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  Alvin Ailey
  Alvin Ailey, Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York. Ailey is credited with popularizing modern dance and revolutionizing African-American participation in 20th century concert dance. His company gained the nickname "Cultural Ambassador to the World" because of its extensive international touring. Ailey's choreographic masterpiece Revelations is believed to be the best-known and most often seen modern dance performance.
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• Andy Kirk
  Andrew Dewey Kirk (May 28, 1898 in Newport, Kentucky – December 11, 1992 in New York City) was a jazz saxophonist and tubist best known as a bandleader of the "Twelve Clouds of Joy," popular during the swing era.
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• Art Blakey
  Arthur "Art" Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.
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  Benny Goodman
  In the mid-1930s, Benny Goodman (May 30, 1909 - June 13, 1986) led one of the most popular musical groups in America. His January 16, 1938 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most important jazz or popular music concert in history: jazz's 'coming out' party to the world of 'respectable' music."
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  Charlie Parker
  Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), famously called Bird, or Yardbird was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.
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  Dizzy Gillespie
  John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer.
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• Duke Ellington
  Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was a composer, pianist, and big band leader.
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  Earl Hines
  Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983) was "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".
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• Hank Jones
  Henry "Hank" Jones (July 31, 1918 – May 16, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer. Critics and musicians described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The National Endowment for the Arts honored him with the NEA Jazz Masters Award. He was also honored in 2003 with the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Jazz Living Legend Award. In 2008, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. On April 13, 2009, the University of Hartford presented Jones with a Doctorate Degree for his musical accomplishments.
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  Irving Berlin
  Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in history.
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  Louis Armstrong
  Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
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• Miles Davis
  Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.
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• Shorty Baker
  Harold "Shorty" Baker (May 26, 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA – November 8, 1966 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter.
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• St. Martin de Porres
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  Tadd Dameron
  Tadley Ewing Peake "Tadd" Dameron (February 21, 1917 – March 8, 1965) was an American jazz composer, arranger and pianist. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon called Dameron the "romanticist" of the bop movement, while reviewer Scott Yanow writes that Dameron was the "definitive arranger/composer of the bop era".
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  Thelonious Monk
  Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including "Epistrophy", "'Round Midnight", "Blue Monk", "Straight, No Chaser" and "Well, You Needn't". Monk is the second most recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, which is particularly remarkable as Ellington composed over 1,000 songs while Monk wrote about 70.
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• Atlanta, Georgia
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  Baltimore
  Baltimore () is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the U.S. state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore City in order to distinguish it from surrounding Baltimore County. Founded in 1729, Baltimore is a major U.S. seaport and is situated closer to major Midwestern markets than any other major seaport on the East Coast. Baltimore's Inner Harbor was once the second leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States and a major manufacturing center. The harbor is now home to Harborplace, a shopping, entertainment, and tourist center, and the National Aquarium in Baltimore. After a decline in manufacturing, Baltimore shifted to a service-oriented economy. Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital are now the city's largest employers.
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  England
  England () is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
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  Fordham University
  Fordham University is a private university in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as ''St. John's College'', placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter, and has since become an independent institution under a lay Board of Trustees which describes the university as "in the Jesuit tradition."
  http://wn.com/Fordham_University
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  Harlem
  Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural, and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem was annexed to New York City in 1873.
  http://wn.com/Harlem
• Kennedy Center
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  Memphis, Tennessee
  Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
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  New York
  New York (; locally or ) is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island east of Long Island, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario to the north and west, and Quebec to the north. New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from New York City.
  http://wn.com/New_York
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  Oklahoma City
  Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's estimated population, as of 2008, was 551,789, with an estimated metro-area population of 1,206,142. In 2008, the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,275,758 residents. Oklahoma City's city limits extend into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas are rural or suburban. The city ranks as the eighth-largest city in the United States by land area which includes consolidated city-counties; it is the largest city in the United States by land area whose government is not consolidated with that of a county (or, in the case of Alaska, a borough, or in the case of Louisiana, a parish). The city is the largest city and metro area in population of the traditional 'plains states' as well as the South Central United States outside of Texas.
  http://wn.com/Oklahoma_City
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  Rutgers University
  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (usually referred to as Rutgers University or just Rutgers), is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey. It was originally chartered as ''Queen's College'' in 1766 and is the eighth-oldest college in the United States. Rutgers was originally a private university affiliated with the Dutch Reformed Church and admitted only male students, but evolved into a coeducational public research university. Rutgers is one of only two colonial colleges that later became public universities, the other being The College of William and Mary.
  http://wn.com/Rutgers_University
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  Tulsa, Oklahoma
  Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-largest city in the United States. With an estimated population of 389,625 in 2009, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 929,015 (2009) residents in the MSA and 979,721 (2009) in the CSA Tulsa's CSA is projected to reach one million between 2010 and 2012. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, and extends into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties.
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  Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C. (), formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. Article One of the United States Constitution provides for a federal district, distinct from the states, to serve as the permanent national capital. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the federal territory until an act of Congress in 1871 established a single, unified municipal government for the whole District. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city shares its name with the U.S. state of Washington, which is located on the country's Pacific coast.
  http://wn.com/Washington_DC

• Andy Kirk
• arranger
• Art Blakey
• Asch Records
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Atlantic Records
• Baltimore
• Bandleader
• Benny Goodman
• Big Band
• bladder cancer
• boogie-woogie
• Brunswick Records
• Café Society
• Carnegie Hall
• Cecil Taylor
• Charlie Parker
• Circle Records
• Composer
• Decca Records
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Duke Ambassadors
• Duke Ellington
• Duke University
• Earl Hines
• England
• Folkways Records
• Fordham University
• Free Jazz
• Gospel music
• Grammy Awards
• Hank Jones
• Hard bop
• Harlem
• Inner City Records
• Irving Berlin
• Jack Kapp
• jazz
• Kennedy Center
• King Records (USA)
• Louis Armstrong
• Lovie Austin
• Melody Maker
• Memphis, Tennessee
• Miles Davis
• New York
• Oklahoma City
• Pablo Records
• pianist
• Piano
• Rutgers University
• Shorty Baker
• St. Martin de Porres
• Stride pianist
• Swing music
• Tadd Dameron
• The Dick Cavett Show
• Thelonious Monk
• Third Stream
• Time magazine
• Tommy Dorsey
• Tulsa, Oklahoma
• United States
• Victor Records
• Vogue Records
• Washington, D.C.

• The Blues
• N.G. Blues
• Dirge Blues
• Baby Bear Boogie
• Turtle Speed Blues
• Blues for Peter
• My Mama Pinned a Rose on Me
• Prelude to Prism
• Prism
• What's Your Story Morning Glory
• Prelude to Love Roots
• Love Roots
• Rhythmic Pattern
• J.B.'s Waltz
• The Blues
• No Title Blues
• Syl-O-Gism

• Avalon
• Scratchin' in the Gravel
• Rock Me
• I Made You Love Paris
• Nancy Is in Love With the Colonel
• Swingin' for the Guys
• Club Français Blues
• Freight Train Blues
• Memories of You
• Leg'n Lou
• Mary Lou Blues
• Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
• There's a Small Hotel
• En ce temps-là
• Lover
• Carioca
• Nicole
• Tire tire l'aiguille
• Autumn in New York

• Roll 'Em
• Fandangle
• Mama, Pin a Rose on Me
• Moonglow
• Just You, Just Me
• O.W.
• Talk of the Town
• A Grand Night for Swinging
• It Ain't Necessarily So
• My Blue Heaven
• A Fungus Amungus
• Dirge Blues
• Anima Christi
• Miss D.D.
• They Can't Take That Away From Me
• 'Round About Midnight
• Down Beat
• Out of Nowhere
• Autumn Leaves

• Midnight Stomp
• The Bumps
• Down in Gallion
• Goose Grease
• Pee Wee Blues
• Now Cut Loose
• Night Life
• Drag 'em
• Corny Rhythm
• Overhand (New Froggy Bottom)
• Isabelle
• Swingin' for Joy
• Clean Pickin'
• Mary's Special
• The Pearls
• Mr. Freddie's Blues
• Sweet (Patootie) Patunia
• The Rocks
• Little Joe From Chicago
• Mary Lou Williams Blues
• Tea for Two
• Scratchin' the Gravel
• Zonky
• Baby Dear
• Harmony Blues

• Syl-o-gism
• Olinga
• Medi II
• Gloria
• Intermission
• Zoning Fungus II
• Holy Ghost
• Medi I
• Rosa Mae
• Ghost of Love
• Praise the Lord
• Gloria
• Play It Momma

• Mary's Idea
• The Lady Who Sings the Band
• I'se a Muggin'
• The Big Dipper
• Bear Down
• Little Joe From Chicago
• Twinklin'
• Fandangle
• Sweet Sue
• Roll 'em
• Jerico
• Mama, Pin and Rose on Me
• Amy
• I Love You
• I Love Him
• Easy Blues
• Taurus
• Talk of the Town

• Blue Skies
• Caravan
• Yesterdays
• Lullaby of the Leaves
• Little Joe From Chicago
• Roll 'em
• Satchel Mouth Baby
• Yesterday's Kisses
• Mary's Boogie
• Drag 'em
• St. Louis Blues
• Until My Baby Comes Back Home
• Man O' Mine
• Stardust, Part 2
• Gjon Mili Jam Session
• Stardust, Part 1
• Russian Lullaby
• Blue Skies
• Persian Rug
• Night and Day
• You Know Baby
• I Found a New Baby
• Roll 'em
• Gjon Mili Jam Session

• The Minute Man
• Froggy Bottom
• Carcinoma
• Song in My Soul
• This and That
• Lady Be Good
• Taurus
• Pisces
• Gemini
• Capricorn
• Sagittarius
• Aquarius
• Libra
• Virgo
• Aries
• Scorpio
• Cancer
• Leo
• Stars
• Moon
• Timmie Time

• Aries
• Taurus
• Gemini
• Cancer
• Leo
• Virgo
• Libra
• Scorpio
• Sagittarius
• Capricorn
• Aquarius
• Pisces
• Aries
• Cancer
• Virgo
• Scorpio
• Aquarius

• Perdido
• Lady Bird
• Don't Blame Me
• Titoros
• Titoros (alternate take)
• For You
• They Can't Take That Away from Me
• They Can't Take That Away from Me (alternate take)
• Kool Bongo
• 'Round About Midnight
• 'Round About Midnight (alternate take)
• Azure-Te
• Flying Home
• Nickels
• The Man I Love
• The Man I Love (alernate take)
• Twilight
• Just One of Those Things
• Just One of Those Things (alternate take)
• Why
• Yesterdays
• Yesterdays (alternate take)

• St. Martin de Porres
• It Ain't Necessarily So
• The Devil
• Miss D. D.
• Anima Christi
• A Grand Night for Swinging
• My Blue Heaven
• Dirge Blues
• A Fungus a Mungus
• Koolbonga
• Forty-Five Degree Angle
• Nicole
• Chunka Lunka
• Praise the Lord

• Rumba Rebop
• Blues at Mary Lou's
• D.D.T.
• (She's) He's Funny That Way
• How High the Moon
• The Man I Love
• Cloudy/What's Your Story Morning Glory
• Blue Skies
• These Foolish Things
• Lonely Moments
• Fifth Dimension
• Harmony Gifts
• It Must Be True
• Boogie Mysterioso
• Conversation (Jump Caprice)
• Humoresque
• Waltz Boogie
• All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
• Hesitation Boogie
• Lonely Moments
• Whistle Blues
• Mary Lou
• Kool
• Just an Idea
• Just You, Just Me

Born: 1910-05-08

Died: 1981-05-28

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