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Biographies at WRJO WRJO profiles various local artists and some well-known jazz artists from America's rich jazz history. Learn about Richmond's historical jazz scene as well as the current.  Duke EllingtonWelcome, Duke Ellington brought a level of style and sophistication to Jazz that it hadn't seen before. Although he was a gifted piano player, his orchestra was his principal instrument. Like Jelly Roll Morton before him, he considered himself to be a composer and arranger, rather than just a musician. Duke began playing music professionally in Washington, D.C. in 1917........[Read more].
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More about & Sample Tunes Here  Alyse BlackWelcome, Alyse is a jazz-pop singer-songwriter with a crimson silk voice. Frequent comparisons are made with Regina Spektor, Norah Jones, Inara George, Fiest, and Fiona Apple. Because Alyse's major influences run the gamut from Billie Holiday to Tom Waits, her songs are at once sultry and unique. Alyse is from Seattle, but now lives out of Austin........[Read more].
 Dave BrubeckWelcome, Born on 6 December 1920 in Concord, California, jazz legend Dave Brubeck is equally distinguished as composer and pianist. Studies at the College of the Pacific and with Milhaud at Mills College led to the founding, with fellow students, of the experimental Jazz Workshop Ensemble which recorded in 1949 as the Dave Brubeck Octet.......[Read more].
 Sharon Rae NorthWelcome, This talented songstress sings jazz (straight-ahead, contemporary, smooth, etc.) and standards. Though, she often adds in some jazz versions of R&B and Top 40 hits. Her first commercial CD will be released in October 2007. It has already received a glowing review from www.Jazzreview.com......[Read more].
 John ColtraneWelcome, John Coltrane was, after Charlie Parker, the most revolutionary and widely imitated saxophonist in jazz. Coltrane grew up in High Point, North Carolina, where he learned to play E-flat alto horn, clarinet, and (at about the age of 15) alto saxophone.....[Read more].
 Thelonious MonkWelcome, Little is known about Monk's early life. He was born on October 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of Thelonious and Barbara Monk, two years after a sister named Marian. A younger brother, Thomas, was born a couple of years later.....[Read more].
 Poem on Miles DavisWe knew him as Miles, the Black Prince of style, his nature fit jazz to a tee. Laid back and cool, a low threshold for fools, he set the tone of what a jazzman should be......[Read more].
 Sonny RollinsWelcome, Born in Harlem on September 9, 1930 Sonny Rollins began his career in music at an early age, studying piano and alto saxophone from age 11 and eventually taking up the tenor saxophone in 1946. Growing up in the Sugar Hill section of Harlem Rollins' teenage running mates included future jazz masters Jackie McLean, Arthur Taylor, and Kenny Drew with whom he had a band in high school.....[Read more].
 Oscar PetersonWelcome, A world-class pianist and jazz great who has delighted audiences in Canada and around the world, Oscar Peterson has recorded countless albums, many with the best of jazz -- Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Louie Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Duke Ellington, among others. Born in Montreal in 1925, Oscar Peterson's first piano teacher was his father....[Read more].
 Julian Edwin "Cannonball" AdderleyTAMPA ,Florida,09/15/1928//GARY,Indiana 08/08/1975 Welcome, One of the great alto saxophonists, Cannonball Adderley had an exuberant and happy sound (as opposed to many of the more serious stylists of his generation) that communicated immediately to listeners. His intelligent presentation of his music (often explaining what he and his musicians were going to play) helped make him one of the most popular of all jazzmen....[Read more].
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