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... that same year. These were the first records he made under his own name. In 1925 Louis began Okeh Record's dates with his Hot Five band featuring Johnny Dodds on clarinet, Kid Ory on trombone, Johnny St. Cyr on banjo, and his wife Lillian on piano. On November 12, 1925 Louis Armstrong made his first records that had his name as bandleader ... ...
... choir and his father played the violin. For several years, young Coltrane played the clarinet, however it wasn t his passion. It was only after he heard the great alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges playing with the Duke Ellington band on the radio, that he became enthusiastic about music. He dropped the clarinet to take up the alto saxophone, before long he had ... ...
... his mother was a member of the church choir. Coltrane in his early teens played the clarinet, but with little interest in it. It was the alto saxophone sound produced by Johnny Hodges playing in the Duke Ellington band on the radio that inspired him to drop the clarinet and begin playing the alto saxophone. Coltrane with the alto saxophone immediately became ... ...
... from relatively simple music played by performers who often could not read music to a more complex from. Among the musicians who brought this change were cornetist "Bix", saxophonists Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges, and Coleman Hawkins. Jazz took its next important step in 1932 when Duke Ellington composed and recorded a song called "It Don't Mean a Thing IF It Ain't Got That Swing ... ...
... . One of the most memorable components of the film Breakfast at Tiffany's is the extraordinary music composed by Henry Mancini. The film's theme song, "Moon River" (co-written with lyrisist Johnny Mercer), was an instant classic and the score went on to win two Acadamy Awards in 1961. Mancini opted for a jazz style of underscoring in the movie, which was a perfect ... ...
... the war, he played in many smaller bands led by Joe Webb and King Kolax. Coltrane also played alto and soprano saxophone with bigger name bands like Dizzy Gillespie and Johnny Hodges. Parker and Coltrane both practiced vigorously. In the summer of 1937, after being totally humiliated at a jam session with Jo Jones, which resulted in a cymbal being thrown at him ... ...
... produced a more marketable combination of records using ballads and novelties. Country was also influenced by this wave of new rock musicians and created the Nashville sound. Some rockabilly musicians include Johnny Cash, who was more influential in folk music as he developed his style, Buddy Holly, who could have contributed to rock just as much as Presley did if he had ... ...
