... violin and ukulele, and his mother Alice played piano and sang in the church choir. This was a great environment to foster his love of music. Coltrane soon moved with his family to the town of High Point, where his grandfather was the pastor of the A.M.E. Zion Church. His family was very religious ... in 1946 after being discharged. At this point in his life Coltrane was totally committed to becoming a professional musician. Coltrane worked a variety of jobs through the late forties until in 1947 he joined Eddie Vinson's jazz band, switching reluctantly to play the tenor sax to do so. ....

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... violin and ukulele, and his mother Alice played piano and sang in the church choir. This was a great environment to foster his love of music. Coltrane soon moved with his family to the town of High Point, where his grandfather was the pastor of the A.M.E. Zion Church. His family was very religious ... in 1946 after being discharged. At this point in his life Coltrane was totally committed to becoming a professional musician. Coltrane worked a variety of jobs through the late forties until in 1947 he joined Eddie Vinson's jazz band, switching reluctantly to play the tenor sax to do so. ....

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... two years Bill lessened to his brothers efforts, which led to his own exploration of the instrument. For the next five years they shared the same piano teacher, learning basic keyboard and reading techniques. Classically trained on piano; he also studied flute and violin as a child. In a later testimony, Booklet notes The Fantasy Recordings (Fantasy 1989); he stated, "I worked on Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, ... Dvorak, and Mozart, for three hours a day." In the start of his playing of the piano Bill was decisively in the shadows ... of his older brother, or at least in his own eyes, and wa...

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... , John Birks Gillespie was born. The world did not know it yet but they were meeting one of the great innovators of the jazz and bebop era. Gillespie was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children. Gillespie's father was a bricklayer during the week and a bandleader/piano player on the weekends. He kept his bands instruments at home for safety. There was ... 's "I Got Rhythm". This song would become the harmonic background for many songs in which Gillespie would copy its pattern. In the song "Anthropology", the rhythm section, or bass, drums and piano would play the har...

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... volume in this piece keeps changing, while most of the time it is mp or mezzo piano. Sometimes the dynamics gets louder when Parker plays higher notes, as this is his attempt to emphasize those specific notes. By looking at the very first eight bars of this piece of music, hearing the harmonic progression within the linear line of the solo would not be a hard task to ... follow, even if there was no piano player. Angular points in the solo would make one think ... that it would be difficult to hear the chord progression; however, even then, the notes involved in the angularity are impo...

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... Chaser" was made on July 23, 1951. Most of Monk's works were composed before he reached the age of 30. I got this recording from a CD titled "The best of Monk." This CD is a compilation of many of Monks best songs and best recordings from Blue Note Records. The featured artists in this recording of "Straight No Chaser" are: Piano- Thelonious Monk Alto Sax- Sahib Shihab Vibes- Milt ... passed. It wasn't until later in his career that he was recognized for his artistic brilliance. When listening to this recording and many others of Monk, he has the ability to suspend time in his playing. ...

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