazz Festival will blur lines between jazz, funk and hip-hop
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… edition of the Montreal International Jazz Festival. The lineup was … programming for the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Photo by Dave … p.m. Glasper, who plays piano, is on the same outdoor … ’s a big fan of Oscar Peterson.”
Speaking of eclectic, the …
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This grad is on fire. John Yun on Alicia Keys’ Broadway musical team
18 Apr 2024 13:31 GMT
… until he discovered Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson though a CBC television … Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, playing piano alongside “Tina” lead Adrienne Warren … admired.
“During the recording, the piano was located right in front …