Word: pianists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...taste in jazz bands had changed a bit, if only slightly: up into first place, nosing out last year's favorite, Woody Herman, went Progressive Jazzman Stan Kenton. For the second time in Down Beat, blind British Pianist George Shearing and his Quintet won the "best instrumental combo" title. For the ninth time, Spike Jones was elected "King of Corn." Runner-up: Guy Lombardo...
Radeliffe has contributed 15 to the orchestra, including first cellist Joan Breezy '52 and pianist Judith Yaeger...
...pieces) band fame. But he was almost as nervous as he was delighted at the idea of giving a swing concert in Carnegie Hall. He bought his first set of tails. To be on the safe side, he buttressed his band with some special soloists: Negro Pianist-Composer William ("Count") Basie, Trumpeter Bobby Hackett; and from Duke Ellington's band, Soprano and Alto Saxman Johnny Hodges, Baritone Saxer Harry Carney, Trumpeter Cootie Williams...
...hours it went on, through One O'Clock Jump, Dixieland One-Step, I'm Comin' Virginia, Shine, Big John's Special. A roar went up after Trumpeter Harry James's first solo. There were screams after Benny's first liquid clarinet work, and Pianist Jess Stacy's five choruses in Sing, Sing, Sing. For the last half-hour, Drummer Gene Krupa, openmouthed and gibbering, never stopped the beat...
...piano are among the greatest written for the instrument. They are fantastically difficult to comprehend and to play. Hearing them well performed can be a completely overpowering experience. Webster Aitken is giving a series of three programs of these works in Sanders Theatre. He is a remarkable pianist, and his performances have been superb. Aitken has obviously studied these pieces carefully, and has very definite ideas on their interpretation. Naturally, these ideas are open to criticism, but with very few reservations, I found his playing convincing. Furthermore, he has a technique equal to his ideas. It is refreshing to hear...